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Woodley Community Carnival

Registered charity 291732 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WOODLEY CARNIVAL CHARITIES FUND

Annual Woodley Carnival for the enjoyment of Woodley people.

Objects

CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY OF WOODLEY AND DISTRICT.

Area of benefit: WOODLEY AND DISTRICT

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Registered contact address: Wokingham, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£83k
Latest spending
£76k
Registered
1985
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £7,114.31 for the year, with total income of £82,407.38 against direct event costs of £76,004.38. Net assets increased to £120,514.26, which the trustees describe as a healthy position covering 158% of annual costs, although they note a shortfall against their ideal reserve target of £172,000.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £121k; policy: two years of costs with inflation and a 10% contingency, requiring a balance of £172,000)
“we are currently £53k short of this ideal position”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

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Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Wokingham

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/07/2025£83k£76k
31/07/2024£80k£64k
31/07/2023£64k£57k
31/07/2022£71k£53k
31/07/2021£4£1k

Common questions

Is Woodley Community Carnival financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £7,114.31 for the year, with total income of £82,407.38 against direct event costs of £76,004.38. Net assets increased to £120,514.26, which the trustees describe as a healthy position covering 158% of annual costs, although they note a shortfall against their ideal reserve target of £172,000. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
MOTABILITY1£377k
FRANCIS C SCOTT CHARITABLE TRUST1£94k
THE HADFIELD CHARITABLE TRUST1£3k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WOODLEY FESTIVAL OF MUSIC AND ARTS.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
Woodley Community Carnival£83k—0below—no doubt
WOODLEY FESTIVAL OF MUSIC AND ARTS FY2025£29k—0unclear—no doubt
WALNEY COMMUNITY TRUST FY2025£180k—0unclear—noted
PUDSEY WELLBEING CHARITY FY2026£72k—0above—no doubt
FORDWICH UNITED CHARITIES FY2025£34k—0within—no doubt
WOODLEY PRESCHOOL FY2025£134k—0unclear—noted

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.