HARTCLIFFE AND WITHYWOOD VENTURES

Registered charity 293417 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as H W V, HWV

Hartcliffe & Withywood Ventures is a local trust which provides training, community facilities, childcare and supports local economic and community development.

Objects

TO CARRY OUT EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES IN THE HARTCLIFFE AND WITHYWOOD AREAS OF SOUTH BRISTOL AND FOR THESE PURPOSES HARTCLIFFE SHALL MEAN THE WARDS OF HARTCLIFFE AND WHITCHURCH PARK AND WITHYWOOD THE WARD OF BISHOPSWORTH OR SUCH OTHER WARDS AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME REPLACE THEM BUT WHICH COVER THE SAME GEOGRAPHICAL AREA

Area of benefit: SOUTH BRISTOL

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

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £90,926 for the year ended 31 July 2025, resulting in total funds of £1,410,465. The trustees confirm that free reserves of £1,055,139 significantly exceed the stated policy target of £500,000, providing a prudent buffer against future income uncertainties. The auditor confirmed that the financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Charlton Baker (Bristol) Ltd. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Hartcliffe & Withywood Ventures (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~8.5 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (94% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• TERESA ANSTEYchair
• April Marie Retter
• CHRISTINA CLEMENTS
• Christopher James Way
• DAVID ROBERT PORTINGALE
• Helen Holland · trustee of 4 other charities
• Julie Watts
• MARGARET THERESA OWENS

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

Operates in: Bristol City

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HARTCLIFFE AND WITHYWOOD COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP.

• HARTCLIFFE AND WITHYWOOD COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP income £673k
• HARTSWOOD TRUST income £343k
• CLIFTON COLLEGE DEVELOPMENT TRUST income £171k
• HINCHLEY WOOD SCHOOL DEVELOPMENT FUND income £123k
• WHITLEIGH COMMUNITY TRUST income £247k
• RAVENSCLIFFE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £486k

Side by side with its peers

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