PETTS WOOD WAR MEMORIAL TRUST

Registered charity 303032 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To provide and maintain a garden of remembrance and a community centre.

Objects

TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN A GARDEN OF REMEMBERANCE AND A COMMUNITY CENTRE.

Area of benefit: PETTS WOOD

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: Bromley, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£87k

Latest spending

£106k

Registered

1964

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity recorded an overall deficit of £11,725 for the year, reducing unrestricted funds to £773,076. The trustees consider the financial position satisfactory and maintain a reserves policy targeting at least six months of charitable expenditure. The charity operates 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

Reserves policy: at least six months charitable expenditure (held: £773k)

“Sufficient funds are held to fund at least six months charitable expenditure and to improve facilities at the hall and gardens.” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

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
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

Andrew Stotesburychair
Bernard Colenbrander
Christopher David Jones
Lina Karim Patel
Mike Ricketts
Susan Margaret Radford

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

Operates in: Bromley

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£87k	£106k
31/12/2024	£96k	£102k
31/12/2023	£78k	£89k
31/12/2022	£96k	£84k
31/12/2021	£77k	£77k

Common questions

Is PETTS WOOD WAR MEMORIAL TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity recorded an overall deficit of £11,725 for the year, reducing unrestricted funds to £773,076. The trustees consider the financial position satisfactory and maintain a reserves policy targeting at least six months of charitable expenditure. The charity operates on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified. 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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE STEVENSON FAMILY'S CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£96k
THE A M FENTON TRUST	1	£20k
THE NORTHERN POWERGRID FOUNDATION	1	£14k
THE GEORGE CADBURY TRUST (GEORGE HENRY T AND LAURENCE J CADBURY SECTIONS)	1	£13k
THE ALICE ELLEN COOPER-DEAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£11k
THE WILLIAM ALLEN YOUNG CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£7k
THE J G GRAVES CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£3k
MAY HEARNSHAW CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WAR MEMORIALS TRUST.

WAR MEMORIALS TRUST income £237k
OUGHTIBRIDGE WAR MEMORIAL RECREATION GROUND income £70k
WOODFORD WAR MEMORIAL COMMUNITY CENTRE income £125k
USWAT WELFARE TRUST income £68k
BETCHWORTH VILLAGE WAR MEMORIAL HALL income £26k
THE F W TRUST LTD income £79k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
PETTS WOOD WAR MEMORIAL TRUST	£87k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
WAR MEMORIALS TRUST FY2026	£237k	£60,000 - £70,000	1	below	—	no doubt
OUGHTIBRIDGE WAR MEMORIAL RECREATION GROUND FY2025	£70k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
WOODFORD WAR MEMORIAL COMMUNITY CENTRE FY2025	£125k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
USWAT WELFARE TRUST FY2025	£68k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
BETCHWORTH VILLAGE WAR MEMORIAL HALL FY2025	£26k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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