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WIMBLEDON AND PUTNEY COMMONS CONSERVATORS

Registered charity 303167 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WPCC

The land under the jurisdiction of the Conservators is administered by the Conservators with a view to its preservation as an open space for the purposes of exercise and recreation. This is the principal object set out in the Wimbledon and Putney Commons Act 1871. It includes the management of the land and its flora and fauna.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Animals · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£2.7m
Latest spending
£2.5m
Registered
1972
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a modest loss of £6k on unrestricted funds for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by rising costs outpacing levy income and investment losses. Despite these pressures, the charity maintained adequate free reserves of £1,539k, which exceed its estimated maximum requirement of £1,205k, and held cash balances of £278k. The accounts state that the charity has avoided drawing down investments and continues to operate on a going concern basis.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £80,001 - £90,000 — above the median for charities its size (£70k)
“The number of employees whose employee benefits (excluding employer pension costs) exceeded £60,000 was: 2025 No. In the band £80,001 - £90,000 1” — page 47
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Employees paid over £60,000: 1
“The number of employees whose employee benefits (excluding employer pension costs) exceeded £60,000 was: 2025 No. In the band £80,001 - £90,000 1” — page 47
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Largest income source: Levy (67% of income)
“Levy income represented 67% of the charity’s total unrestricted income for the year” — page 19
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Kreston Reeves LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Wimbledon and Putney Commons (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

8 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (8 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£2.7m
Total spending
£2.5m
Reserves (reported)
£1.5m
Employees
26

Reported reserves equal ~7.4 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (82% 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

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

Operates in: Kingston Upon Thames · Merton · Wandsworth

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£2.7m£2.5m
31/03/2024£2.3m£2.5m
31/03/2023£2.2m£2.5m
31/03/2022£2.0m£2.3m
31/03/2021£1.9m£2.5m

Common questions

Is WIMBLEDON AND PUTNEY COMMONS CONSERVATORS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reported a modest loss of £6k on unrestricted funds for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by rising costs outpacing levy income and investment losses. Despite these pressures, the charity maintained adequate free reserves of £1,539k, which exceed its estimated maximum requirement of £1,205k, and held cash balances of £278k. The accounts state that the charity has avoided drawing down investments and continues to operate on a going concern basis. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Kreston Reeves LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of WIMBLEDON AND PUTNEY COMMONS CONSERVATORS earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £80,001 - £90,000 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Greater London Authority30/01/2023£14kRestoring the Commons Wetlands: Ponds & Reedbeds
UK government23/09/2022£41kWimbledon & Putney Commons NCF: Peatland Discovery Grant Scheme Round 2
The National Lottery Heritage Fund04/09/2019£126k"Commons for the Next Generation; Green Space for All"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund03/03/2016£100k"Restoration of Wimbledon Windmill and reinvigoration of activities with visitors, volunteers and the local community"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund11/12/2000£45k"Wimbledon & Putney Commons Information Centre"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund08/06/1998£89k"Wimbledon Windmill Restoration"

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HORSELL COMMON PRESERVATION SOCIETY.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
WIMBLEDON AND PUTNEY COMMONS CONSERVATORS£2.7m£80,001 - £90,0001above—no doubt
HORSELL COMMON PRESERVATION SOCIETY FY2024£343k—0above—no doubt
WEST WICKHAM COMMON AND SPRING PARK WOOD FY2025£2.0m——unclear—no doubt
ASHTEAD COMMON FY2025£1.2m—0below—no doubt
EPPING FOREST FY2025£12.4m—4unclear—no doubt
WILL WOODLANDS FY2025£602k—0above—no doubt

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