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The Wyboston Lakes Charitable Trust

Registered charity 328589 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE POTTON CHARITABLE TRUST

The provision of grants, donations and other financial assistance to charitable institutions. Also the provision of facilities and financial assistance to the benefit of the community and to the young, aged, infirm and disabled.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Get email alerts

Latest income
£26k
Latest spending
£57k
Registered
1990
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated £30,779 in investment income but incurred total expenditures of £57,414, resulting in a net expenditure of £26,635. To cover this shortfall, the charity utilized its unrestricted reserves, which decreased from £1,125,290 to £1,098,655. The trustees confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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: £1.1m; policy: to meet its management and administration costs and to be able to respond to approved applications for grants which arise from time to time)
“The charity generate £26,421 from investments in the year and spent £57,415 and therefore needed to use their sufficient reserves to pay for the donations.” — page 3
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Bedford · Buckinghamshire · Cambridgeshire · Central Bedfordshire · Hertfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£26k£57k
31/03/2024£23k£8k
31/03/2023£17k£24k
31/03/2022£11k£19k
31/03/2021£23k£14k

Common questions

Is The Wyboston Lakes Charitable Trust financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated £30,779 in investment income but incurred total expenditures of £57,414, resulting in a net expenditure of £26,635. To cover this shortfall, the charity utilized its unrestricted reserves, which decreased from £1,125,290 to £1,098,655. The trustees confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.