WALSALL WOOD (FORMER ALLOTMENT) CHARITY

Registered charity 510627 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WALSALL WOOD ALLOTMENT CHARITY

To make grants to disadvantaged individuals residents in the borough of Walsall in particular for household and electrical items, school uniform and clothing; the charity cannot use any part of its income to make cash payments directly to individuals in relief of taxes, public funds or items such as rent arrears and utility bills.

Objects

(1) RELIEVING EITHER GENERALLY OR INDIVIDUALLY BENEFICIARIES WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS BY MAKING GRANTS OF MONEY OR PROVIDING OR PAYING FOR ITEMS, SERVICES OR FACILITIES CALCULATED TO REDUCE THE NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS OF THE BENEFICIARIES. (2) THE TRUSTEES MAY PAY FOR SUCH ITEMS, SERVICES OR FACILITIES BY THE WAY OF DONATIONS OR SUBSCRIPTIONS TO INSTITUTIONS OR ORGANISATIONS WHICH PROVIDE OR WHICH UNDERTAKE IN RETURN TO PROVIDE SUCH ITEMS, SERVICES OR FACILITIES FOR BENEFICIARIES.

Area of benefit: FORMER TOWNSHIP OF WALSALL WOOD

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £32,749 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total cash funds carried forward of £163,841. The trustees noted they manage the charity on a sound financial footing and spent within income levels. No material uncertainties or going concern issues were disclosed in the filing.

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

What the accounts disclose

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.

• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Councillor Amanda Parkes
• Councillor Lesley Lynch
• Ken Ferguson
• MR ALAN PAUL · trustee of 1 other charity
• Vera Waters

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

Operates in: Walsall

Income and spending

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