WOODFORD WAR MEMORIAL COMMUNITY CENTRE

Registered charity 520141 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE WOODFORD CENTRE

To provide a comfortable, clean and friendly environment for the local community's social and leisure facilities

Objects

TO PROVIDE APPROPRIATE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL TRAINING, RECREATION, SOCIAL MORAL, INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THE MEDIUM OF READING AND RECREATION ROOMS, LIBRARY, FACILITIES FOR LECTURES, RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES AND ENTERTAINMENT'S TO CARRY OUT ITS ACTIVITIES AS MAY BE EXPEDIENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE PARISH OF WOODFORD IN THE COUNTY OF GREATER MANCHESTER AND CHESHIRE AND ITS IMMEDIATE VICINITY WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS.

Area of benefit: PARISH OF WOODFORD AND ITS IMMEDIATE VICINITY

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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Latest income
£125k
Latest spending
£104k
Registered
1965
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that free reserves totalled £193,206, which the trustees consider sufficient to maintain operations for three to six months of expenditure. The charity reported a net incoming resource surplus of £7,279 for the year, with total income of £124,936 against expenditure of £117,657. The trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Hall Hire and Bar Commission (59% of income)
“income from hall hire and bar commission is £73,488” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: between three and six month’s expenditure (held: £193k)
“It is the policy of the charity that unrestricted funds which have not been designated for a specific use should be maintained at a level equivalent to between three and six month’s expenditure.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Payments to trustees: P E Mott received £5,880 for secretarial services.
“Included in governance costs Is a balance of £5,880 (2024 £nil) payable to P E Mott for secretarial services. P E Mott is a Trustee of the Charity and the remaining Trustees authorised the rate and hours attributable to the amount disclosed above.” — page 15
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustee remuneration
“Included in governance costs Is a balance of £5,880 (2024 £nil) payable to P E Mott for secretarial services. P E Mott is a Trustee of the Charity and the remaining Trustees authorised the rate and hours attributable to the amount disclosed above.” — page 15
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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Stockport

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/06/2025£125k£104k
30/06/2024£121k£91k
30/06/2023£85k£81k
30/06/2022£81k£57k
30/06/2021£3k£28k

Common questions

Is WOODFORD WAR MEMORIAL COMMUNITY CENTRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that free reserves totalled £193,206, which the trustees consider sufficient to maintain operations for three to six months of expenditure. The charity reported a net incoming resource surplus of £7,279 for the year, with total income of £124,936 against expenditure of £117,657. The trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.