Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 0
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • Large volunteers +3
Overall GiG Score: 0 ?

WOODCOTE CHARITABLE ASSOCIATION 

To raise charitable funds through the staging of the annual Woodcote Veteran Transport Rally in support of the Charity's objectives of promoting any charitable purposes for the benefit of the community in the parish of Woodcote and the immediate surroundings thereof.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received backing from a grant maker

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly male

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/12/23£85£76£9n/an/an/an/an/a75
31/12/22£0£1£-1n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/21£0£1£-1n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/20£1£1£-1n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/19£68£64£4n/an/an/an/an/a80
31/12/18£61£61£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/17£71£72£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/16£65£65£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/15£65£66£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/14£68£70£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/13£89£93£-4£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/12£12£16£-4£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/11£70£66£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/10£61£60£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/09£59£61£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/08£58£60£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/07£66£66£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/06£64£62£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/05£68£63£5£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/04£50£51£-1£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 24 years

www.woodcoterally.org.uk

secretary@woodcoterally.org.uk

01491684141

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Recreation
  • Religious Activities
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Community services
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
Where it operates
  • Bracknell Forest, Oxfordshire, Reading, Slough, West Berkshire, Windsor And Maidenhead, Wokingham,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 75 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Department for Work and Pensions - YORKSHIRE SALT THERAPY LIMITED TA SALT REVIVE
£1,493 01/04/2022
The Kickstart Scheme provides funding to employers to create jobs for 16 to 24 year olds on Universal Credit.
Department for Work and Pensions - YORKSHIRE SALT THERAPY TA SALT REVIVE
£1,500 01/04/2021
The Kickstart Scheme provides funding to create new jobs for 16 to 24 year olds on Universal Credit who are at risk of long term unemployment.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 55-83
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 16/05/2000, number: 1080742
  • Registered at Companies House on 10/05/2000, number: 03989364
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Conflicting interests
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; all on time
Main office

WAVERLEY COTTAGE
GORING ROAD
WOODCOTE
READING
RG8 0QE

Objectives

TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN THE PARISH OF WOODCOTE AND THE IMMEDIATE SURROUNDS THEREOF AND IN PARTICULAR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION THE FURTHERANCE OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY DISTRESS AND SICKNESS AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

WOODCOTE & IMMEDIATE SURROUNDING AREA.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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