Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 0
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +0
Overall GiG Score: 7 ?

WOKINGHAM WATERSIDE CENTRE LIMITED 

Provision of watersports and other outdoor activities to all members the local community including those with disabilities, novices and the disadvantaged. To provide an accessible and well equipped facility for indoor events such as conferences.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker recently
  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

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
31/03/23£257£254£3n/an/an/an/an/a17
31/03/22£259£249£10n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/03/21£203£157£46n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/03/20£187£187£0n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/03/19£189£186£2n/an/an/an/an/a20
31/03/18£177£161£16£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£143£164£-22£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£146£166£-20£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£145£154£-9£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£119£139£-20£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£111£167£-56£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£119£138£-19£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£131£134£-3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£154£146£8£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£114£134£-20£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£103£98£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07*£108£95£13£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£62£47£15£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£64£62£2£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 21 years
(23 years as a company)

www.wokinghamwatersidecentre.com

office@wokinghamwatersidecentre.com

01189268280

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • Recreation
GiG Classification
  • Sports activities
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Reading, Wokingham,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 17 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
Sport England - Toyota Parasport Fund - Sit on Top Kayaking
£3,800 26/06/2020
36
Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled Toyota Parasport Fund - Sit on Top Kayaking. This project is a Canoeing project, with a focus on ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 43-81
  • ADAM BAILEY Appointed: 2011, Occupation: Student Activities Manager (Reading University)
  • CLIFF HILTON Appointed: 2000, Occupation: Uk Building Services Manager
  • EARL HEWETT (Chair) Appointed: 2010, Occupation: Qhse Manager
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 30/10/2003, number: 1100418
  • Registered at Companies House on 15/09/2000, number: 04072775
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR07: 19 days late,
Main office

THAMES VALLEY PARK DRIVE
READING
RG6 1PQ

Objectives

(A) SPECIFIC OBJECTS(1) TO ORGANISE AND PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR PHYSICAL RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE ACTIVITIES INCLUDING CANOEING AT THAMES VALLEY PARK EARLY READING BERKSHIRE FOR THE BENEFIT OF PEOPLE OF ALL ETHNIC GROUPS IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF LIFE OF THOSE PARTICIPANTS BY ENCOURAGING TEAMWORK CAMARADERIE AND DISCIPLINE FROM THE PARTICIPATION IN THE ACTIVITIES PROVIDED(2) PURSUANT TO THE RECREATIONAL CHARITIES ACT 1958 THE ORGANISATION OR PROVISION (OR ASSISTANCE IN THE ORGANISATION OR PROVISION) OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE IN BERKSHIRE (WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE PERSONS FOR WHOM THE FACILITIES ARE PRIMARILY INTENDED) EITHER FOR PERSONS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH AGE INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT POVERTY OR SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES FOR FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AT LARGE

Defined Area of Benefit:

THAMES VALLEY PARK EARLEY. READING. BERKSHIRE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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