Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 0
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: 5 ?

WOKINGHAM UNITED CHARITIES 

Relief of poverty, hardship and distress In Wokingham Borough
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has an endowment fund which generates most of its income
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

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£1,479£1,493£-14£0£12,093£1,119951
31/03/22£636£722£-86£0£12,896£1,29921.630
31/03/21£509£503£6£51£12,379£1,30831.233
31/03/20£520£568£-47£0£9,486£1,06922.630
31/03/19£513£413£100£0£11,081£1,10132313
31/03/18£430£228£202£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£197£263£-67£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£172£156£15£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£171£191£-20£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£208£118£89£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£157£115£41£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£156£139£17£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£148£132£16£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£147£154£-7£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£146£138£7£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£144£118£26£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07*£134£120£14£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06*£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 0%
Liabilities/Income: 3%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 9%
Reserves/Spending: 9 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 2 months
Quick Ratio: 6.6
Asset Split ?
Established: 19 years

manager@wokinghamunitedcharities.org.uk

01184032980

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Other individual and family services
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Where it operates
  • 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?
  • 5 employees
  • 1 volunteer

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 50-79
  • JANET ROGERS Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Business Development Manager
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 08/12/2004, number: 1107171
  • Registered at Companies House on 04/11/2004, number: 05278018
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
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
18 returns made; AR07: 46 days late, AR06: 14 days late,
Main office

The Office
Westende
London Road
WOKINGHAM
Berkshire
RG40 1YA

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS OF PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE BOROUGH OF WOKINGHAM (AS THE BOUNDARIES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME EXIST) IN WHAT WAS KNOWN AS THE COUNTY OF BERKSHIRE (THE AREA OF BENEFIT) WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS

Defined Area of Benefit:

WOKINGHAM, WOKINGHAM WITHOUT, ST.NICHOLAS, HURST, RUSCOMBE AND THAT PART OF FINCHAMPSTEAD KNOWN AS FINCHAMPSTEAD NORTH (AS THE BOUNDARIES EXISTED AT DECEMBER 1993)

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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