Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: -2
Support Score: 0
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Mainly female board: -1
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: -1 ?

WOODLEY SANDFORD AND CHARVIL CHARITABLE TRUST 

To help local residents of Woodley, Sandford and Charvil and adjacent parishes by making small grants as 'Relief in Need'.To house elderly people in need from the parishes of Woodley, Sandford and Charvil in our Almshouses in Woodley.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • 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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • The Board is predominantly female

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
31/12/22£131£117£14n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/21£119£107£12n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/20£117£81£36n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/19£116£87£30n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/18£98£74£24£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/17£104£74£29£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/16£104£94£10£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/15£102£82£21£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/14£196£64£132£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/13£91£73£19£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/12£87£63£24£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/11£79£74£5£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/10£79£89£-10£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/09£78£72£6£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/08£82£66£15£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/07£75£75£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/06£72£63£9£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/05£67£78£-11£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/04£64£51£13£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 58 years

01189690136

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Grant-making foundations
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
Where it operates
  • Wokingham,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 03/01/1966, number: 242574
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Homes England
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
Filing Record
19 returns made; all on time
Main office

4 Tiverton Close
Woodley
Reading
RG5 3BE

Objectives

(1) FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE RESIDENTS IN THE ALMSHOUSES OF THE CHARITY OR ANY OF THEM IN SUCH MANNER AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT. (2) FOR RELIEF IN NEED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS HEREINAFTER CONTAINED. (3) FOR SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE GENERAL BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE PARISH OF WOODLEY AND SANDFORD AND THE PARISH OF CHARVIL AND ANY PARISHES ADJOINING THOSE PARISHES AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.

Defined Area of Benefit:

PARISH OF WOODLEY AND SANDFORD AND PARISH OF CHARVIL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
CharityBase
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