Activities

As described by the charity on the register

Community Development, External Grants, Nature Conservation, Arts , Partnership Working, Sport and Recreation,Resource Centre for Disadvantaged Groups, Horticultural Therapy Centre , and Support for Local Rural Communities. Investment in property to enable partnership working and better services.We operate in Newbury and the surrounding area (West Berkshire and North Hants).

Latest income

£16.3m

Expenditure

£15.8m

Financial year end

2025-03-31

Income & spending history

As reported to the Charity Commission, by financial year end

Year end Income Expenditure income spend
2021-03-31 £10.1m £10.9m
2022-03-31 £10.5m £9.7m
2023-03-31 £12.2m £12.1m
2024-03-31 £16.5m £14.9m
2025-03-31 £16.3m £15.8m

Latest detailed return

Year end 2025-03-31 · consolidated (group) figures

Income mix

Donations & legacies £1.4m
Charitable activities £0
Trading £5.3m
Investment income £9.6m
Total income £16.3m

Spending

Charitable spend £5.4m
Raising funds £10.3m
Grants to institutions £3.2m
Governance £131k
Total expenditure £15.8m

Balance sheet

Reserves £18.9m
Total funds £113m
— restricted £6.7m
— unrestricted £19.1m
— endowment £86.8m
Total assets £113m
Cash £4.1m

People

Employees 19

Classification

The charity's own register classification

What it does

  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Education/training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • Disability
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
  • Accommodation/housing
  • Arts/culture/heritage/science
  • Amateur Sport
  • Environment/conservation/heritage
  • Economic/community Development/employment
  • Recreation

Who it helps

  • Children/young People
  • Elderly/old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • The General Public/mankind

How it works

  • Makes Grants To Individuals
  • Makes Grants To Organisations
  • Provides Other Finance
  • Provides Human Resources
  • Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
  • Provides Services
  • Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
  • Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Source: Charity Commission for England and Wales register, 2026-07-28. Detailed figures as filed in the charity's annual return. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.