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Friends of WCR

A Registered Charity based in England

This organisation's identifier is GB-CHC-1076696 .
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Description

The objective of the Charity is to support the Charitable activities of WCR Community Radio as well as other Charitable purposes in the West Wiltshire and East Somerset areas.

Also known as

  • Friends of WCR
  • Friends of WCR

CCEW Charity number

1076696

Registered

Postcode

BA12 8LB

Website

wcrfm.org.uk

Latest income

£16,242 (on )

This organisation record is based on data from Registered charities in England and Wales published by Charity Commission for England and Wales.

Friends of WCR

GB-CHC-1076696

Locations

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Depending on the data source, location may describe the headquarters of the organisation rather than the area it operates in.

Areas of operation in the UK

Registered Office in the UK

Friends of WCR

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Themes and activities

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This organisation has been classified using different categories:

International Classification of Non-profit and Third Sector Organizations (ICNP/TSO)

ICNP/TSO categories have been automatically assigned from a machine learning model, as part of the UK Charity Classification project.

  • Grant-making foundations H10

UK Charity Activity Tags

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  • Arts AR » Media and publishing AR200 » Radio AR205
  • Associations AS » League of Friends AS104

Theme (CCEW)

  • General Charitable Purposes 101
  • Education/training 102
  • Arts/culture/heritage/science 109

Beneficiaries (CCEW)

  • Children/young People 201
  • Elderly/old People 202
  • People With Disabilities 203
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies 205
  • The General Public/mankind 207

Activities (CCEW)

  • Makes Grants To Organisations 302
  • Provides Human Resources 304
  • Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space 305
  • Provides Services 306

Scale of operation

  • Regional

Friends of WCR

GB-CHC-1076696

Charity financial history

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Year ending Income (£) Spending (£)
1999-07-22 Registered as a charity
2004-04-30 9,845 9,431
2005-04-30 22,379 12,856
2006-04-30 24,657 25,239
2007-04-30 25,344 29,093
2008-04-30 55,106 41,219
2009-04-30 20,208 22,603
2010-04-30 19,590 23,239
2011-04-30 38,427 16,494
2012-04-30 73,947 51,643
2013-04-30 22,464 28,785
2014-04-30 19,165 28,829
2015-04-30 20,167 30,763
2016-04-30 24,806 28,351
2017-04-30 28,229 25,635
2018-04-30 15,818 20,442
2019-04-30 16,863 19,834
2020-04-30 27,689 22,211
2021-04-30 26,049 22,702
2022-04-30 25,298 24,622
2023-04-30 16,242 16,858
Income and Spending
Funds and Reserves

Data on funds and reserves are only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.

Friends of WCR

GB-CHC-1076696

Charity people

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2023
£
2022
£
Employees paid more than £60,000 - -
Volunteers 50 50
Trustees 7
Employees
Volunteers

Data on employees is only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.

Friends of WCR

GB-CHC-1076696

Income from government

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According to data returned to the Charity Commission, this charity did not receive income from government grants or contracts in 2023 (the latest year with data available) or 2022.

Friends of WCR

GB-CHC-1076696

Grants received

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View this organisation's grants on GrantNav.

Date Funder Amount awarded Description
Wiltshire Community Foundation
COVID-19 Response Grants
£5,500
9 months
Grant to Friends of WCR
Feb 2021 to Nov 2021

Data source

Some grants data comes from funders who publish data using the 360Giving Data Standard. It was accessed using the 360Giving Datastore.

Friends of WCR

GB-CHC-1076696

Data sources

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Charity Commission for England and Wales

Registered charities in England and Wales

Data download service provided by the Charity Commission

Last fetched from source: 2024-05-03

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