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Description
Our vision is to make a positive impact on the lives of disadvantaged children and young people through our commitment to quality charitable work.Our projects are aimed at meeting the needs of children and young people in the British Isles aged up to 25 who are disadvantaged physically, mentally or socially.We fund capital projects and deliver operational social programmes.
Also known as
- Spoon
- Wooden Spoon
- Wooden Spoon Society
- WSS
- Wooden Spoon Society
CCEW Charity number
Company number
Registered
Postcode
GU51 2UZ
Website
Latest income
£2,920,786 (on )
This organisation record is based on data from Registered charities in England and Wales published by Charity Commission for England and Wales.
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Areas of operation in the UK
Area of operation outside the UK
- Guernsey
- Ireland
- Isle of Man
- Jersey
Registered Office in the UK
This organisation record is part of a group of linked records that describe a single organisation. The organisation is linked to 2 active records and 0 inactive records, from 2 data sources.
What is an organisation identifier?
An organisation identifier is a unique piece of text that definitively identifies an organisation.
Examples include charity numbers and company numbers.
Identifiers are usually assigned by an external body like a regulator.
Findthatcharity uses the Org ID scheme to create identifiers.
GB-CHC gives the scheme for this identifier (Charity Commission), while 326691 is the identifier for this organisation within the scheme.
Wooden Spoon Society (this record)
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.
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Social youth organizations
G14
UK Charity Activity Tags
These tags are taken from a project to classify all UK charities using a common set of tags. The tags are applied using keyword searching, so may be incorrect for particular cases.
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Beneficiary group
BE» ChildrenBE102 -
Beneficiary group
BE» Young peopleBE115 -
Social welfare
SW» Individual povertySW105
Theme (CCEW)
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Education/training
102 -
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
103 -
Disability
104 -
Amateur Sport
110 -
Economic/community Development/employment
113
Beneficiaries (CCEW)
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Children/young People
201 -
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
205
Activities (CCEW)
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Makes Grants To Organisations
302 -
Provides Services
306
Scale of operation
- National and Overseas
| Year ending | Income (£) | Spending (£) |
|---|---|---|
| 1984-10-22 |
Registered as a charity |
|
| 2004-03-31 | 3,295,535 | 3,120,632 |
| 2005-03-31 | 3,834,179 | 3,214,922 |
| 2006-03-31 | 4,171,720 | 4,486,338 |
| 2007-03-31 | 4,589,735 | 4,449,485 |
| 2008-03-31 | 4,600,779 | 4,634,229 |
| 2009-03-31 | 4,766,348 | 4,936,011 |
| 2010-03-31 | 3,933,604 | 3,674,350 |
| 2011-03-31 | 4,263,825 | 4,142,742 |
| 2012-03-31 | 4,228,524 | 4,157,318 |
| 2013-03-31 | 3,711,493 | 3,590,547 |
| 2014-03-31 | 3,819,022 | 4,304,853 |
| 2015-03-31 | 3,192,441 | 3,084,181 |
| 2016-03-31 | 3,703,841 | 3,652,828 |
| 2017-03-31 | 2,804,913 | 2,825,563 |
| 2018-03-31 | 2,986,733 | 2,745,445 |
| 2019-03-31 | 2,765,545 | 2,818,903 |
| 2020-03-31 | 3,357,000 | 3,252,586 |
| 2021-03-31 | 1,451,090 | 1,592,768 |
| 2022-03-31 | 2,422,555 | 1,530,864 |
| 2023-03-31 | 2,920,786 | 2,705,110 |
Data on funds and reserves are only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.
| 2023 £ |
2022 £ |
|
|---|---|---|
| Employees | 11 | 9 |
| Employees paid more than £60,000 | 2 | 2 |
| Volunteers | 300 | 300 |
| Trustees | 14 |
Data on employees is only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.
Statement of financial activities for year ended .
Based on information provided to the Charity Commission for England and Wales in the charity's annual return. This may not exactly match the figures and categories supplied in the charity's annual accounts.
| 2023 £000s |
2022
£000s |
|
|---|---|---|
| Incoming resources | ||
| Donations and other voluntary income | 873.0 | 1,063.3 |
| Legacies | - | - |
| Endowments | - | - |
| Donations and legacies | 873.0 | 1,063.3 |
| Income from charitable activities | 2,029.3 | 1,358.6 |
| Income from other trading activities | - | - |
| Income from investments | 18.5 | 0.6 |
| Other income | - | - |
| Total | 2,920.8 | 2,422.6 |
| Expenditure | ||
| Investment management | - | - |
| Other spending on raising funds | 1,540.0 | 1,000.8 |
| Spending on raising funds | 1,540.0 | 1,000.8 |
| Grants to institutions | 1,165.1 | 530.1 |
| Other charitable activities | - | - |
| Charitable activities | 1,165.1 | 530.1 |
| Other spending | - | - |
| Total | 2,705.1 | 1,530.9 |
| Net income / (expenditure) | 215.7 | 891.7 |
Balance sheet at .
Based on information provided to the Charity Commission for England and Wales in the charity's annual return. This may not exactly match the figures and categories supplied in the charity's annual accounts.
| 2023 £000s |
2022
£000s |
|
|---|---|---|
| Fixed assets | ||
| Tangible and intangible assets | 16.9 | 12.5 |
| Investment assets | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 16.9 | 12.5 | |
| Current assets | ||
| Current investment assets | - | - |
| Cash | 2,882.4 | 2,471.2 |
| Other current assets | 182.6 | 67.5 |
| 3,065.0 | 2,538.7 | |
| Creditors | ||
| Amounts falling due within one year | (850.0) | (534.9) |
| Net current assets | 2,215.0 | 2,003.8 |
| Total assets less current liabilities | 2,231.9 | 2,016.3 |
| Creditors | ||
| Amounts falling due after one year | - | - |
| Net assets | 2,231.9 | 2,016.3 |
| Funds | ||
| Endowment funds | - | - |
| Restricted funds | 30.0 | 28.0 |
| Unrestricted funds | 2,202.0 | 1,988.3 |
| 2,231.9 | 2,016.3 | |
| 2023 £ |
2022 £ |
|
|---|---|---|
| Contracts with government | ||
| None recorded | ||
| Government grants | ||
| Income from government grants | - | 23,236 |
| Government grants as % of total income | - | 1.0% |
| Number of government grants | - | 1 |
View this organisation's grants on GrantNav.
| Date | Funder | Amount awarded | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Quartet Community Foundation
Donor Directed |
£1,000 | Grant to Wooden Spoon Society | ||
|
The National Lottery Community Fund
Awards for All |
£7,000
1 year |
Wooden Spoon / Action for Blind People project
Feb 2014 to Feb 2015 |
||
|
Sport England
Sportsmatch |
£23,000
11 months |
Hitz Northampton
Jan 2012 to Dec 2012 |
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|
Sport England
Sportsmatch |
£50,000
7 months |
Barclays Spaces for Sport / Wooden Spoon Rugby Programme-YR2
Jan 2011 to Aug 2011 |
||
|
Sport England
Sportsmatch |
£100,000
6 months |
Barclays Spaces for Sport / Wooden Spoon Rugby Programme
Sep 2009 to Mar 2010 |
Data source
Some grants data comes from funders who publish data using the 360Giving Data Standard. It was accessed using the 360Giving Datastore.
- Quartet Community Foundation (1 grant) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Sport England (3 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- The National Lottery Community Fund (1 grant) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
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