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Registered charity · Wokingham

California Association

  • 8 trustees
  • Income £40k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Amateur Sport, Recreation and 1 more
Where
Wokingham
Website
www.ratepayers.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2002

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£40k£35k
  • 2024£46k£46k
  • 2023£27k£24k
Earlier years
  • 2022£27k£17k
  • 2021£28k£36k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2024: Government grants 42%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE PROPERTY HEREBY DEMISED TOGETHER WITH SUCH OTHER PROPERTY AS MAY BE ACQUIRED BY THE TRUSTEES SHALL BE HELD UPON TRUST FOR THE PURPOSES OF A VILLAGE HALL FOR THE USE OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE PARISH OF FINCHAMPSTEAD IN THE COUNTY OF BERKSHIRE WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, INCLUDING USE FOR MEETINGS, LECTURES AND CLASSES AND FOR OTHER FORMS OF RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS.

Grants received

3 grants · £17,228 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £17,228 (3 grants)

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £6,9772014-11-26
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £8,6352010-05-27
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £1,6162006-02-16
Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

6.1y median 6y
average tenure
15y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

9.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (1)

2
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Amateur Sport 8Education/training 8Arts/culture/heritage/science 7Recreation 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Education 2

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£40k latest income

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1090087
Status
Registered
Governing document
TRUST DEED DATED 01 JANUARY 2002
Contact on the register
01189733553 · secretary@ratepayers.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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