THE WPA FOUNDATION
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Shareholders' funds
£2,734,425
Balance sheet as at 2021-04-05
What it does
The objects of the Foundation are to provide financial assistance, information, advice and educational resources to promote good health and provide assistance to those who are ill and other benevolent activities, as set out in the Chairman's statement. The Foundation is also the Corporate Trustee of the WPA Charitable Foundation, a charity focussed on providing assistance with travel costs to financially distressed families in the South West whose children are undergoing extensive medical treatment. By agreement with HM Revenue & Customs, the benevolent activities of the Foundation are regarded as exempt from corporation tax. The Foundation is the owner of freehold property at Culmhead in Somerset, which is let out at a commercial rent. The Foundation’s premises have been furnished and fitted out to a high standard with the aim of providing a regular source of income to assist the Foundation to meet its benevolent objectives. The premises are let on a medium-term lease to Western Provi
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
- Incorporated
- 1999-04-19
- Employees
- 0 (2021 accounts)
- Registered office
- Rivergate House, Blackbrook Park, Taunton, Somerset, England, TA1 2PE
- Postcode
- TA1 2PE
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 1 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-04-05
- Next due by
- 2026-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-04-19
- Next due by
- 2027-05-03
Nature of business (SIC)
- 94990 Activities of other membership organizations not elsewhere classified
Officers 7 current · 12 resigned
Registered charity
THE WPA FOUNDATION — charity number 1211653
Source: Charity Commission for England and Wales register, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| THE WPA BENEVOLENT FOUNDATION LIMITED | 2023-06-09 |
| PACT FOUNDATION LIMITED | 2011-11-21 |
| WPA FOUNDATION LIMITED | 2000-11-24 |
Previous registered addresses 1
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| RIVERGATE HOUSE, BLACKBROOK PARK, TAUNTON, SOMERSET TA1 2PE | 2000-08-25 |
Among its peers
Top 5%
by shareholders' funds, of 38 similar companies in TA
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 1999.
Competitors Taunton
This company ranks 1 among activities of other membership organizations not elsewhere classified in Taunton.
The class of 1999
60%
of the 222 companies in this sector incorporated in 1999 are still active today; 39% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.