THE WPA FOUNDATION

Company number 03757440 ·

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Shareholders' funds

£2,734,425

Balance sheet as at 2021-04-05

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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
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Nature of business (SIC)

  • 94990 Activities of other membership organizations not elsewhere classified

Officers 7 current · 12 resigned

Appointed 2026-02-10
Appointed 2025-05-08
Henry KENYON Director
Appointed 2024-10-01
Arthur John PUGH Director
Appointed 2024-10-01
Appointed 2023-05-11

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Registered charity

THE WPA FOUNDATION — charity number 1211653

Registered 2025-01-10

Source: Charity Commission for England and Wales register, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Previous company names

NameDate changed
THE WPA BENEVOLENT FOUNDATION LIMITED2023-06-09
PACT FOUNDATION LIMITED2011-11-21
WPA FOUNDATION LIMITED2000-11-24

Previous registered addresses 1

AddressChanged on
RIVERGATE HOUSE, BLACKBROOK PARK, TAUNTON, SOMERSET TA1 2PE2000-08-25

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.

No.1 of the largest activities of other membership organizations not elsewhere classified companies in Taunton →

Competitors Taunton

This company ranks 1 among activities of other membership organizations not elsewhere classified in Taunton.

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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.