Trustees. Annual Reporl for the period
PorKxI end date
From
ft?.2
To
?d
Section A
Reference and administration details
Charfty nam•
Ffwts of wak￿1￿ CcAnnN)n
Other name* charlty18 kn￿n by
Aegiatered charity ThNnbor <11 any)
1174836
Charity's prtn¢lp•l adthes•
Y2 Newslead Ro&J
Great Wa(eriThJ
Essex
Postcode
SS3 OAB
NamM ol tho ch•rlty trustO08 TAho mantyè the charlty
Olllc• Ill
Il•m ot rw¥on lor t￿) •nUll•d
John Whalley
Gillian Cain
Phillip Hilthman
Jo McPherson
Christopher Wtrlls
Nam08 01 tl* tni8tO88 for tho ch•rfty. 11 any. example, •ny cu8todlan Iru8to0•1
Nam•
D•tM act•d11 not lor Twholo
None
Chair
Momborship
Memb8r5h4)
Membersh
Membershlp
Membersh
N•m•8 and •ddr•sw8 ol advlg•r• (Optloml Inl¢ym•tlon)
ol advllef
N•m•
Addr•
None
N•me of chiol oxecullw or Than￿ ol sonlor slaff membws (Opoonal Inftwmation)
John Whalley - Chair
FOWC. TAR

Section B
Slructure, governance and management
Doscrlption ol tho ch¥ity's trusts
Constilulbjn as aFv0v￿g ty the Ghanty G￿t￿lS$lOn on 25 September
2017 Ino amendmwts since)
Type ol o)veming documonl
How Ihe charity is constituted
Charitthe IrK0r￿r*￿I ckgan1sat￿n ICKI)
Trustae s•l8¢tion m•thcrf15
Tho membership Truslaes al tho Annual General Meeting, with
one-third ol Trustees relirirvJ al Ihe AGM aThJ bw'ng eligib￿ lo sland again
Addltloml gov•rn•rte iS8uos (Othrnl inl<xm•lion)
The FnefKts of Wakefing c￿￿MOn I"FoWC") have the folk)wing polioigs
wtiich c2n b8 down￿￿d￿J trom our web sile
You may chooae lo i￿￿le
acklilional information.
relevant, atoul..
policias and pl[￿0dUres
adopted for the irkJuCli￿ arKJ
Irainiro ot trust￿$.
the charity's organisalional
structure and any wider
nelwort( with which th8 charity
works..
relationship wlth any rd*•Y
parties;
Iruslees consKlwallc￿ ol
major risks and Iho system
and procedures lo manag•
Ih8m.
Code ol ￿n￿[M#
Gift a￿1 1knati￿ 8￿p1arTh p)ILy
Equal opptytunitigs poly
ComrAainls
H8dlh arKI Safety Policy
The organisalwal Str￿re ol ltr￿ FOWC is thal the tr￿lee$ are hands on
vAth resp)nsIb'slit￿ being Iwcs lo respettive InJste8s.'
Admin arny *Co￿l￿J, m8mter5hip and ¢orresFond8nce
COnserval￿n arKJ naluTal environment
FuTrJ raiyrvJ
Health aThJ safety. regular risk assessments have b88n and will
Ctyllinuo lo bo urthrtakan lo mako sur8 that any a¢tivilios of Iho
FOWC are 1*1 in a sale as p)ssit￿e mam8r.
Section C
ectives and activities
The oWrv8s of the charity are to FKomole benefrt ol the public
It* cons•rvatiM. wolKl1￿ and imyovemerrt of Ihe physical and natural
vironmert arnl the t*aceful eryoyM￿I of Its Great Wakerirwj C￿mon
larKI area swrournlirwJ COMM￿).
Summary of the oblect8 of the
charlty set oul in it8
governing document
FoWC- TAR

The FOWC was tcvmed as a dir￿1 r8suft ol Great WakerirrfJ Parish
Council not renewrrfJ the leasg on the Great Wakgring Common arxl
lowng the Common lo b8come ovgrgrown wlectad. After
reathiry agro&ment with the laThknmer in No¥￿ber a)17, the FOWC
entered inlo a managemenl agreemenl to"manwJe" the C(xnmon to
ensure Ihal the Common was usat4e aTrJ accessit4e by the Public.
Many parts ol the Common wer8 not safely accessi￿8 requir8d
redaiming before puljic could use these parts of the Common.
Using so(ial rn￿11a ar￿ sellirvJ w) rts ￿•M Facebook page with now over
1.2CQ tolknwers. the FOWC hav8 trou￿1 the local communty together
aThJ created a sense ol bel¢yKJiTrJ aThJ comTadery wth many fflore ol the
using the Common Ihan b&fore and feeling that they are
slakehdders in Ihe Common. We hav8 found that many membws ol the
1¢ aro now lakiro it uFty￿ themselves lo help ke8p the Common clean
arKI free from litter. The FOWG have inslallod a txn al one of the
enlrarKes lo th8 C(Anm￿. regulaty ernpt1￿ by volunteers.
Summary ol iho maln
ietivities undertakon loi th•
public benefit In relation to
tho80 oble¢t8 (Includo Tmithln
thi$ soction tho Statutory
declaration that trusloes hove
had regard to Ihè guidance
188ued by the Charlty
Commlsslon on publlc
benellt)
Alfvugh wivaloly ow￿d. th6 wblic hav& the ri￿1 lo roam on the
Common, bul wthtjjl m•nlenance by th8 FOWC, the put4ic's right lo
exerci￿ their righl lo roam was b•'rw rostri¢t￿ not encouraged or
oyaLIe.
D￿'r￿a its seventh yoar. tho FOWG hav8 maintai￿d all tha paths I
walks through FWeVh)usly overgrovffl and unpassalje parts ol tho
Ccrfnmon making Iho visitor's 8xpori•nc¢ more enjoya￿8.
Eath S￿r0 soe5 th• C(*nmon bb)om V*ith the ltr*)usarKts of bulbs that
were ￿anted by th8 Wor￿'r￿j parti8s in wevious years.
Th? FOWC have wr(*￿￿j a se¢mJ.haTh8 rth ￿ mower to help Ihe
volunteers wth cuttiro the paths, meaning that all paths can bo Cut In one
go rather than over sevwd aftemFts.
Addltion•l d•t•ll• of obl•ctiv•• •ryl •¢0¥111•8 IOpOon•l Inforn)•don)
wcvk over the Common has been U￿rtak￿ by unFoid volunteers
who have froety dwalffl thair lune for the ben&fft ol the wblic. Wilhwl
the volthtteers, ihe exca￿nI wcyJess Wfiich has been made this yeaf
FOWG Triko to plilidy Ihank the ft￿10￿71¥j.
land0￿. 8gntall family. who have been very
accommrMJatirMJ arKJ SUFP)rtiro.
The Thr8a(%wkl famity for th&r SUKPJI
Gossip of Great Wakering. Waitrose. Ctrop. Wakering Lc<lge, United
Methodists and the ￿t￿lC for It￿ financial suFpNt by makirvJ
)nabons lo FOWG
FoWC- TAR

Section D
Achieveinents and perforniance
DurirwJ rts 7th hjll y8ar. FOWC have conlinwl lo exceed the initial
arts and the Common has seen many new members of the put￿lC
srting ar￿ enjoyiThJ what it has lo offer. induth'ng but not limited to,
heatthy exercise, acting as a communty meeliro plac8, vehicle lo
volunteer arKJ part￿iPate in a Iwl wo1￿1. and even wisd Injil and
ackbgrry pthro in the summer.
Summary ol the main
achievernents ot thè ch•rity
during the year
Durir#J tho yw tha FOWC have cthinu•J lo:
deared maintsingd tho patt￿ on th& Common
mwntainwj cleared ditches
wTchas￿l a(kliti￿￿ wuiwnent
paMI lor th6 Common lo have ils summer cut
regularfy ￿￿'ed bin
Th8 Common is now 01￿.a1￿ part ol tho National Trust's Ewland Coast
Path Nalionai Trail.
Section E
Financial review
The Injslees inleThJ lo S￿nd the raised on Ihe Common whilst
savirwJ to addIt￿nal arKI botter ewiFffient.
8rid glatmlont ol t
charlty'8 poll¢y on ro8•rv
Pnmknce dtht8s thal a roswve V•ill ahvays ￿ Tr￿j to cover Iho
forttwming years fixgd overheads suth as liatrj'lity insurance, running
costs and the repair replacement ot equipment and the abilily of tho
tharity to ccrtinue in tho lor•3 18rn1.
Frior#Js wrtOSod a sKoThl.harMd rKle on mower 8rvJ11 has proven
to be very suc£8sslul. txrt only has an life of maytse aTh)Iher two
years. CtrKe that math'ne is rn Iw usab￿. a new one will n8ed lo be
wrchawl will ￿nS￿lerablY r￿UC8 accumdal•J resorv¢s.
After a larg8 (kn8t￿n dwirvj the year of £9,(J)J, tho yoar and roseN
sl(y)J at £21 919
Details of any lunds mat•rially
in d￿1¢11
FOWC-TAR

Further financlal I￿leW details (Oplional inl¢)rmation)
mefflbership ot the FOWC al year end sl(xJJ at 84 paid up membèrs
196 in 2022, 138 in 20221, Contri1￿ting £420 in membership fees.
You may chooae to i￿lUde
additional Information. where
relevant about:
the Charity's principal
sources of funds {Ind￿lIng
any fundraisingl-
w expenditure has
$upp)rted the koy ¢&i￿1P1&s
of the charity-
investment policy arKI
oty'eclives in¢￿jdIng any
ethical inveslmenl p￿ICY
adopted.
Tal￿1 tthreclly from ￿￿b8[ship was £1.328. with owrating
ex￿nseS lor the year being £1.310. Thts r8sutted in a S￿r￿US of £18
fr(Yn m8mb8rs o)ntritxrtions.
Totd donat*)ns recaved wore £11.$41 Ibefore gift aKi T￿laiMI of which
£673 was Irom mern￿ iThlivKluals and £10.868 donal&J by
Crywralos.
Total irKom8 for the of £12,19612023 £2.6171.
All eX￿￿tUre lo the costs ￿ maintsining aThJ improving of the
All cash is main
hdd at HS8C arnl is nLN cuThent
invest&￿.
Section F
Other oplional information
Further Inf￿MalI0n can bo ty vBiliw WcikLiriii
c()n)moT) Ccill, ￿ on our Fac8took group.
Seclion G
Declaraiion
Th8 tru8tee8 declare t￿1 tlw have •pproved ihe tru8te•s' roWrt above.
Slgned on be￿11 ol th• eh•TIty'8 tru8t••s
Sl9n•turn(•)
Full narn(¥)
Polltlon leg So¢f8tsry, Chair,
Jokn WTrHtt8y
Chaw ol Truslo8S
Phd Hitchman
Tfustee
20 Noveth 2024
FoWC- TAR

Statemert d Hnandal Atlmdtsfortht perlod l 2023. 31 Juty 2024
Unrestrtrted Funds
2024
2023
Incom1￿ i•￿ul￿1
Incom• and •ndowm•nts fro￿.
Donations and le83cies
Other tradinK actiwties
£12.194
É2
£12.196
E2.555
£62
E2.617
Tttsl
R•sourc•s 4Mp•￿d
Expendliure on..
Raisin8 funds
Charrtable artpitrtbes
£0
£1.310
fl.310
£0
£1.599
É1.599
Tat4
N•t InCom•lleMp•ndttu￿j befor• plnsllloss•s)
Net gains/llos5esl on investrntnts
Net Incomelle)tpendltuv¢l
Net mo¥em•irt bn lunds
£10.886
£0
£10.886
£10.886
£1.018
£0
£1.018
£1,018
Re¢ondll•tlon d fvnd5:
Total funds broughi forward
Tvt•l funds (arrfed l¢yThYard
£11.033
£21.919
£10,015
Ell,033
•lan¢• Sh••t •$ It JI July2024
Flxed AM•ts
Tanaible assets
£383
£383
£766
£766
Totsl fThed assets
Curr•rf •s6•
Debtors
C•sh at bank ènd In hand
£23S
£21.701
£21.936
£263
£10,004
EIO.267
Ctsdltort: amounts fallrng due within one year
Net ¢urrent assetsllMab51111e$1
£4LK
£21,536
£0
£10,267
Tt*al a5s•ts ltss<wrent Ilablllthi
£21,919
£11,033
r￿dIt￿$. arnounls fallin8 due after one year
Total net assets or Il*bl4tles
£0
£21.919
EO
£11,033
Funds of the Charsty
Endowment fvnds
Restricted Income fvnds
Vnrestrlcted funds
Revaluation reserb
£0
£0
É21.919
£0
£21,919
£0
£0
£11.033
£0
£11,033
Totsl fuTrds

Friends of Wakerhrf
Iirtesto th¢ accourts l¢ontlnuedl
Note 5. Tawlbleblxed ass•ts
Tr•rtgr
Purchased
Oiswsals
OepretiatSon
At end ol the year
Net book value at beg¢nning of the year
Net book value at end of the year
£0
£0
E383
1£.1831
£766
£383
Totsl net bookvalue of Assets
£383
Note 6. O•btors •nd wep•yments
2014
2023
Glft ald tax dalm
£235
£235
£263
£263
2024
2023
Nate 7 C•sh •t b•nk •nd In h•nd
HSBC
Cash In hand l unbanked
PayPal
£21,2
£14
£397
£21,701
£9,982
£7
£is
£10,004
Not• 8 Cr•dltors •nd a(auals
Annual Grass Cut
£0
£0
Not* g CorpN*• donatlons
United Methodists- He1W￿ hand5
Co-op- Local Cause
Waitrose
Gossip of Wakedng
Wakering Lodqe
£9.CKYJ
£1.868
£0
£0
£0
£10.868
£0
£SC
£185
£3
£985

Notes lo the accounts
Not• l B•sls ol account&
These accounts have b￿￿ prepared under the hlstorkal c05t convent￿n ￿tfv items recoenised at cost
or transartion vahje unless Otherwise stated in the relevant Trotelsl to these accounts.
The atciyjnts ha* been prepared in accord•nce wtth:
the 5taternent of Recommended Prartice: Accounting and Reporting by Charftfjes preparln8 their
accounts ift accordance with the Financial Aer*ytinR Standard applKablt in the UK and Republic of
Ireland IFftS 1021 issued on 16 Juty 2014 and wfth the Financial Reporting Standard app1kab￿ in the
Not• 2 Accountlni poll¢y •nd othw Inlom￿l0Tr
Reco￿1110￿ ol tncome
These are included in the Statement of FinancMI Artryrt*s ISOFAI when=
- The charty becomes entitled io the IncorT¢'.
- The trustees are vtrtualty certain they wll re¢ti%* the income.. and
. The monetary wlue can be rr*asured with suff￿￿nI rejiabfy.
Incorn• wlth rel•ted •xp¢ndttwe. Whefe Income ho￿ rekted expendKure las w6th fundfawnql the
income and related expendrture ale ieporttd #r05s in the SOF
Gr￿t$ and d¢fiJtkrt- Grants and donatlons are (￿ty inchjded In the SOFA *then the chartty has
uncondrtional entrtlement to the re(￿ptS.
Contr•ttu•l Inc(wM •Dd p•rforn￿￿ reknted Thos Is onhf i￿luded in the SOFA once the
related goods or seThices have been delwered.
Gfft5 In ktnd- G6fts In klnd that are of sub#art6al ￿￿￿etary vahje Jnd be estlmated wlth svfflclent
rel1abll￿Y ale aCC￿￿ted lor at • reasonab￿ estimate of their ¥•￿e to the tharty or the amount
artually realised.
Oon•t•d s•r¥lces •nd l•d¥tl•s- These are onty ific￿ded in income (with an equNalent amwnt In
expendrturel where the benefft toihe chafrty is reasonably qu*ntthable. ff*asurable and materi•S.
The value placed on thèse receipts 15 the eslirnated value tothe ¢harty of the service or facilty
recelved.
In¥•stmont Incom•- Th15 Is kncknd¢d In the fin•nclal ￿ateMentS wthen re¢elv•ble.
IbMrtm•nt ylns •nd los￿- Thks InchJdes anyffakn orlou on the of in¥estmeftts at th¢ ehd of
the year.
Expondllure wd U•bS*l•s
Ultslllty r•coyb115on 4iablltt*s are rec¢¥ni￿d as soon asthere lsa Iwl or constnKINe oblilètion
committing the chafity to make ptyment.

Frlend5 of Waktthy C(#nmon
14oteststh* a¢wints Icontinuedl
Gv4ern•nce (051s- Inchjded co￿$ of the preparaik>n and examlDatiDn of statutory accovnts, the
C05t5 of govern*n8 boa*d meetthBs and cost of any legal advKe for the 8ovefnin8 i*Mrd
govemance of constttutoonal matter
As%•t%, Prop•rty. PL•nt & Equlynert- These are Caprtal￿d if theyc4n be used for more than one
year. They are Wdlued at cost (less d¢preciationl or, KBrfted. at the w7hJe of the tharty OTh receipt.
R•lat•d p•rty tr•ns•ctlons- The ¢h•rity has undertaken no relat•d p*tytr•nsact*)ns duringthe
financial period. None ofthe trustees hw* been paid any refflunernt•Jn. expenses or recewed anv
other beneffts frorn the thar(ty.
C•sh Ilow st•ternent- As a smèll enlfty, th• charlty h•staken athnt4e of parairaph 3.IB of FRS 102
not to prepare a cash fvw sl*ement.
Not• 3- Incom•
Mernbershlp fees Imember$ 841
Donati¢M)s- IndivSduals
Gift Ald reclairned
Donatton$- Corporate
Easter e88 donarion
2023
£480
£827
£264
£985
E61
£2,617
£420
£673
£23S
£10.868
£0
£12.196
Note 4- Expendllure
Alde on mower Se￿Ce / repalrs
Entrance rubblsh bln and bags
Petrol
Rerfjm Hlre re AGM
Consumables and rep31rs
Merchant char8es
Public Liability Insurance
Trees l Flower bulbs
Annual Grass Cut
Email, web srte & domaln
Bank char8e5
Depreciation
£76
£19
£113
E25
£7
Elo
£129
Éo
£2
£23
£51
£25
£32
£8
£99
£139
£4C
£139
£66
£417
£1,599
£62
£383
£1,310