WALLICH-CLIFFORD COMMUNITY
Registered charity 1004103 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE WALLICH
The objects of the charity as stated in the Memorandum and Articles of Association are the support of persons who are in need or who are homeless or who are suffering from psychological or physical probelms who are in need of help in acquiring a settled life.
Causes: Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity recorded a net surplus of £238k for the year ended 31 March 2025, reversing a £1.6m deficit in the prior year. Total income increased by 15% to £20.7m, driven by charitable activities and donations, while expenditure rose to £20.5m. The trustees report that free reserves remain at levels assessed as sufficient to support day-to-day operations and unforeseen contingencies.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Largest income source: Charitable activities (92% of income)
“Charitable activities – £20.08m (2024: £17.7m). This continues to represent most of the income, driven by housing support and local authority contracts.” — page 27
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: 13 weeks of core activities (held: £5.9m)
“The Trustees have set a reserves policy that requires reserves to be maintained at a level that would allow continuance of core activities for a minimum of 13 weeks in the event of a period of continued unforeseen financial difficulty, and that a level of readily accessible funds is retained.” — page 28
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: S G Johnson, a trustee who resigned on 20/03/2025, received reimbursed expenses.
“S G Johnson £487 (2024: £Nil) of expenses were reimbursed to S G Johnson during the year. Expenses re-imbursed relate to travel and accomodation costs. No trustees, nor any persons connected with them, have received any remuneration from the charity during the year.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by HSJ Audit Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Year-over-year changes
- Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "below" (FY2024) to "above" (FY2025).
Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Wallich (matched by registered charity number).
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Sian Aldridge — Chief Executive (source)
- Tom Hall — Director of People and Talent (source)
- Tracey Marsh — Director of Finance (source)
- Mike Bobbett — Associate Director of Business Innovation (source)
- Sophie Haworth-Booth — Interim Director of Operations (source)
- Phill Stapley — Interim Director of Operations (source)
Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.
Public-sector contracts awarded
From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.
Property (HM Land Registry)
14 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (13 freehold); recorded price paid £1.2m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£258k
Reported reserves equal ~3.5 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (97% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 1.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).
- Oliver Benedict Townsendchair
- Dr Helen Catherine Williams
- Eleanor Sian Hetenyi
- Kirsty Angharad Ellis
- Lauren Rebecca Howells
- Polly Roisin Thompson
- Siobhan Williams
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Throughout Wales
Income and spending
Common questions
Is WALLICH-CLIFFORD COMMUNITY financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity recorded a net surplus of £238k for the year ended 31 March 2025, reversing a £1.6m deficit in the prior year. Total income increased by 15% to £20.7m, driven by charitable activities and donations, while expenditure rose to £20.5m. The trustees report that free reserves remain at levels assessed as sufficient to support day-to-day operations and unforeseen contingencies. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by HSJ Audit Limited.
Who funds WALLICH-CLIFFORD COMMUNITY?
Funders whose own accounts filings name WALLICH-CLIFFORD COMMUNITY as a grant recipient include GARFIELD WESTON FOUNDATION, MOONDANCE FOUNDATION, THE MARY HOMFRAY CHARITABLE TRUST, THE GIBBS CHARITABLE TRUSTS, WALES COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY ACTION.
Known funders
Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.
Government & lottery funding
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