WEST MERCIA POLICE WELFARE FUND

Registered charity 1087525 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WEST MERCIA CONSTABULARY WELFARE FUND

To relieve, in cases of need, contibuting members, past and present, of the West Mercia Constabulary and their families and dependants who are sick, convalescent, disabled, handicapped or infirm or may be in necessitous or impoverished condition, or who are suffering from temporary financial hardship.

Objects

TO RELIEVE IN CASES OF NEED, CONTRIBUTING MEMBERS, PAST AND PRESENT, OF THE WEST MERCIA CONSTABULARY AND THEIR FAMILIES AND DEPENDANTS WHO ARE SICK, CONVALESCENT, DISABLED, HANDICAPPED OR INFIRM OR MAY BE IN NECESSITOUS OR IMPOVERISHED CONDITION, OR WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM TEMPORARY FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, BY PROVIDING, OR PAYING FOR, ITEMS, SERVICES OR FACILITIES WHICH ARE CALCULATED TO ALLEVIATE THE SUFFERING OR ASSIST THE RECOVERY OF SUCH PERSONS IN SUCH CASES, BUT ARE NOT READILY AVAILABLE FROM OTHER SOURCES, OR BY PROVIDING MONETARY GRANTS OR LOANS. SUCH GRANTS OR LOANS WILL BE AT THE DISCRETION OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE UPON SUCH TERMS AS SEEM FIT.

Area of benefit: THE WEST MERCIA CONSTABULARY

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts have been subject to an independent examination by The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants The Richards Sandy Partnership. The examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention regarding the keeping of accounting records or compliance with the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008. The filing does not disclose specific financial figures, reserves, or operational risks within the provided text.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 2 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Financial reserves policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Craig John Harris
• Deborah Bentley
• Edward Williams
• Kevin Jones
• Margaret Elizabeth Case
• Rachel Adie
• Rachel Hartland-Lane
• Ryan Davies
• Timothy Viner
• Tracy Ruff

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Herefordshire · Shropshire · Telford & Wrekin · Worcestershire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WEST MIDLANDS POLICE BENEVOLENT FUND.

• WEST MIDLANDS POLICE BENEVOLENT FUND income £323k
• Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary Welfare Fund income £281k
• THE NORTH WEST POLICE BENEVOLENT FUND income £2.2m
• THE SUSSEX POLICE CHARITABLE TRUST income £209k
• Police Care UK income £862k
• The Police Children's Charity income £1.3m

Side by side with its peers

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