FAITHWORKS WESSEX

Registered charity 1108714 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FAITHWORKS POOLE

Our charitable objects are given life through a number of projects, including: homelessness outreach, befriending of carers, supported placements for adults with learning disabilities, food banks, personal budget coaching, and support to reduce social isolation in older people.

Objects

THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, SICKNESS OR DISTRESS, PARTICULARLY AMONGST THE ELDERLY, HOMELESS, CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN CARE AND THOSE CARING FOR A FAMILY MEMBER WITH A PHYSICAL, MENTAL OR SENSORY DISABILITY, BY THE PROVISION OF INFORMATION, ADVICE AND SUPPORT AND TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED FOR SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE INFIRMITY OF DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITION OF LIFE IN PARTICULAR THROUGH FACILITATING CHURCHES AND CHRISTIANS TO WORK FOR THE BENEFIT OF THEIR LOCAL COMMUNITIES BY ADDRESSING SUCH ISSUES OF DISADVANTAGE, SOCIAL EXCLUSION AND OTHER AREAS OF NEED FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AS THE DIRECTORS FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE, THE BOROUGH OF POOLE AND ADJACENT PARISHES.

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 Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income decreased by 12% to £1.31m while expenditure increased by 6% to £1.49m, resulting in a net deficit of £172,154. The trustees report that unrestricted reserves stood at £51,897, which they note is above the minimum policy target of three months' cover for core costs, and the auditor confirmed no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Harrisons Chartered Accountants. Discloses 5 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — FAITHWORKS WESSEX (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Alistair Doxat-Purser — CEO (source)
• Neil — Chair of Trustees (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.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Abri housing association — “We are so grateful to our funders Thank you to the teams and partners in the following organisations for their practical support in so many …” (source page)

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.4 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (85% 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: 0.6% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (16/07/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (19/09/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (04/07/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (17/01/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• BENJAMIN RICHARD GRIFFITHS · trustee of 2 other charities
• CLIFFORD IAN JAMES
• Colette Carol Riggs
• Elizabeth Joanna Kelway Davies
• NEIL STEVENS
• Niall Jon Burroughs · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev Christopher Beaumont · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev Sarah Elizabeth Yetman · trustee of 1 other charity
• Richard Andrew Stamp · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Dorset

Income and spending

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Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WORD OF FAITH MISSION.

• WORD OF FAITH MISSION income £57k
• FAITHLIFT MINISTRIES income £66k
• FAITHINVEST income £328k
• LIFEHOUSE MINISTRIES income £45k
• WINDSOR FELLOWSHIP TRUST income £86k
• THE OPENWORK FOUNDATION income £1.2m

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.