POA WELFARE FUND

Registered charity 1117527 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity provides grants to past or present members of the POA in cases of need, hardship or distress. They also provide grants to other charitable organisations for the relief of the poor.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£451k

Latest spending

£430k

Registered

2007

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased from £1,444,409 to £1,604,050, driven by a net income of £159,641. The charity holds £1,080,152 in net current assets, including £79,437 in cash and £523,898 in listed investments. The trustees and auditors confirm the financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Sturgess Hutchinson (Leicester) Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

DAVID TODD
JOSEPH SIMPSON
Mark Fairhurst
STEPHEN GILLAN

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£451k	£430k
31/12/2024	£473k	£337k
31/12/2023	£401k	£282k
31/12/2022	£381k	£344k
31/12/2021	£403k	£290k

Common questions

Is POA WELFARE FUND financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased from £1,444,409 to £1,604,050, driven by a net income of £159,641. The charity holds £1,080,152 in net current assets, including £79,437 in cash and £523,898 in listed investments. The trustees and auditors confirm the financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Sturgess Hutchinson (Leicester) Limited.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE POSK FOUNDATION.

THE POSK FOUNDATION income £154k
WAFA RELIEF income £560k
The British Airways Benevolent Fund income £120k
PONOSI FOUNDATION income £144k
PADWA CHARITABLE FOUNDATION income £244k
CHARITWORTH LIMITED income £3.3m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
POA WELFARE FUND	£451k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE POSK FOUNDATION FY2024	£154k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
WAFA RELIEF FY2025	£560k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
The British Airways Benevolent Fund FY2024	£120k	—	above	—	no doubt
PONOSI FOUNDATION FY2025	£144k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
PADWA CHARITABLE FOUNDATION FY2024	£244k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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