WELCOME CHURCHES

Registered charity 1177344 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Educate churches and other partners about the need to welcome and support refugees and asylum seekers arriving in their communities.Provide training, resources and ongoing support churches to effectively welcome and support theintegration of refugees and asylum seekers.Network and link together churches across the UK who are welcoming refugees.

Causes: Education/training · Disability · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £21,346 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total incoming resources of £405,526 against expenditure of £384,180. The trustees confirm that unrestricted reserves of £190,862 represent approximately 17 months of unrestricted expenditure, significantly exceeding their stated policy target of three months. The filing confirms 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 independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Welcome Churches (matched by registered charity number).

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2022)

Reported reserves equal ~5.0 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (98% 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: 0.5% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alex Joneschair
• Ali Saee
• Andrew David Smith · trustee of 1 other charity
• Elinor Gage
• George Haddad
• Hannah Baynes
• Jonathan Dyson · trustee of 2 other charities
• MARION DORIS KNELL
• Nathaniel Jennings
• Sarah Linn

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

Operates in: Belgium · Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).