LOCAL WELCOME CIO
Community capacity buildingHuman rights/religious or racial harmony / equality or diversity
Objects
TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN THE UK AND WORLDWIDE BY PREVENTINGPEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, AND BY RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE WHO ARESOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY.FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE, "SOCIALLY EXCLUDED" MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR APART OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIALHARDSHIP; ILL HEALTH (MENTAL OR PHYSICAL); DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF ETHNIC ORIGIN,RELIGION, BELIEF, CREED, RACE, DISABILITY, GENDER, SEX, OR SEXUALITY; POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLSATTAINMENT; RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN; POOR HOUSING (THAT IS HOUSING THAT DOES NOTMEET BASIC HABITABLE STANDARDS); SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY; OR CRIME.
Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts
The accounts state that the charity finished the year with a net income surplus of £42,375, having generated total income of £175,196 against total expenditure of £132,821. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £50,202, which is significantly above the calculated policy target of £17,535, and the trustees confirmed that cash resources are adequate to meet ongoing expenses for at least 12 months.
What the accounts disclose
Policies the charity declares
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Complaints handling
- 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 conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2026
- Volunteers: 57
- Government income: £48,632 — grants £48,632 (3); 28% of the £175,196 total gross income on the same return
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025
- Volunteers: 39
- Government income: £35,737 — grants £35,737 (2); 34% of the £104,794 total gross income on the same return
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024
- Volunteers: 40
- Government income: £102,333 — grants £102,333 (5); 42% of the £243,731 total gross income on the same return
Trustees
- NICK GRETTONchair
- Annie Frances Turnbull
- Claire Abigail Price
- Jasmine Akhtar
- Mark Stephen Roe
Income and spending
| Financial year end | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 31/03/2026 | £175k | £133k |
| 31/03/2025 | £105k | £146k |
| 31/03/2024 | £244k | £214k |
| 31/03/2023 | £277k | £281k |
| 31/03/2022 | £249k | £197k |
Common questions
Is LOCAL WELCOME CIO financially healthy?
Per its FY2026 accounts: The accounts state that the charity finished the year with a net income surplus of £42,375, having generated total income of £175,196 against total expenditure of £132,821. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £50,202, which is significantly above the calculated policy target of £17,535, and the trustees confirmed that cash resources are adequate to meet ongoing expenses for at least 12 months. Its FY2026 accounts were audited by Nicola Anderson FCIE.
Who funds LOCAL WELCOME CIO?
Funders whose own accounts filings name LOCAL WELCOME CIO as a grant recipient include DERBYSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, THE BRITFORD BRIDGE TRUST, SOCIETY OF THE HOLY CHILD JESUS CIO.
Known funders
| Funder | Year | Amount | Purpose (as stated by the funder) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DERBYSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | FY2025 | £16k | |
| DERBYSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | FY2024 | £16k | |
| THE BRITFORD BRIDGE TRUST | FY2025 | £15k | Secondary |
| SOCIETY OF THE HOLY CHILD JESUS CIO | FY2024 | £15k | Grants |
| SOCIETY OF THE HOLY CHILD JESUS CIO | FY2025 | £15k | Grants |
| THE HILDEN CHARITABLE FUND | FY2026 | Unverified read£14k | Asylum Seekers and Refugees |
Government & lottery funding
| Funder | Date | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 24/07/2026 | £20k | Creative Connections in Belfast |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 02/12/2025 | £20k | Local Welcome Cardiff - Creative Connections |
| Postcode Lottery | 29/07/2025 | £25k | Unrestricted Funding |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 03/07/2025 | £20k | Building Welcome and Sanctuary in Liverpool |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 08/11/2024 | £20k | Expanding Welcome in Belfast |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 26/01/2024 | £20k | Local Welcome Derby |
| Postcode Lottery | 01/11/2023 | £23k | Project Funding |
| The National Lottery Heritage Fund | 16/02/2023 | £97k | "Culture Heritage Exchange in a Place of Sanctuary" |
| The National Lottery Heritage Fund | 08/02/2023 | £10k | "Cultural heritage exchange Newham" |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 12/01/2023 | £10k | Local Welcome Belfast |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 12/08/2022 | £10k | A Local Welcome |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 11/07/2022 | £10k | Warm Welcome |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 01/07/2022 | £10k | Welcoming Refugees |
| Postcode Lottery | 27/05/2022 | £24k | Meals with Refugees |
Funders of similar charities
| Funder | Similar charities funded | Amount to them |
|---|---|---|
| FRANCIS C SCOTT CHARITABLE TRUST | 1 | £94k |
| THE THOMAS BRINGTON FOUNDATION | 1 | £14k |
| THE HADFIELD CHARITABLE TRUST | 1 | £3k |
| MARKET HARBOROUGH BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION | 1 | £2k |
| THE AUSTIN AND HOPE PILKINGTON TRUST | 1 | £1k |
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Side by side with its peers
| Charity | Income | Top pay band | Staff >£60k | Reserves vs policy | Fundraising cost | Going concern |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOCAL WELCOME CIO | £175k | — | 0 | above | — | no doubt |
| ROCK COMMUNITY HUB CIO | £525k | — | 0 | unclear | — | noted |
| CHARITY VOICE | £31k | — | — | unclear | — | no doubt |
| CITY PRAISE CENTRE CIO | £763k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| PUBLISH WHAT YOU FUND | £781k | £80,001 - £90,000 | 1 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| WALNEY COMMUNITY TRUST | £180k | — | 0 | unclear | — | noted |