LOCAL WELCOME CIO

Registered charity 1180770 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

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.

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 · Economic/community Development/employment · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£175k
Latest spending
£133k
Registered
2018
Accounts read
FY2026

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.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Nicola Anderson FCIE. Discloses 4 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.

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.

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

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

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Canada · France · Germany · Ireland · Italy · Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales · United States

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
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

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
DERBYSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONFY2025£16k
DERBYSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONFY2024£16k
THE BRITFORD BRIDGE TRUSTFY2025£15kSecondary
SOCIETY OF THE HOLY CHILD JESUS CIOFY2024£15kGrants
SOCIETY OF THE HOLY CHILD JESUS CIOFY2025£15kGrants
THE HILDEN CHARITABLE FUNDFY2026Unverified read£14kAsylum Seekers and Refugees

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund24/07/2026£20kCreative Connections in Belfast
The National Lottery Community Fund02/12/2025£20kLocal Welcome Cardiff - Creative Connections
Postcode Lottery29/07/2025£25kUnrestricted Funding
The National Lottery Community Fund03/07/2025£20kBuilding Welcome and Sanctuary in Liverpool
The National Lottery Community Fund08/11/2024£20kExpanding Welcome in Belfast
The National Lottery Community Fund26/01/2024£20kLocal Welcome Derby
Postcode Lottery01/11/2023£23kProject Funding
The National Lottery Heritage Fund16/02/2023£97k"Culture Heritage Exchange in a Place of Sanctuary"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund08/02/2023£10k"Cultural heritage exchange Newham"
The National Lottery Community Fund12/01/2023£10kLocal Welcome Belfast
The National Lottery Community Fund12/08/2022£10kA Local Welcome
The National Lottery Community Fund11/07/2022£10kWarm Welcome
The National Lottery Community Fund01/07/2022£10kWelcoming Refugees
Postcode Lottery27/05/2022£24kMeals with Refugees

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 ROCK COMMUNITY HUB CIO.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
LOCAL WELCOME CIO£175k—0above—no doubt
ROCK COMMUNITY HUB CIO FY2025£525k—0unclear—noted
CHARITY VOICE FY2026£31k——unclear—no doubt
CITY PRAISE CENTRE CIO FY2025£763k—0unclear—no doubt
PUBLISH WHAT YOU FUND FY2025£781k£80,001 - £90,0001unclear—no doubt
WALNEY COMMUNITY TRUST FY2025£180k—0unclear—noted

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