LOCAL WELCOME CIO

Registered charity 1180770 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Community capacity buildingHuman rights/religious or racial harmony / equality or diversity

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
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity finished the year with unrestricted net funds of £54,510, which is above its stated reserves policy target of £16,092. Per the trustees' report, the charity incurred a net deficit of £40,940 due to project endings and a team restructure, but anticipates running costs to be steady in the coming year.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: Notice periods of permanent salaries and related employment costs, one month of contractor costs, and minimum notice period for recurring supplier contracts (held: £55k)
“Our set amount of normal expenditure to be kept in reserves is comprised of the following: – Notice periods of permanent salaries and related employment costs – One month of contractor costs – Minimum notice period for recurring supplier contracts – Zero months of one-o! costs”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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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 FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity finished the year with unrestricted net funds of £54,510, which is above its stated reserves policy target of £16,092. Per the trustees' report, the charity incurred a net deficit of £40,940 due to project endings and a team restructure, but anticipates running costs to be steady in the coming year. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
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

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CITY PRAISE CENTRE CIO.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
LOCAL WELCOME CIO£175k—0unclear—no doubt
CITY PRAISE CENTRE CIO FY2025£763k—0unclear—no doubt
CLASS 13 CIO FY2025£334k—0unclear—no doubt
TOGETHER FOR THE COMMON GOOD FY2025£118k—0below—no doubt
Forum CIO FY2025£2.1m—0unclear—no doubt
CLIWOM SANCTUARY OF PRAISE FY2025£189k—0unclear—no doubt

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