LOUGHBOROUGH WELLBEING CENTRE (CIO)

Registered charity 1192208 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LOUGHBOROUGH WELLBEING CENTRE, LOUGHBOROUGH WELLBEING CENTRE(CIO)

We provide a safe and welcoming meeting place for people who are experiencing or recovering from mental health difficulties. We are suitable for people looking for fun activities and somewhere to rediscover their self-confidence and be socially active again.

Objects

THE RELIEF OF PERSONS IN LEICESTERSHIRE AND ITS ENVIRONS WHO ARE EXPERIENCING OR HAVE EXPERIENCED MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS THROUGH THE PROVISION OF IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, DROP-IN CAFES IN AN EFFORT TO BUILD SELF-ESTEEM, INDEPENDENCE AND SENSE OF WELL-BEING.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Registered contact address: Charnwood, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£237k

Latest spending

£212k

Registered

2020

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a surplus of £25,860 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total income rising 21% to £236,895 compared to the previous year. Total funds carried forward increased to £125,919, providing unrestricted and restricted reserves that the trustees consider appropriate against a policy target of six months' operating expenditure. The accounts were subject to an independent examination rather than a full audit, with the examiner confirming no material matters required attention.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Other (64% of income)

“Other 6 2,890 148,784 151,674” — page 8

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: an amount equal to 6 months of operating expenditure included in the 2025/26 operating plan (reserves figure: £126k)

“The trustees believe that an amount equal to 6 months of operating expenditure included in the 2025/26 operating plan would be appropriate.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
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
Volunteer management

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 31/12/2025

Volunteers: 14
Government income: £5,000 — grants £5,000 (4); 2% of the £236,895 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

Volunteers: 15
Government income: £18,244 — grants £18,244 (1); 9% of the £194,458 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

Volunteers: 14

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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Thomas Clifford Walterschair
Brian Drury
Dr Katherine Ilona Berry
James Mark Poland
Nicholas Harold Randell Simpson
Perminder Kaur Atwal

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

Operates in: Leicester City · Leicestershire · Rutland

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£237k	£212k
31/12/2024	£194k	£220k
31/12/2023	£253k	£196k
31/12/2022	£187k	£145k
31/12/2021	£91k	£64k

Common questions

Is LOUGHBOROUGH WELLBEING CENTRE (CIO) financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reported a surplus of £25,860 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total income rising 21% to £236,895 compared to the previous year. Total funds carried forward increased to £125,919, providing unrestricted and restricted reserves that the trustees consider appropriate against a policy target of six months' operating expenditure. The accounts were subject to an independent examination rather than a full audit, with the examiner confirming no material matters required attention. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	21/08/2026	£20k	Charnwood Wellbeing Hub Outreach
Sport England	12/02/2026	£9k	Mind in Motion
The National Lottery Community Fund	27/11/2025	£400k	Loughborough Wellbeing Centre
The National Lottery Community Fund	28/07/2022	£296k	Loughborough Wellbeing Centre
UK government	11/02/2022	£10k	Covenant Fund

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
WALTON ON THAMES CHARITY	1	£45k
DERBYSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	1	£31k
SOCIETY OF THE HOLY CHILD JESUS CIO	1	£30k
THE SUSSEX COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	1	£20k
THE BRITFORD BRIDGE TRUST	1	£15k
THE ALLEN LANE FOUNDATION	1	£6k
THE FORRESTER FAMILY TRUST	1	£5k
THE J J CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LOCAL WELCOME CIO.

LOCAL WELCOME CIO income £175k
HIGHCROFT COMMUNITY CENTRE CIO income £47k
TALK COUNSELLING CIO income £27k
BALANCE (SUPPORT) CIO income £4.1m
RELEASE COUNSELLING AND THERAPY FOR WOMEN CIO income £156k
LOWER GREEN COMMUNITY CIO income £173k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
LOUGHBOROUGH WELLBEING CENTRE (CIO)	£237k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
LOCAL WELCOME CIO FY2026	£175k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
HIGHCROFT COMMUNITY CENTRE CIO FY2025	£47k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
TALK COUNSELLING CIO FY2025	£27k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
BALANCE (SUPPORT) CIO FY2025	£4.1m	£70,000 - £80,000	—	below	—	no doubt
RELEASE COUNSELLING AND THERAPY FOR WOMEN CIO FY2025	£156k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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