WELLBANK FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1192329 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We are a grant-making charity that supports registered charities based in North East England. We're passionate about the region and want to back initiatives that improve people's lives and help them reach their full potential by helping charities help those who are disadvantaged, by finance, health or other reason. Specifically projects providing educational, sporting or environmental benefits.

Objects

TO PROVIDE GRANTS TO CHARITIES IN THE NORTH EAST OF ENGLAND THAT SUPPORT THOSE THAT ARE DISADVANTAGED BY REASON OF YOUTH, AGE, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER SOCIO-ECONOMIC BASIS WITH A FOCUS ON INITIATIVES WITH EDUCATIONAL, SPORTING OR ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS.

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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Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £32,170, which the trustees describe as a timing difference resulting from their policy to distribute all donations. The charity reported a net movement of resources of (17,061) for the year, funded by incoming resources of £44,982 and outgoing grants of £62,043. The trustees confirm that resources are adequate to continue in business.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited. 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrew John Robsonchair
• Emilia Kate Robson
• Lauren Alice Robson
• Ruth Robson

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

Operates in: Gateshead · Newcastle Upon Tyne City · North Tyneside · Northumberland · Sunderland

Income and spending

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