WELLS COMMUNITY NETWORK

Registered charity 1212091 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WCN, WELLS COMMUNITY NETWORK CIC

Wells Community Network brings people, organisations and services together to improve health, wellbeing and social connection across Wells and the surrounding area. We help people access information, advice and practical support, while identifying gaps in local provision and working collaboratively to develop community-led solutions where they are needed.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:(1) FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO RELIEVE THOSE IN NEED BY REASON OF YOUTH, AGE, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY OR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP IN WELLS AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY SIGNPOSTING, PROVIDING INFORMATION, PRACTICAL SUPPORT AND OTHER SERVICES WHICH THE TRUSTEES DECIDE ARE CONSISTENT WITH THIS CHARITABLE PURPOSE.(2) TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE LIVING IN WELLS AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY.FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ‘SOCIALLY EXCLUDED’ MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; YOUTH OR OLD AGE; ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL); SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY INCLUDING ALCOHOL AND DRUGS; DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF SEX, RACE, DISABILITY, ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGION, BELIEF, CREED, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER REASSIGNMENT; POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT; RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN; POOR HOUSING (THAT IS HOUSING THAT DOES NOT MEET BASIC HABITABLE STANDARDS; CRIME (EITHER AS A VICTIM OF CRIME OR AS AN OFFENDER REHABILITATING INTO SOCIETY); BEING A REFUGEE OR AN ASYLUM SEEKER.

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 FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted cash funds of £6,319.41 and restricted funds of £50,786.98 as at 31 December 2025, with no liabilities or guarantees disclosed. The trustees note that the charity had not yet adopted a formal reserves policy but monitored cash positions to ensure financial sustainability, supported by new long-term grant funding from the National Lottery and Somerset Community Foundation.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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 handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• 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
• Volunteer management

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Paul John Jameschair
• Andrew Webb
• Annalisa Checchi · trustee of 1 other charity
• Christopher Stephen Holmes
• Emma Louise Lefevre
• Karen Deverell MBE
• Michael Howard Pottinger
• Patricia Elizabeth Leigh · trustee of 1 other charity
• Philip Fairnington Welch · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Somerset

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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