The Welfare Association

Registered charity 1020238 Registered since 1993

Operates: Israel, Lebanon, Occupied Palestinian Territories

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

7 trustees on the board

1.7y median 1y

average tenure

longest tenure

trustees past 6 years

2.7y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (1)

Tamara Amer Benhalim since 2025

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 7General Charitable Purposes 7The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 7

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Health and social care 8Professional services 1Property 1

Gaps to watch

Mostly recent joiners - limited long-term continuity

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

incomespending£2.2m latest income

ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

1.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 0.5 in 2020

2 from 2 in 2020

EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Also active in the same field

The ELM Foundation LTD Similar size; both Housing
Worksop and Retford Housing Project Limited Similar size; both Housing
The Forte Charitable Foundation Similar size; both Housing
Stay Charity Similar size; both Housing
Peacehaven House Similar size; both Housing
Burton Upon Trent and District Ymca Similar size; both Housing

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.welfareassociation.org.uk
Email	info@welfareassociation.org.uk
Phone	02072592454
Address	The Welfare Association, 9 Dallington Street, LONDON, EC1V 0LN

Finances

£2,186,640 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2020	£2,285,529	£2,316,542
2021	£2,562,769	£2,475,560
2022	£1,077,974	£1,131,136
2023	£2,161,188	£2,171,440
2024	£2,186,640	£2,017,301

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesDisabilityThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyOverseas Aid/famine ReliefAccommodation/housingArts/culture/heritage/scienceEnvironment/conservation/heritageEconomic/community Development/employment

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesPeople Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial OriginOther Defined Groups

How

Makes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND THE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY FOR THE BENEFIT OF INHABITANTS OF PALESTINE, ISRAEL, LEBANON AND JORDON (AND IN PARTICULAR THE COMMUNITIES IN THE WESTBANK AND GAZA AREAS) WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, RACE, RELIGION OR POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR SUCH OPINIONS. IN THIS CLAUSE THE RELIEF OF POVERTY MAY INCLUDE THE PROVISION OF ASSISTANCE IN SETTING UP IN BUSINESS TO POOR PERSONS WHO SUFFER INVOLUNTARY UNEMPLOYMENT.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 13TH APRIL 1993.

Trustees (7)

7trustees

43median age

1aged 70+

Dr Nabih Basel Nabih Hanbaliage band 35-39 since 2025
Hatem Waddah Kamalage band 45-49 since 2024
Manal Yacoub Elias Mitriage band 45-49 since 2025
Michael Andrew Kennyage band 70-74 since 2021
Saleem S S Lubbadage band 35-39 since 2025
Sara Leila Husseiniage band 40-44 since 2025
Tamara Amer Benhalimage band 40-44 since 2025

Linked company (Companies House)

The Welfare Association · 02809950 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 13/04/1993

4 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

Makan Rights 1 shared trustee

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