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The Welfare Association

  • 7 trustees
  • Income £2.2m (2024)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability and 6 more
Where
Israel, Lebanon, Occupied Palestinian Territories
Website
www.welfareassociation.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Welfare Association
Registered
1993

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£2.2m£2.0m
  • 2023£2.2m£2.2m
  • 2022£1.1m£1.1m
Earlier years
  • 2021£2.6m£2.5m
  • 2020£2.3m£2.3m

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

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.

Grants received

3 grants · £1,035,295 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £1,020,295 (2 grants)
  • SHAREGIFT · £15,000

Most recent

  • SHAREGIFT £15,0002025-08-28
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £533,0002012-06-21
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £487,2952008-08-11
Board analysis

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
5y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
2.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (1)

7
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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1020238
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 13TH APRIL 1993.
Companies House
Company number 02809950 · Active
Contact on the register
02072592454 · info@welfareassociation.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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