Registered charity · West Midlands
Welcome
- 5 trustees
- Income £931k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- Where
- Solihull
- Website
- www.welcome-solihull.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Welcome
- Registered
- 2001
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£931k£918k
- 2024£616k£608k
- 2023£675k£679k
Earlier years
- 2022£634k£740k
- 2021£635k£689k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 98%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
1) TO PROVIDE A RANGE OF REHABILITATION SERVICES INCLUDING CARE, SUPPORT, COUNSELLING, EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR THOSE PERSONS IN SOLIHULL WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM, OR IN DANGER OF SUFFERING FROM, THE EFFECTS OF DRUG DEPENDENCY.2) TO RELIEVE POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS OF PERSONS IN SOLIHULL PARTICULARLY BY THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT, ADVICE AND COUNSELLING SERVICES.
Grants received
7 grants · £930,648 total360Giving 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 · £728,932 (4 grants)
- BBC Children in Need · £140,444 (2 grants)
- Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales · £61,272
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
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.
5 trustees on the board
- Adam Darkes since 2012
- Cairo Nickolls since 2015
- LYN Williams since 2012
- Mark Andrew Lewis
- John Elsegood since 2014
Trustees past 6 years
- Adam Darkes since 2012
- Cairo Nickolls since 2015
- LYN Williams since 2012
- John Elsegood since 2014
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Adam Darkes since 2012
- Cairo Nickolls since 2015
- LYN Williams since 2012
- Mark Andrew Lewis
- John Elsegood since 2014
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
5.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 9.1 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1087511
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 26 JUNE 2001
- Companies House
- Company number 04241324 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 0121 785 2218 · info@welcome-charity.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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