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Faithworks Wessex

Registered charity 1108714 Registered since 2005

Operates: Dorset

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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.

5.6y median 4.5y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

13y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

Portfolio (5)

9
company-linked trustees

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

The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 9Economic/community Development/employment 6General Charitable Purposes 6Education/training 3The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 2Religious Activities 1

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 10Other services 5Education 3

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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£1.3m 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.

0.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months

46 from 27 in 2021
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.
12%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

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.

Connected through a shared trustee

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitehttps://faith-works.org.uk/
Emailalistair@faith-works.org.uk
Phone01202429037
AddressHeron Court Road, BOURNEMOUTH, BH9 1DE

Finances

£1,313,163 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£1,203,650£773,729
2022£906,466£1,017,542
2023£1,154,608£1,157,292
2024£1,491,688£1,407,465
2025£1,313,163£1,485,317

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyEconomic/community Development/employment

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesPeople Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial OriginThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, SICKNESS OR DISTRESS, PARTICULARLY AMONGST THE ELDERLY, HOMELESS, CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN CARE AND THOSE CARING FOR A FAMILY MEMBER WITH A PHYSICAL, MENTAL OR SENSORY DISABILITY, BY THE PROVISION OF INFORMATION, ADVICE AND SUPPORT AND TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED FOR SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE INFIRMITY OF DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITION OF LIFE IN PARTICULAR THROUGH FACILITATING CHURCHES AND CHRISTIANS TO WORK FOR THE BENEFIT OF THEIR LOCAL COMMUNITIES BY ADDRESSING SUCH ISSUES OF DISADVANTAGE, SOCIAL EXCLUSION AND OTHER AREAS OF NEED FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AS THE DIRECTORS FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 18 MARCH 2004 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS DATED 13 JANUARY 2005 AND 19 MARCH 2008 AND CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION UPON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 5 JUNE 2008.

Trustees (9)

9trustees
51median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Faithworks Wessex · 05077777 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 18/03/2004

3 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (6)

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