Registered charity · Bournemouth
Faithworks Wessex
Faithworks Wessex is a registered charity (number 1108714) based in Bournemouth, governed by 9 trustees. Latest income £1.3m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.
- 9 trustees
- Income £1.3m (2025)
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Who leads it
- Benjamin Richard GriffithsTrustee
- Clifford IAN JamesTrustee · since 2012
- Colette Carol RiggsTrustee · since 2024
- Elizabeth Joanna Kelway DaviesTrustee · since 2023
- Neil StevensTrustee · since 2017
- Niall Jon BurroughsTrustee · since 2026
- Rev Christopher BeaumontTrustee · since 2023
- Rev Sarah Elizabeth YetmanTrustee · since 2018
- Richard Andrew StampTrustee · since 2020
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, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Economic/community Development/employment
- Where
- Dorset
- Website
- faith-works.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Faithworks Wessex
- Registered
- 2005
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£1.3m£1.5m
- 2024£1.5m£1.4m
- 2023£1.2m£1.2m
Earlier years
- 2022£906k£1.0m
- 2021£1.2m£774k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 2% · Government grants 10%. From the charity's annual return.
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.
Grants received
66 grants · £1,444,417 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 · £782,286 (10 grants)
- Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales · £216,100 (4 grants)
- The Tudor Trust · £137,000 (3 grants)
- Dorset Community Foundation · £124,575 (33 grants)
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £100,000 (5 grants)
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.
9 trustees on the board
- Benjamin Richard Griffiths
- Clifford IAN James since 2012
- Colette Carol Riggs since 2024
- Elizabeth Joanna Kelway Davies since 2023
- Neil Stevens since 2017
- Niall Jon Burroughs since 2026
- Rev Christopher Beaumont since 2023
- Rev Sarah Elizabeth Yetman since 2018
- Richard Andrew Stamp since 2020
Trustees past 6 years
- Clifford IAN James since 2012
- Neil Stevens since 2017
- Rev Sarah Elizabeth Yetman since 2018
- Richard Andrew Stamp since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Clifford IAN James since 2012
- Colette Carol Riggs since 2024
- Elizabeth Joanna Kelway Davies since 2023
- Neil Stevens since 2017
Portfolio (5)
- Benjamin Richard Griffiths
- Niall Jon Burroughs since 2026
- Rev Christopher Beaumont since 2023
- Rev Sarah Elizabeth Yetman since 2018
- Richard Andrew Stamp since 2020
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.
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
0.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1108714
- Status
- Registered
- 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.
- Companies House
- Company number 05077777 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01202429037 · alistair@faith-works.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 18th 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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