Registered charity · Knutsford
The Welcome (Knutsford) Limited
- 7 trustees
- Income £259k (2025)
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, Economic/community Development/employment and 1 more
- Where
- Cheshire East
- Website
- thewelcome.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The Welcome (Knutsford) Limited
- Registered
- 2011
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£259k£266k
- 2024£251k£234k
- 2023£178k£279k
Earlier years
- 2022£213k£200k
- 2021£229k£160k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 20%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES, IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE, FOR RECREATION OR OTHER ACTIVITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES, WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.TO PROMOTE SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED.THE CHARITY SHALL BE NON-PARTY IN POLITICS AND NON-SECTARIAN IN RELIGION.
Grants received
31 grants · £759,899 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 · £405,633 (8 grants)
- Cheshire Community Foundation · £137,199 (15 grants)
- Henry Smith Foundation · £75,000
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £60,000 (2 grants)
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £39,997
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.
7 trustees on the board
- Christina Lees-Jones since 2017
- Colette Blease since 2026
- Colin Banks since 2016
- Helen Mountney since 2023
- James Mcculloch Mr since 2019
- Peter Bowler since 2011
- Simon Carin since 2023
Trustees past 6 years
- Christina Lees-Jones since 2017
- Colin Banks since 2016
- James Mcculloch Mr since 2019
- Peter Bowler since 2011
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Christina Lees-Jones since 2017
- Colette Blease since 2026
- Helen Mountney since 2023
- James Mcculloch Mr since 2019
- Peter Bowler since 2011
- Simon Carin since 2023
Portfolio (1)
- Colin Banks since 2016
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
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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1142084
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 19/04/2011
- Companies House
- Company number 07168557 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01565750905 · info@thewelcome.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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