Registered charity (CIO) · Huddersfield
The Welcome Centre (Huddersfield)
The relief of persons suffering from poverty, sickness, disadvantage and the distress arising therefrom, by providing practical advice, guidance and support.
- 9 trustees
- Income £900k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Gillian Dorothy Jane BruceChair · since 2021
- Darran Neil WilliamsTrustee · since 2023
- David Robert BarnesTrustee · since 2025
- Emily Rose SmithTrustee · since 2021
- Jeremy Richard PeaseTrustee · since 2024
- Khalid SiddiqueTrustee · since 2020
- Laure RigalTrustee · since 2022
- Phillip LucittTrustee · since 2022
- Rachel Lesley WestbourneTrustee · since 2024
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- Where
- Kirklees
- Website
- thewelcomecentre.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2013
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£900k£914k
- 2024£806k£1.0m
- 2023£966k£955k
Earlier years
- 2022£913k£925k
- 2021£995k£678k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 26%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
The relief of persons suffering from poverty, sickness, disadvantage and the distress arising therefrom, by providing practical advice, guidance and support.
Grants received
6 grants · £314,484 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 · £306,574 (2 grants)
- Sir George Martin Trust · £4,000
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £2,000
- Yorkshire Building Society Charitable Foundation · £1,710
- Making A Difference Locally · £200
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
- Gillian Dorothy Jane Bruce Chair since 2021
- Darran Neil Williams since 2023
- David Robert Barnes since 2025
- Emily Rose Smith since 2021
- Jeremy Richard Pease since 2024
- Khalid Siddique since 2020
- Laure Rigal since 2022
- Phillip Lucitt since 2022
- Rachel Lesley Westbourne since 2024
Trustees past 6 years
- Khalid Siddique since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Gillian Dorothy Jane Bruce Chair since 2021
- Darran Neil Williams since 2023
- David Robert Barnes since 2025
- Emily Rose Smith since 2021
- Jeremy Richard Pease since 2024
- Laure Rigal since 2022
- Rachel Lesley Westbourne since 2024
Portfolio (2)
- Khalid Siddique since 2020
- Phillip Lucitt since 2022
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
5.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 11.7 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1151282
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - ASSOCIATION CONVERSIONDATED 10 JAN 2019 AS AMENDED ON 03 FEB 2020 AS AMENDED ON 26 AUG 2021 AS AMENDED ON 25 NOV 2024AMENDED TO CIO FOUNDATION 24 NOV 2025
- Contact on the register
- 01484 515086 · info@thewelcomecentre.org
- 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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