Registered charity (CIO) · York
Welfare Benefits Unit
Welfare Benefits Unit is a registered charity (number 1164225) based in York, governed by 6 trustees and chaired by David Harbourne since 2025. Latest income £343k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
Also known as WBU (Charity Commission)
- 6 trustees
- Income £343k (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, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- Where
- Throughout England
- Website
- www.welfare-benefits-unit.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2015
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£343k£310k
- 2024£191k£218k
- 2023£201k£191k
Earlier years
- 2022£182k£189k
- 2021£177k£195k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 31% · Government grants 9%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY AND FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND THE PROTECTION OF HEALTH IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE PEOPLE OF YORK AND NORTH YORKSHIRE.THESE PURPOSES WILL BE ADVANCED IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY: THE PROVISION OF ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE ON WELFARE BENEFITS, AND OTHER SOCIAL WELFARE MATTERS. THE PROVISION OF TRAINING, MEETINGS, LECTURES AND EVENTS IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY FOR PERSONS WORKING OR ENGAGED IN THE PROVISION OF SOCIAL WELFARE. RAISING PUBLIC AWARENESS OF WELFARE BENEFITS AND SOCIAL WELFARE PROVISION. PROVIDING WRITTEN INFORMATION, IN PRINT, ONLINE OR OTHERWISE. PROMOTING, CONTRIBUTING TO OR UNDERTAKING ORGANISED RESEARCH AND EXPERIMENTAL WORK, AND DISSEMINATING THE RESULTS THEREOF. PROVIDING CONSULTANCY FOR PERSONS INTERESTED IN WELFARE BENEFIT PROVISION, AND RELATED MATTERS.
Grants received
5 grants · £300,614 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
- LEF · £181,643
- Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales · £100,000
- Two Ridings Community Foundation · £18,971 (3 grants)
Most recent
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.
6 trustees on the board
- David Harbourne Chair since 2025
- David Braithwaite since 2025
- Dr Katie Pybus since 2023
- Louise Maxwell since 2025
- Mark Taylor since 2020
- Nicola Welch since 2016
Trustees past 6 years
- Mark Taylor since 2020
- Nicola Welch since 2016
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- David Harbourne Chair since 2025
- David Braithwaite since 2025
- Dr Katie Pybus since 2023
- Louise Maxwell since 2025
- Mark Taylor since 2020
- Nicola Welch 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.
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
- 1164225
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - Foundation Registered 02 Nov 2015
- Contact on the register
- 01904646058 · admin@welfare-benefits-unit.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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