WM Funders Network

Registered charity 1173579 CIO Registered since 2017

Operates: Throughout England

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Board DNA

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trustees on the board

5.4y median 5.5y

average tenure

longest tenure

trustees past 6 years

8.3y

average years in governance

8 vs 0 portfolio

first-time trustees

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage

General Charitable Purposes 8

Commercial experience

Business services 2Health and social care 2

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Contact

Website	http://www.wmfn.org.uk/
Email	info@wmfn.org.uk
Phone	07980 555576
Address	C/o, 109 Court Oak Road, BIRMINGHAM, B17 9AA

Finances

£33,819 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£15,161	£21,685
2022	£19,846	£20,481
2023	£18,310	£18,078
2024	£22,783	£24,363
2025	£33,819	£26,062

What it does

What

General Charitable Purposes

Who

Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

How

Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS TO PROMOTE EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS IN THE CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES OFVOLUNTARY AND NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANISATIONS AND GRANT MAKING CHARITIES WORKING IN THE WESTMIDLANDS AND ITS ENVIRONS (“THE AREA OF BENEFIT”) AND THE EFFECTIVE USE OF CHARITABLERESOURCES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROMOTING AND DEVELOPINGGOOD PRACTICE IN THE MAKING OF CHARITABLE GRANTS BY EXCHANGING INFORMATION, KNOWLEDGE,EXPERTISE AND EXPERIENCE.

Governing document: CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 27 Jun 2017

Trustees (8)

8trustees

59median age

1aged 70+

Steven Simpsonage 50 Chair since 2021
Carla Belle since 2024
Debbie Pippard since 2017
Kirsty Dyke since 2025
Melinda Connellyage 58 since 2017
Peter Cunnison since 2022
Peter Hardistyage 97 since 2019
Tina Costelloage 59 since 2020

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