Registered charity · Birmingham
West Midlands Police Benevolent Fund
- 8 trustees
- Income £323k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- John Kevin WilliamsChair · since 2009
- Gillian Elaine HazelwoodTrustee · since 2002
- Nicholas SimpsonTrustee · since 2016
- Patrick Leonard Wing MBETrustee · since 2021
- Richard YoudsTrustee · since 2017
- Simon Gilbert WestwoodTrustee · since 1996
- Stephen John GrovesTrustee · since 2021
- Susan Clare CleetonTrustee · since 2022
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, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- Where
- Birmingham City, Coventry City, Dudley, Sandwell and more
- Website
- www.wmpben.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- West Midlands Police Benevolent Fund
- Registered
- 2019
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£323k£373k
- 2024£474k£345k
- 2023£299k£291k
Earlier years
- 2022£272k£313k
- 2021£279k£269k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2022: Government grants 2%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
1.1 THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:1.1.1 THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY, SUFFERING, DISTRESS OR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AMONGST THE BENEFICIARIES, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROVIDING SUCH FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND SUPPORT TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT FROM TIME TO TIME; AND 1.1.2 THE ADVANCEMENT OF SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES (ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES) IN CONNECTION WITH POLICING AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT FROM TIME TO TIME.
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.
8 trustees on the board
- John Kevin Williams Chair since 2009
- Gillian Elaine Hazelwood since 2002
- Nicholas Simpson since 2016
- Patrick Leonard Wing MBE since 2021
- Richard Youds since 2017
- Simon Gilbert Westwood since 1996
- Stephen John Groves since 2021
- Susan Clare Cleeton since 2022
Trustees past 6 years
- John Kevin Williams Chair since 2009
- Gillian Elaine Hazelwood since 2002
- Nicholas Simpson since 2016
- Richard Youds since 2017
- Simon Gilbert Westwood since 1996
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- John Kevin Williams Chair since 2009
- Gillian Elaine Hazelwood since 2002
- Nicholas Simpson since 2016
- Patrick Leonard Wing MBE since 2021
- Richard Youds since 2017
- Simon Gilbert Westwood since 1996
- Susan Clare Cleeton since 2022
Portfolio (1)
- Stephen John Groves since 2021
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
- 1186628
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 28 MAR 1996NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 12 JUL 2019 as amended on 08 Sep 2021
- Companies House
- Company number 03179216 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01217524919 · stevenewbury@wmpben.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 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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