Registered charity · Coventry
WEC International
WEC International is a registered charity (number 237005) based in Coventry, governed by 10 trustees and chaired by Christopher Lindsay Simpson since 2022. Latest income £1.1m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.
Also known as Bientot, Neighbours Worldwide, Radio Worldwide, Soon, WEC, Wellspring Media, Word Worldwide (Charity Commission)
- 10 trustees
- Income £1.1m (2025)
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Who leads it
- Christopher Lindsay SimpsonChair · since 2022
- Andrew Leonard BerryTrustee · since 2021
- Andrew Paul CousinsTrustee · since 2020
- David Ian HutchinsonTrustee · since 2025
- David MeaderTrustee · since 2023
- Elizabeth Anne FrancisTrustee · since 2023
- Henrietta Louise CozensTrustee · since 2021
- June Anne WhittackerTrustee · since 2025
- Neil WardropeTrustee · since 2010
- Patrice Jean-Marie AmbouleTrustee · since 2022
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Religious Activities
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, Albania, Australia, Belgium and more
- Website
- wec-uk.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1965
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£1.1m£1.6m
- 2024£857k£1.7m
- 2023£1.0m£1.3m
Earlier years
- 2022£1.8m£2.5m
- 2021£2.7m£2.2m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION THROUGHOUT THE WORLD BY ALL MEANS, INCLUDING SUCH RELIGIOUS AND OTHER CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY DECIDE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF FAITH.
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.
10 trustees on the board
- Christopher Lindsay Simpson Chair since 2022
- Andrew Leonard Berry since 2021
- Andrew Paul Cousins since 2020
- David Meader since 2023
- David Ian Hutchinson since 2025
- Elizabeth Anne Francis since 2023
- Henrietta Louise Cozens since 2021
- June Anne Whittacker since 2025
- Neil Wardrope since 2010
- Patrice Jean-Marie Amboule since 2022
Trustees past 6 years
- Andrew Paul Cousins since 2020
- Neil Wardrope since 2010
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (2)
- Elizabeth Anne Francis since 2023
- June Anne Whittacker since 2025
Portfolio (8)
- Christopher Lindsay Simpson Chair since 2022
- Andrew Leonard Berry since 2021
- Andrew Paul Cousins since 2020
- David Meader since 2023
- David Ian Hutchinson since 2025
- Henrietta Louise Cozens since 2021
- Neil Wardrope since 2010
- Patrice Jean-Marie Amboule 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
120.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 0.0 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 237005
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 16 MAY 1939 AND THE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF THE DECLARATION REVISED 1990, AS AMENDED BY SCHEME DATED 15 APRIL 2003 AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 20 MARCH 2015 as amended on 31 Mar 2025
- Contact on the register
- 01753884631 · hello@wec-uk.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 25th 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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