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German Welfare Council

German Welfare Council is a registered charity (number 288538) based in London, governed by 6 trustees and chaired by UDO Frank Bauer since 2017. Latest income £131k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

Also known as Deutscher Sozialausschuss German Welfare Council, Deutscher Sozialaussuss, German Advice Centre (Charity Commission)

  • 6 trustees
  • Income £131k (2025)
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About

What it does
General Charitable Purposes, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Where
Throughout England And Wales
Website
www.gwc-london.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1984

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£131k£145k
  • 2024£121k£131k
  • 2023£231k£127k
Earlier years
  • 2022£120k£115k
  • 2021£89k£99k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

(A) TO RELIEVE POVERTY AMONGST PERSONS PREDOMINANTLY OF GERMAN ORIGIN WHO ARE IN NECESSITOUS CIRCUMSTANCES BY THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO SUCH PERSONS AND BY SUCH OTHER MEANS AS SHALL FURTHER THE SAID OBJECT. (B) TO RELIEVE THE AGED, PARTICULARLY THROUGH THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES FOR ELDERLY PERSONS PREDOMINANTLY OF GERMAN ORIGIN WHO HAVE NEED THEREOF BY REASON OF THEIR AGE OR SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.

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

5.8y median 4y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

5.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

Portfolio (2)

1
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

General Charitable Purposes 6The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 6Religious Activities 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Other services 1

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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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£131k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
288538
Status
Registered
Governing document
CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 16 DECEMBER 1983, AMENDED 24 MAY 2003.
Contact on the register
07385702407 · info@gwc-london.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
Labels
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