Registered charity · Ashington
Ashington Joint Welfare Scheme
- 9 trustees
- Income £587k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources
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
- Amateur Sport
- Where
- Northumberland
- Website
- www.hirstwelfare.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1966
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£587k£546k
- 2024£26k£12k
- 2022£4k£4k
Earlier years
- 2021£0£5k
- 2020£8k£2k
Charitable objects
(1) THE PROVISION OF A SOCIAL WELFARE CENTRE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS (AND IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, SUCH OF THE SAID INHABITANTS AS ARE MEMBERS OF THE MINING COMMUNITY) OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS; (2) THE LAND IDENTIFIED IN PART 2 OF THE SCHEDULE TO THIS SCHEME MUST BE RETAINED BY THE TRUSTEES FOR USE FOR THE OBJECT OF THE CHARITY,(3) IN SO FAR AS THE LAND AND BUILDINGS IN PART 2 OF THE SCHEDULE TO THIS SCHEME, OR OTHER ASSETS OF THE CHARITY, ARE NOT REQUIRED FOR THE SAID OBJECT IN (1) ABOVE, THEN PROVIDED THAT THE TRUSTEES SHALL HAVE CONSULTED AND OBTAINED THE AGREEMENT OF THE TRUSTEES OF CISWO IN ADVANCE, THE TRUSTEES MAY USE THE CHARITY'S LAND AND OTHER ASSETS FOR SUCH OTHER PURPOSES AS ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE AT LAW FOR THE DIRECT BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT.
Board analysis for researchers
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.
9 trustees on the board
- Gail Ballance since 2016
- Gary Stephen Bell since 2019
- IAN Lavery
- John Charles Wiggett since 2019
- Keith Trebillcock
- Mark Fitton since 2011
- Maureen Taylor since 2023
- Robert Walkinshaw
- Wendy Taylor since 2022
Trustees past 6 years
- Gail Ballance since 2016
- Gary Stephen Bell since 2019
- John Charles Wiggett since 2019
- Mark Fitton since 2011
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Gary Stephen Bell since 2019
- Keith Trebillcock
- Robert Walkinshaw
- Wendy Taylor since 2022
Portfolio (5)
- Gail Ballance since 2016
- IAN Lavery
- John Charles Wiggett since 2019
- Mark Fitton since 2011
- Maureen Taylor since 2023
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
1.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 522026
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- SCHEME DATED 6 JANUARY 2005
- Contact on the register
- 01670814068
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 20th 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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