Community Welfare Trust

Analysis

Community Welfare Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cleveland. It was registered in December 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Community Welfare Trust reported income of £50k and spending of £78k, spending 157% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £95k to £50k (-48%), an average of -15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income dropped by 29%. Over the whole period it spent 116% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Community Welfare Trust sits at the 52nd percentile: it is larger than about 52% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 61st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Pearce Coggan Foundation (£50k), Rotary Club of Lytham Trust Fund (£50k) and Waltham Abbey U3a (£50k).

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.