The Welcome Centre (Huddersfield)

Analysis

The Welcome Centre (Huddersfield) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Huddersfield. It was registered in March 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending August 2025, The Welcome Centre (Huddersfield) reported income of £900k and spending of £914k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £995k to £900k (-9.6%), an average of -2.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2024, when income dropped by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Welcome Centre (Huddersfield) sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Weseehope (£898k), Abbey Access Centre (£900k) and Purley Baptist Church (£898k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 59%, charitable activities 35%, trading 5.1% and investments 1.1%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £70k. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £400k would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 11 people.