Local Welcome CIO

Analysis

Local Welcome CIO is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bury St Edmunds. It was registered in November 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, economic/community development/employment and human rights/religious or racial harmony/equality or diversity, which this site groups under human rights and equality. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Local Welcome CIO reported income of £175k and spending of £133k, leaving 24% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £249k to £175k (-30%), an average of -8.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2026, when income rose by 67%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 700 England and Wales charities whose main cause is human rights and equality and that reported income, Local Welcome CIO sits at the 69th percentile: it is larger than about 69% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Migrant Support (£173k), Guinean Community of Birmingham and the West Midlands (£176k) and Every Future Foundation (£173k).