Wells Next the Sea United Charities(Charity No 236897)incorporating Former Charity No (259709)(Wells and District League of Friends)

Analysis

Wells Next the Sea United Charities(Charity No 236897)incorporating Former Charity No (259709)(Wells and District League of Friends) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wells-Next-The-Sea. It was registered in October 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Wells Next the Sea United Charities(Charity No 236897)incorporating Former Charity No (259709)(Wells and District League of Friends) reported income of £39k and spending of £44k, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £163k to £39k (-76%), an average of -30% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 73%. Over the whole period it spent 52% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Wells Next the Sea United Charities(Charity No 236897)incorporating Former Charity No (259709)(Wells and District League of Friends) 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 57th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Neno Macadamia Trust (Malawi) (£39k), First Filipino Baptist Church of London (£39k) and Bensted's Charity (£39k).