Wec International

Analysis

Wec International is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Coventry. It was registered in January 1965, 61 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it provides human resources.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Wec International reported income of £1.1m and spending of £1.6m, spending 143% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £2.7m to £1.1m (-59%), an average of -20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 43%. Over the whole period it spent 123% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Wec International sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Friends of Alexander Institutions Trust (£1.1m), The Chalice Well Trust (£1.1m) and Bristol Area Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) (£1.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 52%, investments 39% and trading 9.2%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £213k. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £116k. Reserves of £17.0m would cover about 129 months of spending at that rate. It employed 76 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.