# WEST MERCIA POLICE WELFARE FUND

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1087525
- **Other names:** WEST MERCIA CONSTABULARY WELFARE FUND
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** July 13, 2001
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1087525


## Contact

- **Address:** West Mercia Police, Police Headquarters, Hindlip Hall, Hindlip, Worcester
- **Postcode:** WR3 8SP
- **Phone:** 0300 333 3000
- **Email:** WelfareFundAdministration@westmercia.police.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO RELIEVE IN CASES OF NEED, CONTRIBUTING MEMBERS, PAST AND PRESENT, OF THE WEST MERCIA CONSTABULARY AND THEIR FAMILIES AND DEPENDANTS WHO ARE SICK, CONVALESCENT, DISABLED, HANDICAPPED OR INFIRM OR MAY BE IN NECESSITOUS OR IMPOVERISHED CONDITION, OR WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM TEMPORARY FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, BY PROVIDING, OR PAYING FOR, ITEMS, SERVICES OR FACILITIES WHICH ARE CALCULATED TO ALLEVIATE THE SUFFERING OR ASSIST THE RECOVERY OF SUCH PERSONS IN SUCH CASES, BUT ARE NOT READILY AVAILABLE FROM OTHER SOURCES, OR BY PROVIDING MONETARY GRANTS OR  LOANS. SUCH GRANTS OR LOANS WILL BE AT THE DISCRETION OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE UPON SUCH TERMS AS SEEM FIT.

**Activities:** To relieve, in cases of need, contibuting members, past and present, of the West Mercia Constabulary and their families and dependants who are sick, convalescent, disabled, handicapped or infirm or may be in necessitous or impoverished condition, or who are suffering from temporary financial hardship.

**Area of benefit:** THE WEST MERCIA CONSTABULARY




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies



## Areas of operation

- Herefordshire
- Shropshire
- Telford & Wrekin
- Worcestershire



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £171846 | £215787 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £224672 | £209005 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £184058 | £236073 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £184964 | £198120 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £186978 | £175663 | — | — |



## Trustees

- Craig John Harris — appointed Jan. 31, 2022
- Deborah Bentley — appointed May 18, 2023
- Edward Williams — appointed May 18, 2023
- Kevin Jones — appointed May 18, 2023
- Margaret Elizabeth Case — appointed Oct. 21, 2021
- Peter Rigby — appointed May 18, 2023
- Rachel Adie — appointed May 25, 2023
- Rachel Hartland-Lane — appointed May 18, 2023
- Rev Richard Miles Johnson — appointed Oct. 21, 2021
- Steven Butler — appointed May 18, 2023
- Timothy Viner — appointed May 18, 2023
- Tracy Ruff — appointed Sept. 26, 2024