# WEST OF ENGLAND RURAL NETWORK

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1146165
- **Other names:** WERN
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Feb. 29, 2012
- **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=1146165


## Contact

- **Address:** 5th Floor, Mariner House, 62 Prince Street, BRISTOL
- **Postcode:** BS1 4QD
- **Phone:** 01275333701
- **Email:** info@wern.org.uk
- **Website:** www.wern.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN THE WEST OF ENGLAND (BEING AN AREA SERVED BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE AREAS OF NORTH SOMERSET, BATH & NORTH EAST SOMERSET, BRISTOL AND SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE, HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS THE AREA OF BENEFIT) AND IN PARTICULAR THAT OF THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED, BY REASON OF YOUTH, AGE, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE, THE ADVANCEMENT OF CITIZENSHIP OR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OR BY PURSUING ANY OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES.

**Activities:** As a specialist rural organisation we work with communities, businesses, social enterprises, groups and individuals to support and encourage community-led action. We are experienced in areas such as broadband, access to services, transport, affordable housing, fuel poverty, energy generation, village halls & community assets, health & social care, funding advice and community led planning.

**Area of benefit:** THE WEST OF ENGLAND BEING THE ADMINISTRATIVE AREAS OF NORTH SOMERSET, BATH & NORTH EAST SOMERSET, BRISTOL AND SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Human Resources, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Economic/community Development/employment
- **Who:** Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Bath And North East Somerset
- Bristol City
- North Somerset
- South Gloucestershire



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £527336 | £577816 | £187270 | 23 |
| March 31, 2024 | £337335 | £406321 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £405897 | £372202 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £392285 | £270584 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £275198 | £238145 | — | — |



## Trustees

- Edith Whittingham — appointed Dec. 14, 2023
- Jane Wildblood — appointed Dec. 14, 2023
- Laura Penny — appointed Sept. 12, 2019
- Matthew Riddle — appointed Nov. 13, 2024
- SAMANTHA ROSS — appointed Feb. 16, 2022