--- title: "Welcome Group Halesowen — charity 1168507 | CharityCompare" description: "Welcome Group Halesowen (charity 1168507): income £57,034 (2025). Check registration, accounts, Gift Aid and official sources on an independent UK profile." source: https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/charity/welcome-group-halesowen retrieved: 2026-10-06T20:46:00.865Z date_note: "Retrieval time is not the filing, register-extract or editorial-review date; cite those dates from the content." license: "Charity data © Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0" --- Registered charity · No. 1168507 WG # Welcome Group Halesowen Independent profile · Charity Commission for England and Wales data Welcome Group Halesowen is a registered charity in England & Wales. Its register classifications include the prevention or relief of poverty. Register extract 2026-10-04 · Not yet rated [Visit charity website](http://www.welcomegrouphalesowen.org.uk/) [Check official registration](https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=1168507&subId=0) Work at Welcome Group Halesowen? [Claim this profile free](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/claim?charity=welcome-group-halesowen&type=claim&name=Welcome%20Group%20Halesowen) to add your own description, logo and links. At a glance · official register ## What are the key facts about Welcome Group Halesowen? Reported income · year ending 2025-12-31 £57,034 Reported spending · year ending 2025-12-31 £52,512 Registered charity number 1168507 Status in source extract Registered Charity type Other Register contact address detail (not service area) Little Cornbow Registered for Gift Aid (HMRC) Yes Website [www.welcomegrouphalesowen.org.uk](http://www.welcomegrouphalesowen.org.uk/) Quick answer Welcome Group Halesowen (number 1168507) is listed as registered in the Charity Commission snapshot used here. Check the live register for its current position. Registration does not authenticate a particular fundraising appeal or establish the impact of a donation. ## What does Welcome Group Halesowen do? We seek to alleviate social isolation and financial exclusion of vulnerable asylum seekers and refugees, providing a safe weekly drop-in, telephone support and deliveries to people across Dudley, Sandwell and the west of Birmingham. Offering friendship, refreshments, empathy, mutual support, guidance, signposting, financial help, foodbank access, clothes, baby supplies and household goods. Activities reported on the official register · extract 2026-10-04. From the annual return ## Pay, income, Gift Aid and registration details for Welcome Group Halesowen Answers Welcome Group Halesowen gave in its annual return to the Charity Commission for the year ending 31 December 2025, plus its register entry. A blank answer in the return is shown as not reported, never as “no”. ### How much are Welcome Group Halesowen's highest-paid staff paid? Welcome Group Halesowen's annual return for the year ending 31 December 2025 reports no employees paid more than £60,000. The register reports headcounts in salary bands, not names. Individual pay is disclosed in the trustees' annual report. ### Can I claim Gift Aid, and are the trustees paid? The register records Welcome Group Halesowen as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid, so a UK taxpayer can usually add 25p to every £1 they give by making a Gift Aid declaration. [Work out your Gift Aid](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/gift-aid-calculator) Welcome Group Halesowen's annual return for the year ending 31 December 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity. ### Registration details Registered as a charity 29 July 2016 Where it says it operates Birmingham City · Dudley · Sandwell ## Who it supports and how it works **Reported beneficiaries:** Children/young People; People With Disabilities; People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin; Other Defined Groups. **Reported activities:** Provides Services; Provides Advocacy/advice/information. Classifications supplied to the register; extract 2026-10-04. These broad categories do not establish eligibility or current capacity. Use the official contact details to ask about access, referrals and service area. ## What causes is Welcome Group Halesowen registered for? The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty ## Why is there no Clarity Score for Welcome Group Halesowen yet? Our dataset does not yet contain the detailed filing history needed to score Welcome Group Halesowen. An unrated profile is a gap in our assessment, not a negative judgement about the charity. The register facts and available annual-return disclosures above remain useful. Payment never influences a rating. [How scoring works](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/methodology) ## What should you check before donating to Welcome Group Halesowen? - Match the registered name and number to the appeal. A real charity number can be copied by someone impersonating the organisation. - Open the current register entry to check status, contact details and available accounts. 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The register data used for this profile lists Welcome Group Halesowen as a registered charity (number 1168507) with the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Check the current register entry. A real charity number does not verify a fundraiser or appeal, and registration is not an impact rating. What is Welcome Group Halesowen's charity number? Welcome Group Halesowen's charity number is 1168507. Check that number on the Charity Commission register or this CharityCompare profile before you donate. How do I check charity number 1168507? Search 1168507 on the Charity Commission for England and Wales register or on CharityCompare. Confirm the registered name matches the organisation asking for money — scammers sometimes reuse real charity numbers. What does Welcome Group Halesowen do? We seek to alleviate social isolation and financial exclusion of vulnerable asylum seekers and refugees, providing a safe weekly drop-in, telephone support and deliveries to people across Dudley, Sandwell and the west of Birmingham. Offering friendship, refreshments, empathy, mutual support, guidance, signposting, financial help, foodbank access, clothes, baby supplies and household goods. Does Welcome Group Halesowen have reviews and complaints? CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for Welcome Group Halesowen. This basic profile confirms registration and register facts. Rated charities also show a filing-based Clarity Score. For formal complaints, contact the Charity Commission for England and Wales or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate. How can I donate to Welcome Group Halesowen? Welcome Group Halesowen's website listed in our register data is http://www.welcomegrouphalesowen.org.uk. Verify it against the current register before donating. CharityCompare does not process donations or take a commission; the charity's payment provider may charge fees. How much is Welcome Group Halesowen's chief executive paid? The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. Welcome Group Halesowen's annual return for the year ending 31 December 2025 reports no employees paid more than £60,000. Charities normally disclose the chief executive's pay, or the pay of their highest-paid staff, in the remuneration note of the trustees' annual report and accounts. Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to Welcome Group Halesowen? The register records Welcome Group Halesowen as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid, so a UK taxpayer can usually add 25p to every £1 they give by making a Gift Aid declaration. Are Welcome Group Halesowen's trustees paid? Welcome Group Halesowen's annual return for the year ending 31 December 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity. When was Welcome Group Halesowen registered as a charity? Welcome Group Halesowen was entered on the register on 29 July 2016. Source: Charity Commission for England and Wales register extract dated 2026-10-04, used under the [Open Government Licence v3.0](https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/). Always verify current details on the [official register entry](https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=1168507&subId=0).