WAYS TO WELLNESS FOUNDATION
Charity overview
Activities - how the charity spends its money
To preserve & protect the health of people & to improve the quality of life of people with long term health conditions by promoting access to social prescribing services. To advance education of the general public & medical practitioners in relation to social prescribing services & other similar interventions. Such other exclusively charitable purposes as the Trustees may determine.
Income and expenditure
Data for financial year ending 31 March 2025
Total income:
£1,554,539
| Donations and legacies | £91.73k | |
| Charitable activities | £1.32m | |
| Other trading activities | £0 | |
| Investments | £142.79k | |
| Other | £0 |
Total expenditure:
£1,225,845
| Raising funds | £2.49k | |
| Charitable activities | £1.22m | |
| Other | £0 |
£0 investments gains (losses)
Total income includes £1,200,000 from 1 government contract(s) and £163,166 from 3 government grant(s)
Charitable expenditure
Charitable expenditure with investment gains
Charitable expenditure
Some charities generate all, or a substantial part, of their income from investments which may have been donated to the charity as endowment or set aside by the charity from its own resources in the past. Such investments usually take the form of stocks and shares but may include other assets, such as property, that are capable of generating income and/or capital growth.
In managing their spending and investments charities need to strike a balance between the needs of future and current beneficiaries. They also need to take account of spending commitments that may stretch over a number of future years. To do this, charities will normally adopt an investment strategy designed to generate both income and capital growth. To maximise returns trustees may commit to investment strategies for several years.
Investments can experience large swings in value so trustees may, in a particular year, decide to realise and spend part of their charity’s capital or to invest part of its income.
By clicking the investment gains checkbox the charitable spending bar is adjusted to take account of capital growth as well as income. This shows the balance the charity is striking, between spending on current beneficiaries and retaining resources for future beneficiaries.
| Raising funds and other expenditure | £2.49k | |
| Charitable expenditure | £1.22m | |
| Retained for future use | £328.69k |
People
18 Employee(s)
8 Trustee(s)
Employees with total benefits over £60,000
| Number of employees | |
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| £80k to £90k | 1 |
Fundraising
Trading
Trustee payments
What, who, how, where
- General Charitable Purposes
- Education/training
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- People With Disabilities
- Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
- The General Public/mankind
- Provides Services
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- Throughout England
Governance
- 31 March 2015: Standard registration
- 16 May 2023: Funds received from 1161220 BLUE STONE COLLABORATIVE
No other names
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
- Complaints handling
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Conflicting interests
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Investing charity funds policy and procedures
- Investment
- Paying staff
- Risk management
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Social media policy and procedures
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Volunteer management
Trustees
Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service
8 Trustee(s)
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| Dr Robert Westgate | Trustee | 29 April 2025 |
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| Dr Leahan Cristi Garratt | Trustee | 29 April 2025 |
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| Dr Ruth Cordelia Garnet Briel | Trustee | 29 October 2024 |
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| Emeritus Professor David Hunter | Trustee | 12 October 2023 |
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| BRENDAN TEMPLE HILL | Trustee | 03 October 2022 |
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| Dr Guy Stephen Pilkington | Trustee | 18 August 2021 |
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| John Duncan Spurr | Trustee | 13 September 2018 |
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| MARY MADELEINE JORDAN | Trustee | 30 March 2015 |
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Financial history
Financial period end date
| Income / Expenditure | 31/03/2021 | 31/03/2022 | 31/03/2023 | 31/03/2024 | 31/03/2025 | ||
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Total gross income | £1.33m | £1.25m | £1.53m | £1.73m | £1.55m | |
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Total expenditure | £987.17k | £723.35k | £1.08m | £1.13m | £1.23m | |
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Income from government contracts | £1.04m | £1.16m | £1.07m | £1.20m | £1.20m | |
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Income from government grants | N/A | N/A | £208.39k | £317.43k | £163.17k | |
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Income - Donations and legacies | £500 | £0 | £850 | £30.13k | £91.73k | |
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Income - Other trading activities | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Income - Charitable activities | £1.32m | £1.25m | £1.45m | £1.52m | £1.32m | |
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Income - Endowments | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Income - Investment | £367 | £929 | £32.20k | £108.22k | £142.79k | |
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Income - Other | £0 | £0 | £46.46k | £78.52k | £0 | |
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Income - Legacies | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Expenditure - Charitable activities | £943.20k | £720.50k | £1.08m | £1.12m | £1.22m | |
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Expenditure - Raising funds | £43.98k | £2.85k | £1.69k | £2.35k | £2.49k | |
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Expenditure - Governance | £7.50k | £10.81k | £21.77k | £24.47k | £23.06k | |
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Expenditure - Grants institution | £0 | £0 | £32.78k | £0 | £0 | |
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Expenditure - Investment management | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Expenditure - Other | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
Assets and liabilities
Definitions for assets and liabilities
These are assets, other than investments, which are held for more than 12 months and used to run and administer the charity such as buildings, offices, exhibits and fixtures and fittings.
Long term InvestmentsInvestments are assets held by the charity with the sole aim of generating income which will be used for their charitable purposes such as deposit accounts, shares, rental property and unit trusts.
Investment assets are re-valued every year and included in the balance sheet at their current market value.
Long term investments are held for more than 12 months.
These are assets held generally for less than 12 months such as cash and bank balances, debtors, investments to be sold within the coming year and trading stock.
Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liabilityThis is a surplus or deficit in any defined benefit pension scheme operated and represents a potential long-term asset or liability.
Total liabilitiesThese are all the amounts owed by the charity at the balance sheet date to third parties such as bills due but not yet paid, bank overdrafts and loans and mortgages.
| Asset / Liability | 31/03/2021 | 31/03/2022 | 31/03/2023 | 31/03/2024 | 31/03/2025 | ||
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Own use assets | £2.85k | £0 | £20.55k | £19.84k | £17.22k | |
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Long-term investments | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Other assets | £2.06m | £2.31m | £3.16m | £3.46m | £4.23m | |
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Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Total liabilities | £395.41k | £123.41k | £541.70k | £237.11k | £673.63k |
Accounts and annual returns
| Title | Reporting year | Date received | Received | Download |
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| Annual return | 31 March 2025 | 29 January 2026 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2025 | 29 January 2026 | On time | Download Open in new window |
| Annual return | 31 March 2024 | 23 November 2024 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2024 | 23 November 2024 | On time | Download Open in new window |
| Annual return | 31 March 2023 | 14 May 2024 | 104 days late | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2023 | 14 May 2024 | 104 days late | Download Open in new window |
| Annual return | 31 March 2022 | 09 December 2022 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2022 | 09 December 2022 | On time | Download Open in new window |
| Annual return | 31 March 2021 | 08 December 2021 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2021 | 08 December 2021 | On time | Download Open in new window |
Governing document
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 20/08/2014 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 19/03/2015 as amended on 02 Aug 2022
Charitable objects
The preservation and protection of health, and the relief of poverty, by advancing social interventions, for individuals primarily in North Cumbria and North East England with health conditions, in particular but not exclusively by: - Developing and testing social interventions, and working with other sectors to do this; - Providing information and prescribing social interventions to individuals to improve public health; - Advancing the education of general public, medical practitioners and others in relation to social prescribing and other social interventions; and - Such other exclusively charitable purpose(s) as the Trustees may from time to time determine in accordance with the law of charity For the purpose of this article ‘social interventions’ means non-medical interventions to achieve sustained healthy behaviour change and improved self-care. Social prescribing supplements the support a patient gets from their healthcare professional. A doctor or healthcare professional can prescribe an intervention, as they would medicine. Typically, the interventions include physical activity, health eating/cooking, social interaction and support with positive relationships.
Contact information
- Address:
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2nd Floor
Forth Banks House
Skinnerburn Road
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 3RH
- Phone:
- 01918163540
- Email:
- info@waystowellness.org.uk
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