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This is a chance to make a huge difference through volunteering as Trustee for a life-saving charity which has been having a positive impact in North Somerset since 1994. We provide professional, low cost counselling and mental health support for people who cannot get the help they need through the NHS and cannot afford to pay for private therapy. You will hear testimonies of adults and teenagers who have had their lives turned around because of Wellspring. The Finance Trustee plays a vital role in keeping our organisation on track by ensuring accounts are kept up to date and accurately, having oversight of all our financial matters and providing forecasting to help keep the charity viable and sustainable.
The Finance Trustee should be or have been a finance professional preferably with experience in accounting. You will keep in contact with the Director and Administrator regularly (1-2 times per month), and meet with the other friendly and caring Board of Trustees once every two months to report on our finances.
In detail the role inovles:
• Ensuring that proper accounting records are kept, and that appropriate accounting
procedures and controls are in place.
• Ensuring that robust and comprehensive financial policies are in place and being
implemented, and supporting the development of policies covering financial
reserves, and cost management.
• Monitoring and advising on the financial viability of the charity.
• Overseeing financial controls and adherence to systems, regularly liaising with
Director and Senior Administrator.
• Advising on the financial implications of the charity’s strategic plan, including
overseeing the charity’s financial risk-management process
• Ensuring investments and assets are maximised.
• Lead on the appointment of and liaison with the Independent Examiner.
• Oversee the development and implementation of systems for appraising, mitigating
and reporting corporate risk.
• Acting as Company Secretary for the Charity.
• Ensuring that the accounts are prepared and disclosed in the form required by
relevant statutory bodies, for example, the Charity Commission and/or the Registrar
of Companies.
• Keeping the board informed about its financial duties and responsibilities and
liaising with the Director to develop the financial understanding of the Board of
Trustees.
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Thank you!
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Do you want to help guide and support a welcoming community centre in Calderdale
Do you want to help make Calderdale a more welcoming place for refugees and people seeking asylum?
Do you have experience in finance, accounting or company secretarial work?
We are looking for a Trustee Treasurer to join the Board of St Augustine’s Centre.
This is a voluntary role, but a vital one, helping to ensure our charity remains financially sustainable and well governed.
About St Augustine's Centre
St Augustine’s is a highly respected specialist charity working with people seeking asylum, and new refugees, who are rebuilding their lives in Calderdale. We help with advice on immigration and asylum and offer one-on-one support with welfare, housing, health, and access to wider services.
Renowned for our person-centered approach, we provide a welcoming, safe and inclusive space. We offer English language classes, training, creative, social, sports and wellbeing activities, trips and volunteering opportunities.
About the Trustee Treasurer role
Our current Trustee Treasurer is stepping down after more than seven years in the role. We are seeking someone with the right skills and experience to take on this important position.
Key responsibilities include:
- Acting as Company Secretary
- Filing accounts and annual returns to Companies House and the Charity Commission
- Maintaining bank accounts and mandates
- Authorising payments and overseeing movement of funds
- Ensuring compliance with our governing documents (Memorandum and Articles of Association)
- Supporting the preparation of annual accounts
- Working with the Director on budgets and forecasts
- Supporting financial systems (including QuickBooks)
Time commitment
- This is a voluntary role (reasonable expenses are paid, including travel and childcare where needed)
- 4 Board meetings per year, lasting around 2 hours each
- Meetings are usually held in person, with the option to join online
- Preparation time of around 1 hour per meeting
- Trustees also join at least one Board sub‑group, meeting 4 times a year
Overall, the commitment is approximately 8 hours per month, with flexibility depending on your availability.
Support is available for trustees whose first language is not English.
Registered Charity
21 - 50
At our vibrant centre in Halifax, we welcome and support refugees and people seeking asylum, helping them to rebuild their lives with dignity.
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Thank you!
Wintercomfort is seeking to appoint new Trustees to join our Board. If you are keen to shape the strategic direction of the charity and support strong, effective governance, we would love to hear from you. We are particularly interested to recruit people with homelessness sector knowledge and experience. However, we warmly welcome applications from individuals with a wide range of professional backgrounds and lived experiences who can bring fresh perspectives and a commitment to our mission.
About Us
Wintercomfort is an advice and support hub for homeless and vulnerably housed people in Cambridge. Open daily throughout the year, we provide services to aid every stage of recovery – from immediate basic welfare needs to long-term support to help people overcome challenges and fulfil their potential. We offer housing and tenancy support, debt advice, support with training and employment, access to a range of mental and physical health services, a dedicated women’s programme, and work to promote social inclusion.
We are looking for people to join an experienced and passionate Board of Trustees who work collaboratively in providing strategic oversight and governance of Wintercomfort, to ensure its financial stability and that it achieves its mission. No prior experience of the charity sector is required. Induction and training is provided for all new Trustees.
Wintercomfort is committed to celebrating diversity, promoting equality, fostering equal opportunities and tackling discrimination in all it does.
This is a voluntary, unpaid, position for an initial term of 3 years. Reasonable travel expenses can be paid.
We are welcoming applications until 14th September 2026.
Interested?
We have attached the Candidate Pack to this advert with more information about the role duties and to help with your application. If you would like to apply for this position, please click the apply button and attach your CV and a short letter outlining why you would like to become a trustee of Wintercomfort and what skills you would bring to the board, it will be sent automatically to us.
We have attached the Candidate Pack to this advert with more information about the role duties and to help with your application. If you would like to apply for this position, please click the apply button and attach your CV and a short letter outlining why you would like to become a trustee of Wintercomfort and what skills you would bring to the board, it will be sent automatically to us.
