Overall GiG Score: 6 ?
Finance Score: -10
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 10
  • Excess reserves: -5
  • Accounts overdue -5
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +10

WESTWAY TRUST 

Westway Trust will deliver enterprise, retail, community, cultural and sporting opportunities together with improvements to the public realm on our estate by the A40 Westway. By harnessing the creativity, heritage and diversity that makes the area so special, we will ensure distinctive and attractive spaces that the local community can continue to be proud of, and which visitors can enjoy.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • This charity has an endowment fund which generates most of its income
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • This charity has substantial assets and unrestricted reserves of £53,043,000 available, equivalent to 104 months of spending and so may not be able to utilise additional funding
  • Latest accounts are overdue for filing
Established: 16 years

www.westway.org

info@westway.org

02089625720

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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/22£6,772£6,111£661£0£63,604£53,043104.25750
31/03/21£5,980£6,833£-853£0£62,718£51,85791.16750
31/03/20£6,055£6,131£-76£0£63,941£52,745103.27370
31/03/19£8,278£5,277£3,001£0£62,483£50,817115.674100
31/03/18£6,046£4,880£1,166£0£60,157£50,376123.972120
31/03/17£7,147£6,380£767£0£58,129£48,32090.9840
31/03/16£8,078£7,876£202£0£46,403£35,82854.61130
31/03/15£8,162£7,847£315£145£45,899£35,10853.71180
31/03/14£7,747£7,729£19£140£38,944£27,84443.21140
31/03/13£7,291£7,579£-288£71£28,213£16,86626.71090
31/03/12£7,430£7,315£115£60£28,528£16,86427.7980
31/03/11£7,177£6,772£406£50£28,782£16,99530.1950
31/03/10£6,818£6,706£112£62£25,523£13,55024.2870
31/03/09£6,611£6,387£223£60£26,038£13,80925.9860

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 1%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 2%
Liabilities/Income: 20%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 83%
Reserves/Spending: 104.2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 12 months
Quick Ratio: 2
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Amateur Sport
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • Recreation
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Who works here?
  • 57 employees
  • 50 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Brent, City Of Westminster, Hammersmith And Fulham, Kensington And Chelsea,

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Esmee Fairbairn£198,000
John Lyon's Charity£120,000
Sport England£112,192
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy£20,852
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Busy Sew & Sew
£9,916 18/08/2023
The funding will be used to support young people and the older generations to achieve the best possible state of wellbeing through the development of intergenerational skill sharing activities. The ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Westway Trust
£18,000 27/02/2023
Towards unrestricted core costs as a Cost of Living Uplift
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - Feasibility studies of deploying solar hydro mini/micro grids for 24/7 electricity in remote off-grid communities in South Asia
£20,852 01/12/2021
Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10018443
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Westway Trust
£180,000 31/08/2021
36
Towards unrestricted core costs to rebuild the Westway Trust as a community centred organisation that tackles injustice.
Sport England - COVID-19 CLRF
£53,600 25/08/2021
5
Funding under Sport England's COVID-19 Community Leisure Recovery Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled COVID-19 CLRF. This project lists its main activity as Sport and Physical Activity
Sport England - COVID-19 CLRF
£53,600 25/08/2021
5
Funding under Sport England's COVID-19 Community Leisure Recovery Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled COVID-19 CLRF. This project lists its main activity as Sport and Physical Activity
Sport England - Contract Support Offer
£4,992 21/07/2020
6
Funding under Sport England's Facilities Investment (M&E Funding) funding programme for a Revenue project titled Contract Support Offer. This project lists its main activity as Swimming & ....more
John Lyon's Charity - Main grant to Westway Trust
£120,000 11/03/2020
36
RBKC Partnership of Supplementary Schools
London Marathon Charitable Trust - Reinstatement of Westside Stables
£70,000 20/04/2018
Towards the reinstatement of Westside Stables and riding arena in Ladbroke Grove, making accessible and inclusive horse riding opportunities available to the local community.
Greater London Authority - Grant to Westway Trust
£27,000 18/01/2018
Maxilla Community Gardens
Greater London Authority - Grant to Westway Trust
£27,000 18/01/2018
Maxilla Community Gardens
Greater London Authority - Grant to Westway Trust
£27,000 18/01/2018
Maxilla Community Gardens
Greater London Authority - Grant to Westway Trust
£27,000 18/01/2018
Maxilla Community Gardens
Greater London Authority - Grant to Westway Trust
£27,000 18/01/2018
Maxilla Community Gardens
Greater London Authority - Grant to Westway Trust
£27,000 31/12/2017
Maxilla Community Gardens
Greater London Authority - Grant to Westway Trust
£27,000 31/12/2017
Maxilla Community Gardens
Greater London Authority - Grant to Westway Trust
£27,000 31/12/2017
Maxilla Community Gardens
Power to Change - Westway Trust
£14,765 18/12/2017
36
Grant to Westway Trust
Sport England - North Kensington Go Generation sports!
£105,834 26/08/2015
36
Funding under Sport England's Community Sport Activation Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'North Kensington Go Generation sports!'. This project lists its main activity as Multi ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 24-66
  • MINAL PATEL Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Managing Director
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 07/03/2008, number: 1123127
  • Registered at Companies House on 16/01/2008, number: 06475436
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
14 returns made; all on time
Main office

Westway Trust
1 Thorpe Close
LONDON
W10 5XL

Objectives

2.1 THE OBJECTS OF THE TRUST ARE TO PROMOTE PARTICULARLY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THOSE LIVING OR WORKING IN THE ROYAL BOROUGH OF KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA AND ADJOINING LONDON BOROUGHS (HEREINAFTER CALLED THE AREA OF BENEFIT) BY SUCH EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT INCLUDING: (A) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION INCLUDING: (I) TRAINING OR RETRAINING, PARTICULARLY AMONG UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE, AND PROVIDING UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE WITH WORK EXPERIENCE;(II) THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO PERSONS WHO ARE RESIDENT IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT AND WHO ARE IN NEED OF SUCH ASSISTANCE TO PURSUE EDUCATION; AND(III) SUPPORT OF THE PERFORMING AND VISUAL ARTS; (B) THE PROVISION, OR ASSISTANCE IN THE PROVISION OF, FACILITIES FOR: (I) RECREATION; (II) SPORTING; OR (III) OTHER LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE PROVIDED THAT THE FACILITIES ARE PROVIDED WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THOSE LIVING AND WORKING IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT;(C) THE MAINTENANCE, IMPROVEMENT OR PROVISION OF PUBLIC AMENITIES IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT, INCLUDING THE PROVISION OF PUBLIC ART;(D) THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH; (E) THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF MEMBERS OF SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES WITHIN THE AREA OF BENEFIT IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY AND HELP MEET THEIR NEEDS AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY;(F) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ARTS, CULTURE AND HERITAGE; (G) THE ADVANCEMENT OF AMATEUR SPORTS OR GAMES WHICH PROMOTE HEALTH BY INVOLVING PHYSICAL OR MENTAL SKILL OR EXERTION;(H) THE PROMOTION OF CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY, VOLUNTEERING, THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR OR THE EFFECTIVENESS OR EFFICIENCY OF CHARITIES,(I) THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED BECAUSE OF YOUTH, AGE, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE;(J) THE ADVANCEMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION OR IMPROVEMENT INCLUDING THE PROMOTION OF URBAN REGENERATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THOSE LIVING AND WORKING IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT BY:(I) ALL OR ANY OF THE MEANS EXPRESSED IN PARAGRAPHS (A) TO (I) ABOVE; (II) THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL OR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE OR BUSINESS ADVICE AND CONSULTANCY IN ORDER TO PROVIDE TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE IN CASES OF FINANCIAL OR OTHER CHARITABLE NEED THROUGH HELP:(A) IN SETTING UP THEIR OWN BUSINESS; OR (B) TO EXISTING BUSINESS; AND (III) THE CREATION OF TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES BY THE PROVISION OF WORKSPACE, BUILDING OR LAND FOR USE ON FAVOURABLE TERMS;PROVIDED ALWAYS THAT SUCH ACTIVITY IS DELIVERED BY PROGRAMMES DESIGNED TO BENEFIT THE PUBLIC AND ANY PRIVATE GAIN IS INCIDENTAL TO THE PURPOSE OF THE PROGRAMMES; AND(K) ANY OTHER PURPOSES THAT ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE UNDER THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

ROYAL BOROUGH OF KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA AND ADJOINING LONDON BOROUGHS

Data Sources

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