Overall GiG Score: 29 ?
Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: 8
Support Score: 16
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Award winner
  • Grant maker support: +16

WEST LONDON ZONE 

Overview

West London Zone (WLZ) provides specialist support to children in West London by engaging families, schools and partnerships with local organisations to deliver a personalised 2-year support plan. Their tailored services are provided by Link Workers who refine bespoke Individual Support Plans that help progress children.

Their ability to secure contracts and grants has given them significant financial stability, though ongoing donations are vital to sustain their work. This is supported by consistent evidenced delivery of positive outcomes for children in attainment and well-being, that has allowed them to secure contracts with local authorities based on outcome milestones. Challenges in measuring additionalality are also being addressed through ongoing evaluations. Notably, they estimate substantial savings for local authorities and report high success rates, especially for beneficiaries facing school exclusions.

Source: Giving is Great

Mission:

Providing young people from disadvantaged backgrounds at risk of poor educational outcomes with opportunities to thrive
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity is a recent Award Winner
  • This charity is endorsed by a respected charity impact evaluator
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are low relative to funds raised
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are 13 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine
Established: 9 years

www.westlondonzone.org

info@westlondonzone.org

02079984044

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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
N.B. data has been adjusted to reflect year end change
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
31/08/22£5,807£5,029£778£548£2,984£2,7976.7840
31/08/21£4,418£4,062£355£308£2,206£1,9815.9620
31/08/20?£5,095£4,106£989£379£1,851£1,6734.9470
31/03/19£2,205£2,384£-179£218£862£5792.9350
31/03/18£1,403£1,072£330£132£1,041£8639.7180
31/03/17£1,201£673£528£45£711£5569.9100
31/03/16£619£463£156£78£183£1624.280

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 9.4%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 10.9%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 9%
Highest pay band: £80,000-£90,000
Liabilities/Assets: 37%
Liabilities/Income: 31%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 94%
Reserves/Spending: 6.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 10 months
Quick Ratio: 10.8
Asset Split ?
Comment: Funding from Collective Impact Bond outcome fees represent a large portion of their income as they have continued to successfully meet targets. These payments are received from schools and local authorities as milestones are achieved by children.

Source: Giving is Great

What it does
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
The charity aims to promote the care and upbringing of every child and every young person with a disadvantaged background who lives in or has a close connection to the West London Zone, by supporting positive family relationships, advancing education, promoting health and making the most of each such child and young person?s potential.
Who works here?
  • 84 employees
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides other finance
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Hammersmith And Fulham, Kensington And Chelsea,

Who's supporting them? ?

Awards received
  • CSJ Awards 2019 Education Award
Endorsed by:
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
Impetus PEF£1,449,415
Greenwood Place£760,000
Greater London Authority£149,766
John Lyon's Charity£120,000
The EQ Foundation£105,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£100,000
The Rayne Foundation£90,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
The EQ Foundation - Grant to West London Zone
£5,000 15/10/2023
Unrestricted
The EQ Foundation - Grant to West London Zone
£5,000 15/06/2023
Unrestricted
The EQ Foundation - Grant to West London Zone
£25,000 15/04/2023
Unrestricted
Impetus PEF -
£506,250 01/08/2022
Greenwood Place - Grant to West London Zone
£125,000 01/07/2022
Unrestricted funding
Greenwood Place - Grant to West London Zone
£175,000 01/07/2022
Unrestricted funding
The Childhood Trust - C-59090
£5,000 28/06/2022
Raising funds to provide fun trips and activities in the summer holidays for children on the West London Zone programme and to support young people finishing their 2-year programme to transition ....more
The Childhood Trust - Personalised support for every child
£25,000 12/06/2022
Every child deserves the best start in life. Our personalised 2-year programme aims to help children in need of additional social, emotional and academic support to build skills, overcome challenges ....more
The EQ Foundation - Grant to West London Zone
£20,000 15/04/2022
Unrestricted
The EQ Foundation - Grant to West London Zone
£10,000 15/12/2021
Big Give Pledge
The Rayne Foundation - Grant to West London Zone
£90,000 06/12/2021
Towards the salary of the Strategy and Impact Director
Charles Hayward Foundation - Grant to West London Zone
£25,000 27/10/2021
2-year targeted intervention programme for 19 vulnerable children in West London
Co-Operative Group - Grant to West London Zone
£2,991 23/10/2021
We exist to help young people build the relationships and skills they need to get on track socially, emotionally and academically – providing the support each child needs to thrive in adulthood.
Greenwood Place - Grant to West London Zone
£150,000 01/07/2021
Unrestricted funding
Greenwood Place - Grant to West London Zone
£100,000 01/07/2021
Unrestricted funding
Impetus PEF -
£388,999 01/07/2021
The Childhood Trust - Summer support for children and young people
£5,000 22/06/2021
The pandemic has been hugely damaging for children's wellbeing and education. West London Zone helps those children who often fall below the radar to build the relationships and skills they need to ....more
Tudor Trust - Grant to West London Zone
£2,000 29/03/2021
as an additional grant to support staff, volunteer and trustee wellbeing, to assist the organisation deliver its charitable purpose more effectively
The EQ Foundation - Grant to WEST LONDON ZONE
£20,000 05/02/2021
For programme at Kensington Aldridge Academy
Three Guineas Trust - Youth work in west London
£10,000 19/01/2021
Youth work, especially the charity's response to Covid-19
The Childhood Trust - Supporting children to achieve their goals
£10,000 08/12/2020
Our vision is of a west London community where all young people have access to the support they need to overcome challenges and achieve their goals. We do this by providing a personalised 2-year ....more
Greenwood Place - Grant to West London Zone
£50,000 01/12/2020
Unrestricted funding
Charles Hayward Foundation - Grant to West London Zone
£25,000 24/09/2020
2-year targeted intervention programme for 19 vulnerable children in West London
Impetus PEF -
£320,833 01/07/2020
John Lyon's Charity - Main grant to West London Zone
£120,000 18/06/2020
36
West London Zone Partnerships Team
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - COVID19 Emergency Funding
£20,000 14/05/2020
3
Support to aid the organisation in dealing with the challenges posed by COVID19.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to West London Zone
£25,000 05/05/2020
6
towards unrestricted core costs as a COVID-19 Fast Response grant
The Segelman Trust - Grant to West London Zone
£15,000 22/04/2020
24
To support the core costs of delivering their programme in schools across the London boroughs of Kensington and Chelsea, Hammersmith and Fulham, Brent and the City of Westminster
Westminster Foundation - Covid 19 response Fund
£4,800 08/04/2020
6
Food for Families (Covid-19)
Greenwood Place - Grant to West London Zone
£160,000 01/04/2020
Unrestricted funding
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£100,000 07/02/2020
Put 50 Young People on Track to Flourish
The EQ Foundation - Grant to WEST LONDON ZONE
£20,000 10/01/2020
For programme at Kensington Aldridge Academy
Greater London Authority - West London Zone
£149,766 01/01/2020
Positive activities for young people involved in crime or at risk of crime or exclusion
Impetus PEF -
£233,333 01/07/2019
The EQ Foundation - Grant to WEST LONDON ZONE
£20,000 02/03/2019
For programme at Kensington Aldridge Academy
Greenwood Place - Grant to West London Zone
£50,000 01/01/2019
Unrestricted funding
Tudor Trust - Grant to West London Zone
£90,000 13/11/2018
36
over three years as unrestricted funding for a charity working with children in schools across North Kensington and North Hammersmith to help them acheive their potential
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to West London Zone
£150,000 26/09/2018
36
Towards the expansion of a children's zone, improving outcomes for children through collective impact, and aiming to transform a community in the long-term.
Impetus PEF -
£83,333 01/07/2018
The Pilgrim Trust - Grant to West London Zone
£45,000 24/05/2018
36
Supporting vulnerable young women
City Bridge Trust - Grant to West London Zone
£90,000 02/05/2018
36
£90,000 over three years (3 x £30,000) towards the part-time salaries of a Partnerships Manager and Data & Systems Manager.
The Rayne Foundation - Grant to West London Zone
£60,000 07/12/2017
36
Towards a model of early intervention support for pre-school children in nursery.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Support for Data System Development
£100,000 05/12/2017
24
West London Zone (WLZ) helps children and young people grow up safe, happy and healthy. They support local organisations to work well together so that young people experiencing disadvantage get the ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - West London Zone: Collective Impact for Young Children and their Famil
£492,726 29/11/2017
36
The project aims to provide support for children in the early years and those at risk of becoming involved in negative outcomes, including obesity, speech, language and communication delay and poor ....more
The EQ Foundation - Grant to WEST LONDON ZONE
£20,000 15/11/2017
For programme at Kensington Aldridge Academy
Impetus PEF -
£75,000 01/07/2017
DCMS - LCF Development Grants
£55,000 27/06/2017
To complete feasability and development work on devising a social impact bond financed project
The Segelman Trust - Grant to West London Zone
£150,000 23/01/2017
36
To support the development of West London Zone's model in an Early Years setting
National Lottery Community Fund - West London Zone for Children and Young People Collective Impact Bond
£900,000 02/11/2016
48
West London Zone for Children and Young People Collective Impact Bond
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Support towards the West London Zone collective impact data system
£20,000 19/07/2016
12
Funding will support the development of a data system for WLZ. This will ensure collection and analysis of monitoring and impact data, enable them to identify children who will most benefit from ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to West London Zone
£150,000 18/03/2016
£150,000 towards the cost of West London Zone’s Collective Impact Bond.
The Fore - Grant to West London Zone
£30,000 29/09/2015
12
Grant funded its shared data management system, which is at the core of the operational and financial models.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How do they operate?

Individual Support Programme

Objectives: Supporting children from deprived backgrounds at school

Intervention period: 2-year programme, personalised to individual young person

Beneficiaries: Children and young people aged 3 to 18

Description: West London Zone places Link Workers with a cohort of children from a particular school for a period of at least 2 years. These children are selected by the school, informed by analysis of school data on attainment and attendance, and Link Workers co-ordinate Individual Support Plans for each child that are informed by the school and parents. They then commission support from a pool of charities working in West London to carry out specialist sessions to deliver every child's plan jointly with WLZ.

How effective are they?
Outputs
Outcomes
Y/EPupils actively supported% of Pupils showing significant improvements
31/08/20231,67566%
31/08/20221,313%
31/08/20211,00160%
31/08/20201,00160%
Commentary: Evaluations taken from cohorts of children that have completed a 2-year WLZ programme indicate young people who were previously 'at risk' go on to improve or meet their targets. Evaluations also suggest an increase in the effectiveness of their programme as cohorts are achieving targets in a shorter time period
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Who works here?

  • LOUISA MITCHELL
    Chief Executive Officer
    Appointed: September 2016
Before becoming CEO, Louisa joined West London Zone to design the plan and implement their pilot project in White City in 2015. She has extensive experience in social policy research and advocacy, managing charities in London and Hong Kong, and prior to this was an investment banker.
  • JOE PRENDIVILLE
    Director of Strategic Partnerships
    Appointed: September 2020
Joe has extensive experience of managing and delivering education programmes to disadvantaged and marginalised people. He worked in senior leadership at a youth charity in East London for five years through a period of significant organisational growth, leading their education and training programmes. Most recently he worked as Principal of their Alternative Provision Free School.
  • ESIRI LAWRENCE
    People and Culture Director
Esiri's passion for working with children stemmed from Teaching English Literature to secondary school students for a year after graduating from university. She has since worked in schools and university as well as in the private sector where she has over 10 years experience of strategically leading and refining the People function. She is a chartered member of the CIPD with a masters degree in Human Resources Management and currently ....more
  • ANDREW BERWICK
    Strategy and Impact Director
    Appointed: August 2021
Andrew has 15 years' experience of supporting young people from marginalised communities. He started his career as a teacher in West London, before leading a charity that helps young people from underprivileged backgrounds to reach selective universities. Most recently he worked as a consultant to a range of third sector and public sector organisations, focusing on impact and strategy.
  • ANDREW OLIVA-HAUXWELL
    Chief Delivery Officer
Andrew spent 10 years working at the education charity Teach First where he served as an Executive Director leading the country's largest graduate programme placing new teachers into schools serving disadvantaged communities. His first role at Teach First was leading the organisation's delivery team ensuring the approx. 2500 trainee teachers in over 1000 schools had an excellent experience on the programme as well as schools also seeing the ....more

How is it governed?

Trustees (13)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 31-71
  • ANDREW LEVITT Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Partner of Bridges Fund Management
  • FARIAL MISSI Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Community Engagement Manager
  • JOHN STOREY Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Co-Head Of EMEA Equity At Sales Goldman Sachs
  • JULIE HOWARTH Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Executive Head Teacher
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 17/03/2015, number: 1160947
  • Registered at Companies House on 10/04/2014, number: 08991196
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
7 returns made; all on time
Main office

140-144 Freston Road
London
ENGLAND
W10 6TR

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE TO PROMOTE THE CARE AND UPBRINGING OF EVERY CHILD AND EVERY YOUNG PERSON WITH A DISADVANTAGED BACKGROUND WHO LIVES IN OR HAS A CLOSE CONNECTION TO THE WEST LONDON ZONE, BY SUPPORTING POSITIVE FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS, ADVANCING EDUCATION, PROMOTING HEALTH AND OTHERWISE MAKING THE MOST OF EACH SUCH CHILD AND YOUNG PERSON'S POTENTIAL.FOR THE PURPOSES OF THESE ARTICLES, THE WEST LONDON ZONE SHALL BE AN AREA OF WEST LONDON ENCOMPASSING NORTH WESTMINSTER, NORTH KENSINGTON, NORTH HAMMERSMITH AND SOUTH BRENT, THE PRECISE DELINEATION OF WHICH SHALL BE A MATTER FOR THE DECISION OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE CHARITY FROM TIME TO TIME.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase

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