Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 11
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Deficit latest year: -2
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +8
Overall GiG Score: 11 ?

WEST LONDON WELCOME

West London Welcome is a free drop-in centre for refugees, asylum seekers & migrants catering primarily but not exclusively to individuals & communities in Hammersmith & Fulham. WLW provides a warm space for people to come in out of the cold, have a cup of tea and socialise, hot lunch, learn English, share ideas and get advice.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • There has been strong growth in spending since inception
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income was lower than spending in the latest year
  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income Spending Surplus/
Deficit
Volun-
teers
31/05/24£360£402£-42n/a
31/05/23£431£336£94n/a
31/05/22£396£224£172n/a
31/05/21£196£134£61n/a
31/05/20£74£37£37n/a
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 6 years

www.westlondonwelcome.com

hello@westlondonwelcome.com

07512789542

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Other facilities management and maintenance
How it operates
  • Makes grants to individuals
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout London,
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Major supporters in last 5 years
The Michael And Betty Little Trust£270,500
Barrow Cadbury Trust£20,000
DCMS£20,000
CHK Foundation£15,000
AB Charitable Trust£15,000
The London Community Foundation£10,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
The Michael And Betty Little Trust - West London Welcome
£73,000 23/09/2023
A community centre run for and with refugees, asylum seekers, migrants and other locals living in West London
The Michael And Betty Little Trust - EASE
£15,000 20/11/2022
Supporting asylum-seekers and refugees to thrive in our community through a weekly drop-in where guests and long term community members can socialise together and asylum seekers can feel connected and supported while they await their asylum decision
CHK Foundation - CHK Emergency /Disaster Grant
£15,000 16/05/2022
to support specified work
The Michael And Betty Little Trust - West London Welcome
£73,000 03/05/2022
A community centre run for and with refugees, asylum seekers, migrants and other locals living in West London
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to West London Welcome
£15,000 07/10/2021
An unrestricted grant of £15,000. West London Welcome aim to support refugees, people seeking asylum and migrants to make positive transitions in their lives by becoming part of the local community. Their objectives are to create community, ....more
The Michael And Betty Little Trust - West London Welcome
£109,500 28/03/2021
A community centre run for and with refugees, asylum seekers, migrants and other locals living in West London
Tudor Trust - Grant to West London Welcome
£2,000 23/03/2021
as a staff grant to provide unrestricted funding for a community centre run for and with refugees, asylum seekers and migrants living in West London
Barrow Cadbury Trust - COVID-19 - West London Welcome
£20,000 30/09/2020
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To recruit a Deputy Manager for a drop-in centre as well as hot food and essentials for refugees, asylum seekers and migrants living in Hammersmith.
The London Community Foundation - Grant to West London Welcome
£10,000 15/09/2020
We are seeking funding to take on a full time support worker and administrator in response to growing case work due to the pandemic. We are also applying for money to pay for therapeutic sessions for our staff and volunteers who are doing frontline ....more
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£10,000 15/09/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots and small organisations who can provide an ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£10,000 02/07/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed

  • ANTONIA BENFIELD Appointed: 2022
  • BETUL PIYADE Appointed: 2023
  • COCO CAMPBELL Appointed: 2023
  • EFTHYMIA STATHOPOULOU Appointed: 2022
  • JOANNA SARAH FARQUHARSON (Chair) Appointed: 2019
  • REZA BEYAD Appointed: 2019
  • RUPESH CHATWANI Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Company Director
  • SAVRAJ CHOPRA Appointed: 2020
  • SEEMA ALIBHAI Appointed: 2019
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 07/05/2019, number: 1183261
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Fundraising Regulator
First registered: 11/01/2024, current status: Small charity
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Social media policy and procedures
Filing Record
5 returns made; all on time
Main office

PO Box 78236
London
W14 4HQ

Objectives

The objects of the CIO are:(1) To advance education and relieve financial hardship amongst those seeking asylum, those granted refugee status and migrants particularly by the provision of legal and other advice.(2) To provide or assist with the provision of facilities for recreation or other leisure time activity for refugees, asylum seekers, migrants and their dependents in the interests of social welfare with the object of improving their conditions of life and assisting their inclusion into the wider community, in particular but not exclusively by the provision of a drop-in centre

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
Charizone

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