Finance Score: -6

Governance Score: -4

Support Score: 7

Spending falling: -1
Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
No PartB

Only 4 Trustees: -1
All male board: -3

Grant maker support: +7

Overall GiG Score: -3

WEST INDIA COMMITTEE

The West India Committee exists as a venerable UK charity whose object is to promote the interests of agriculture, manufacturing industries and trade of the West Indies, Belize and Guyana and thus increase the general welfare of those territories [and their people globally] [delivering] through education, training, acting as an advocate, adviser and where necessary, as an umbrella organisation.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

There are only 4 trustees
The Board is completely male

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending

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
31/03/23		£216	£199	£17	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	3
31/03/22		£150	£253	£-103	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1
31/03/21		£228	£222	£6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/20		£328	£228	£100	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	4
31/03/19		£304	£393	£-89	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	5
31/03/18		£490	£335	£156	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£201	£198	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	*	£201	£198	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£144	£163	£-19	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14	*	£114	£112	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13	*	£70	£126	£-56	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12	*	£180	£102	£77	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£0	£0	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/10		£0	£0	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/09		£0	£0	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/08	*	£0	£0	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/07	*	£0	£0	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/06		£0	£0	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0

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Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 39%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000

Established: 55 years

www.westindiacommittee.org

enquiries@westindiacommittee.org

01304 448900

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
Environment/Conservation/Heritage
General Charitable Purposes
Other Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Specialty hospitals (incl psychiatric and substance abuse)

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Makes Grants to Individuals
Makes Grants to Organisations
Other charitable activities
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides human resources
Provides services
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Anguilla, Antigua And Barbuda, Aruba, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Jamaica, Martinique, Montserrat, Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie And Oeno Islands, Saint Barthélemy, Saint Vincent, Sint Maarten, St Kitts And Nevis, St Lucia, Suriname, The Bahamas, Throughout England And Wales, Trinidad And Tobago, Turks And Caicos Islands,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Defined Groups
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
3 volunteers

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

National Lottery Heritage Fund	£284,939
DCMS	£155,078
Garfield Weston Foundation	£75,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to West India Committee
£188,139	14/12/2022	Your West India Committee Collection and Library: The Next Chapter
DCMS - CRF21 The West India Committee
£32,800	08/03/2021	Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage 2020-21
DCMS - CRF20: The West India Committee
£117,800	14/10/2020	Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage 2020-21
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£4,478	02/09/2020	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 ....more 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 on-the-ground community response to the crisis; and, support local charitable organisations to mobilise volunteers to enable better targeted support in communities through empowered local groups.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (3 Years) award
£75,000	20/03/2020	Core Costs Funding
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to The West India Committee
£96,800	16/01/2020	The West Indian Soldier
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£50,000	14/02/2018	Core Costs Funding
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to The West India Committee
£78,400	03/08/2016	Sugar, Spice and Everything Nice, That's What The Police Are Made Of
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to The West India Committee
£75,100	10/09/2014	The Caribbean's Great War: The West India Committee's Unique Perspective
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to The West India Committee
£10,000	07/06/2013	The West India Committee fundraising capability

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How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

PETER JULIAN ODLE

PETER BECKINGHAM Appointed: 2018

SIR RODNEY WILLIAMS Appointed: 2020

VICTOR FRANKLIN BANKS Appointed: 2021

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 07/07/1969, number: 258545
Registered at Companies House on 01/01/1970, number: RC000696

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

18 returns made; AR16: 1 days late, AR14: 1 days late, AR13: 2 days late, AR12: 28 days late, AR08: 11 days late, AR07: 120 days late,

Main office

c/o The Remembrance Trust
Lord Warden House
Lord Warden Square
DOVER
Kent
CT17 9EQ

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE INTEREST OF THE AGRICULTURAL AND MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES AND TRADE OF THE WEST INDIES, GUYANA AND BRITISH HONDURAS AND THUS TO INCREASE THE GENERAL WELFARE OF THOSE TERRITORIES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

THE WEST INDIES GUYANA AND BRITISH HONDURAS

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