Overall GiG Score: 17 ?
Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 10
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +7

ONE WESTMINSTER 

With our rewarding volunteering opportunities, front-line community projects & organisation support, we aim to transform the Westminster community.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • 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 dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end
Established: 37 years

www.onewestminster.org.uk

info@onewestminster.org.uk

02077231216

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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
31/03/23*£1,379£1,321£58£0£263£2432.2311,154
31/03/22*£1,029£971£58£0£205£1922.430352
31/03/21£869£864£6£0£147£851.2235
31/03/20£722£728£-6£0£141£1091.8202,000
31/03/19£701£686£15£0£147£1222.1152,169
31/03/18£782£725£57£0£204£1652.7180
31/03/17£807£738£69£0£147£580.9270
31/03/16£1,097£1,076£21£0£77£-31-0.3270
31/03/15£1,245£1,312£-67£60£57£-25-0.2250
31/03/14£759£778£-19£14£123£390.6160
31/03/13£659£691£-32£3£143£791.4170
31/03/12£561£551£10£22£174£571.2130
31/03/11£737£743£-5£15£164£1131.8180
31/03/10£648£695£-47£58£169£470.8150
31/03/09£490£565£-75£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£547£455£92£12£291£962.5120
31/03/07£481£363£118£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06*£378£342£37£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05*£308£332£-24£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£322£330£-8£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 33%
Liabilities/Income: 9%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 93%
Reserves/Spending: 2.2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 2 months
Quick Ratio: 1.8
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who works here?
  • 31 employees
  • 1,154 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • City Of Westminster,

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
City Bridge Trust£395,500
Mercer's Charitable Foundation£100,000
The London Community Foundation£12,805
Westminster Foundation£5,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
City Bridge Trust - Grant to One Westminster
£282,400 12/12/2022
60
£282,400 over 5 years (£52,700; £55,100; £56,600; £58,200; £59,800) towards the salary and project costs for a full time Head of CVS Service.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to One Westminster
£89,100 09/11/2020
24
£89,100 over two further and final years (£43,500; £45,600) for a full time Senior Violence Interrupter and associated running costs.
The London Community Foundation - Grant to One Westminster
£4,805 29/09/2020
The funding is for IT and equipment support to enable the OW staff to continue to work from home effectively and comfortably.
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£4,805 29/09/2020
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
City Bridge Trust - Grant to One Westminster
£24,000 19/05/2020
A grant of £24,000 to fund the essential and urgent costs outlined in the appliciation, so that the organisation can carry on providing support to Londoners.
The London Community Foundation - Grant to One Westminster
£8,000 28/04/2020
The funding is to enable us to sustain our work delivering a new "Wellbeing Chat" service and in supporting the local Foodbank by deploying staff into new areas of work.
Westminster Foundation - Covid 19 response Fund
£5,000 17/04/2020
3
Outreach to vulnerable young people during covid-19.
Mercer's Charitable Foundation - Grant to One Westminster
£100,000 26/06/2019
35
To provide a service recruiting and training volunteers to become befrienders to the many socially isolated and lonely older Westminster residents needing friendship and company.
National Lottery Community Fund - Family Learning and Support(FLS)
£348,369 10/07/2018
36
This project will tackle the root causes of educational inequalities. Working with the most marginalised and isolated families it will help them overcome barriers to learning, establish, routines, ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to One Westminster
£130,000 11/05/2017
36
£130,000 over three years (£44,500. £42,500, £43,000) towards a 0.6FTE post, associated running costs with costs for workshops and outreach support. This is subject to the submission of ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Befriending and Mentoring for Adults with Learning Disabilities
£279,588 15/07/2015
36
This is continuation of a pilot to reduce isolation and increase the integration and participation of people with learning disabilities throughout Westminster. The project offers a befriending ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Family Learning and Involvement Project (FLIP)
£282,120 12/01/2015
35
Not Available
London Catalyst - One Westminster - 1
£5,000 28/07/2014
Support for costs of Befriending Plus Project
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to One Westminster
£28,400 12/06/2014
24
towards two years' salary of a Project Assistant at a befriending project supporting isolated and vulnerable older people in the London Borough of Westminster
City Bridge Trust - Grant to One Westminster
£94,000 12/02/2014
24
£94,000 over two years (£46,300; £47,700) towards the salary and support costs of an Organisational Development Officer and an Information and Communications Officer to deliver Voluntary Action ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Westminster Partnership Volunteer Training
£10,000 06/06/2013
12
This is a project by a charity in Westminster. The group will use the funding to deliver core recruitment training for volunteers across 6 organisations. This will reduce duplication of training ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - YOUTH VOLEMPLOY MENTORING PROJECT
£268,447 11/02/2013
48
The aim of this new 3 year project is to improve employability, readiness for further education and life skills of 16-25 year old individuals living in Westminster by providing them with a programme ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Befriending Project for Adults with Learning Disabilities
£95,425 13/12/2011
36
A befriending service for people with learning disabilities and the recruitment and training of volunteers to assist individuals to become more confident and active in society. It will assist ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - VolEmploy
£366,198 13/04/2011
60
The project will help unemployed residents of Westminster from the most deprived wards, through the provision of volunteering, training and development opportunities within a supportive and ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 32-65
  • EDMOND YEO Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Charity Ceo And Jp
  • EVA FRITZ Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Vice President Account Management
  • KIM O'DONOGHUE Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Senior Vice President Mastercard
  • MATTHEW AYRES (Chair) Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Tech Pre Sales
  • PHAYZA FUDLALLA Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Head Of Community Programmes - Deputy Ceo
  • SUE ANNIS Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Retail Marketing Manager
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 30/10/1986, number: 295501
  • Registered at Companies House on 03/09/1986, number: 02052268
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR23: 5 days late, AR22: 1 days late, AR06: 34 days late, AR05: 1 days late, AR04: 1 days late,
Main office

37 CHAPEL STREET
LONDON
NW1 5DP

Objectives

TO UNDERTAKE AND ARRANGE VOLUNTARY WORK IN EDUCATION, SOCIAL SERVICES AND SIMILAR CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES, AMONGST THOSE PERSONS IN NEED THEREOF AND FOR THIS PURPOSE BUT NOT OTHERWISE THE BUREAU SHALL HAVE THE POWERS HEREIN CONTAINED. (FOR DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 3 OF MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION).

Defined Area of Benefit:

CITY OF WESTMINSTER

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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