Overall GiG Score: 2 ?
Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 1
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +1

CITY OF WESTMINSTER CHARITABLE TRUST 

The City of Westminster Charitable Trust was established in 1987 for the purpose of allocating income received for charitable purposes directed wholly or mainly to the benefit of the City of Westminster. Grants are given to charities and organisations situated in Westminster or who directly help Westminster residents.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
Established: 37 years

www.westminster.gov.uk/westminster-trust

communitycontribution@westminster.gov.uk

07817 053912

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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*£432£521£-89n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/22£187£523£-336n/an/an/an/an/a4
31/03/21£517£543£-26£0£771£7711702
31/03/20£279£249£30n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/19£768£74£694£0£767£0n/a00
31/03/18£57£1£56£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£1£24£-23£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£1£5£-4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£6£19£-13£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£17£14£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£28£13£15£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12*£10£16£-6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£24£12£12£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£12£20£-8£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09*£21£24£-3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£18£29£-11£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07*£26£54£-28£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06*£56£24£32£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£25£35£-10£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£25£39£-14£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • General Charitable Purposes
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
David & Elaine Potter Foundation - General donation
£10,000 01/11/2018
1
General donation

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees:
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 24/02/1987, number: 296091
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR23: 8 days late, AR12: 1 days late, AR09: 273 days late, AR07: 2 days late, AR06: 0 days late, AR04: 26 days late,
Main office

City of Westminster
Westminster City Hall
64 Victoria Street
LONDON
SW1E 6QP

Objectives

FOR ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES DIRECTED WHOLLY OR MAINLY TO THE BENEFIT OF THE CITY OF WESTMINSTER OR OF THE IMMEDIATE NEIGHBOURHOOD OR ANY PART OF THE SAID CITY OR OF ALL OR SOME OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE SAID CITY OR FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN ANY OTHER PART OF THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME IN THEIR DISCRESTION DETERMINE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

CITY OF WESTMINSTER

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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