Friends of Westdene

Analysis

Friends of Westdene is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Brighton. It was registered in June 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Friends of Westdene reported income of £27k and spending of £37k, spending 134% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £6,954 to £27k (+294%), an average of +41% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 339%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, Friends of Westdene sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 71% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 51st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Padbury Village Hall (£27k), Newton Tony Memorial Hall and Recreation Ground (£27k) and Riverbridge PTA (£27k).