The West End Community Trust

Analysis

The West End Community Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in October 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under community and economic development. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The West End Community Trust reported income of £36k and spending of £40k, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £52k to £36k (-30%), an average of -8.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 33%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 1,869 England and Wales charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, The West End Community Trust sits at the 49th percentile: it is larger than about 49% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Richmondshire Refugee Support Group (£36k), The Gambian Schools Trust (£37k) and The Loiyangalani Trust (£36k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.