Westward Inner-City Sport & Education (Wise) Youth Trust

Analysis

Westward Inner-City Sport & Education (Wise) Youth Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides human resources, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Westward Inner-City Sport & Education (Wise) Youth Trust reported income of £292k and spending of £317k, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £168k to £292k (+74%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 125%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Westward Inner-City Sport & Education (Wise) Youth Trust sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Handlebards CIO (£292k), The Bridge Theatre Training Company (£293k) and Community Arts Northwest (£292k).