City of Westminster Charitable Trust

Analysis

City of Westminster Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in February 1987, 39 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 March 2025, City of Westminster Charitable Trust reported income of £230k and spending of £372k, spending 162% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £517k to £230k (-55%), an average of -18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 131%. Over the whole period it spent 141% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, City of Westminster Charitable Trust sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Smith Charitable Trust (£230k), Sunnydays Preschool (£233k) and Volunteer Action (£230k).

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.