WINDRUSH FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1066553 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

It celebrates the Caribbean men and women who served Britain in WWII and who also settled in the UK from 22 June 1948, having travelled on the ship Empire Windrush, and who helped to rebuild ; (2) promotes good race & community relations, works to eliminate discrimination and encourage equality of opportunity for all; (3) designs and deliver heritage and arts projects, programmes and initiatives.

Causes: Arts/culture/heritage/science · Economic/community Development/employment · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£64k

Latest spending

£18k

Registered

1997

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £45,429 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with unrestricted cash reserves of the same amount. The filing notes that the company is entitled to exemption from audit under the small companies' regime and that members have not required an audit.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: National Lottery Heritage Funding

“NATIONAL LOTTERY HERITAGE FUNDING” — page 1

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

ARTHUR TORRINGTON CBE
DIONE MCDONALD
PAULETTE VERONA FEURTADO

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£64k	£18k
31/03/2024	£162k	£152k
31/03/2023	£47k	£39k
31/03/2022	£15k	£12k
31/03/2021	£15k	£12k

Common questions

Is WINDRUSH FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £45,429 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with unrestricted cash reserves of the same amount. The filing notes that the company is entitled to exemption from audit under the small companies' regime and that members have not required an audit.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	15/01/2025	£90k	"CELEBRATING 30 YEARS OF SERVICE-WINDRUSH FOUNDATION 2025"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	08/06/2022	£185k	"CELEBRATING WINDRUSH PIONEERS"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	15/06/2020	£13k	"COVID19 WINDRUSH FOUNDATION"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	02/08/2017	£98k	"WINDRUSH, 70 YEARS ON...Celebrating the Heritage"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	08/04/2014	£10k	"Dr James Risien Russell in World War One"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	13/09/2011	£270k	"Emancipation 1838"
The National Lottery Community Fund	02/09/2010	£9k	Motivation and Inspiring Local People to build Stronger Communities
The National Lottery Community Fund	19/08/2008	£10k	Remembering Slavery and African Heritage
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	19/08/2008	£10k	"A Project By This Charity Based In Lewisham, London To Celebrate Black History Month With A Series Of Seminars On Atlantic Slavery And Afric"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	14/07/2006	£50k	"Windrush 60 Years on: An Oral History"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	31/05/2005	£1k	"The Windrush Foundation Will Use A Grant To Create A Brochure Aimed At Raising Awareness Of The Contribution Made By African And Caribbean P"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	27/05/2005	£5k	"This Organisation Holds Social Inclusion Activities That Focus On The History & Contribution Of Windrush And Other Afrrican & Caribbean Sett"
The National Lottery Community Fund	26/05/2005	£19k	Windrush Veterans
The National Lottery Community Fund	23/05/2005	£5k	Celebrating Ignatius Sancho
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	26/04/2004	£3k	"This Group Holds Socially Inclusive Activities That Focus On The History And Contribution Of The Windrush Settlers To The Culture & Prosperi"
The National Lottery Community Fund	22/04/2004	£3k	Multi Media Producations
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	31/07/2002	£5k	"The Group Runs Events That Celebrate The Arrival Of The First Post-War Wave Of Caribbean Settlers In London In June 1948. As Part Of Black H"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	27/07/2001	£4k	"This group hold functions celebrating the arrival of the first Caribbean settlers and the contribution to the arts culture and economic of B"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	23/08/1999	£5k	"This group holds functions that celebrate the arrival of the first wave of Caribbean settlers in London and other parts of the UK in 1948 on"