WESTWAY TRUST

Registered charity 1123127 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WESTWAY DEVELOPMENT TRUST

Westway Trust will deliver enterprise, retail, community, cultural and sporting opportunities together with improvements to the public realm on our estate by the A40 Westway. By harnessing the creativity, heritage and diversity that makes the area so special, we will ensure distinctive and attractive spaces that the local community can continue to be proud of, and which visitors can enjoy.

Objects

2.1 THE OBJECTS OF THE TRUST ARE TO PROMOTE PARTICULARLY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THOSE LIVING OR WORKING IN THE ROYAL BOROUGH OF KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA AND ADJOINING LONDON BOROUGHS (HEREINAFTER CALLED THE AREA OF BENEFIT) BY SUCH EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT INCLUDING: (A) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION INCLUDING: (I) TRAINING OR RETRAINING, PARTICULARLY AMONG UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE, AND PROVIDING UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE WITH WORK EXPERIENCE;(II) THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO PERSONS WHO ARE RESIDENT IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT AND WHO ARE IN NEED OF SUCH ASSISTANCE TO PURSUE EDUCATION; AND(III) SUPPORT OF THE PERFORMING AND VISUAL ARTS; (B) THE PROVISION, OR ASSISTANCE IN THE PROVISION OF, FACILITIES FOR: (I) RECREATION; (II) SPORTING; OR (III) OTHER LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE PROVIDED THAT THE FACILITIES ARE PROVIDED WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THOSE LIVING AND WORKING IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT;(C) THE MAINTENANCE, IMPROVEMENT OR PROVISION OF PUBLIC AMENITIES IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT, INCLUDING THE PROVISION OF PUBLIC ART;(D) THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH; (E) THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF MEMBERS OF SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES WITHIN THE AREA OF BENEFIT IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY AND HELP MEET THEIR NEEDS AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY;(F) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ARTS, CULTURE AND HERITAGE; (G) THE ADVANCEMENT OF AMATEUR SPORTS OR GAMES WHICH PROMOTE HEALTH BY INVOLVING PHYSICAL OR MENTAL SKILL OR EXERTION;(H) THE PROMOTION OF CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY, VOLUNTEERING, THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR OR THE EFFECTIVENESS OR EFFICIENCY OF CHARITIES,(I) THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED BECAUSE OF YOUTH, AGE, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE;(J) THE ADVANCEMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION OR IMPROVEMENT INCLUDING THE PROMOTION OF URBAN REGENERATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THOSE LIVING AND WORKING IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT BY:(I) ALL OR ANY OF THE MEANS EXPRESSED IN PARAGRAPHS (A) TO (I) ABOVE; (II) THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL OR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE OR BUSINESS ADVICE AND CONSULTANCY IN ORDER TO PROVIDE TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE IN CASES OF FINANCIAL OR OTHER CHARITABLE NEED THROUGH HELP:(A) IN SETTING UP THEIR OWN BUSINESS; OR (B) TO EXISTING BUSINESS; AND (III) THE CREATION OF TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES BY THE PROVISION OF WORKSPACE, BUILDING OR LAND FOR USE ON FAVOURABLE TERMS;PROVIDED ALWAYS THAT SUCH ACTIVITY IS DELIVERED BY PROGRAMMES DESIGNED TO BENEFIT THE PUBLIC AND ANY PRIVATE GAIN IS INCIDENTAL TO THE PURPOSE OF THE PROGRAMMES; AND(K) ANY OTHER PURPOSES THAT ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE UNDER THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES.

Area of benefit: ROYAL BOROUGH OF KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA AND ADJOINING LONDON BOROUGHS

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Kensington and Chelsea, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's unrestricted funds were £1,750,000 at the year end, with total expenditure of £171,973,000. The Trustees confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by none. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2024 (received 31/03/2025, 59 days after the 31/01/2025 due date); year ending 31/03/2023 (received 19/07/2024, 170 days after the 31/01/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

In the news

Recent coverage mentioning this charity by name (automated match; headlines belong to their publishers).

• Business Charity Awards: Best response to the cost-of-living crisis – Hogan Lovells Cadwalader International LLP, BNY Mellon and the Westway Trust hlc.com · 24/07/2026
• Business Charity Awards: Best response to the cost-of-living crisis – Hogan Lovells International LLP, BNY Mellon and the Westway Trust thirdsector.co.uk · 17/05/2024
• Chelsea FC Foundation teams up with QPR Community Trust and Westway Trust to support refugees chelseafc.com · 19/04/2022
• Letter to the chair of the Westway Trust - Tutu Foundation UK report rbkc.gov.uk · 15/01/2021
• NCT appoints former Westway Trust director as new chief executive civilsociety.co.uk · 14/01/2020
• Westway Trust to be quizzed by opposition group at public meeting mylondon.news · 06/11/2015

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 06475436

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Venu Dhupa — Chief Executive (source)
• Ruth Daniel — Co-Chair (source)
• Minal Patel — Co-Chair (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• HAILEMARIAM, Henock — director, appointed 26/06/2026on trustee list
• NUR, Abdullahi Ali — director, appointed 17/11/2025on trustee list
• CAMPBELL, Desmond Lloyd — director, appointed 03/04/2024on trustee list
• DANIEL, Ruth Odusanya — director, appointed 25/03/2024on trustee list
• ABDULEZER, Andrew David — director, appointed 25/03/2024on trustee list
• PATEL, Minal Kundan — director, appointed 15/07/2021on trustee list
• KELLY, Jonathan Paul — director, appointed 08/06/2021on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

17 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~6.0 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (78% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Minal Patelchair
• Abdullahi Sheikh Ali Nur
• Andrew David Abdulezer
• Desmond Lloyd Campbell
• Henock Hailemariam
• Jonathan Paul Kelly
• Ruth Odusanya Daniel

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

Operates in: Brent · City Of Westminster · Hammersmith And Fulham · Kensington And Chelsea

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WESTCROFT COMMUNITY CENTRE.

• WESTCROFT COMMUNITY CENTRE income £155k
• HESTERS WAY PARTNERSHIP LTD income £515k
• MIDDLE WAY TRUST income £111k
• WESTON AND DISTRICT COMMUNITY TRANSPORT LIMITED income £1.2m
• WEST OF ENGLAND SPORT TRUST income £1.3m
• WEST LOOE TOWN TRUST income £308k

Side by side with its peers

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