WEST END IMPACT
Our weekly activities / sessionsTues - Advice & guidance drop inWed - Well-being Wednesdays; Living life to the full low mood & anxiety course / Innovate art groupThur - Advice & guidance drop in Fri - Staff meetingSun - Drop in meal
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that overall income increased by 17% compared to the previous year, driven largely by a significant rise in grant reliance to 76%. However, the charity faces ongoing difficulties with funding availability and notes that new grants are slow to be forthcoming. Cash reserves increased from £112,990 to £120,347, though 32% of this is restricted funding.
What the accounts disclose
“This last year 2024-2025 the ratio of income has been 15% (-6%) donations, 8% (-3%) generated and 76% (+8%) reliant on grants.” — page 4
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (22/09/2023)
- Received assets from another charity (14/04/2016)
Trustees
- Jason John Hettrickchair
- Alan Stephen Rainford
- IAN GEORGE SWASH
- Mary Caroline Gibson
Income and spending
| Financial year end | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 31/05/2025 | £259k | £251k |
| 31/05/2024 | £221k | £226k |
| 31/05/2023 | £164k | £219k |
| 31/05/2022 | £187k | £141k |
| 31/05/2021 | £148k | £107k |
Common questions
Is WEST END IMPACT financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that overall income increased by 17% compared to the previous year, driven largely by a significant rise in grant reliance to 76%. However, the charity faces ongoing difficulties with funding availability and notes that new grants are slow to be forthcoming. Cash reserves increased from £112,990 to £120,347, though 32% of this is restricted funding. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds WEST END IMPACT?
Funders whose own accounts filings name WEST END IMPACT as a grant recipient include CRH CHARITABLE TRUST, THE FORTE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, DUCHY OF LANCASTER BENEVOLENT FUND, FRANCIS C SCOTT CHARITABLE TRUST, NORMAN WHITELEY TRUST.
Known funders
| Funder | Year | Amount | Purpose (as stated by the funder) |
|---|---|---|---|
| CRH CHARITABLE TRUST | FY2025 | £8k | |
| CRH CHARITABLE TRUST | FY2024 | £8k | |
| THE FORTE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION | FY2023 | £7k | 29% of the salaries and core costs for a programme of supported volunteering and training for people with multiple needs in Morecambe, Lancashire. |
| DUCHY OF LANCASTER BENEVOLENT FUND | FY2024 | £5k | Community help |
| FRANCIS C SCOTT CHARITABLE TRUST | FY2025 | £3k | |
| CRH CHARITABLE TRUST | FY2023 | £3k | |
| NORMAN WHITELEY TRUST | FY2022 | £2k | |
| FREE METHODIST CHURCH, MORECAMBE AND HEYSHAM | FY2023 | £2k | Tithe Allocation |
| FREE METHODIST CHURCH, MORECAMBE AND HEYSHAM | FY2021 | £2k | Tithe Allocation |
| FRANCIS C SCOTT CHARITABLE TRUST | FY2024 | £0 |
Government & lottery funding
| Funder | Date | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 23/01/2026 | £17k | Wellbeing Wednesdays |
| UK government | 14/07/2020 | £10k | Coronavirus Community Support Fund |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 25/06/2014 | £5k | LIVING LIFE TO THE FULL course and INNOVATE art and craft group |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 03/06/2010 | £10k | West End Volunteers |