CWPLUS

Registered charity 1169897 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q30271181 · also known as CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HEALTH CHARITY, CW+, CWHC

CW+ is the charity for Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. Our supporters enable us to: - Build new facilities, invest in health innovations and bring the latest technologies to our hospitals. - Deliver a unique art and design programme to transform the hospital experience and clinical environment.- Support research to help improve treatments and care for patients.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE OR PURPOSES RELATING TO THE GENERAL OR ANY SPECIFIC PURPOSES OF CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST OR THE PURPOSES OF THE HEALTH SERVICE (AS DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1 OF THE NHS ACT 2006 OR ANY STATUTORY MODIFICATION OF THAT SECTION).

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

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · 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)

Latest income
£7.7m
Latest spending
£9.5m
Registered
2016
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income for the year was £7.7m, with free reserves standing at £387,000, a decrease from £704,000 in the previous year. The charity holds significant unrestricted funds of £50.7m, the majority of which are designated for specific long-term capital and programme purposes. The trustees and auditors 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

Related-party transaction: Trustees nominated by the Trust
“Under CWPLUS’s Articles of Association, a number Trustees are nominated by the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and include three Trust Board Directors: Lesley Watts, Robert Bleasdale and Roger Chinn. As the principal object of the charity is to benefit the Trust, the bulk of transactions in the accounts either indirectly or directly support that organisation (see note 3.2 for total grants awarded to the Trust).” — page 49
“CWPLUS received £24,600 from Trustees in unrestricted donations and purchases under charity auctions during the year to 31 March 2025” — page 49
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Donations from Trustees
“Under CWPLUS’s Articles of Association, a number Trustees are nominated by the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and include three Trust Board Directors: Lesley Watts, Robert Bleasdale and Roger Chinn. As the principal object of the charity is to benefit the Trust, the bulk of transactions in the accounts either indirectly or directly support that organisation (see note 3.2 for total grants awarded to the Trust).” — page 49
“CWPLUS received £24,600 from Trustees in unrestricted donations and purchases under charity auctions during the year to 31 March 2025” — page 49
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Moore Kingston Smith LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

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.

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 1
  • Government income: £614,000 — grants £614,000 (4); 8% of the £7,722,000 total gross income on the same return
  • Employees paid over £60,000: 9 (£60,001–£70,000: 2; £70,001–£80,000: 1; £80,001–£90,000: 2; £90,001–£100,000: 2; £100,001–£110,000: 1; £140,001–£150,000: 1)

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 10
  • Government income: £10,200,000 — grants £10,200,000 (2); 72% of the £14,130,000 total gross income on the same return
  • Employees paid over £60,000: 5 (£60,001–£70,000: 1; £80,001–£90,000: 1; £90,001–£100,000: 1; £100,001–£110,000: 1; £130,001–£140,000: 1)

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Volunteers: 6
  • Government income: £155,000 — grants £155,000 (1); 2% of the £6,234,000 total gross income on the same return
  • Employees paid over £60,000: 6 (£70,001–£80,000: 2; £80,001–£90,000: 2; £90,001–£100,000: 1; £120,001–£130,000: 1)

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — CW+ (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

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.

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

Total income
£7.7m
Total spending
£9.5m
Cost of raising funds
£1.5m
Reserves (reported)
£387k
Employees
34

Reported reserves equal ~0.5 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 19.2% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.3%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: City Of Westminster · Kensington And Chelsea

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£7.7m£9.5m
31/03/2024£14.1m£7.1m
31/03/2023£6.2m£5.6m
31/03/2022£6.2m£5.9m
31/03/2021£6.0m£6.3m

Common questions

Is CWPLUS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income for the year was £7.7m, with free reserves standing at £387,000, a decrease from £704,000 in the previous year. The charity holds significant unrestricted funds of £50.7m, the majority of which are designated for specific long-term capital and programme purposes. The trustees and auditors confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Moore Kingston Smith LLP.

Who funds CWPLUS?

Funders whose own accounts filings name CWPLUS as a grant recipient include THE AITKEN FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST, CHK Foundation, The William Brake Foundation, MARTIN CHARITABLE TRUST, J S F POLLITZER CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE AITKEN FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£100k
HOLLYHOCK CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2021Unverified read£40kGrant
CHK FoundationFY2024£20k
The William Brake FoundationFY2023£20k
MARTIN CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2021£8k
J S F POLLITZER CHARITABLE SETTLEMENTFY2025£3kHealth
SSP FOUNDATIONFY2025£1k
The William Brake FoundationFY2022£1k
SSP FOUNDATIONFY2024£1k
SSP FOUNDATIONFY2022£500

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Sport England10/09/2025£14kFitness for HIV Community
UK government13/04/2023£177kInnovate UK FemTech Accelerator delivered by Health Innovation Network and partners
The National Lottery Heritage Fund09/06/2021£81k"100 years of West Middlesex University Hospital - a celebration of staff and our changing landscape"
Thrive LDN16/03/2020£9kTrans BootCamp
UK government12/10/2018£33kThe Grass is Always Grindr
The National Lottery Heritage Fund05/04/2018£47k"Celebrating 300 years of health and charity at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust"

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS COVENTRY AND WARWICKSHIRE CHARITY.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CWPLUS£7.7m——unclear—no doubt
UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS COVENTRY AND WARWICKSHIRE CHARITY FY2025£770k——unclear—no doubt
THE FRIENDS OF THE CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL FY2025£116k—0unclear—no doubt
CHAPLAINCY PLUS FY2025£44k—0above—no doubt
COMMUNITY ACCOUNTING PLUS FY2025£680k—0unclear—no doubt
CENTRAL LONDON COMMUNITY HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST CHARITY AND RELATED CHARITIES FY2026£77k——unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.