CWPLUS
Registered charity 1169897 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HEALTH CHARITY, CW+, CWHC
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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.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — CW+ (matched by registered charity number).
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Chris Chaney — Chief Executive (source)
- Trystan Hawkins — Director of Patient Environment (source)
- Ife Kantonna — Interim Finance Director (source)
- James Porter — Director of Campaigns and Major Programmes (source)
- Safi Schlicht — Director of Fundraising and Communications (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.
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£1.5m
Reported reserves equal ~0.5 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 19.2% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (14/05/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- ANTHONY RHYS BOURNE
- Amy Brigid Ann Rentoul · trustee of 1 other charity
- Dr Christopher John Bridgman Turner
- Dr Roger Chinn
- James Digby Peterson
- LESLEY WATTS
- Marina Lobanov-Rostovsky
- Nicholas John Walker Gash · trustee of 1 other charity
- Nishant Nayyar
- Robert Michael Bleasedale
- Steven Paling
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: City Of Westminster · Kensington And Chelsea
Income and spending
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, HOLLYHOCK CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, CHK Foundation, The William Brake Foundation, J S F POLLITZER CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT.
Known funders
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