WANSTEAD AND WOODFORD MIGRANT SUPPORT

Registered charity 1172757 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

WWMS exists to relieve poverty among vulnerable migrants, including refugees, asylum seekers, migrant workers and their dependants living in the London Borough of Redbridge, neighbouring boroughs and Essex through the provision of advocacy, advice and support services. Our main focus is the provision of immigration advice. We also provide a general information and signposting service.

Objects

TO RELIEVE POVERTY AMONG REFUGEES, ASYLUM SEEKERS, MIGRANT WORKERS AND THEIR DEPENDANTS LIVING IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF REDBRIDGE, NEIGHBOURING BOROUGHS AND ESSEX BY PROVIDING INTERPRETING/TRANSLATING/ADVOCACY/HEALTH/HOUSING ADVICE.

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

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Redbridge, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£42k
Latest spending
£38k
Registered
2017
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £4,788 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total unrestricted reserves standing at £21,319. The trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue operating. The charity relies on grants and donations, having received £42,407 in incoming resources during the period.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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: 7

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

  • Volunteers: 5

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

  • Volunteers: 3

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

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

Operates in: Barking And Dagenham · Essex · Havering · Newham · Redbridge · Waltham Forest

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£42k£38k
31/03/2024£49k£42k
31/03/2023£30k£43k
31/03/2022£45k£45k
31/03/2021£57k£36k

Common questions

Is WANSTEAD AND WOODFORD MIGRANT SUPPORT financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £4,788 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total unrestricted reserves standing at £21,319. The trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue operating. The charity relies on grants and donations, having received £42,407 in incoming resources during the period. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds WANSTEAD AND WOODFORD MIGRANT SUPPORT?

Funders whose own accounts filings name WANSTEAD AND WOODFORD MIGRANT SUPPORT as a grant recipient include TRUST FOR LONDON, SOCIETY OF THE HOLY CHILD JESUS CIO.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
TRUST FOR LONDONFY2024£18kEnding migrant destitution
SOCIETY OF THE HOLY CHILD JESUS CIOFY2025£15kGrants

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The Mercers' Company21/01/2026£59kGrant to Wanstead and Woodford Migrant Support
Postcode Lottery08/10/2025£37kUnrestricted Funding
The National Lottery Community Fund16/05/2024£20kNew Horizons
Postcode Lottery29/03/2024£10kUnrestricted Funding

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 TONBRIDGE WELCOMES REFUGEES.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
WANSTEAD AND WOODFORD MIGRANT SUPPORT£42k—0unclear—no doubt
TONBRIDGE WELCOMES REFUGEES FY2025£11k—0unclear—no doubt
Migrant Help FY2025£69.8m——unclear—no doubt
Midlands Migrant Support FY2024£7k—0above—no doubt
Refugee and Migrant Justice FY2025£1.9m——within—no doubt
MIGRANT ACTION FY2026£338k——below—no doubt

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