WEST LONDON PERFORMING ARTS ACADEMY

Registered charity 1182168 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provision of inclusive Performing Arts education for childrenof all ages including Excluded Students, children with special educational needs andchildren of varying abilities.

Objects

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN PERFORMING ARTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY ACADEMIC EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE INCLUDING EXCLUDED STUDENTS, CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS AND CHILDREN OF VARYING ABILITIES.

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

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Latest income

£365k

Latest spending

£353k

Registered

2019

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds increased to £294,109, driven by a net incoming resource of £12,094 against total resources expended of £353,277. The trustees report that premises uncertainty is a key challenge, with the current location secured only until July 2025, though the charity remains operational with strong student enrolment and recent TV exposure.

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

What the accounts disclose

Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor

“Premises uncertainty: current weekday location only secured until July 2025. A new long-term base is critical for the Academy’s survival.” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Payments to trustees: Two Trustees received remuneration for services during the year.

“Two Trustees received remuneration for services during the year.” — page 13

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

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
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

SHANTI KAUR BABRAHchair
Eurika Hogewind-Sacks
MICHELLE WELCH
Tara Coogan

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

Operates in: Ealing · Hammersmith And Fulham · Hounslow · Islington · Kensington And Chelsea · Kingston Upon Thames

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£365k	£353k
31/03/2024	£324k	£193k
31/03/2023	£209k	£161k
31/03/2022	£138k	£92k
31/03/2021	£87k	£65k

Common questions

Is WEST LONDON PERFORMING ARTS ACADEMY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total funds increased to £294,109, driven by a net incoming resource of £12,094 against total resources expended of £353,277. The trustees report that premises uncertainty is a key challenge, with the current location secured only until July 2025, though the charity remains operational with strong student enrolment and recent TV exposure. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
SIR ROBERT GEFFERY'S ALMSHOUSE TRUST	2	£104k
THE EMMANUEL KAYE FOUNDATION	1	£152k
JOHN LYON'S CHARITY	1	£140k
The Portal Trust	1	£77k
THE LONDON MARATHON CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED	1	£64k
CHK Foundation	1	£30k
THE ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE FUND	1	£25k
THE CHILDHOOD TRUST	1	£20k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WEST LONDON STUDENTS' UNION.

WEST LONDON STUDENTS' UNION income £4.1m
WESTMINSTER SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIP AND BURSARY FUND income £414k
GLOUCESTERSHIRE ACADEMY OF MUSIC LIMITED income £652k
LYRIC THEATRE HAMMERSMITH LIMITED income £6.7m
THE CHELSEA CENTRE LTD income £644k
ANGEL SHED THEATRE COMPANY income £197k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
WEST LONDON PERFORMING ARTS ACADEMY	£365k	—	0	unclear	—	noted
WEST LONDON STUDENTS' UNION FY2025	£4.1m	£80,001 - £90,000	—	unclear	0.0%	no doubt
WESTMINSTER SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIP AND BURSARY FUND FY2025	£414k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
GLOUCESTERSHIRE ACADEMY OF MUSIC LIMITED FY2025	£652k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
LYRIC THEATRE HAMMERSMITH LIMITED FY2025	£6.7m	£80,001 - £90,000	3	unclear	—	no doubt
THE CHELSEA CENTRE LTD FY2026	£644k	—	0	below	—	no doubt

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