ONE WESTMINSTER
Registered charity 295501 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as VOLUNTEER CENTRE WESTMINSTER
One Westminster was formed on 1 April 2014 by the merger of Volunteer Centre Westminster and Voluntary Action Westminster. Its mission is to transorm peoples lives through volunteering and voluntary sector support. It provides a range of volunteer brokerage, training and front line community services as well as a diverse range of support services for charities and community groups in Westminster.
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £62,676 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a decrease in total free reserves from £355,709 to £293,033. The trustees maintain that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, and the independent auditor confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £293k; policy: three months future expenditure less amounts already held in restricted reserves)
“Free reserves as defined by Charity Commission guidance are equivalent to the charity’s general reserve which is deficit. The Trustees are fully aware of the urgency of building up a reserve and all efforts are in place to enable this.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Gravita Audit Oxford LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
What the charity says about itself (2023-2024)
From its own voluntary annual review / impact report — the charity’s account of its work, distinct from the statutory accounts analysed above.
The Adults with Learning Disabilities Volunteering Project worked with 71 people, placing 26 into individual volunteering opportunities.
“This year we worked with 71 people and placed 26 of them with individual volunteering opportunities.”
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- MATTHEW AYRES — Chair (source)
- MATTHEW HAZELL — Treasurer (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.
Company officers (Companies House)
Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.
- BOTHA, Corinne — director, appointed 05/10/2023on trustee list
- LAKHDAR, Nawal — director, appointed 17/11/2022on trustee list
- O'DONOGHUE, Kim Susan — director, appointed 08/09/2021on trustee list
- FRITZ, Eva Karin Aurora — director, appointed 08/04/2021on trustee list
- FUDLALLA, Phayza — director, appointed 06/02/2019on trustee list
- HAZELL, Matthew — director, appointed 14/11/2018on trustee list
- AYRES, Matthew John — director, appointed 01/06/2016on trustee list
- ANNIS, Susan Magna — director, appointed 01/06/2016not on trustee list
- ROSENBERG, Jackie — secretary, appointed 01/09/2015
Official officers record.
Public-sector contracts awarded
From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~2.7 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (98% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
- Matthew Ayreschair
- Corinne Botha
- EDMOND YEO · trustee of 4 other charities
- Eva Fritz
- Kim O'Donoghue
- Matthew Hazell
- Mohamed Elnaiem
- Nawal Lakhdar
- Phayza Fudlalla · trustee of 1 other charity
- Sue Annis
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: City Of Westminster
Income and spending
Common questions
Is ONE WESTMINSTER financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £62,676 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a decrease in total free reserves from £355,709 to £293,033. The trustees maintain that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, and the independent auditor confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Gravita Audit Oxford LLP.
Who funds ONE WESTMINSTER?
Funders whose own accounts filings name ONE WESTMINSTER as a grant recipient include THE MERCERS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, THE WYNDHAM CHARITABLE TRUST.
Known funders
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Government & lottery funding
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