The Westminster Foundation
Themes it funds
Money given to charities working on each theme, as each charity describes itself on the register. Many charities list several themes, so these overlap.
| Theme | Given | Share of all money given | Charities |
|---|---|---|---|
| Education and training | £652,532 | 80% | 17 |
| Preventing or relieving poverty | £586,690 | 72% | 6 |
| Economic and community development, and employment | £549,190 | 67% | 3 |
| General charitable purposes | £148,508 | 18% | 7 |
| Arts, culture, heritage and science | £134,411 | 16% | 5 |
| Disability | £69,863 | 9% | 5 |
| Health and saving lives | £55,438 | 7% | 7 |
| Amateur sport | £45,000 | 5% | 3 |
| Other charitable purposes | £35,000 | 4% | 3 |
| Animals | £35,000 | 4% | 2 |
| Recreation | £32,000 | 4% | 3 |
| Accommodation and housing | £30,000 | 4% | 2 |
| Overseas aid and famine relief | £19,500 | 2% | 1 |
| Religious activities | £19,500 | 2% | 1 |
| Human rights, equality and diversity | £19,500 | 2% | 1 |
Given each year
By the year of each grant, or of the charity's accounts that record it.
| Year | Given |
|---|---|
| 2025 | £35,554 |
| 2024 | £634,553 |
| 2023 | £68,873 |
| 2022 | £52,491 |
| 2021 | £27,000 |
How it gives
- Charities in Wales funded
- 23
- Grants on 360Giving
- 32
- Typical grant on 360Giving
- £9,721
- Largest grant on 360Giving
- £509,690
- Charities funded in more than one year
- 7 of 23
Where
The council area of each funded charity's contact address. Many charities work well beyond the area where their address is.
- Flintshire11
- Wrexham5
- Cardiff3
- Denbighshire2
- Rhondda Cynon Taf1
- Monmouthshire1
Size of the charities it funds
By each charity's income in its latest year.
- £1 million to £5 million7
- £100,000 to £500,0005
- £10,000 to £100,0005
- Under £10,0002
- Over £5 million2
- £500,000 to £1 million
What it says it does
From its entry on the register of charities.
The charity is a grant making foundation that seeks to provide opportunities for young people (0 to 25) and their families, living in Westminster, Chester and rural areas, to raise their aspirations and improve their prospects throughout life. Further details are provided on our website.
- Status
- Registered on 7 April 1975
- Income in its latest year
- £4,957,735, year ending 31 December 2025
- Publishes its grants to 360Giving
- Yes
The charities it funds
Newest first. For each charity, given comes from its accounts or from 360Giving, whichever shows more.
| Charity | Given | From | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Ted Senior Foundation | £210 | 360Giving | 2025 |
| National Dance Company Wales | £10,711 | 360Giving | 2022, 2025 |
| Domestic Abuse Safety Unit North Wales Ltd | £10,000 | 360Giving | 2025 |
| Flintshire Foodbank | £30,000 | 360Giving | 2022, 2025 |
| North Wales Science | £15,124 | 360Giving | 2022, 2025 |
| We Mind the Gap | £519,690 | 360Giving | 2020, 2022, 2024 |
| Theatr Clwyd Trust Ltd | £100,000 | 360Giving | 2024 |
| Nightingale House Hospice | £10,000 | 360Giving | 2024 |
| Neuro Therapy Centre Ltd | £14,863 | 360Giving | 2021, 2024 |
| Amasing Arts | £10,000 | 360Giving | 2020, 2021, 2024 |
Where these figures come from
- Given comes from two places. For each charity, we use whichever shows more: what the charity's own accounts say the funder gave it, or what the funder published to 360Giving. We never add the two, because they often record the same grant. Every figure counts money from 2021 to now and is an at-least figure: a funder appears only when a charity's accounts name it or it publishes its grants, and OpenEconomy has not yet read every charity's accounts.
- Charities' accounts: read from the accounts they filed with the Charity Commission by Claude, an AI model, in OpenEconomy's accounts reader, up to 2 November 2026. AI can misread a table, so check a charity's accounts before relying on a figure.
- 360Giving: grants funders published to 360Giving, loaded by OpenEconomy on 5 November 2026. Only some funders publish there.