West India Committee

Registered charity 258545 Registered since 1969

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Antigua And Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Cuba, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, St Kitts And Nevis, St Lucia

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Board DNA

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trustees on the board

5.2y median 5.5y

average tenure

longest tenure

trustees past 6 years

4.1y

average years in governance

4 vs 0 portfolio

first-time trustees

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage

Arts/culture/heritage/science 5Education/training 5General Charitable Purposes 4Environment/conservation/heritage 1

Commercial experience

Education 1Other services 1

Boards that share trustees

British Foundation for the University of the West Indies 1 shared trustee

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Contact

Website	www.westindiacommittee.org
Email	enquiries@westindiacommittee.org
Phone	01304 448900
Address	c/o The Remembrance Trust, Lord Warden House, Lord Warden Square, DOVER, Kent, CT17 9EQ

Finances

£34,613 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£228,350	£222,251
2022	£149,828	£253,303
2023	£216,033	£199,429
2024	£60,840	£122,723
2025	£34,613	£48,798

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingArts/culture/heritage/scienceEnvironment/conservation/heritageEconomic/community Development/employmentOther Charitable Purposes

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial OriginOther Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Human ResourcesProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes ResearchActs As An Umbrella Or Resource BodyOther Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE THE INTEREST OF THE AGRICULTURAL AND MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES AND TRADE OF THE WEST INDIES, GUYANA AND BRITISH HONDURAS AND THUS TO INCREASE THE GENERAL WELFARE OF THOSE TERRITORIES.

Governing document: ROYAL CHARTER DATED 4TH AUGUST 1904 AND RULES ADOPTED 29TH NOVEMBER 1948 AS AMENDED BY SUPPLEMENTAL CHARTER DATED 12TH DECEMBER 1972 AND AMENDED 26TH AUGUST 1977

Trustees (5)

5trustees

71median age

1aged 70+

Martin Forde KCage 65 since 2024
Peter Julian Odle
Peter Beckinghamage 77 since 2018
Sir Rodney Williams since 2020
Victor Franklin Banks since 2021

Linked company (Companies House)

West India Committee · RC000696 · Active

Royal Charter Company · incorporated 01/01/1981

Connected charities (1)

British Foundation for the University of the West Indies 1 shared trustee

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