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Registered charity · London

The West Indian Association of Service Personnel (Wasp)

  • 9 trustees
  • Income £36k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty and 5 more
Where
Throughout England And Wales
Registered
1981

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£36k£34k
  • 2024£38k£43k
  • 2023£39k£39k
Earlier years
  • 2022£30k£27k
  • 2021£33k£29k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2023: Government grants 12%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

1. TO RELIEVE THE NEED, HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS OF (A) MEN, WOMEN, CHILDREN AND OTHER DEPENDANTS FROM THE WEST INDIES. (B) WIDOWS, ORPHANS AND DEPENDANTS OF THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED IN HER MAJESTY'S NAVY, ARMY, AIR FORCE OF AUXILLIARY FORCES OR IN THE MERCANTILE MARINE DURING HOSTILITIES AFLOAT OR IN ANY RED CROSS ORGANISATION WHILST SERVING WITH HER MAJESTY'S ARMED FORCES WHO ARE IN NECESSITIOUS FINANCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES OR WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM ILL-HEALTH OR INJURY. 2. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF EX-SERVICEMEN AND WOMEN OF THE WEST INDIES, THEIR WIDOWS, WIDOWERS, CHILDREN AND DEPENDANTS. (FOR FURTHER DEATILS SEE CONSTITUTION.)

Grants received

1 grant · £19,916 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £19,916

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £19,9162005-07-08
Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

9 trustees on the board

3.3y median 3y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

3.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

0
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Disability 9Education/training 9General Charitable Purposes 9

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£36k latest income

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
279644
Status
Registered
Governing document
CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 26 FEBRUARY 1978, AS AMENDED 16 NOVEMBER 1980 2 FEBRUARY 1992 AND 7 FEBRUARY 2010
Contact on the register
07956100089 · secretary@waspuk.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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