Registered charity · London
West Indian Self Effort Project (W I S E)
- 10 trustees
- Income £113k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Bentley GordonChair · since 2019
- Elva SealyTrustee
- Frank BeswickTrustee · since 2017
- Jocelyn FisherTrustee · since 2024
- Judith LockhartTrustee · since 2018
- June CrowtherTrustee · since 2024
- Patrice ThomasTrustee · since 2018
- Patrick MckayTrustee · since 2019
- Stephen BedeauTrustee · since 2026
- Winston Lawrence HenryTrustee · since 2019
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Disability, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- Brent, Hertfordshire
- Linked company
- West Indian Self Effort Social Care and Education Project Limited
- Registered
- 1988
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£113k£100k
- 2024£47k£65k
- 2023£66k£76k
Earlier years
- 2022£80k£72k
- 2021£62k£57k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 6%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
(A) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, IN PARTICULAR CHILDREN OF AFRO-CARIBBEAN ORIGIN OR DESCENT BY THE PROVISION OF EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES. (B) TO RELIEVE HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS OF THE FAMILIES OF SUCH CHILDREN BY THE PROVISION OF COUNSELLING AND ADVICE. (C) TO RELIEVE PERSONS WHO BY VIRTUE OF THEIR AGE OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES ARE IN NEED, IN PARTICULAR SUCH PERSONS OF AFRO-CARIBBEAN ORIGIN OR DESCENT.
Grants received
1 grant · £19,985 total360Giving 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 · £19,985
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
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.
10 trustees on the board
- Bentley Gordon Chair since 2019
- Elva Sealy
- Frank Beswick since 2017
- Judith Lockhart since 2018
- Jocelyn Fisher since 2024
- June Crowther since 2024
- Patrick Mckay since 2019
- Patrice Thomas since 2018
- Stephen Bedeau since 2026
- Winston Lawrence Henry since 2019
Trustees past 6 years
- Bentley Gordon Chair since 2019
- Frank Beswick since 2017
- Judith Lockhart since 2018
- Patrick Mckay since 2019
- Patrice Thomas since 2018
- Winston Lawrence Henry since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- Elva Sealy
- Frank Beswick since 2017
- Judith Lockhart since 2018
- Jocelyn Fisher since 2024
- June Crowther since 2024
- Patrick Mckay since 2019
- Patrice Thomas since 2018
- Stephen Bedeau since 2026
- Winston Lawrence Henry since 2019
Portfolio (1)
- Bentley Gordon Chair since 2019
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 299558
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 31ST MAY 1988
- Companies House
- Company number 03536538 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 02088303337 · info@wisebrent.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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