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The Victoria League For Commonwealth Friendship

Country
England & Wales
Charity number
213619
Status
Registered
Reporting
Up to date Last filed Oct. 7, 2025. Filing history
Registered
March 19, 1963
Legal form
Charitable company
Company number
00174517

Address

Address
55 Leinster Square
London
W2 4PU

Activities

Promotion of friendship within the Commonwealth and provide student accommodation to Commonwealth student at our London hostel.

Objects: The object of the Charity is, for the public benefit, the advancement of education, particularly but not exclusively by:• providing assistance to individuals from the Commonwealth who are studying or who wish to study in the UK;• providing information relating to and raising awareness amongst the public of the Commonwealth, its people, institutions, traditions and ways of life; and• supporting educational programmes within the Commonwealth.

Classification

How
Provides Services
What
Accommodation/housing
Who
Children/young People

Geography

Area of benefit
National
Region
Throughout England

Finances

Period end Filed Income Expenditure
Dec. 31, 2024 Oct. 7, 2025On time £381,129 £408,129
Dec. 31, 2023 Oct. 31, 2024On time £348,666 £340,708
Dec. 31, 2022 July 7, 2023On time £320,508 £313,739
Dec. 31, 2021 Aug. 15, 2022On time £222,636 £318,033
Dec. 31, 2020 Nov. 1, 20211 day late £211,856 £288,745

Trustees

Name Appointed
John Steel (Chair) July 5, 2023
Anthony Charles Richards Sir Feb. 13, 2024
Bridget Barker Sept. 25, 2024
Jacqueline Anne Lean Williamson July 11, 2019
Lee McKenzie Jan. 20, 2025
Samuel Ennis Feb. 13, 2024
Simon Patrick Wainwright July 5, 2023
Timothy Francis Layton