# WEST INDIA COMMITTEE

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 258545
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** July 7, 1969
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=258545


## Contact

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



## Activities

**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.

**Activities:** The West India Committee exists as a venerable UK charity whose object is to promote the interests of agriculture, manufacturing industries and trade of the West Indies, Belize and Guyana and thus increase the general welfare of those territories [and their people globally] [delivering] through education, training, acting as an advocate, adviser and where necessary, as an umbrella organisation.

**Area of benefit:** THE WEST INDIES GUYANA AND BRITISH HONDURAS




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals, Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Human Resources, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body, Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage, Economic/community Development/employment, Other Charitable Purposes
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin, Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Anguilla
- Antigua And Barbuda
- Aruba
- Barbados
- Belize
- Bermuda
- British Virgin Islands
- Cayman Islands
- Cuba
- Dominica
- Grenada
- Guadeloupe
- Guyana
- Jamaica
- Martinique
- Montserrat
- Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie And Oeno Islands
- Saint Barthélemy
- Saint Vincent
- Sint Maarten
- St Kitts And Nevis
- St Lucia
- Suriname
- The Bahamas
- Trinidad And Tobago
- Turks And Caicos Islands
- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £34613 | £48798 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £60840 | £122723 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £216033 | £199429 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £149828 | £253303 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £228350 | £222251 | — | — |



## Trustees

- Martin Forde KC — appointed Oct. 31, 2024
- PETER JULIAN ODLE
- Peter Beckingham — appointed March 7, 2018
- Sir Rodney Williams — appointed July 1, 2020
- Victor Franklin Banks — appointed Nov. 1, 2021