Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: -2
Support Score: 10
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
  • Only 3 Trustees: -2
  • Overall weighted support: +10
Overall GiG Score: 13 ?

AAINA COMMUNITY HUB

The Charity provides life enhancing opportunities in education and training, support services and community engagement for women and their children from Walsall in a gender and culturally sensitive venue. Aaina aims to raise aspirations and achievement, reduce disadvantage and encourage self empowerment and personal progression among women, and in doing so provide pathways out of poverty.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government and there are significant future grants due to be received

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Why are there only 3 trustees?

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£168£148£20n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£184£167£17n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£296£191£105n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£160£135£25n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£73£105£-32n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18*£150£114£36n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£127£128£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£122£101£21n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£75£95£-20n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£96£118£-22n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13*£146£141£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£125£112£13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£82£128£-46n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10£158£111£48n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09£120£170£-50n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08£183£199£-16n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/07£171£190£-19n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 19 years

www.aainahub.com

info@aainahub.com

01922644006

Charity Commission for England and WalesFacebookX
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Recreation
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Practical support, advice & companionship
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Walsall,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
National Lottery Community Fund£140,000
Lloyds Bank Foundation£75,000
DCMS£37,108
People's Health Trust£20,114
Heart Of England Community Foundation£8,980
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Aaina Community Hub
£75,000 04/10/2023
36
Unrestricted grant over 3 years towards the core costs of Aaina Community Hub
People's Health Trust - Talking Therapy & Staying Safe During Covid 19
£20,114 08/09/2020
This two-year project brings together Black and Minority Ethnic and newly arrived women living in Walsall with limited English and who have experienced bereavement, isolation and hardship during Covid-19. There will be Talking Therapy group sessions ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£37,108 23/07/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Aaina women's centre
£140,000 28/02/2020
12
The grant will enable Aaina Community Hub to purchase the current Women's centre, enabling it to continue to provide services for women. It will also enable Aaina with the opportunity to secure further funding to develop it as fit for purpose, ....more
Heart Of England Community Foundation - Aaina Peer Support Group
£8,980 27/11/2019
11
to deliver a weekly peer support group for women who have experienced emotional abuse.
National Lottery Community Fund - Aaina Community Hub (Development Grant)
£23,544 27/09/2019
12
Aaina Community Hub
Heart Of England Community Foundation - Fabulous 65+ Wellbeing Project
£4,849 24/08/2018
11
Grant to Aaina Community Hub
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Aaina Community Hub
£14,980 21/02/2018
12
A part time Project Co-ordinator to conduct research and operational implementation of a pilot domiciliary project supporting Older and isolated people in Walsall.
Heart Of England Community Foundation - Fabulous 65+ Engage and Enable Project
£4,900 22/03/2017
11
A grant to fund an elderly women's exercise group
National Lottery Community Fund - Aspire and Achieve for a Brighter Future
£265,433 26/01/2015
36
Not Available
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Aaina Community Hub
£30,000 28/06/2013
Walsall based charity that empowers women through Education, volunteering & training placements, accessing employment and enterprise. Welfare support services, Domestic Violence support, and Children and youth activities that engage and inspire
National Lottery Community Fund - Aaina Aspire and Achieve Project
£118,405 07/03/2011
36
This new project will upskill and train women to become economically empowered. It will target women in Walsall who may be excluded from accessing mainstream services because of language barriers, poverty, cultural restrictions and poor literacy. ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Current Trustees appointed

  • JASWINDER KAUR THANDI Appointed: 2019
  • MRS YASIN Appointed: 2015
  • MUMTAZ BEGUM Appointed: 2022
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 09/01/2006, number: 1112663
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
17 returns made; AR18: 1 days late, AR13: 5 days late,
Main office

Aaina Community Hub
Bath Road
Caldmore
WALSALL
WS1 3BS

Objectives

TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL WOMEN AND THEIR FAMILIES IN PARTICULAR DISADVANTAGED WOMEN AND THEIR FAMILIES IN AREAS AFFECTED BY DEPRIVATION, THE FOLLOWING CHARITABLE PURPOSES;(I) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY;(11) THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF GOOD HEALTH;(III) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION; AND(IV) THE PROMOTION OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY AND THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION

Defined Area of Benefit:

IN PRACTICE THE BLACK COUNTRY REGION WITH SPECIFIC REFERENCE TO THE METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF WALSALL AND ITS SURROUNDING AREAS

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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