Finance Score: 7
Governance Score: -7
Support Score: 9
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
  • Very static board: -5
  • Multiple returns filed late: -2
  • Overall weighted support: +9
Overall GiG Score: 9 ?

AZAD KASHMIR WELFARE ASSOCIATION

We provide free, confidential and impartial information, advice and guidance on Welfare Rights, Domestic Abuse, Immigration, Nationality, Housing, Health, Education and Employment.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers and there are significant future grants due to be received

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Why is the Board composition very static?
  • Returns have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended

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£239£170£69n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£158£148£10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21*£164£129£35n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20*£115£111£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£89£90£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18*£108£82£26n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17*£105£97£8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16*£87£87£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15*£137£134£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14*£101£129£-28n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13*£129£128£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12*£77£117£-40n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£130£129£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10£129£121£8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09£123£116£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08£105£113£-8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/07£107£110£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/06*£95£89£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05*£77£79£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04*£79£69£10n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 40 years

www.akcentre.org

info@akcentre.org

01213280995

Charity Commission for England and WalesFacebookX
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Other welfare services
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
Where it operates
  • Birmingham City,
Who it helps
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • The General Public/Mankind

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
Lloyds Bank Foundation£52,250
National Lottery Community Fund£51,375
DCMS£35,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£15,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Lloyds Bank Foundation - One off gift towards cost of living crisis to Azad Kashmir Welfare Association
£2,250 14/12/2022
One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£15,000 04/04/2022
24
Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Azad Kashmir Welfare Association
£50,000 30/03/2022
24
Unrestricted grant over two years towards the core costs of Azad Kashmir Welfare Association
National Lottery Community Fund - AK Centre - capital and receptionist request
£32,000 29/10/2021
The funding will be used by the project to cover staffing costs and to provide support services to people from the local BAME community. This will include offering advice on issues such as domestic violence housing healthcare benefits and employment.
National Lottery Community Fund - New types of community support in Alum Rock
£9,575 23/04/2021
The funding will be used to employ additional staff to meet the high demand for services and provide advice and information regarding housing and benefits in different languages with the aim of reducing isolation and promoting wellbeing amongst the ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£35,000 29/09/2020
"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 - Alum Rock women?s life and health project
£9,800 23/03/2020
12
The funding will be used to provide life and health advice services for women in the Alum Rock area. The project aims to help local women improve their life chances and employment prospects, by assisting them to take steps to improve their physical ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - AK Centre - Strengthening Community Support
£359,800 25/07/2019
60
The Azad Kashmir Welfare Association is a long-established community advice and advocacy organisation. This project will enable the delivery and development of existing employability, domestic violence and general advice services, as well as making ....more
The Pilgrim Trust - Grant to Azad Kashmir Welfare Association
£7,000 24/06/2019
0
Domestic Abuse Support Project
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£12,000 29/05/2019
Domestic Abuse Support Project
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 15/01/2018
Supporting the victims of Domestic Violence
National Lottery Community Fund - Domestic Violence Project - Alum Rock
£9,800 01/11/2017
12
This is a project that will support women who have suffered with the effects of domestic violence. They will be supported and given advice via a specialist advisor.
National Lottery Community Fund - The AK Centre Fast Track
£99,805 04/11/2015
36
A project to provide advice and guidance service for BAME groups in Saltley and Shard End, Birmingham. The service will focus on a range of community issues such as help accessing employment, applying for benefits, dealing with landlords and changes ....more
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Azad Kashmir Welfare Association
£10,000 24/04/2015
East Birmingham's contribution to the Great War
National Lottery Community Fund - Meeting Young Peoples Information Advice & Guidance Needs
£10,000 10/09/2014
12
Not Available
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Azad Kashmir Welfare Association
£90,000 14/03/2012
36
towards three years' core costs of a charity providing support and advice to families with disabled children and people with mental health problems in Birmingham
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed

  • CLLR MARIAM KHAN Appointed: 2016
  • DR ADIBA BEGUM DR Appointed: 2016
  • MOHAMMED RASIB (Chair) Appointed: 2016
  • SAKHAWAT HUSSAIN
  • SAIMA HAROON Appointed: 2016
  • SAJDA RAUF Appointed: 2016
  • SHAMEEM AHMED Appointed: 2016
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 15/03/1985, number: 515922
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • 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
20 returns made; AR21: 14 days late, AR20: 59 days late, AR18: 23 days late, AR17: 50 days late, AR16: 233 days late, AR15: 82 days late, AR14: 70 days late, AR13: 61 days late, AR12: 110 days late, AR06: 22 days late, AR05: 386 days late, AR04: 936 days late,
Main office

A K CENTRE
68 ALUM ROCK ROAD
SALTLEY
BIRMINGHAM
B8 1JA

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE ASSOCIATION ARE: NA) TO RELIEVE THE INHABITANTS OF BIRMINGHAM AND SURROUNDING AREAS (HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS THE AREA OF BENEFIT) WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED HARDSHIP (PARTICULARLY SUCH OF THEM AS BELONGING TO ASIAN AND OTHER MINORITY RACIAL GROUPS) BY THE PROVISION FOR SUCH PERSONS OF:- (I) AN ADVICE AND INFORMATION CENTRE DEALING WITH THE QUESTIONS OF HOUSING, EMPLYMENT, WELFARE RIGHTS, IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALLY AND SIMILAR PROBLEMS. (II) FACILITIES FOR THEIR EDUCATION AND CULTURAL TRAINING. (III) FACILITIES TO PROMOTE THEIR HEALTH (INCLUDING PROVISION OF TRANSLATERS AND INTERPRETERS AT HOSPITALS, CLINICS AND SURGERIES):

Defined Area of Benefit:

BIRMINGHAM AND SURROUNDING AREAS

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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