Finance Score: -8

Governance Score: -1

Support Score: 4

Accounts overdue -5
Volatile income: -3
No PartB

Mainly female board: -1

Grant maker support: +4

Overall GiG Score: -5

MERIDIAN WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION

THE ACTIVITIES ARE : MOTHER TONGUES CLASSES, MUSIC AND DRAMA CLASSES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE BETWEEN 8 - 19 YEARS OLD, OUTREACH SERVICES FOR FRENCH SPEAKING, TRAINING ON HEALTH ISSUES AND HEALTH FITNESS FOR WOMEN/girls.PROVISION OF INFORMATION AND SUPPORT FOR THE FRENCH GROUPS ON HEALTH, WELFARE RIGHTS, AND SIGN POSTING TO LOCAL AUTHOGreenwich, Bexley and Lewisham are our geagraphique area of work.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board is predominantly female

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Latest accounts are overdue for filing
Income has been volatile recently

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
01/04/22	*	£6	£7	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
01/04/21	*	£10	£10	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
01/04/20	*	£3	£3	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
01/04/19		£20	£17	£4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	6
01/04/18		£7	£7	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
01/04/17	*	£7	£9	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
01/04/16	*	£5	£3	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
01/04/15		£1	£1	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
01/04/14	*	£1	£2	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
01/04/13		£12	£11	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
01/04/12		£0	£0	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
01/04/11		£8	£10	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
01/04/10	*	£10	£7	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
01/04/09	*	£12	£27	£-15	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/03/08	*	£39	£17	£22	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07		£23	£26	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/03/06	*	£23	£13	£10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/03/05	*	£5	£5	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/03/04		£12	£13	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 24 years

meridianwomen@yahoo.co.uk

07988747604

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Amateur Sport
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Services for females

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Camden, Enfield, Greenwich, Haringey, Islington, Kensington And Chelsea, Lewisham,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Major supporters in last 5 years

The London Community Foundation	£16,135
National Lottery Heritage Fund	£10,000
DCMS	£9,990
National Lottery Community Fund	£8,450
City Bridge Trust	£3,865

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Meridian Women's Association
£10,000	18/06/2021	Young on the move for heritage: Tell me your story!
The London Community Foundation - Grant to Meridian Women's Association
£6,145	05/02/2021 1	This project aims to provide food and essentials to 120 families, representing 560 people in our community and for members, service users who are struggling to get enough food to feed their families ....more This project aims to provide food and essentials to 120 families, representing 560 people in our community and for members, service users who are struggling to get enough food to feed their families because of the effects of covid-19.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,990	01/10/2020	"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 ....more "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 services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
The London Community Foundation - Grant to Meridian Womens Association
£9,990	29/04/2020	This funding will enable us to provide foodstuffs and toiletries to families that have been significantly affected this pandemic, especially women who are struggling to support their family and the ....more This funding will enable us to provide foodstuffs and toiletries to families that have been significantly affected this pandemic, especially women who are struggling to support their family and the elderly who are most at risk of the effects of COVID-19.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Meridian Women Association
£3,865	24/04/2020	A grant of £3,865 to fund the essential and urgent costs outlined in the application, so that the organisation can carry on providing support to Londoners.
National Lottery Community Fund - Support to Elder Women During Covid-19 restrictions period.
£8,450	27/03/2020 10	The organisation will use the funding to run a volunteering effort to help bring supplies and provide support for older people in the community. This will help to provide support for vulnerable ....more The organisation will use the funding to run a volunteering effort to help bring supplies and provide support for older people in the community. This will help to provide support for vulnerable people during the outbreak of Coronavirus.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Meridian Women's Association
£9,900	05/09/2018	Exploring Munitions factories and workforce during WW1 in the South East London
National Lottery Community Fund - African Women Health & Well-being
£10,000	12/04/2018 12	This project will host a series of workshops to improve the health and wellbeing of African women, highlighting the benefits of regular health checks, and encouraging them to make healthier lifestyle ....more This project will host a series of workshops to improve the health and wellbeing of African women, highlighting the benefits of regular health checks, and encouraging them to make healthier lifestyle choices.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Gender Split

Based on 5/6 persons

PAMBU EZIYELE

BEBE RAMAZANI

HORTENSE EBEBE MAKONGA Appointed: 2013

LILIANE NGHABIA

OLIVIA SHAKO Appointed: 2018

PAUL LAM-KILAMA

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 23/06/2000, number: 1081239

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

19 returns made; AR22: 5 days late, AR21: 2 days late, AR20: 36 days late, AR17: 34 days late, AR16: 182 days late, AR14: 18 days late, AR10: 183 days late, AR09: 729 days late, AR08: 126 days late, AR06: 80 days late, AR05: 15 days late,

Main office

68 PITFIELD CRESCENT
LONDON
SE28 8RG

Objectives

(1) TO RELIEVE THOSE IN POVERTY, NEED OR DISTRESS, PARTICULARLY FRENCH AND LINGALA SPEAKING WOMEN OF AFRICAN DESCENT, THROUGH THE PROVISION OF ADVICE, SUPPORT, TRANSLATION SERVICES AND INFORMATION REGARDING STATUTORY BENEFITS AND SERVICES AVAILABLE. (2) TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THOSE PERSONS IN NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES. SUCH FACILITIES SHALL BE OPEN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC, PARTICULARLY FRENCH AND LINGALA SPEAKING WOMEN OF AFRICAN DESCENT. (3) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN, PARTICULARLY OF FRENCH AND LINGALA SPEAKING OF AFRICAN ORIGIN, THROUGH THE PROVISION OF LANGUAGE CLASSES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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