Finance Score: -5

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 5

Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
No PartB

Grant maker support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 0

WESTWOOD AND COLDHURST WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION

Objectives:- Provide support to women to overcome isolation/disadvantage.- Raise awareness, & facilitate access to mainstream services.- Provide opportunities for social & educational development.Promote cultural, educational & social welfare of women.Work towards the relief of poverty faced by women and their families by making appropriate provisions to promote their welfare & wellbeing

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Positives:

A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending

Established: 24 years

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Charity Commission for England and Wales

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
31/03/23		£62	£81	£-19	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	6
31/03/22		£181	£158	£23	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	6
31/03/21		£235	£230	£5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	7
31/03/20		£161	£201	£-41	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	8
31/03/19		£102	£127	£-25	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	5
31/03/18	*	£135	£101	£35	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£103	£77	£26	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£102	£89	£12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£69	£64	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£67	£68	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£55	£62	£-7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£35	£31	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£27	£22	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10		£16	£24	£-8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£10	£21	£-11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08	*	£10	£2	£8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07	*	£12	£12	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06	*	£10	£15	£-5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05		£56	£44	£12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04		£56	£44	£12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
Environment/Conservation/Heritage
General Charitable Purposes
Recreation

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Oldham,

Who it helps

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

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
6 volunteers

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

DCMS	£62,680
Garfield Weston Foundation	£20,000
Henry Smith Charity	£2,500

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Westwood and Coldhurst Women's Association
£2,500	21/06/2022 24	towards a two night residential trip to Litchfield for young people from Bolton, Greater Manchester.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000	04/04/2022	WCWA Community Support
DCMS - DCMS VSCE CMC Covid Funding
£62,680	02/12/2020	The Community Match Challenge is an £85M fund aimed at supporting the Voluntary Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) in their COVID response. Awards were made to philanthropists, foundations and ....more The Community Match Challenge is an £85M fund aimed at supporting the Voluntary Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) in their COVID response. Awards were made to philanthropists, foundations and grant making organisations to match funds raised on a pound for pound basis, to increase the support to the sector.
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Westwood and Coldhurst Women's Association
£25,000	07/02/2019	refurbishment of support centre and purchase of office equipment for a charity which works with disadvantaged minority communities in Manchester
National Lottery Community Fund - Community Link
£402,684	01/08/2018 36	This group want to set up a community peer support programme for women from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities living in Oldham. The programme will help women to build friendships in the ....more This group want to set up a community peer support programme for women from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities living in Oldham. The programme will help women to build friendships in the local community, reduce any feelings of vulnerability and isolation and strengthen their emotional resilience. Sessions will also help raise awareness about domestic abuse and mental ill health. This will help reduce stigma and ensure women know about the support available should they need it.
National Lottery Community Fund - Women's Development Project
£231,931	24/03/2015 36	Not Available
National Lottery Community Fund - Women's Outreach Project
£192,702	13/07/2011 48	Project: The project aims to work with women and girls, predominantly of a Bangladeshi origin and will provide a ._x000B_ wide range of activities to improve English and employability skills, raise ....more Project: The project aims to work with women and girls, predominantly of a Bangladeshi origin and will provide a ._x000B_ wide range of activities to improve English and employability skills, raise awareness of healthy lifestyles and also provide support and information addressing cultural expectations such as forced marriages, and support in dealing with domestic violence.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

NAZMUN NEHAR Appointed: 2017

NURJAHAN CHOWDHURY Appointed: 2021

ROHEMA KHAN (Chair)

SHIFA KHATUN Appointed: 2021

TAHIRA KHAN Appointed: 2021

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 10/08/2000, number: 1081976

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; AR18: 36 days late, AR08: 126 days late, AR07: 77 days late, AR06: 163 days late,

Main office

The O B A Millennium Centre
Featherstall Road North
Oldham
OL9 6QB

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF WOMEN RESIDING IN THE WESTWOOD AND COLDHURST AREA OF OLDHAM AND IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY WOMEN OF BANGLADESHI ORIGIN BY ADVANCING THEIR ACTIVITIES FOR THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE IN ORDER THAT THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE MAY BE IMPROVED AND TO RELIEVE THE CHARITABLE NEEDS OF SUCH WOMEN BY ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF APPROPRIATE ADVICE SERVICES

Defined Area of Benefit:

WESTWOOD AND COLDHURST AREA OF OLDHAM

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