Overall GiG Score: 14 ?
Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 8
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +8

AMINA - THE MUSLIM WOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTRE 

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • There have been no income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition
Established: 26 years
Scottish Charity RegulatorCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Financial Data
Income & Spending ?
Period ending 31/03/18 31/03/19 31/03/20 31/03/21 31/03/22 31/03/23
Charitable activities £14,766 £471,258 £408,303 £401,104 £616,136
Donations & Legacies £530,174 £12,620 £3,605 £7,916 £7,321
Other Income £5,000
Investment Income
Total income £549,183 £495,297 £421,749 £414,263 £489,746 £647,512
Charitable activities spending £527,529 £471,288 £412,288 £405,486 £602,993
Fundraising costs
Other spending
Total spending £527,529 £471,288 £412,288 £405,486 £438,361 £602,993
Surplus/deficit £21,654 £24,009 £9,461 £8,777 £51,385 £44,519
What it does
  • It carries out activities or services itself
Who it helps
  • People with a particular ethnic or racial origin
  • Other defined groups
Purposes
  • The prevention or relief of poverty
  • The advancement of education
  • The advancement of health','the advancement of citizenship or community development','the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science','the provision of recreational facilities, or the organisation of recreational activities, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the persons for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended','the promotion of religious or racial harmony','the promotion of equality and diversity
Where it operates
  • Operations cover all or most of Scotland, main operating location: Glasgow City

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
Foundation Scotland£45,000
Rosa UK£32,000
Corra Foundation£24,000
Scottish Government£20,890
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Foundation Scotland - BME Women?s Right Caseworker
£45,000 23/03/2023
To employ a Women?s Right Caseworker for three years to provide a confidential support, assistance, and information service to BME women experiencing domestic/economic abuse, harmful traditional ....more
Rosa UK - VftF R5-Amina-2022
£7,000 15/12/2022
£7,000 has been awarded to Amina to address issues around coercive control within Black and minoritised communities in Scotland. The project will deliver workshops to influence community leaders to ....more
Rosa UK - SWU-Amina-2022
£25,000 27/10/2022
£25,000 has been awarded to Amina to create and design a survey using an intersectional approach. This will enable Amina to better understand the lived experiences of Black and minoritised women who ....more
Corra Foundation - HDG-20/4351
£24,000 06/08/2020
towards the "Steps to Inclusion:Knowing your Rights" project.
Scottish Government - Amina - the Muslim Women's Resource Centre
£20,890 18/06/2020
Detailed description not provided.
National Lottery Community Fund - Women, faith & mental health
£9,950 13/07/2018
12
This group will use the funding to run art and story-telling workshops with minority ethnic women who have experience of mental ill health. The stories will then be developed into a play which will ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Connect, inspire and enable Dundee’s Ethnic Minority women
£99,950 20/02/2018
36
This group will use the funding to tackle loneliness and isolation among Muslim, Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic and Refugee (BAMER) women aged 16 years and over living in Dundee who are experiencing ....more
Women's Fund for Scotland - Weekly workshops
£5,000 22/03/2017
12
to contribute towards the cost of running weekly workshops.
Spirit of 2012 - My Big Beating Voice
£15,000 01/03/2017
Funded via Fawcett Society contract with Spirit of 2012 - a programme of 20 workshops in Edinburgh for girls and young BAME women to use creative responses to suffrage history to challenge the ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - The Women Next Door: Sharing untold stories
£50,000 29/03/2016
12
The Women Next Door: Sharing untold stories
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Directors (10)
Current Directors appointed

Age Range of Directors: 29-67
  • SAJED, Elisa
    Appointed: 2022
    Occupation: Post-Graduate Researcher
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 13/03/1998, number: SC027690
  • Registered at Companies House on 19/09/2012, number: SC432921
Filing Record
5 returns made; all on time
Main office

2-19, McCormick Business Centre, 50 Darnley Street, Glasgow, G41 2SE

Objectives

To promote any charitable purpose for the benefit of primarily Muslim women and their family members where relevant, in particular: (a) the advancement of citizenship and community development, (b) the promotion of religious and racial harmony, (c) the promotion of equality and diversity, (d) the advancement of education, (e) the relief of poverty and distress, (f) the furtherance of health (g) the provision, or assistance in the provision, of facilities of recreation or other leisure-time occupation in the interests of social welfare with the object of improving the conditions of life of the aforementioned persons.

Data Sources

Scottish Charity Regulator
360 Giving
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