WALSALL BLACK SISTERS COLLECTIVE

Registered charity 1009687 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BLACK WOMENS CENTRE

EDUCATION/TRAINING FOR THE YOUNG AND OLD.ELDERLY & MENTAL HEALTH PROVISIONS PROVIDED.MEDICAL/HEALTH/SICKNESS FOR ALL.RELIEF OF POVERTY.ARTS/CULTURE.SPORTS & RECREATION.ECONOMIC/COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT/EMPLOYMENT

Objects

TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF AFRICAN, CARIBBEAN AND ASIAN WOMEN AND OTHER INHABITANTS OF THE METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF WALSALL:- A) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION BY PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF TRAINING (INCLUDING VOCATIONAL TRAINING) AND TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE AFORESAID WHO ARE IN NEED SO AS TO ENABLE THEM TO DEVELOP AND TO UTILISE SKILLS ACQUIRED AS A RESULT OF SUCH TRAINING; B) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AMONGST THE AFORESAID BY ADVISING AND ASSISTING IN CONNECTION WITH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF GROUPS THE OBJECT OF WHICH IS BY MUTUAL RENDERING OF ASSISTANCE TO RELIEF THOSE NEEDS; C) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY BY PROVIDING FOR OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF NURSERY OR CRECHE FACILITIES TO ENSURE THE CRITICAL AND EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING OF CHILDREN DURING THE ABSENCE OF THEIR PARENTS; D) TO WORK TOWARDS THE ELIMINATION OF THE TREATMENT OF CERTAIN INHABITANTS OF THE SAID AREA LESS FAVOURABLY THAN OTHERS ON THE GROUNDS OF COLOUR, RACE, NATIONALITY, ETHNIC OR NATIONAL ORIGINS AND TO PROMOTE EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY AND GOOD RACE RELATIONS BETWEEN PERSONS OF DIFFERENT RACIAL GROUPS GENERALLY; E) TO RELIEVE POVERTY AND TO RELIEVE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL DISTRESS BY THE PROVISION OF COUNSELLING AND SUCH OTHER MEANS AS SHALL FURTHER THE ABOVE OBJECTS

Area of benefit: METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF WALSALL

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity had an excess of expenditure over income of £16,992 for the period ended 27 October 2024, resulting in a decrease in net assets from £119,365 to £102,373. The trustees have set aside £60,000 from unrestricted funds, noting a policy to maintain a general reserve equivalent to three months of running costs. The Independent Examiner reported no material matters requiring attention, confirming the accounts accord with the accounting records.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

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

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Wendy Angus-Bovellchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Gene Johnson
• MAUREEN SCOTT-DOUGLAS · trustee of 1 other charity
• SONIA McLaughlin
• TRACEY LECOINTE · trustee of 1 other charity

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Walsall

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