APNA GHAR

Registered charity 1013583 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as APNA GHAR MINORITY ETHNIC WOMENS CENTRE

Apna Ghar is a centre run by and for minority ethnic women residing in a deprived area of South Tyneside. The centre provides vocational and non-vocational classes i.e. IT, English for beginners. Make services more accessible to the senior citizen members of the community with luncheon clubs, health awareness sessions. It also provides activities for the youth community.

Objects

A.TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF ASIAN AND MIDDLE EASTERN WOMEN LIVING IN THE BENEFICIAL AREA.B.TO RELIEVE POVERTY AMONGST ASIAN AND MIDDLE EASTERN WOMEN. C.TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE INHABITANTS CONCERNING GOOD CITIZENSHIP IN A MULTI-RACIAL SOCIETY AND THE INTELLECTUAL,ARTISTIC,ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL BACKGROUND OF THE INHABITANTS OF SOUTH TYNESIDE AND ITS SURROUNDING AREAS.

Area of benefit: SOUTH TYNESIDE

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 · Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity experienced an 8% increase in grant funding and successfully secured extensions and new grants for multiple projects, including the Carers and Elderly projects. The Treasurer's report notes that despite personal health challenges, the organization has gone from strength to strength, while the Centre Co-ordinator highlights that securing sustainable funding remains a key challenge for maintaining staffing levels.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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.

• 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

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Saira Malikchair
• Amina Hyder
• Asia Uddin
• Elaine Crompton · trustee of 1 other charity
• Joanna Lajmi
• Laila Abdullah

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

Operates in: Gateshead · Newcastle Upon Tyne City · North Tyneside · South Tyneside · Sunderland

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with GRANBY SOMALI WOMEN'S GROUP.

• GRANBY SOMALI WOMEN'S GROUP income £228k
• DOSTIYO- ASIAN WOMEN AND GIRLS ORGANISATION income £209k
• COVENTRY PANAHGHAR PROJECT income £1.7m
• Aapna Services Limited income £1.2m
• CHINESE COMMUNITY CENTRE income £258k
• ASHA NEIGHBOURHOOD PROJECT LIMITED income £171k

Side by side with its peers

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