AFRICAN WOMEN'S HEALTH GROUP

Registered charity 1013817 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Training for African women and children in ESL, cookery, Arabic language, IT and personal health matters. There is a homework class for schoolchildren on Sundays. Advice, information and language support on personal health and related matters given to women and support in contacting schools in respect of their children's education and further development.

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Latest income
£118k
Latest spending
£113k
Registered
1992
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity relies heavily on long-term core funding from Comic Relief and grants from Sheffield City Council and Sheffield College to sustain its operations. The document highlights significant operational pressures, noting that civic funding cuts and rising costs for food and utilities are impacting service delivery, while waiting lists for support are growing due to increased demand from isolated and disadvantaged women.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Comic Relief
“We are very grateful to Comic Relief for supporting our work with careful guidance and encouragement to continue serving local women for a further five years. Securing long-term core funding makes all the difference to our being able to plan and develop services with the knowledge that we will still be around in the years to come.” — page 18
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Sheffield City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/06/2025£118k£113k
30/06/2024£104k£84k
30/06/2023£102k£102k
30/06/2022£99k£99k
30/06/2021£84k£59k

Common questions

Is AFRICAN WOMEN'S HEALTH GROUP financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity relies heavily on long-term core funding from Comic Relief and grants from Sheffield City Council and Sheffield College to sustain its operations. The document highlights significant operational pressures, noting that civic funding cuts and rising costs for food and utilities are impacting service delivery, while waiting lists for support are growing due to increased demand from isolated and disadvantaged women.

Who funds AFRICAN WOMEN'S HEALTH GROUP?

Funders whose own accounts filings name AFRICAN WOMEN'S HEALTH GROUP as a grant recipient include NETHERTHORPE AND UPPERTHORPE COMMUNITY ALLIANCE.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
NETHERTHORPE AND UPPERTHORPE COMMUNITY ALLIANCEFY2024£7k
NETHERTHORPE AND UPPERTHORPE COMMUNITY ALLIANCEFY2023£7k
NETHERTHORPE AND UPPERTHORPE COMMUNITY ALLIANCEFY2022£7kLive Lighter Extension

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund27/10/2021£154kSHARING SKILLS & MOVING FORWARD
UK government22/09/2020£22kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
UK government14/07/2020£5kVSCE CMC Fund
UK government28/05/2020£3kVSCE CMC Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund06/04/2016£9kA Chance, A Challenge,A Change - Breaking the Barriers to Inequality
The National Lottery Community Fund23/05/2012£10kThe Homework Club Project
The National Lottery Community Fund04/02/2010£9kBeginners IT - For Adults Learners Who Want To Excel
The National Lottery Community Fund25/09/2006£5kAfrican Women's Health Group
The National Lottery Community Fund15/02/2006£5kThere is no project name available for this record

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
AFRICAN WOMEN'S HEALTH GROUP£118k—0unclear—no doubt
GRANBY SOMALI WOMEN'S GROUP FY2025£228k—0unclear—no doubt
AFRO INNOVATION GROUP FY2026£414k—0unclear—noted
AFRICAN FRENCH SPEAKING COMMUNITY SUPPORT FY2025£292k—0unclear—no doubt
THE GOOD SHEPHERD CENTRE FY2024£284k—0unclear—noted
AFRICAN COMMUNITY SCHOOL FY2025£511k—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.