HALESOWEN / DUDLEY YEMENI COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1034937 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HALESOWEN ARABIAN YEMENI COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

Advice and Guidance, Health and fitness sessions, Job Search, Youth club, Cultural activities, Islamic and Civil Marriages services, ESOL & Arabic GCSE & language classes, IT learning suite, Family mediation, Friday Sermon and prayers, Lectures and awareness, Skills development & Confidence building programmes, Bereavement support, Third party reporting centre, Asylum seekers and refugees Support.

Objects

(A) TO HELP IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF THE BENEFICIARIES BY PROVIDING EDUCATIONAL, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES TO ENABLE THE BENEFICIARIES TO DEVELOP THEIR NATURAL TALENTS (B) TO UTILISE THE RESOURCES THE OPPORTUNITIES TO ADVANCE EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE DISADVANTAGED MEMBERS OF THE YEMENI COMMUNITY WITHIN THE BOROUGH OF DUDLEY (C) TO PROVIDE SUPPORT AND GUIDANCE ON WELFARE AND HEALTH RELATED ISSUES(D) TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE YEMENI COMMUNITY WITHIN THE BOROUGH OF DUDLEY, THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE YEMENI CULTURE AND ESPECIALLY THE ISLAMIC FAITH(E) THE PROVISION OF RECREATION FACILITIES IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS(F) TO HELP THE YOUTH DEVELOP THEIR CAPABILITIES THROUGH CONSTRUCTIVE ACTIVITIES SO THAT IT MAY ALLOW YOUNG PEOPLE TO BECOME RESPONSIBLE AND GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY

Area of benefit: HALESOWEN, DUDLEY AND THE SURROUNDING AREA

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 · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income surplus of £40,686 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total funds increasing to £1,200,820. The trustees confirm the charity is a going concern with adequate resources for the foreseeable future, although they note that cash-backed reserves are relatively low and rely on utilizing funds as working capital. The charity holds significant restricted funds (£1,071,981) primarily for capital building projects, while unrestricted funds stand at £28,839.

Automated summary of the FY2025 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds 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

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Awards for All – National lottery Community fund — “Halesowen/Dudley Yemeni community association has been awarded a grant of £10k in April 2023 from Awards for All – National lottery Communit…” (source page)

Trustees · trustee networks

• Basheer Edhah
• IBTISAM KASSIM
• KHALED ABDO
• MARWAN BAKAILI
• MHMOUD THAFER
• MR MOAMMAR ADDO
• SAIFF SALIH

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

Operates in: Dudley

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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