MAKING COMMUNITIES WORK & GROW (MCWG)

Registered charity 1045064 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MOROCCAN COMMUNITY WELFARE GROUP

Number of services addressing the communities needs including:Youth CentreSupplementary School (Arabic)Sports/LeisureEducationAdvice and Guidance In particular, MCWG provides activities and services aimed at empowering socially and economically disadvantaged young people aged 11-21.

Objects

FOR THE BENEFIT OF PEOPLE IN LONDON IN PARTICULAR PERSONS WHO ARE MOROCCAN OR OF MOROCCAN DESCENT TO:- (A) ADVANCE EDUCATION BY THE PROVISION OF LANGUAGE AND OTHER CLASSES; (B) RELIEVE POVERTY SICKNESS AND DISTRESS BY THE PROVISION OF AN INFORMATION ADVICE AND COUNSELLING SERVICE; AND (C) PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF SUCH PERSONS

Area of benefit: LONDON

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 Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Kensington and Chelsea, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£80k
Latest spending
£81k
Registered
1995
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a net deficit of £782 and negative unrestricted reserves of £35,177. The trustees report that the charity aims to hold three months of reserves to ensure future needs are met, although the current financial position is below this target. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention during the examination of the financial statements.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of turnover (reserves figure: −£35k)
“the trustees aim to hold 3 months reserves to ensure the future needs are met”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Financial Conduct Authority. 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.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 2

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 2
  • Government income: £30,000 — grants £30,000 (4); 34% of the £89,292 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Volunteers: 3
  • Government income: £43,573 — grants £43,573 (4); 44% of the £99,325 total gross income on the same return

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Brent · City Of Westminster · Ealing · Hammersmith And Fulham · Kensington And Chelsea

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£80k£81k
31/03/2024£89k£149k
31/03/2023£99k£190k
31/03/2022£97k£164k
31/03/2021£154k£104k

Common questions

Is MAKING COMMUNITIES WORK & GROW (MCWG) financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a net deficit of £782 and negative unrestricted reserves of £35,177. The trustees report that the charity aims to hold three months of reserves to ensure future needs are met, although the current financial position is below this target. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention during the examination of the financial statements. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds MAKING COMMUNITIES WORK & GROW (MCWG)?

Funders whose own accounts filings name MAKING COMMUNITIES WORK & GROW (MCWG) as a grant recipient include THE KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA FOUNDATIONFY2024£1kCommunity Spirit Fund

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Sport England27/02/2019£10kGrenfell Sports Engagement Project
The National Lottery Community Fund06/04/2016£10kAnti-Smoking & Shisha Project
The National Lottery Community Fund25/02/2015£9kYouth Violence Prevention Project
The National Lottery Community Fund29/08/2013£10kWomen Keep Fit and Taekwondo Project
The National Lottery Community Fund22/03/2012£10kSkills & Education Development Centre
The National Lottery Community Fund25/01/2006£5kFirst Gear Social Education Project

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 MANCHESTER YOUTH EMPOWERMENT CLUB.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
MAKING COMMUNITIES WORK & GROW (MCWG)£80k—0unclear—no doubt
MANCHESTER YOUTH EMPOWERMENT CLUB FY2025£95k—0unclear—no doubt
WMVS CHILDREN IN CARE FOUNDATION FY2025£233k—0unclear—no doubt
SMETHWICK YOUTH AND COMMUNITY CENTRE LIMITED FY2025£478k—0unclear—no doubt
WORKINGTON TOWN COMMUNITY TRUST FY2025£90k—0unclear—no doubt
COMMUNITIES WELFARE NETWORK FY2025£58k—0unclear—no doubt

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