WELLINGBOROUGH AFRO-CARIBBEAN ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1060825 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as Wellingborough African Caribbean Association

WACA is here to provide a community service. We currently have an elderly day care centre which runs four days each week. A Saturday school, womens group, and youth groups all running weekly. We also support social groups such as our dominoe team and pool teams also run an IT development for beginners.WACA also currently has 2 church groups running from the centre, weekly

Objects

(A) TO UNDERTAKE ANY CHARITABLE ACTIVITY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE AFRO-CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY IN THE TOWN OF WELLINGBOROUGH AND SURROUNDING AREAS, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY TO ADVANCE ADUCATION, THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY BY THE PROVISION OF TRAINING TO EQUIP PEOPLE FROM THE SAID COMMUNITY TO GAIN EMPLOYMENT (B) TO PROMOTE GOOD RACE RELATIONS BETWEEN THE AFRO-CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY AND OTHER RACIAL GROUPS IN THE COMMUNITY

Area of benefit: WELLINGBOROUGH AND SURROUNDING AREAS

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 and the members did not require an audit. The directors acknowledge their responsibility for preparing financial statements that give a true and fair view in accordance with the small companies regime.

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 4 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
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrew Earl Jones
• Robert Lowers
• Sandra Wilson
• Winston Anthony Noel

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

Operates in: Northamptonshire

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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