DEAF ETHNIC WOMEN ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1062831 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ADWA, ASIAN DEAF WOMENS ASSOCIATION

Encourage Deaf Ethnic WomenWe are a National Organisation

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF DEAF WOMEN OF ASIAN DESCENT

Area of benefit: NATIONAL

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

Registered contact address: Camden, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£124k
Latest spending
£99k
Registered
1997
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus on unrestricted funds of £63,722, bringing the total unrestricted reserves to £117,398. The trustees consider the current general reserve, equivalent to approximately 14 months of running costs, to be sufficient and in line with Charity Commission guidance. The charity reports no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: approximately 14 running costs (reserves figure: £117k)
“DEWA has built up a general reserve that is equivalent to approximately 14 running costs. The trustees consider this to be sufficient and is in the line with Charity Commission guidance.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

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: 5
  • Government income: £10,000 — grants £10,000 (1); 8% of the £124,265 total gross income on the same return

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

  • Volunteers: 5

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

  • Volunteers: 4

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2025 (received 06/03/2026, 34 days after the 31/01/2026 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. 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: Harrow · Islington · Newham

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£124k£99k
31/03/2024£180k£93k
31/03/2023£57k£43k
31/03/2022£49k£28k
31/03/2021£19k£13k

Common questions

Is DEAF ETHNIC WOMEN ASSOCIATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus on unrestricted funds of £63,722, bringing the total unrestricted reserves to £117,398. The trustees consider the current general reserve, equivalent to approximately 14 months of running costs, to be sufficient and in line with Charity Commission guidance. The charity reports no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds DEAF ETHNIC WOMEN ASSOCIATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name DEAF ETHNIC WOMEN ASSOCIATION as a grant recipient include ROSA FUND.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
ROSA FUNDFY2023£34kRise Fund
ROSA FUNDFY2024£16kRise Fund

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund30/08/2022£10kDEWA Cultural Celebration
The National Lottery Community Fund08/06/2016£10kDeaf Ethnic Women's Drama Project
The National Lottery Community Fund13/10/2011£10k'Drop in & Rise!' A drop in service and support group
The National Lottery Community Fund25/01/2006£5kYoung Asian Deaf Womens Group
UK government—£11kRosa Fund, Tampon Tax

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 DEAF-INITELY WOMEN.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
DEAF ETHNIC WOMEN ASSOCIATION£124k—0above—no doubt
DEAF-INITELY WOMEN FY2026£453k—0above—no doubt
TRUST FOR DEAF STUDIES FY2025£55k—0above—no doubt
ETHNIC MINORITY WELSH WOMEN ACHIEVEMENT ASSOCIATION FY2025£36k—0unclear—no doubt
DISABILITY EQUALITY (NW) FY2025£675k—0above—noted
COMMUNITY OF AFRICAN WOMEN FY2026£28k——unclear—no doubt

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