LATIN AMERICAN WOMEN'S RIGHTS SERVICE
Registered charity 1075163 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
LAWRS is a human rights organisation providing tools & information for Latin American women in the UK to achieve personal & social change. We aim to alleviate poverty, prevent violence and achieve recognition. Activities (free & mother tongue) include advice & casework; counselling; employment orientation; classes, workshops & activities to promote integration & leadership and policy & campaigning
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Economic/community Development/employment · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £130,162 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £1,077,867 against expenditure of £947,705. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £460,572, which exceeds the stated policy target of £445,614, and the auditors confirmed no material uncertainties regarding the charity's 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
Related-party transaction: The charity leases its main office premises from Tindlemanor Ltd, a company in which LAWRS holds a share as part of its leaseholder arrangement in the building. The Chief Executive Officer ("Director") of LAWRS is also a director and shareholder of Tindlemanor, solely to meet the leaseholder requirements. The Director receives no personal benefit from this position.
“The charity leases its main office premises from Tindlemanor Ltd, a company in which LAWRS holds a share as part of its leaseholder arrangement in the building. The Chief Executive Officer ("Director") of LAWRS is also a director and shareholder of Tindlemanor, solely to meet the leaseholder requirements. The Director receives no personal benefit from this position.” — page 41
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Knox Cropper LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — LAWRS (matched by registered charity number).
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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£21k
Reported reserves equal ~5.8 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (62% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 2.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
- Mariana Brandeburgochair
- Fernanda Munhoz
- Isabel Graefin von Medem
- Maria Rosa Torres Sejin
- Patricia Elena Cazenave
- Sandra Hayne
- Sara Cristina Zavala Gutierrez · trustee of 1 other charity
- Sofia Condes Diez-Martinez
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales
Income and spending
Common questions
Is LATIN AMERICAN WOMEN'S RIGHTS SERVICE financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £130,162 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £1,077,867 against expenditure of £947,705. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £460,572, which exceeds the stated policy target of £445,614, and the auditors confirmed no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Knox Cropper LLP.
Who funds LATIN AMERICAN WOMEN'S RIGHTS SERVICE?
Funders whose own accounts filings name LATIN AMERICAN WOMEN'S RIGHTS SERVICE as a grant recipient include PAUL HAMLYN FOUNDATION, LLOYDS BANK FOUNDATION FOR ENGLAND & WALES, GLOBAL DIALOGUE, THE ACCESS TO JUSTICE FOUNDATION, ROSA FUND.
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