ARACHNE GREEK CYPRIOT WOMEN'S GROUP

Registered charity 1075807 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as Arachne Women's Support

The charity promotes the benefit of Greek and Greek Cypriot women and children to advance education, provide facilities in the interest of social welfare for recreation and leisure time occupation to improve the conditions of life of the said women and children.

Objects

(1) TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE LONDON BOROUGH OF ISLINGTON AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS AND IN PARTICULAR GREEK AND GREEK CYPRIOT WOMEN AND CHILDREN BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID INHABITANTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITY, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION, PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS; (2) TO ESTABLISH OR SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE AND TO MAINTAIN AND MANAGE THE SAME (WHETHER ALONE OR IN CO-OPERATION WITH ANY LOCAL AUTHORITY OR OTHER PERSON OR BODY) IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS; (3) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY OR SICKNESS AND THE DISTRESS ARISING THEREFROM AND THE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF GOOD HEALTH.

Area of benefit: ISLINGTON AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a net income of £6,988 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £205,038 and total expenditure of £194,930. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £180,731, which is below the stated policy target of six months' expenditure, although the total unrestricted fund balance including property is £1,180,731.

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.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• 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

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

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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 03753032

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• GEORGOULA, Maria — director, appointed 02/04/2002on trustee list
• SAVVA, Christalla — director, appointed 15/04/1999on trustee list
• PAPAMICHAEL, Kiriakoula Sophie — director, appointed 15/04/1999on trustee list

Official officers record.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2023)

Reported reserves equal ~108.8 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (93% 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: 0.4% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (23/03/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• CHRISTALLA SAVVAchair
• Elena Lambrou
• Helen Cylwik
• KIRIAKOULA SOPHIE PAPAMICHAEL
• MARIA GEORGOULA

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE GREEK CYPRIOT COMMUNITY TRUST.

• THE GREEK CYPRIOT COMMUNITY TRUST income £84k
• TURKISH CYPRIOT WOMEN'S PROJECT income £116k
• Epione Wellbeing Centre income £55k
• ERITREAN COMMUNITY IN UK income £68k
• GREEK ORTHODOX COMMUNITY OF ST KATHERINE income £146k
• COMMUNITY OF AFRICAN WOMEN income £28k

Side by side with its peers

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