FIFTY PLUS AGED ERITREAN WELFARE ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1077984 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ERITREAN ELDERS WELFARE ASSOCIATION, ERITREAN FIFTY PLUS AGED WELFARE ASSOCIATION

a) Gather weekly to alleviate lonelinessb) Provide outreach servicesc) Teach languages for beginnersd) Organise outing to seasidee) Invit experts to give talksf) Social gathering (Thursdays 5:00pm to 9:00pm)

Objects

TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF GREATER LONDON WITH A PREFERENCE FOR THOSE INHABITANTS WHO ARE OF ARITREAN ORIGIN AND IN PARTICULAR FOR THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES: (1) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TRAINING; (2) TO PROTECT PUBLIC HEALTH AND TO RELIEVE THOSE WHO ARE IN NEED BY REASON OF POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS; (3) TO PROVIDE ALLEVIATION OF SUFFERING AND DISTRESS OF THOSE PERSONS IN PARTICULAR THOSE PERSONS WHO ARE OF ERITREAN ORIGIN WHO HAVE LOST THROUGH DEATH A FRIEND OR RELATIVE; (4) TO PROVIDE AND ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF INFORMATION AND ADVICE TO THOSE IN NEED OF IT; (5) THE RELIEF IN NEED OF ARITREAN REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS WHO ARE RESIDENT OR WHO ARE INTENDING TO RESIDE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM BY PROVIDING SUCH PERSONS WITH ADVICE, ASSISTANCE , REPRESENTATION, COUNSELLING, TRANSLATING AND INTERPRETING SERVICES; (6) TO PROVIDE AND ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR THE RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATIONS OF THE SAID INHABITANTS IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND SO THAT THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE MAY BE IMPROVED

Area of benefit: GREATER LONDON

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 Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Get email alerts

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

Latest income
£35k
Latest spending
£19k
Registered
1999
Accounts read
FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The charity reported a surplus of £1,571 for the year ended 31 March 2026, with total income of £34,821 and total expenditure of £33,250. Unrestricted reserves increased to £15,840, up from £4,664 in the previous year. The accounts were subject to an independent examination rather than a full audit, with no matters of concern identified by the examiner.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 2 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 31/03/2026

  • Government income: £19,964 — grants £19,964 (19,964); 57% of the £34,821 total gross income on the same return
  • Grant-making is its main activity

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, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2024 (received 04/02/2025, 4 days after the 31/01/2025 due date); year ending 31/03/2023 (received 08/04/2024, 68 days after the 31/01/2024 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: City Of Westminster · Kensington And Chelsea

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2026£35k£19k
31/03/2025£9k£5k
31/03/2024£5k£8k
31/03/2023£1k£8k
31/03/2022£200£2k

Common questions

Is FIFTY PLUS AGED ERITREAN WELFARE ASSOCIATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The charity reported a surplus of £1,571 for the year ended 31 March 2026, with total income of £34,821 and total expenditure of £33,250. Unrestricted reserves increased to £15,840, up from £4,664 in the previous year. The accounts were subject to an independent examination rather than a full audit, with no matters of concern identified by the examiner. Its FY2026 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund04/10/2024£6kEritrean Elderly Welfare Association (Weekly Club Services)
The National Lottery Community Fund29/04/2010£10kGroup Mentoring

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 DARWEN OLD PEOPLES WELFARE ASSOCIATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
FIFTY PLUS AGED ERITREAN WELFARE ASSOCIATION£35k——unclear—no doubt
DARWEN OLD PEOPLES WELFARE ASSOCIATION FY2025£254k—0above—no doubt
AGE CONNECTED FY2025£177k—0unclear—no doubt
TURKISH WOMEN'S PHILANTHROPIC ASSOCIATION OF ENGLAND FY2025£45k—0unclear—no doubt
ERITREAN COMMUNITY CENTRE FY2026£49k—0unclear—no doubt
AFRO CARIBBEAN ELDERS ASSOCIATION FY2025£35k—0unclear—no doubt

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