BURY ASIAN WOMEN'S CENTRE

Registered charity 1078253 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BURY ACTIVE WOMEN'S CENTRE, BURY ACTIVE WOMEN’S CENTRE, BURY ASIAN WOMENS' CENTRE

By creating new opportunities and skills through the advancement of education, employment, training and volunteering. Improve health and wellbeing by providing culturally sensitive and socially integrated services. We will work towards eliminating gender discrimination and empowering women by providing support, advice, assistance and advocacy on behalf of those who cannot enable their own rights.

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

Latest income

£80k

Latest spending

£58k

Registered

1999

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £83,995 at the end of the period, resulting in a net surplus of £22,360 for the year. The trustees indicate that the optimum level of unrestricted reserves would be between 3- and 6-months running costs, noting that a formal Reserves Policy is yet to be developed. The independent examiner reported no matters requiring attention, confirming the accounts accord with the accounting records.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none

“Miscellaneous funding & grants - 41,161”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: three to six months of running costs (held: £84k)

“the optimum level of unrestricted reserves would be between 3- and 6-months running costs including salaries” — page 7

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

FARZANA ALIchair
MOHAMMED AFZAL KHAN
Shahzana Kausar
Zubaria Ijaz

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

Operates in: Bury

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£80k	£58k
31/03/2024	£21k	£35k
31/03/2023	£44k	£48k
31/03/2022	£74k	£73k
31/03/2021	£114k	£64k

Common questions

Is BURY ASIAN WOMEN'S CENTRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £83,995 at the end of the period, resulting in a net surplus of £22,360 for the year. The trustees indicate that the optimum level of unrestricted reserves would be between 3- and 6-months running costs, noting that a formal Reserves Policy is yet to be developed. The independent examiner reported no matters requiring attention, confirming the accounts accord with the accounting records. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	08/12/2023	£189k	Empowering Women Inspiring Communities 2
The National Lottery Community Fund	20/01/2023	£10k	Community Over Profit
UK government	06/10/2020	£10k	Coronavirus Community Support Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund	15/05/2020	£10k	Fusion Food Bank
The National Lottery Community Fund	23/01/2020	£980	Fusion Cooking For Fusion Communities Collabor8te
The National Lottery Community Fund	09/01/2020	£155k	Empowering Women Inspiring Communities
The National Lottery Community Fund	13/10/2010	£345k	Inspiring Women: Empowering Communities
The National Lottery Community Fund	18/02/2009	£9k	Healthy Creative Living