AAWAZ

Registered charity 1088443 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Assist women and families from black and minority ethnic communities to help them with their self development to improve their lives.

Objects

TO PROMOTE AND BENEFIT THE WHOLE ETHNIC MINORITY COMMUNITY BY ASSOCIATION WITH LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND OTHER AGENCIES IN A COMMON EFFORT TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF MEMBERS OF THE ETHNIC MINORITY COMMUNITY, PARTICULARLY THE WOMEN AND CHILDREN AND FAMILIES LIVING AND WORKING ACROSS THE ACROSS THE NATION

Area of benefit: UK

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 Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£86k
Latest spending
£117k
Registered
2001
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net profit of £53,160 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total incoming resources of £199,828 and resources expended of £146,668. The trustees confirm that proper accounting records were kept and the independent examiner found no matters requiring attention, indicating stable financial management. The charity aims to maintain reserves of at least two months' expenditure, and unrestricted funds stood at £65,500.

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 4 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.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2026£86k£117k
31/03/2025£191k£138k
31/03/2024£131k£200k
31/03/2023£204k£230k
31/03/2022£184k£223k

Common questions

Is AAWAZ financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net profit of £53,160 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total incoming resources of £199,828 and resources expended of £146,668. The trustees confirm that proper accounting records were kept and the independent examiner found no matters requiring attention, indicating stable financial management. The charity aims to maintain reserves of at least two months' expenditure, and unrestricted funds stood at £65,500. Its FY2025 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 Fund21/05/2026£19kBe Well Project
Postcode Lottery29/07/2024£23kUnrestricted Funding
The National Lottery Community Fund21/06/2024£20kAawaz Befriending Project
The National Lottery Community Fund03/03/2023£10kCommunity Celebrate Together
The National Lottery Community Fund12/12/2019£195kMove Forward
UK government01/02/2019£9kTampon Tax Community Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund09/08/2018£9kFood Together
The National Lottery Community Fund08/03/2017£264kNai Zindagi - meaning New Life in Urdu
The National Lottery Community Fund11/08/2016£8kCommunities Together
The National Lottery Community Fund27/07/2016£10kLive Well
The National Lottery Heritage Fund21/07/2016£46k"Central Ward Heritage Project"
The National Lottery Community Fund04/02/2015£10kWork Club
The National Lottery Heritage Fund31/10/2012£57k"Women of Achievement"
The National Lottery Community Fund15/02/2012£112k'Motive8' - AAWAZ Women's Employability Project
The National Lottery Community Fund29/09/2011£3kMoving Forward
The National Lottery Community Fund17/07/2009£271kYoung Aawaz
The National Lottery Community Fund12/03/2008£309kTraining and Advice
The National Lottery Community Fund21/12/2006£10kMaazi, Hall Aur Mustaqbal (Past, Present & Future)

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
WALES COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY ACTION1£900k
Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation UK1£104k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with AWAMU.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
AAWAZ£86k—0unclear—no doubt
AWAMU FY2025£194k—0below—no doubt
ALL WAYS NETWORK (AWN) FY2025£191k——above—no doubt
GWENT ASSOCIATION OF VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS FY2025£3.0m——unclear—no doubt
AHMADIYYA MUSLIM ASSOCIATION UNITED KINGDOM FY2025£41.5m—7unclear—no doubt
AZAD WELFARE TRUST (UK) FY2024£333k—0unclear—no doubt

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