BRENT WOMEN'S ADVISORY RESOURCE CENTRE

Registered charity 1099581 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BRENT WOMEN'S ADVICE CENTRE, BRENT WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION CENTRE, UK ADVISORY RESOURCE CENTRE

Information, advice, guidance and counselling sessions. BWARC provides ESOL drama and French sessions. BWARC provides immigration, housing advice, welfare benefit advice and casework. BWARC provides outreach services to families, support domestic violence victims, conduct research and help with promoting support for fair policies.

Objects

(A) FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AND IN PARTICULAR WOMEN FROM AFRICAN ETHNIC MINORITIES ORIGIN AND THEIR FAMILIES ("THE BENEFICIARIES")1. THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS INCLUDING BY THE PROVISION OF INFORMATION ADVOCACY AND LEGAL ADVICE AND REPRESENTATIONS. 2. THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF HEALTH AND,3. THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION INCLUDING THE PROMOTION OF BASIC NUMERACY SKILLS AND BASIC LITERACY SKILLS AND EDUCATION UPON AFRICAN CULTURE, ARTS AND HISTORY.A. THE ORGANISATION IN RESPECT OF ITS 'OBJECTS' WILL ESTABLISH OR TO SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE AND TO MAINTAIN AND MANAGE OR TO CO-OPERATE WITH ANY LOCAL STATUTORY AUTHORITIES AND VOLUNTARY BODIES IN THE MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF SUCH A CENTRE OR CENTRES FOR THE ACTIVITIES PROMOTED BY THE CHARITY.B. THE ORGANISATION WILL WORK TOWARDS PROMOTING GOOD RACE RELATIONS BETWEEN PERSONS OF ALL GROUPS WITHIN THE AREA OF BENEFIT. C. THE ORGANISATION WILL DO SUCH OTHER LAWFUL THING AS MAY BE DEEMED CHARITABLE WITHIN ENGLAND AND WALES.

Area of benefit: IN PARTICULAR WOMEN FROM AFRICAN ETHNIC MONORITRIES ORIGIN AND THEIR FAMILIES (WITHIN SEVERAL BOROUGHS OF GREATER LONDON).

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 · Accommodation/housing · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £28,802 at the year end, representing a slight decrease from the previous year's £28,804. The charity holds a Bounce Back Loan liability of £24,897 and maintains cash reserves of £53,699, resulting in net assets of £28,802. Per the trustees' report, the organization operates with minimal fixed assets and relies on voluntary contributions and grants for its funding.

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 3 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• 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.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2021 (received 01/02/2022, 1 day after the 31/01/2022 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

• FERNANDA DOS SANTOS
• VITORIA PESSOTTI

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 AFRICAN WOMEN'S CARE.

• AFRICAN WOMEN'S CARE income £166k
• BRENT CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAUX income £875k
• WATFORD CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU income £615k
• BURY ST EDMUNDS WOMEN'S AID CENTRE LIMITED income £536k
• WATFORD WOMEN'S CENTRE income £575k
• BESTWOOD ADVICE CENTRE LTD income £210k

Side by side with its peers

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