POWERHOUSE FOR WOMEN

Registered charity 1108012 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as POWERHOUSE

The Powerhouse is an organization of women with learning difficulties and is run by members. We facilitate group activities on the premises. We also go out in to the community. Our group activities are designed to empower members around health, advocacy, personal safety, employment and skills to improve quality of life and general confidence.

Objects

THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AN THE RELIEF OF MENTAL AND PHYSICAL DISTRESS AMONG WOMEN WITH LEARNING DIFFICULTIES WHO HAVE BEEN PHYSICALLY, SEXUAL OR EMOTIONALLY ABUSED BY WORKING WITH HOUSING AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS TO RAISE AWARENESS OF ISSUES OF ABUSE AND VIOLENCE TO WOMEN WITH LEARNING DIFFICULTIES AND TO EMPOWER WOMEN WITH LEARNING DIFFICULTIES THROUGHOUT THEIR INVOLVEMENT WITH THE ORGANISATION AND THROUGH TRAINING AND ADVOCACY AND BY SUCH OTHER MEANS AS SHALL FURTHER THE SAID OBJECTIVES.

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.

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

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In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Care Inspectorate Wales (CIW). 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
• Campaigns and political activity 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
• Investment
• 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.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 3 were received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2025 (received 06/02/2026, 6 days after the 31/01/2026 due date); year ending 31/03/2024 (received 10/04/2025, 69 days after the 31/01/2025 due date); year ending 31/03/2023 (received 02/06/2024, 123 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

• ELIZABETH DUHIG
• MONIKA PINDEL
• SOPHIA SIMOS
• Sarah Ruiz · trustee of 2 other charities

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Operates in: Newham

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