WOMEN CONNECT FIRST

Registered charity 1110834 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WOMEN CONNECT FIRST LTD

The principal activities of Women Connect First during the year continued to be the education, training for employment and relief from poverty and distress of members of the public from the black and ethnic minority and white communities and helping them to fully integrate within British society, whilst promoting equality and diversity.

Objects

1. TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AMONGST WOMEN MEMBERS OF THE ETHNIC MINORITY COMMUNITIES;2. TO RELIEVE POVERTY AND DISTRESS ARISING FROM FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND/OR PHYSICAL AND/OR MENTAL SUFFERING AMONGST WOMEN MEMBERS OF THE ETHNIC MINORITY COMMUNITIES;3. THE PROMOTION OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN WALES, BY (I) DEVELOPING THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF WOMEN MEMBERS OF ETHNIC MINORITY COMMUNITIES IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY, AND HELP MEET THEIR NEEDS AND PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY;(II) RAISING AWARENESS OF THE SOCIAL AND RELIGIOUS NEEDS OF MEMBERS OF ETHNIC MINORITY COMMUNITIES.

Area of benefit: WALES

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 Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Cardiff, Wales (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income decreased to £424,595 from £479,356 in the prior year, resulting in a net deficit of £21,753 against unrestricted funds. The charity maintains unrestricted reserves of £324,846, which the trustees consider adequate to meet charitable objectives for the foreseeable future. The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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 5 of 6 completeness components.

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
• 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
• 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)

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.

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 31/03/2023 (received 07/02/2024, 7 days after the 31/01/2024 due date); year ending 31/03/2021 (received 02/02/2022, 2 days 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.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 04715832

Funders the charity credits

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

• The National Lottery Community Fund — “Funded by The National Lottery Community Fund Sustainable Steps Programme, the ‘Diverse Voices On Climate Change’ three-year project will ma…” (source page)
• Welsh Government — “Our Funders Welsh Government The Tudor Trust Paul Hamlyn Foundation Zurich Community Trust Sustainable Steps Wales People's Postcode Lottery…” (source page)
• The Tudor Trust — “Our Funders Welsh Government The Tudor Trust Paul Hamlyn Foundation Zurich Community Trust Sustainable Steps Wales People's Postcode Lottery…” (source page)
• Paul Hamlyn Foundation — “Our Funders Welsh Government The Tudor Trust Paul Hamlyn Foundation Zurich Community Trust Sustainable Steps Wales People's Postcode Lottery…” (source page)
• Zurich Community Trust — “Our Funders Welsh Government The Tudor Trust Paul Hamlyn Foundation Zurich Community Trust Sustainable Steps Wales People's Postcode Lottery…” (source page)
• Sustainable Steps Wales — “Our Funders Welsh Government The Tudor Trust Paul Hamlyn Foundation Zurich Community Trust Sustainable Steps Wales People's Postcode Lottery…” (source page)
• People's Postcode Lottery / People's Postcode Trust — “Our Funders Welsh Government The Tudor Trust Paul Hamlyn Foundation Zurich Community Trust Sustainable Steps Wales People's Postcode Lottery…” (source page)
• Independent Grants Foundation — “Our Funders Welsh Government The Tudor Trust Paul Hamlyn Foundation Zurich Community Trust Sustainable Steps Wales People's Postcode Lottery…” (source page)

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• ABDUL-HALIM, Misbah Mohammed — director, appointed 14/03/2025on trustee list
• HASSAN, Lyan — director, appointed 21/02/2024on trustee list
• VOUGIOUKALOU, Sofia Anthi — director, appointed 21/02/2024on trustee list
• MAKUVISE, Stephanie — director, appointed 18/10/2023on trustee list
• NGUM, Gwendolin Chi — director, appointed 09/09/2020on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2023)

Reported reserves equal ~5.9 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Gwendolin Chi Ngumchair
• Dr Sofia Vougioukalou
• Lyan Hassan
• Misbah Mohammed Abdul-Halim
• Saroop Kaur
• Stephanie Makuvise

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

Operates in: Caerphilly · Cardiff · Vale Of Glamorgan

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

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

• BEING WOMAN income £122k
• NOBLE CONNECTION income £118k
• COMMUNITY CONNECT FOUNDATION income £310k
• WOMEN'S COMMUNITY MATTERS income £1.5m
• WOMEN'S TECHNOLOGY TRAINING LIMITED income £1.4m
• HER CENTRE LIMITED income £722k

Side by side with its peers

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