Women's Association For Networking and Development

Registered charity 1111925 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WAND UK, WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION FOR AFRICAN NETWORKING AND DEVELOPMENT

Support Group Seminars; One to One sessions referrals from GPs and Domestic Violence organisations, Drop-In service; Outreach services to individuals and organisations, Volunteering Opportunities; Sexual Health and HIV Research; Mental Well Being Research; Domestic Violence Services and Support. Organising Cultural Activities; Networking and developing partnerships.

Objects

1) TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF AFRICAN PEOPLE WHETHER LIVING IN THE UK OR ABROAD AND IN PARTICULAR WOMEN AND CHILDREN, REFUGEES, ASYLUM SEEKERS AND MIGRANTS BY THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE PROTECTION OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS; AND2) TO PROMOTE ANY OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSE THAT WILL DEVELOP THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF PERSONS IN LONDON OF BENEFIT IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY AND HELP MEET THEIR NEEDS AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY. TO THIS END, TO PROMOTE VOLUNTARY AND COMMUNITY GROUPS IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT, ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT WILL PROVIDE OR ARE PROVIDING SERVICES FOR AFRICAN WOMEN.

Area of benefit: 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 Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Kensington and Chelsea, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £60,993 for the year ended 30 April 2025, with total unrestricted funds of £85,751. The trustees note that they are in the process of reviewing reserves to ensure adequate funds are available in case of any downturn in income. Securing core funding remains a significant challenge, but the charity has sustained its service delivery despite the cost-of-living crisis.

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.

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
• 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, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 30/04/2021 (received 11/03/2022, 11 days after the 28/02/2022 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 05427536

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.

• ALIAS, Iona Odelia — director, appointed 07/08/2026not on trustee list

Official officers record.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Anita Jajua
• Asha Singh
• Eman Abdelrahman
• GLADYS Marion JUSU-SHERIFF · trustee of 1 other charity
• Iona Alias

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 SUPPORT AND ACTION FOR WOMEN'S NETWORK (SAWN).

• SUPPORT AND ACTION FOR WOMEN'S NETWORK (SAWN) income £697k
• THE WOMEN'S ORGANISATION income £2.3m
• COMMUNITIES WELFARE NETWORK income £58k
• THE WOMEN & FAMILIES RESOURCE CENTRE income £85k
• WOMEN IN THE GAP income £105k
• WORTHING WOMEN'S AID income £714k

Side by side with its peers

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