ASSOCIATION OF JAMAICAN NATIONALS (BIRMINGHAM) UK

Registered charity 1130750 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity undertakes fund raising activities, holds informative events, supports those in need within the Jamaican community in the West Midlands as well as supporting a charity for abandoned and disabled children in Jamaica. The charity also works to strengthen the links between Jamaicans in UK and Jamaicans with the wider community in the West Midlands (See our objects).

Objects

= TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF PEOPLE FROM JAMAICA AND OF JAMAICAN ANCESTRY IN THEWEST MIDLANDS AND JAMAICAN NATIONALS IN JAMAICA BY:(A) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING;(B) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS;(C) THE PROMOTION OF GOOD HEALTH; AND(D) THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFAREWITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE;= TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND RELIEVE NEEDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH:(A)THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES PROVIDED IN THEINTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE, DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE;(B) PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIESAND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE ANDRESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS.

Area of benefit: WEST MIDLANDS AND JAMAICA

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated an excess of income over expenditure of £1,830 for the year ended 31 March 2025, compared to a deficit of £1,510 in the prior year. Total income was £40,087 and total expenditure was £38,257. The accumulated funds increased to £36,308, with the trustees noting they maintain a small reserve account.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

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.

• Complaints handling
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr BEVERLY ISADORE LINDSAYchair
• CARLTON ELLIS · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Birmingham City · Dudley · Jamaica · Sandwell · Solihull · Walsall · Wolverhampton

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).