WATFORD AFRICAN CARIBBEAN ASSOCIATION LIMITED

Registered charity 1144021 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WACA

The charity aims, through its activities to:? provide day care facilities for elderly people;? provide an education and training base for young people; and? provide a focal point for members to meet socially and to obtain advice, support and information.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£25k
Latest spending
£28k
Registered
2011
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £2,433 for the year ended 31 March 2025, compared to a surplus in the prior year. The trustees confirm that unrestricted funds are maintained at a level equivalent to between three and six months of expenditure, and they have a reasonable expectation that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three and six month's expenditure (held: £64k)
It is the policy of the charity that unrestricted funds which have not been designated for a specific use should be maintained at a level equivalent to between three and six month's expenditure. — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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

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

Operates in: Hertfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£25k£28k
31/03/2024£26k£16k
31/03/2023£5k£3k
31/03/2022£3k£7k
31/03/2021£2k£2k

Common questions

Is WATFORD AFRICAN CARIBBEAN ASSOCIATION LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £2,433 for the year ended 31 March 2025, compared to a surplus in the prior year. The trustees confirm that unrestricted funds are maintained at a level equivalent to between three and six months of expenditure, and they have a reasonable expectation that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund06/11/2008£50k"Windrush: Recollection and accounts"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund20/02/2007£33k"A Journey in History: Slavery and its abolition"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund17/05/2006£38k"Our Heritage, Our History: Watford African Caribbean Association - 1976 - 2006."
The National Lottery Heritage Fund02/09/2004£24k"BLACK HISTORY ACHIEVEMENT PROJECT"
The National Lottery Community Fund22/04/2004£5kThere is no project name available for this record