WOMEN LIVING UNDER MUSLIM LAWS - INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY NETWORK (WLUML)

Registered charity 1144519 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WLUML, WOMEN LIVING UNDER MUSLIM LAWS -INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY NETWORK

PROMOTING HUMAN RIGHTS, GENDER EQUALITY AND RELIEF IN NEED

Objects

2. OBJECTSTHE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE:-2.1 TO PROMOTE HUMAN RIGHTS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS:-2.1.1 MONITORING ABUSES OF HUMAN RIGHTS;2.1.2 OBTAINING REDRESS FOR THE VICTIMS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE;2.1.3 RELIEVING NEED AMONG THE VICTIMS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE;2.1.4 RESEARCH INTO HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES AND VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN;2.1.5 EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS;2.1.6 PROVIDING TECHNICAL ADVICE TO GOVERNMENT AND OTHERS ON HUMAN RIGHTS MATTERS;2.1.7 CONTRIBUTING TO THE SOUND ADMINISTRATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS LAW;2.1.8 COMMENTING ON HUMAN RIGHTS LEGISLATION AND OTHER LEGISLATION AND POLICIES WHICH AFFECT HUMAN RIGHTS;2.1.9 RAISING AWARENESS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES AND ABUSES;2.1.10 PROMOTING PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS;2.1.11 PROMOTING RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AMONG INDIVIDUALS, CORPORATIONS AND PUBLIC AUTHORITIES AND OFFICIALS AND ENGAGING SUCH INDIVIDUALS AND ENTITIES ON IMPLEMENTING STRATEGIES TO PROMOTE RESPECT FOR AND FULFIL THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS OF INDIVIDUALS;2.1.12 INTERNATIONAL ADVOCACY OF HUMAN RIGHTS;2.1.13 ELIMINATING INFRINGEMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS.2.2 TO PROMOTE GENDER EQUALITY IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD;2.3 TO SUPPORT, ADVISE AND ASSIST WOMEN WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM PHYSICAL, MENTAL OR EMOTIONAL ILL HEALTH OR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP;AND FOR THESE PURPOSES "HUMAN RIGHTS" MEANS THOSE RIGHTS SET OUT IN THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS, SUBSEQUENT UNITED NATIONS AND INTERNATIONAL AND REGIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS CONVENTIONS.

Area of benefit: WORLDWIDE

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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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £17,363 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with total income rising to £74,645 from £10,745 in the previous year. Per the directors' report, the charity aims to maintain free reserves equivalent to three months of expenditure, and unrestricted funds stood at £19,832 at year-end. The independent examiner confirmed that no matters came to their attention requiring further understanding of the financial statements.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 04117440

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.

• YAFTALI, Zarqa — director, appointed 16/11/2022on trustee list
• TAJALI, Mona — director, appointed 01/04/2020on trustee list
• SHAMEEM, Naureen — director, appointed 01/04/2019on trustee list
• HOODFAR, Homa — director, appointed 17/06/2015on trustee list
• HANEEFI, Najia — director, appointed 20/02/2014on trustee list

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alexandria Suseela McCarthy
• Amal Mansour Metwally Elmohandes
• Amna Nasir
• HOMA HOODFAR · trustee of 1 other charity
• Mona Tajali
• Najia Haneefi
• Naureen Shameem
• Vrinda Narain
• Zarqa Yaftali

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

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Income and spending

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