AFGHAN SOCIETY IN THE WEST MIDLANDS

Registered charity 1144725 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We wish to improve the life chances of young people by helping with educational attainment and improving skills of people who have multiple needs (lack of English, literacy, under privileged, living on low incomes). We are aiming this project at the Afghan Community and. people from non-Afghan backgrounds participating in this project, if they wish to do so.

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTIVES ARE:A) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AMONGST THE AFGHAN COMMUNITY IN THE WEST MIDLANDS AND THE SURROUNDING AREA, PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY OF AFGHANI LANGUAGES, THE PROVISION OF ENGLISH CLASSES AND SUPPORTING SCHOOL CHILDREN WITH THEIR EDUCATION.B) TO RELIEVE POVERTY AMONGST THE AFGHAN COMMUNITY IN THE SAME AREA AND THROUGHOUT THE UK, IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF ADVISE AND INFORMATION ON ISSUES SUCH AS ACCOMMODATION AND EMPLOYMENT AND BY PROVIDING SUCH PERSONS WITH GOODS AND SERVICES WHICH THEY COULD NOT OTHERWISE AFFORD THROUGH LACK OF MEANS.C) TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR THE RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION OF PERSONS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON THEIR POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES WITH A VIEW OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.

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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Latest income
£38k
Latest spending
£37k
Registered
2011
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £178,709 as of 31 March 2025, derived from net income of £1,050 for the year. The filing confirms that resources are adequate to continue operations, with no material uncertainties or risks to going concern disclosed.

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 4 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.

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Birmingham City · Dudley · Sandwell

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£38k£37k
31/03/2024£35k£33k
31/03/2023£47k£45k
31/03/2022£41k£36k
31/03/2021£43k£24k

Common questions

Is AFGHAN SOCIETY IN THE WEST MIDLANDS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £178,709 as of 31 March 2025, derived from net income of £1,050 for the year. The filing confirms that resources are adequate to continue operations, with no material uncertainties or risks to going concern disclosed. 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 Community Fund14/07/2011£9kSupplementary School for Children and Adult Literacy Project