APNI ZAROORAT COMMUNITY NETWORK

Registered charity 1149032 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as AZCN

Educational, Training & Skills Development CoursesConfidence BuildingYouth Clubs and Children's Provision, Recreational Outings and ResidentialsVolunteering OpportunitiesHealth Promotion & Mental Health AwarenessA safe, women- only environmentExpert Patients ProgramMulticultural and themed annual Events

Objects

TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY OF LYE, STOURBRIDGE, HALESOWEN AND THE SURROUNDING AREA, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY AMONGST ASIAN WOMEN, CHILDREN, YOUNG ADULTS AND THEIR FAMILIES BYA THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL INCLUSION BY PREVENTING THEM FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THEIR NEEDS AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETYB THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING;C THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND SICKNESS;D THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF GOOD HEALTH; ANDE THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE;FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ‘SOCIALLY EXCLUDED’ MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OF MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; YOUTH OR OLD AGE; ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL); SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY INCLUDING ALCOHOL AND DRUGS; DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF SEX, RACE, DISABILITY, ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGION, BELIEF, CREED, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER RE-ASSIGNMENT; POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT; RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN; POOR HOUSING (THAT IS HOUSING THAT DOES NOT MEET BASIC HABITABLE STANDARDS; CRIME (EITHER AS A VICTIM OF CRIME OR AS AN OFFENDER REHABILITATING INTO SOCIETY).TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY OF LYE, STOURBRIDGE, HALESOWEN AND THE SURROUNDING AREA, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY AMONGST ASIAN WOMEN, CHILDREN, YOUNG ADULTS AND THEIR FAMILIES BYA THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL INCLUSION BY PREVENTING THEM FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THEIR NEEDS AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETYB THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING;C THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND SICKNESS;D THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF GOOD HEALTH; ANDE THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE;FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ‘SOCIALLY EXCLUDED’ MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OF MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; YOUTH OR OLD AGE; ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL); SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY INCLUDING ALCOHOL AND DRUGS; DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF SEX, RACE, DISABILITY, ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGION, BELIEF, CREED, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER RE-ASSIGNMENT; POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT; RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN; POOR HOUSING (THAT IS HOUSING THAT DOES NOT MEET BASIC HABITABLE STANDARDS; CRIME (EITHER AS A VICTIM OF CRIME OR AS AN OFFENDER REHABILITATING INTO SOCIETY).

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 · Disability · 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 reported an excess of income over expenditure of £9,332 for the year ended 31 March 2025, compared to a deficit of £13,232 in the prior year. Cash reserves at year-end were £9,332, comprising £6,332 in restricted grant funding and £3,000 in unrestricted funds. The charity's principal source of income is grant funding, with modest additional income generated from nominal charges and membership contributions.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• 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

Trustees · trustee networks

• AZIZUN NISAchair
• BRIDGET BRAHAM · trustee of 1 other charity
• CAROL PARTRIDGE
• GOHAIR MAMTAZ

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

Operates in: Dudley

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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