OSHWAL ELDERLY WELFARE ASSOCIATION CIO

Registered charity 1159887 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as OEWA

to relieve isolation, sickness and poor health among elderly people of Indian origin, where such needs arise as a result of their age, (1) arranging social and leisure activities;(2) providing activities, services and facilities designed to meet their welfare needs; and(3) providing information about other organisations which provide such activities, services and facilities.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO RELIEVE ISOLATION, SICKNESS AND POOR HEALTH AMONG ELDERLY PEOPLE OF INDIAN ORIGIN, WHERE SUCH NEEDS ARISE AS A RESULT OF THEIR AGE, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY: (1) ARRANGING SOCIAL AND LEISURE ACTIVITIES; (2) PROVIDING ACTIVITIES, SERVICES AND FACILITIES DESIGNED TO MEET THEIR WELFARE NEEDS; AND (3) PROVIDING INFORMATION ABOUT OTHER ORGANISATIONS WHICH PROVIDE SUCH ACTIVITIES, SERVICES AND FACILITIES.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Religious Activities · Other Charitable Purposes · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £531,397, which the trustees describe as a 'large reserve' that is regularly monitored to ensure adequate free reserves are available. The charity reported a net incoming resource of £34,269 for the year, with total income of £92,948 and total expenditure of £58,679. The trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue.

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.

• 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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (09/06/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• BINA SHAHchair
• DINESH SHAH
• Jayantilal Shah
• Manjulaben Karia
• Urmila Shah
• Uttamchand Shah

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

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