FATIMA WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1160027 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FWA

To empower disadvantaged women and children in Oldham in order to improve their quality of life. To provide and assist in the provision of education, training and recreational activities for women and children in the Borough of Oldham.Strategic Aims and Objectives are:Education/TrainingHealth and WellbeingActivities for children and young people

Objects

TO EMPOWER DISADVANTAGED WOMEN AND CHILDREN IN OLDHAM TO IMPROVE THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE.TO PROVIDE AND ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION, TRAINING AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN IN THE BOROUGH OF OLDHAM.

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

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £4,066 for the year, with total expenditure of £202,563 exceeding total income of £198,497. Free/unrestricted reserves stood at £68,143, while restricted funds were £91,902. The trustees expressed confidence in the organization's ability to adapt to the changing funding landscape and continue delivering services.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 2 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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• 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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Fatima women's association (matched by registered charity number).

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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (15/11/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• PARVEEN AKHTARchair
• Aisha Munir
• MARIA NESSA
• NASREEN SHABIR
• Rahela Khatun
• SAMINA IQBAL
• SYLVIA AKRAM
• TABASUM KAUSAR

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

Operates in: Oldham

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FATIMA WELFARE TRUST.

• FATIMA WELFARE TRUST income £184k
• THE LADY FATEMAH (A.S.) CHARITABLE TRUST income £4.1m
• FATIMA'S UK CAMPAIGN income £310k
• NASFAT THAMESMEAD-WOOLWICH, UK income £131k
• THE NORTHAMPTONSHIRE COUNTY FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S INSTITUTES income £138k
• Women's Inclusive Team income £647k

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.