KEIGHLEY ASSOCIATION FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN'S CENTRE
KAWACC provides a range of services including advice and guidance,educational classes, health activities and youth clubs. We develop healthy and strong communities e.g. cohesion strategy, tackling extremism, helping reduce obesity, young people at risk of Anti-Social Behavior and providing diversionary activities and training programmes.
Objects
1. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN IN KEIGHLEY WHO ARE UNDER FIVE YEARS OF AGE, AND IN PARTICULAR, BUT WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, CHILDREN OF ASIAN ORIGIN.2. TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION, IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION, AND FOR EDUCATION OF FEMALE INHABITANTS OF KEIGHLEY AND IN PARTICULAR, BUT WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING WOMEN OF ASIAN ORIGIN.3. TO PROVIDE COMPREHENSIVE ADVICE GUIDANCE AND INFORMATION TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ABOUT THEIR WELFARE RIGHTS AND TO MAXIMISE INDIVIDUAL CLIENT'S INCOME BY INTERVENTION WITH STATUTORY AND VOLUNTARY AGENCIES.4. TO PROVIDE PREVENTATIVE HEALTH EDUCATION WITH THE OBJECT TO PRESERVING MENTAL AND PHYSICAL GOOD HEALTH.
Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a total surplus for the year of £7,665, driven by restricted funds, while unrestricted funds incurred a deficit of £8,607. Total net assets stood at £540,117, comprising £532,452 in reserves and £7,665 in the surplus/deficit account. The charity employed an average of 6 persons during the year.
What the accounts disclose
Policies the charity declares
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Campaigns and political activity 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
- 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
From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2026
- Volunteers: 12
- Government income: £126,498 — contracts £84,169 (2), grants £42,329 (2); 66% of the £190,300 total gross income on the same return
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025
- Volunteers: 8
- Government income: £131,838 — grants £131,838 (5); 59% of the £223,320 total gross income on the same return
- Grant-making is its main activity
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024
- Volunteers: 8
- Government income: £84,992 — grants £84,992 (5); 27% of the £314,459 total gross income on the same return
Property (HM Land Registry)
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (06/06/2018)
Trustees
- Aisha Ali
- Farida Zaman
- NASRAIN ALI
Income and spending
| Financial year end | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 31/03/2026 | £190k | £183k |
| 31/03/2025 | £223k | £228k |
| 31/03/2024 | £314k | £197k |
| 31/03/2023 | £189k | £213k |
| 31/03/2022 | £356k | £177k |
Common questions
Is KEIGHLEY ASSOCIATION FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN'S CENTRE financially healthy?
Per its FY2026 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a total surplus for the year of £7,665, driven by restricted funds, while unrestricted funds incurred a deficit of £8,607. Total net assets stood at £540,117, comprising £532,452 in reserves and £7,665 in the surplus/deficit account. The charity employed an average of 6 persons during the year. Its FY2026 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds KEIGHLEY ASSOCIATION FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN'S CENTRE?
Funders whose own accounts filings name KEIGHLEY ASSOCIATION FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN'S CENTRE as a grant recipient include SMALLWOOD TRUST, SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.
Known funders
| Funder | Year | Amount | Purpose (as stated by the funder) |
|---|---|---|---|
| SMALLWOOD TRUST | FY2021 | £16k | |
| SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION | FY2025 | £1k |
Government & lottery funding
| Funder | Date | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| The National Lottery Heritage Fund | 13/07/2026 | £60k | "Roots to Resilliance (R2R)" |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 09/04/2021 | £10k | REBOUND |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 11/10/2018 | £10k | HEALTH ROUTE |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 29/03/2016 | £500k | WGI Stage 2 |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 17/11/2015 | £880 | WGI Stage 2 |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 29/07/2015 | £10k | U-Learn@KAWACC |
Funders of similar charities
| Funder | Similar charities funded | Amount to them |
|---|---|---|
| JOHN LYON'S CHARITY | 1 | £255k |
| THE KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA FOUNDATION | 1 | £90k |
| THE SUSSEX COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | 1 | £82k |
| THE LONDON MARATHON CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED | 1 | £34k |
| YOUNG CAMDEN FOUNDATION | 1 | £27k |
| WESTWAY TRUST | 1 | £25k |
| THE HAMPSTEAD WELLS AND CAMPDEN TRUST | 1 | £15k |
| THE CAMPDEN CHARITIES TRUSTEE | 1 | £6k |
Charities like this
- Crawley Community Action
- BANGLADESHI COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION (KEIGHLEY)
- THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF KEIGHLEY
- QUEENS CRESCENT COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION
- KINGSLEY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION
- THEKENILWORTHCENTRE
Side by side with its peers
| Charity | Income | Top pay band | Staff >£60k | Reserves vs policy | Fundraising cost | Going concern |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KEIGHLEY ASSOCIATION FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN'S CENTRE | £190k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| Crawley Community Action | £406k | — | 0 | above | — | no doubt |
| BANGLADESHI COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION (KEIGHLEY) | £48k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF KEIGHLEY | £568k | — | 0 | below | — | no doubt |
| QUEENS CRESCENT COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION | £1.8m | — | — | unclear | — | no doubt |
| KINGSLEY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION | £32k | — | — | above | — | no doubt |