LEGACY WM

Registered charity 1180546 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Legacy WM was established in 2010 as charity with a focus on post war heritage. We have now broadened our aims to include; wellbeing, arts and community cohesion. We are based at Soho House and we work with local organisations to deliver our aims.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:(1) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN:(A) THE SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL HISTORY AND HERITAGE OF THE WEST MIDLANDS METROPOLITAN REGION ("THE AREA") AND THE CONTRIBUTION MADE THERETO BY ASIAN, AFRICAN, CARIBBEAN AND OTHER IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES; AND (B) WORKS OF ARTISTIC MERIT IN ALL THEIR FORMS (INCLUDING AND NOT LIMITED TO VISUAL, LITERARY AND PERFORMING ARTS) PRODUCED OR PERFORMED IN AREA AND IN PARTICULAR BY MEMBERS OF OR RELATING TO THE SAID COMMUNITIES. (2) TO RELIEVE THE SICKNESS OF AND TO PRESERVE THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF RESIDENTS OF THE AREA THROUGH FITNESS ACTIVITY AND EDUCATION PROGRAMMES.

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 · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Accommodation/housing · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £64,762 for the 17-month period, increasing its total reserves to £145,721. The trustees report that the charity is in a strong position to continue its activities, with assets adequate to fulfill obligations and no material uncertainties regarding going concern identified by the auditors.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Thapers Chartered Accountants. Discloses 5 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
• 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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• 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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Legacy WM (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Clover HR — “Clover HR are genuinely pleased to be able to support the work done by Legacy WM. We have been involved with Aftab and his Team for several …” (source page)
• Soho Road Business Improvement District CIC — “Partnering with Legacy WM has been a truly rewarding experience for the Soho Road BID. Their dedication to celebrating and preserving the ri…” (source page)
• Pronta Print — “Prontaprint Walsall is deeply honoured to support the invaluable work carried out by Legacy WM. Our longstanding relationship with Aftab and…” (source page)

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~1.9 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (97% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (15/03/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Fahmida Choudhury
• GARY BOWMAN
• Gurpreet Bhatia · trustee of 1 other charity
• Ingrid Deanna Abrahams
• JESSE GERALD · trustee of 1 other charity
• Mohammed Ramzan
• Rizwan Siddiquee
• Rooqia Malik
• Shaida Bibi
• Virinder Kalra

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

Operates in: Birmingham City · Coventry City · Dudley · Sandwell · Solihull · Walsall

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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