AKWAABA

Registered charity 1181291 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Akwaaba is a Hackney-based social centre for migrants. We offer a space for rest, play, learning and mutual support. Akwaaba seeks to reduce social isolation, to build lasting relationships between new members of the community and old (regardless of age, background or immigration status), and to foster solidarity in an extremely diverse inner London

Causes: Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£84k
Latest spending
£80k
Registered
2018
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income increased to £84,038 for the year ending March 2025, resulting in a net increase in cash balance. The charity maintains unrestricted reserves of £72,340, which the trustees note provides for approximately six months of essential costs. The primary financial risk identified is the potential loss of recurring income during difficult socio-economic conditions.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months of essential costs (held: £72k)
“This year we maintained reserves of around £35,000 to continue running sessions. This provides for approximately six months of essential costs required to run sessions.” — page 16
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Hackney

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£84k£80k
31/03/2024£68k£77k
31/03/2023£75k£64k
31/03/2022£83k£126k
31/03/2021£244k£205k

Common questions

Is AKWAABA financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income increased to £84,038 for the year ending March 2025, resulting in a net increase in cash balance. The charity maintains unrestricted reserves of £72,340, which the trustees note provides for approximately six months of essential costs. The primary financial risk identified is the potential loss of recurring income during difficult socio-economic conditions. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds AKWAABA?

Funders whose own accounts filings name AKWAABA as a grant recipient include THE CENTRE FOR INNOVATION IN VOLUNTARY ACTION, MIGRANT AND ASYLUM SEEKER SOLIDARITY AND ACTION.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE CENTRE FOR INNOVATION IN VOLUNTARY ACTIONFY2024£5k
MIGRANT AND ASYLUM SEEKER SOLIDARITY AND ACTIONFY2024£5kOpen Call Funding Grants: Autumn 2023

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund06/06/2024£20kAkwaaba
The National Lottery Community Fund15/07/2022£10kAkwaaba Sunday Social Centre
The National Lottery Community Fund30/03/2021£10kAkwaaba Hardship Programme
Barrow Cadbury Trust14/10/2020£17kCOVID-19 - Akwaaba
UK government02/09/2020£52kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
Thrive LDN16/03/2020£10kAkwaaba Volunteer Development Programme
The National Lottery Community Fund04/03/2020£10kVolunteer Support Programme
The National Lottery Community Fund14/05/2018£9kIncreasing Participation Scheme