COMMUNITY OF AFRICAN WOMEN

Registered charity 1212058 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We support African women and low income families, including asylum seekers, by providing culturally sensitive mental health support, peer groups, and wellbeing activities. We reduce isolation through community events and offer integration support such as language practice, skills training, and advocacy. Our work empowers women and girls to build confidence, resilience, and independence in the UK.

Objects

TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION AMONG THOSE SEEKING ASYLUM OR GRANTED REFUGEE STATUS, THEIR DEPENDENTS AND THE WIDER AFRICAN COMMUNITIES LIVING IN THE NORTH EAST OF ENGLAND WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED ON THE GROUNDS OF THEIR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC POSITION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY.

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 · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Sunderland, North East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The charity reported a surplus of £13,290 for the year ended 31 March 2026, with total income of £28,064 derived from donations and grants. Net assets stood at £13,290, comprising cash at bank of £15,400 and computer equipment valued at £1,256, offset by current liabilities of £3,366. The accounts were prepared on a going concern basis, and the independent examiner reported no material matters requiring attention.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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.

• Complaints handling
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Christabel Ihedikechair
• Comfort Amadasun
• Malerato Mosebi
• Moratuoa Sekatle

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

Operates in: Durham · Newcastle Upon Tyne City · North Tyneside · South Tyneside · Sunderland

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with AFRICAN WOMEN IMPACT UK CIO.

• AFRICAN WOMEN IMPACT UK CIO income £56k
• AFRICAN COMMUNITY CENTRE income £405k
• POWER OF THE MIND NETWORKS income £117k
• FORGOTTEN WOMEN income £2.9m
• PROJECT FEMALE income £165k
• SUPPORT AND ACTION FOR WOMEN'S NETWORK (SAWN) income £697k

Side by side with its peers

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