TURKISH WOMEN'S PHILANTHROPIC ASSOCIATION OF ENGLAND

Registered charity 271146 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as TWPA

General money rising activities ,sponsored walks,day trips,outings, annual ruffle,lunches.We have Sunday teas open to members with educational talks.Every Friday is drop in day for elderly and others.We provide yoga classes for elderly and others every week and hand craft and embroidery classes for members and others.We visit elderly and sick persons at Hospitals and homes mainly in North London.

Objects

TO PROVIDE HELP AND ASSISTANCE TO POOR, SICK, OLD-AGED AND DESTITUTE PERSONS.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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 · Disability · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Haringey, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£45k
Latest spending
£40k
Registered
1976
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an overall surplus of £5,222 for the year ended 31 May 2025, with total net assets increasing to £547,195. The trustees confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, adopting the going concern basis. The charity operates largely without grants, relying on donations and event income to fund its programs and specialist staff costs.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: utilise any reserves for future commitments and projects which include: -Raising funds for our objectives generally. -Maintenance and upkeep of the premises. (reserves figure: £547k)
“Our policy is to utilise any reserves for future commitments and projects which include: -Raising funds for our objectives generally. -Maintenance and upkeep of the premises.” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Payments to trustees: Ms A Osman received £340 in reimbursed expenses and was paid for acting as a Secretary for an Autism project.
“Ms A Osman £340 (2024: £734) of expenses were reimbursed to Ms A Osman during the year. Ms A Osman was paid for acting as a Secretary for an Autism project.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Ms A Osman, a trustee, was paid for acting as a Secretary for an Autism project.
“Ms A Osman was paid for acting as a Secretary for an Autism project. No trustees, nor any persons connected with them, have received any remuneration from the charity during the year.” — page 23
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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.

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/05/2025

  • Volunteers: 23
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/05/2024

  • Volunteers: 20
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/05/2023

  • Volunteers: 30

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/05/2022 (received 12/04/2023, 12 days after the 31/03/2023 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Barnet · Cyprus · Enfield · Hackney · Haringey · Islington · Lewisham · Southwark · Turkey · Waltham Forest

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/05/2025£45k£40k
31/05/2024£37k£37k
31/05/2023£24k£18k
31/05/2022£22k£12k
31/05/2021£10k£6k

Common questions

Is TURKISH WOMEN'S PHILANTHROPIC ASSOCIATION OF ENGLAND financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported an overall surplus of £5,222 for the year ended 31 May 2025, with total net assets increasing to £547,195. The trustees confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, adopting the going concern basis. The charity operates largely without grants, relying on donations and event income to fund its programs and specialist staff costs. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Sport England29/09/2025£11kMoving Together: Empowering Women and Carers
The National Lottery Community Fund10/12/2014£10kCommunication Technology Project
The National Lottery Community Fund25/07/2013£10kCommunication Technology Project

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FIFTY PLUS AGED ERITREAN WELFARE ASSOCIATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
TURKISH WOMEN'S PHILANTHROPIC ASSOCIATION OF ENGLAND£45k—0unclear—no doubt
FIFTY PLUS AGED ERITREAN WELFARE ASSOCIATION FY2026£35k——unclear—no doubt
UTULIVU WOMENS GROUP FY2025£177k—0unclear—no doubt
RICHMOND EAL FRIENDSHIP GROUP CENTRE LTD FY2025£49k—0unclear—no doubt
TURKISH CYPRIOT WOMEN'S PROJECT FY2026£116k—0below—no doubt
Women's Association For Networking and Development FY2025£159k—0within—no doubt

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