ASHA PROJECTS

Registered charity 294516 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ASHA-ASIAN WOMEN'S CO-OPERATIVE LAMBETH PROJECTS

Asha Projects is a specialist Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) women's organisation working with South Asian women to address violence against women and girls. Our programmes include accommodation based refuges, advice, outreach and training programmes to empower women.

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND SICKNESS AND THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF HEALTH AND FOR ANY OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY (WITH PARTICULAR REGARD TO WOMEN OF ASIAN ORIGIN) IN GREATER LONDON.

Area of benefit: GREATER LONDON

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £803,225, providing a buffer against funding uncertainties. The charity reports a surplus for the year and confirms it has adequate resources to continue in operational existence on a going concern basis.

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

What the accounts disclose

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.

• Bullying and harassment 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
• 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

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

Reported reserves equal ~15.4 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% 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).

Trustees · trustee networks

• PRAFULA VADGAMAchair
• CHANDRA SHAH
• Dr BIPASHA AHMED
• Jayasree Kalathil
• KAVITHA CHAHEL

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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