WELWITSCHIA WELFARE CENTRE

Charity number: 1131751
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

The WWC provides advice, information, advocacy to African Portuguese Speaking refugees, asylum seekers and migrants. It services are provided in different subjects such as; immigration, housing, welfare benefits, community care, debt/money, education, employment and training, interpreting and translation services. It also carries out home visits.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 March 2025

Total income: £75,211
Total expenditure: £59,888

People

4 Trustee(s)

4 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No employees have total benefits over £60k for this charity

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
  • Accommodation/housing
Who the charity helps:
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
Where the charity operates:
  • Barking And Dagenham
  • Barnet
  • Enfield
  • Hackney
  • Islington
  • Lambeth
  • Newham
  • Waltham Forest

Governance

Registration history:
  • 22 September 2009: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:
  • WELWITSCHIA LEGAL ADVICE CENTRE (Previous name)
Company number:
06528173 Open in new window
Gift aid:
Not recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
  • Financial Conduct Authority
Policies:
  • 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
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

4 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Antonio Amaro da Silva Chair 28 February 2019
None on record
Helder Baptista Trustee 13 March 2021
None on record
Adao Jones Trustee 21 November 2013
None on record
RIBEIRO BAPTISTA Trustee
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/03/2021 31/03/2022 31/03/2023 31/03/2024 31/03/2025
Total gross income £92.92k £54.99k £69.31k £37.07k £75.21k
Total expenditure £81.77k £53.53k £56.72k £59.18k £59.89k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 March 2025 30 September 2025 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2025 30 September 2025 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2024 18 September 2024 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2024 18 September 2024 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2023 17 November 2023 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2023 17 November 2023 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2022 07 December 2022 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2022 07 December 2022 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2021 25 November 2021 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2021 25 November 2021 On time Download Open in new window
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 8 MARCH 2008 AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 10 FEBRUARY 2011

Charitable objects

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN GREATER LONDON AND ELSEWHERE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND IN PARTICULAR FOR THE BENEFIT OF THOSE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO ARE FROM AFRICAN PORTUGUESE SPEAKING COUNTRIES AND OTHER PEOPLE OF AFRICAN DESCENT. BY RELIEVING PERSONS WHO ARE IN NEED BY REASON OF POVERTY, SICKNESS AND STRESS. BY ADVANCING EDUCATION AND PROVIDING AND ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THOSE PERSONS FOR WHOM THE FACILITIES ARE PROVIDED. FOR THE RELIEF OF POVERTY OF PEOPLE FROM AFRICAN PORTUGUESE SPEAKING COUNTRIES AND OTHER PEOPLE OF AFRICAN DESCENT WHO ARE RESIDENT OR INTENDING TO RESIDE IN GREATER LONDON AND ELSEWHERE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, BY PROVIDING SUCH PERSONS WITH FREE, CONFIDENTIAL AND IMPARTIAL ADVICE, INFORMATION, ASSISTANCE, REPRESENTATION, COUNSELLING, TRANSLATION AND INTERPRETATION SERVICES IN SUCH MATTERS AS; IMMIGRATION, MONEY, DEBTS, WELFARE BENEFITS, HEALTH, HOUSING, SOCIAL SERVICES, EDUCATION, TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT.

Area of benefit

The area the charity can operate in, as set out in its governing document.

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE NATIONAL

Contact information

Address:
IMPERIAL HOUSE
64 WILLOUGHBY LAND
LONDON
N17 0SP
Phone:
02088081255
Email:
info@wwcuk.org
Website:

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