CCEW Charity Commission profile

AFRICAN UNITED SOCIETY IN WAKEFIELD

Registered charity 1160029 · organisation 5051446

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status
Registered
Reporting status
Submission Received
Charity type
Other
Registered
19 January 2015
Removed
Not supplied
Financial period
1 July 2024 – 30 June 2025
Latest income
£5,650
Latest expenditure
£1,162
Gift Aid
No
Owns or uses land
No
In administration
No
Insolvent
No
CIO
No

Public contact address: 33 Duke Of York Avenue, WAKEFIELD, West Yorkshire, WF2 7BX

02 Activities

What the charity does

African United Society's activities, includes celebrating black history month every year in an around the month of October, in collaboration with our sister charitable or community organisations in Wakefield and its surroundings.We do organised our own events once or twice every year which is open to the general public, especially people who are isolated or may be Vulnerable to the system.

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Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date
1 July 2024
Fin Period End Date
30 June 2025
Ar Cycle Reference
AR25
Reporting Due Date
30 April 2026
Date Annual Return Received
18 April 2026
Total Gross Income
£5,650
Total Gross Expenditure
£1,162
Fin Period Start Date
1 July 2023
Fin Period End Date
30 June 2024
Ar Cycle Reference
AR24
Reporting Due Date
30 April 2025
Date Annual Return Received
20 May 2025
Total Gross Income
£4,800
Total Gross Expenditure
£3,320
Fin Period Start Date
1 July 2022
Fin Period End Date
30 June 2023
Ar Cycle Reference
AR23
Reporting Due Date
30 April 2024
Date Annual Return Received
6 August 2024
Total Gross Income
£4,000
Total Gross Expenditure
£1,273
Fin Period Start Date
1 July 2021
Fin Period End Date
30 June 2022
Ar Cycle Reference
AR22
Reporting Due Date
30 April 2023
Date Annual Return Received
31 May 2023
Total Gross Income
£4,200
Total Gross Expenditure
£900
Fin Period Start Date
1 July 2020
Fin Period End Date
30 June 2021
Ar Cycle Reference
AR21
Reporting Due Date
30 April 2022
Date Annual Return Received
23 May 2022
Total Gross Income
£3,600
Total Gross Expenditure
£538

04 Official extract

Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type
Local Authority
Geographic Area Description
City Of Wakefield
Parent Geographic Area Type
Metropolitan Counties
Parent Geographic Area Description
West Yorkshire
Welsh Ind
No

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Charity Classification

Classification Code
207
Classification Type
Who
Classification Description
The General Public/mankind
Classification Code
307
Classification Type
How
Classification Description
Provides Advocacy/advice/information
Classification Code
101
Classification Type
What
Classification Description
General Charitable Purposes

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Charity Event History

Charity Name
AFRICAN UNITED SOCIETY IN WAKEFIELD
Charity Event Order
1
Event Type
Standard registration
Date Of Event
2015-01-19T00:00:00

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Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description
CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 24/06/2012AS AMENDED ON 24/08/2014AS AMENDED ON 26/10/2014
Charitable Objects
THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS ("THE OBJECTS") ARE:1. TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY WORKING WITH PEOPLE IN WAKEFIELD WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED ON THE GROUNDS OF THEIR ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGION, BELIEF OR CREED (IN PARTICULAR, MEMBERS OF THE AFRICAN COMMUNITY) TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF SUCH PEOPLE AND ASSIST THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY, IN PARTICULAR BY:A) PROVIDING A LOCAL NETWORK GROUP THAT ENCOURAGES AND ENABLES MEMBERS OF THE AFRICAN COMMUNITY TO PARTICIPATE MORE EFFECTIVELY WITH THE WIDER COMMUNITY;B) INCREASING, OR CO-ORDINATING, OPPORTUNITIES FOR MEMBERS OF THE AFRICAN COMMUNITY TO ENGAGE WITH SERVICE PROVIDERS, TO ENABLE THOSE PROVIDERS TO ADAPT SERVICES TO BETTER MEET THE NEEDS OF THAT COMMUNITY.2. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE SUBJECT OF AFRICAN CULTURE AND HERITAGE.

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Charity Policy

Policy Name
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Policy Name
Conflicting interests
Policy Name
Complaints handling
Policy Name
Volunteer management