01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC050778
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Wider, but within one local authority area
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- G75 9PJ
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Black Women in Action is a community led organisation supporting Black women in East Kilbride and surrounding areas. We provide safe spaces, peer support, skills development, and culturally relevant wellbeing activities. Our work is shaped by lived experience and by the voices of Black women who tell us what support they need to thrive. Culturally relevant health education including diabetes awareness workshops, healthy cooking demonstrations
Charitable purposes
- the prevention or relief of poverty
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of health
- the advancement of citizenship or community development
- the provision of recreational facilities, or the organisation of recreational activities, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the persons for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended
- the advancement of human rights, conflict resolution or reconciliation
Beneficiaries
- People with a particular ethnic or racial origin
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
The objectives of BWIA are: (a) To promote the advancement of education and health through training, seminars, and workshops facilitated by volunteers who have the right expertise, in order to improve physical health and wellbeing of women of black and ethnic minority group. (b) To Facilitate opportunities towards prevention of or relief of poverty through activities that boost and strengthen sense of achievement and belonging amongst women of black and ethnic minority group. (c) To promote the advancement of citizenship and community development through activities that increase the bonding amongst women of black and ethnic minority group within our community and social circle. (d) To promote the advancement of human rights by creating awareness as well as provide support for black and ethnic minority women suffering from domestic abuse. (e) To facilitate social communal recreational, physical educational activities for the common good of women of black and ethnic minority group in order to improve their general wellbeing
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 January 2026 | £55,230 | £33,861 | 0 | 5 March 2026 |
| 9 January 2025 | £10,110 | £7,818 | 0 | 5 March 2026 |
| 9 January 2024 | £6,778 | £5,858 | 0 | 13 January 2025 |
| 9 January 2023 | £5,950 | £3,557 | 0 | 12 December 2023 |
| 9 January 2022 | £8,222 | £5,124 | 0 | 5 September 2022 |
Figures are those reported by the charity and supplied in the OSCR bulk download. Blank facts remain distinct from zero.
04 Contact record
Principal office or trustees address
- Address supplied to OSCR
- 15 SANDHAVEN GARDENS, EAST KILBRIDE, Glasgow
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.bwia.co.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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