Registered charity · Hounslow
Birwa Kurdish Community
Birwa Kurdish Community is a registered charity (number 1031639) based in Hounslow, governed by 7 trustees and chaired by Kamaran Shiwani since 2024. Latest income £388k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
- 7 trustees
- Income £388k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty and 8 more
- Where
- Throughout London
- Website
- www.birwakurdishcommunity.com (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1994
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£388k£30k
- 2024£0£0
- 2023£0£0
Earlier years
- 2022£0£0
- 2021£0£0
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY WORKING WITH PEOPLE IN LONDON WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED ON THE GROUNDS OF THEIR ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGION, BELIEF OR CREED, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT LIMITED TO, MEMBERS OF THE KURDISH COMMUNITY, INCLUDING SURVIVORS AND VICTIMS OF THE GENOCIDE IN KURDISTAN 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 KURDISH COMMUNITY TO PARTICIPATE MORE EFFECTIVELY WITH THE WIDER COMMUNITY; B) INCREASING, OR CO-ORDINATING, OPPORTUNITIES FOR MEMBERS OF THE KURDISH COMMUNITY TO ENGAGE WITH SERVICE PROVIDERS, TO ENABLE THOSE PROVIDERS TO ADAPT SERVICES TO BETTER MEET THE NEEDS OF THAT COMMUNITY; C) PROVIDING RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITY IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR PEOPLE LIVING IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT WHO HAVE NEED BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF SUCH PERSONS. TO DEVELOP THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF THE MEMBERS OF THE SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED KURDISH COMMUNITY OF LONDON IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY, AND HELP MEET, THEIR NEEDS AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY BY ENCOURAGING CHILDREN, ADOLESCENTS, YOUNG ADULTS AND MOTHERS TO LEARN ENGLISH, MATHEMATICS, COMPUTER LITERACY AS WELL AS THEIR ORIGINS LANGUAGE AND CULTURE, THEIR FAITH PRINCIPLES AND THEIR RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES IN THE COMMUNITY.
Grants received
1 grant · £19,786 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £19,786
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
7 trustees on the board
- Kamaran Shiwani Chair since 2024
- Abdulsamad Amin since 2024
- Dr Abdulrahman Salih since 2024
- Emad Ahmad Mohammad since 2024
- Nawzad Sidik Salih since 2024
- Sarteep Kader since 2023
- Farhad Abdelkarim since 2024
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (3)
- Dr Abdulrahman Salih since 2024
- Emad Ahmad Mohammad since 2024
- Farhad Abdelkarim since 2024
Portfolio (4)
- Kamaran Shiwani Chair since 2024
- Abdulsamad Amin since 2024
- Nawzad Sidik Salih since 2024
- Sarteep Kader since 2023
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- Mostly recent joiners - limited long-term continuity
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1031639
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- TRUST DEED DATED 5 JANUARY 1994 as amended on 22 Aug 2022 as amended on 06 Mar 2023 as amended on 20 Nov 2024 as amended on 06 Mar 2025 as amended on 26 Jul 2026
- Contact on the register
- 02081493358 · Kurds.kmc@gmail.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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