Registered charity · Middlesbrough
Aapna Services Limited
- 4 trustees
- Income £1.2m (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
- Education/training, Disability, Economic/community Development/employment
- Where
- Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Redcar And Cleveland, Stockton-on-tees and more
- Website
- www.aapnaservices.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Aapna Services Limited
- Registered
- 2010
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£1.2m£926k
- 2024£1.7m£993k
- 2023£2.1m£1.6m
Earlier years
- 2022£2.0m£1.4m
- 2021£1.4m£926k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY WORKING WITH PEOPLE FROM BLACK AND MINORITY ETHNIC (BME) BACKGROUNDS WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED ON THE GROUNDS OF THEIR ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGION, BELIEF OR CREED IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY :1) PROVIDING A LOCAL NETWORK GROUP THAT ENCOURAGES AND ENABLES THE SAID BENEFICIARIES TO PARTICIPATE MORE EFFECTIVELY WITH THE WIDER COMMUNITY.2) INCREASING OR CO-ORDINATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE SAID BENEFICIARIES TO ENGAGE WITH SERVICE PROVIDERS TO ENABLE THOSE PROVIDERS TO ADOPT SERVICES TO BETTER MEET THE NEEDS OF THE BENEFICIARIES.3) TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE HEALTH OF THOSE CARING FOR PEOPLE WITH PHYSICAL, MENTAL, LEARNING OR SENSORY IMPAIRMENT WITHIN THE FAMILY HOME OR BY OFFERING A RESPITE SERVICE THROUGH THE PROVISION OF COMMUNITY BASED CARE.4) TO RELIEVE FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AMONG BME PEOPLE AND THEIR DEPENDANTS LIVING IN MIDDLESBOROUGH AND NEIGHBOURING AREAS BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION . LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECTION OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR BME PEOPLE.
Grants received
9 grants · £348,162 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 · £148,751 (4 grants)
- Northern Rock Foundation · £120,000 (2 grants)
- The Clothworkers' Foundation · £50,000
- Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales · £19,500
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £9,911
Most recent
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- 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.
4 trustees on the board
- Anu Ahitan Chair since 2017
- Dinesh Puri since 2013
- Najabat Ramzan since 2017
- Wahida Hussain since 2018
Trustees past 6 years
- Anu Ahitan Chair since 2017
- Dinesh Puri since 2013
- Najabat Ramzan since 2017
- Wahida Hussain since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (3)
- Anu Ahitan Chair since 2017
- Dinesh Puri since 2013
- Wahida Hussain since 2018
Portfolio (1)
- Najabat Ramzan since 2017
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
56.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 11.4 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1136373
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 28 JANUARY 2010 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE 14 APRIL 2010 as amended on 22 Jul 2019
- Companies House
- Company number 07139585 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01642825926 · enquiries@aapnaservices.org.uk
- 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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