Registered charity · Birmingham
Anawim - Birmingham’s Centre for Women Limited
- 11 trustees
- Income £2.2m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Alphonsine KabagaboTrustee · since 2025
- David Michael HeathTrustee · since 2022
- Fiona MctaggartTrustee · since 2023
- Gemma BirkettTrustee · since 2024
- Jennifer Anne BrownTrustee · since 2024
- Paula MitchellTrustee · since 2021
- Peter FahyTrustee · since 2024
- Professor Katherine Emily BrownTrustee · since 2025
- Rehana Begum AliTrustee · since 2025
- Sabreena MahroofTrustee · since 2024
- Sheila MacgrathTrustee · since 2023
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, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Accommodation/housing and 1 more
- Where
- Birmingham City
- Website
- www.anawim.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Anawim - Birmingham's Centre for Women Limited
- Registered
- 2014
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£2.2m£2.3m
- 2024£1.9m£2.1m
- 2023£2.2m£2.2m
Earlier years
- 2022£1.9m£1.9m
- 2021£1.8m£1.7m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 33% · Government grants 20%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY (THE OBJECTS) ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL INCLUSION BY PREVENTING VULNERABLE WOMEN AND MEMBERS OF THEIR FAMILIES FROM BEING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF SUCH PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY BY ALL MEANS THAT ARE CHARITABLE IN LAW.SOCIALLY EXCLUDED MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; YOUTH OR OLD AGE; ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL); SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY INCLUDING ALCOHOL AND DRUGS; DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF SEX, RACE, DISABILITY, ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGION, BELIEF, CREED, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER RE-ASSIGNMENT; POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT; RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN; POOR HOUSING (THAT IS HOUSING THAT DOES NOT MEET BASIC HABITABLE STANDARDS); CRIME (EITHER AS A VICTIM OF CRIME OR AS AN OFFENDER); ANDVULNERABLE WOMEN MEANS WOMEN WHO HAVE BEEN, OR ARE AT RISK OF BEING, PHYSICALLY, SEXUALLY, EMOTIONALLY OR PSYCHOLOGICALLY ABUSED OR EXPERIENCED HOMELESSNESS, MENTAL, PHYSICAL HEALTH OR SUBSTANCE MISUSE PROBLEMS OR INVOLVED IN PROSTITUTION.
Grants received
36 grants · £3,020,614 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 · £927,815 (6 grants)
- Henry Smith Foundation · £510,900 (4 grants)
- Barrow Cadbury Trust · £272,750 (4 grants)
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £270,000 (4 grants)
- The Coutts Foundation · £213,000 (4 grants)
Most recent
- 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.
11 trustees on the board
- Alphonsine Kabagabo since 2025
- David Michael Heath since 2022
- Fiona Mctaggart since 2023
- Gemma Birkett since 2024
- Jennifer Anne Brown since 2024
- Paula Mitchell since 2021
- Peter Fahy since 2024
- Professor Katherine Emily Brown since 2025
- Rehana Begum Ali since 2025
- Sabreena Mahroof since 2024
- Sheila Macgrath since 2023
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- Alphonsine Kabagabo since 2025
- David Michael Heath since 2022
- Fiona Mctaggart since 2023
- Jennifer Anne Brown since 2024
- Paula Mitchell since 2021
- Professor Katherine Emily Brown since 2025
- Rehana Begum Ali since 2025
- Sabreena Mahroof since 2024
- Sheila Macgrath since 2023
Portfolio (2)
- Gemma Birkett since 2024
- Peter Fahy since 2024
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.
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
1.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1159706
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 21 NOV 2014 as amended on 21 Apr 2020 as amended on 21 Apr 2020 as amended on 21 Nov 2022 as amended on 27 Sep 2022
- Companies House
- Company number 09322109 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01214405296 · charity@anawim.co.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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