Registered charity · Cardiff
Ethnic Minority Welsh Women Achievement Association
- 10 trustees
- Income £36k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Dr Meena Upadhyaya OBE FrcpathChair · since 2010
- Dr Tania GhafariTrustee · since 2019
- Masudah AliTrustee · since 2023
- Natalie JonesTrustee · since 2023
- Nisha RawindaranTrustee · since 2018
- Shehla KhanTrustee · since 2020
- Sivaneswary SivapalanTrustee · since 2015
- Suzanne Maria SmartTrustee · since 2022
- Temmy WoolstonTrustee · since 2019
- Vimlaben Harilal PatelTrustee · since 2010
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Economic/community Development/employment, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
- Where
- Throughout Wales
- Website
- www.EMWWAA.org.UK (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2015
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£36k£36k
- 2024£22k£17k
- 2023£31k£35k
Earlier years
- 2022£50k£41k
- 2021£4k£11k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 17%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE PROMOTION OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY;1. A BIENNIAL AWARDS CEREMONY THAT RECOGNISES AND CELEBRATES THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF WOMEN AND GIRLS IN WALES FROM AN ETHNIC MINORITY BACKGROUND WHO HAVE MADE A SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION TO THEIR COMMUNITIES.2. CULTIVATING A SENTIMENT IN FAVOUR OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY3. SUCH OTHER MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE
Grants received
1 grant · £41,800 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 Heritage Fund · £41,800
Most recent
- The National Lottery Heritage 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.
10 trustees on the board
- Dr Meena Upadhyaya OBE Frcpath Chair since 2010
- Dr Tania Ghafari since 2019
- Masudah Ali since 2023
- Natalie Jones since 2023
- Nisha Rawindaran since 2018
- Sivaneswary Sivapalan since 2015
- Shehla Khan since 2020
- Suzanne Maria Smart since 2022
- Temmy Woolston since 2019
- Vimlaben Harilal Patel since 2010
Trustees past 6 years
- Dr Meena Upadhyaya OBE Frcpath Chair since 2010
- Dr Tania Ghafari since 2019
- Nisha Rawindaran since 2018
- Sivaneswary Sivapalan since 2015
- Shehla Khan since 2020
- Temmy Woolston since 2019
- Vimlaben Harilal Patel since 2010
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Dr Meena Upadhyaya OBE Frcpath Chair since 2010
- Natalie Jones since 2023
- Nisha Rawindaran since 2018
- Sivaneswary Sivapalan since 2015
- Temmy Woolston since 2019
Portfolio (5)
- Dr Tania Ghafari since 2019
- Masudah Ali since 2023
- Shehla Khan since 2020
- Suzanne Maria Smart since 2022
- Vimlaben Harilal Patel since 2010
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.
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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
- 1163999
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 01 OCT 2010AS AMENDED ON 01/09/2014AS AMENDED ON 16/07/2015
- Contact on the register
- 07979155320
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 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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