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Registered charity (CIO) · Liverpool

Better Community Association West Africa

Better Community Association West Africa is a registered charity (number 1169646) based in Liverpool, governed by 4 trustees. Latest income £0 (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

Also known as Bcawa (Charity Commission)

  • 4 trustees
  • Income £0 (2025)
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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 Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty and 7 more
Where
Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, The Gambia and more
Website
www.facebook.com/BCAWestAfrica (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2016

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£0£0
  • 2024£0£0
  • 2023£13£200
Earlier years
  • 2022£105£100
  • 2021£5£461

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

THE CIO IS ESTABLISHED TO FURTHER THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN WEST AFRICA OR ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD. 1. TO RELIEVE POVERTY 2. TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT GOOD HEALTH 3. TO ADVANCE EDUCATION 4. TO PROMOTE RACIAL HARMONY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY RAISING AWARENESS OF AFRICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE, INCLUDING THAT OF THE GLOBAL DIASPORA, TO PROMOTE GOOD RELATIONS BETWEEN PERSONS OF DIFFERENT RACIAL GROUPS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND OTHER COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT. 5. TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITION OF LIFE.

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

8.5y median 9y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

0
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 4General Charitable Purposes 4The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 4

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • 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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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1169646
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - ASSOCIATION REGISTERED 13 OCT 2016AMENDED ON 04 JAN 2023
Contact on the register
07925938237 · bcawa2016@gmail.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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