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Registered charity (CIO) · London

Akwaaba

Akwaaba is a registered charity (number 1181291) based in London, governed by 6 trustees. Latest income £84k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

  • 6 trustees
  • Income £84k (2025)
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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
Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
Where
Hackney
Website
www.akwaaba.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2018

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£84k£80k
  • 2024£68k£77k
  • 2023£75k£64k
Earlier years
  • 2022£83k£126k
  • 2021£244k£205k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:1. THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AMONG PEOPLE WHO ARE MIGRANTS, INCLUDING REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS, AND THEIR DEPENDANTS, AND WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED ON THE GROUNDS OF THEIR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC POSITION OR IMMIGRATION STATUS BY PROVIDING A SAFE AND WELCOMING SPACE FOR SOCIAL ACTIVITY WITH OPPORTUNITIES FOR PARTICIPATION IN WORKSHOPS, FORUMS AND CLASSES.2. TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF MIGRANTS, INCLUDING REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS, AND THEIR DEPENDANTS, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF SUCH PEOPLE AND ASSIST THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY.3.TO RELIEVE HARDSHIP AMONG MIGRANTS BY PROVIDING OR FACILITATING ACCESS TO INFORMATION, LEGAL ADVICE, ADVOCACY, EDUCATION, SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL SUPPORT OR ANY OTHER APPROPRIATE SUPPORT AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT.4.TO PROMOTE EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PROMOTING ACTIVITIES TO FOSTER SOLIDARITY AND BUILD A SHARED COMMUNITY OF PEOPLE FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS.

Grants received

18 grants · £317,020 total

360Giving 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 Tudor Trust · £110,000 (5 grants)
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £58,545 (5 grants)
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £51,840
  • Smallwood Trust · £40,000
  • Hackney CVS · £19,975 (2 grants)

Most recent

  • Hackney CVS £5,0002025-07-02
  • Smallwood Trust £40,0002024-09-03
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £20,0002024-06-06
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £9,9802022-07-15
  • Hackney CVS £14,9752021-04-19
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.

6 trustees on the board

3.7y median 3y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

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company-linked trustees

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

Disability 6Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity 6The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 6

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board

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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£84k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1181291
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 20 Dec 2018
Contact on the register
07837213896 · hello@akwaaba.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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