# WISE THOUGHTS

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1077616
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Sept. 30, 1999
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1077616


## Contact

- **Address:** Room 330 3rd FLOOR, WOOD GREEN CENTRAL LIBRARY, HIGH ROAD, WOOD GREEN, LONDON
- **Postcode:** N22 6XD
- **Phone:** 02070704200
- **Email:** info@wisethoughts.org
- **Website:** www.wisethoughts.org



## Activities

**Objects:** TO PROMOTE PRINCIPALLY SOUTH ASIAN ARTS IN SOCIETY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF UK AND ELSEWHERE, BY DEVELOPING PUBLIC APPRECIATION OF SOUTH ASIAN ARTS AND BY IMPROVING PUBLIC ACCESS TO, AND THE QUALITY OF, THE ARTS, AND THE PROMOTION OF HUMAN IMMUNO DEFICIENCY VIRUS/ ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME ISSUE THROUGH THE MEDIUM OF ARTS AND IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING) THE COMPANY SHALL SEEK: 1. TO IMPROVE STANDARDS OF PRACTICE AND APPRECIATION OF SOUTH ASIAN ARTS; 2. TO PROMOTE, ADVANCE, ENCOURAGE, AND ASSIST IN THE PRACTICE, PRESENTATION, AND STUDY OF SOUTH ASIAN ARTS; 3. TO BRING FORTH ISSUES RELATED TO HIV/AIDS AND DIVERSE SEXUAL, CULTURAL AND ETHNIC IDENTITIES THROUGH ITS CREATIVE EXPRESSIONS 4. TO BRING TOGETHER AND CO-ORDINATE THE EFFORTS OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES, BODIES, ORGANISATIONS, SOCIETIES AND INDIVIDUALS CONCERNED OR INTERESTED IN THE ATTAINMENT OF ALL OR ANY OF THE OBJECTS OF THE COMPANY.

**Activities:** Wise Thoughts creates dynamic local, national and international arts initiatives, cross-arts initiatives, and deliver non-clinical services that help address social and cultural justice issues for the Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic (BAME) and Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex (LGBTQI) communities. We work as consultants and advice organisations on wider diversity and inclusion.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Human Resources, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Economic/community Development/employment
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £54301 | £97328 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £84308 | £99428 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £158218 | £104343 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £239374 | £160070 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £226788 | £216825 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **BHAVINI CHAVDA** (Chair)
- BENJAMIN COHEN
- Dr Trevor Wood MBE — appointed March 13, 2015
- Professor Rainer Uwe Willy Schulze PhD — appointed May 17, 2016
- Vanita Bhavnani — appointed March 13, 2026