# WELWITSCHIA WELFARE CENTRE

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1131751
- **Other names:** WELWITSCHIA LEGAL ADVICE CENTRE
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Sept. 22, 2009
- **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=1131751


## Contact

- **Address:** IMPERIAL HOUSE, 64 WILLOUGHBY LAND, LONDON
- **Postcode:** N17 0SP
- **Phone:** 02088081255
- **Email:** info@wwcuk.org
- **Website:** www.wwcuk.org



## Activities

**Objects:** FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN GREATER LONDON AND ELSEWHERE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND IN PARTICULAR FOR THE BENEFIT OF THOSE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO ARE FROM AFRICAN PORTUGUESE SPEAKING COUNTRIES AND OTHER PEOPLE OF AFRICAN DESCENT.  BY RELIEVING PERSONS WHO ARE IN NEED BY REASON OF POVERTY, SICKNESS AND STRESS.  BY ADVANCING EDUCATION AND PROVIDING AND ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THOSE PERSONS FOR WHOM THE FACILITIES ARE PROVIDED.FOR THE RELIEF OF POVERTY OF PEOPLE FROM AFRICAN PORTUGUESE SPEAKING COUNTRIES AND OTHER PEOPLE OF AFRICAN DESCENT WHO ARE RESIDENT OR INTENDING TO RESIDE IN GREATER LONDON AND ELSEWHERE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, BY PROVIDING SUCH PERSONS WITH FREE, CONFIDENTIAL AND IMPARTIAL ADVICE, INFORMATION, ASSISTANCE, REPRESENTATION, COUNSELLING, TRANSLATION AND INTERPRETATION SERVICES IN SUCH MATTERS AS; IMMIGRATION, MONEY, DEBTS, WELFARE BENEFITS, HEALTH, HOUSING, SOCIAL SERVICES, EDUCATION, TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT.

**Activities:** The  WWC  provides  advice,  information, advocacy  to  African  Portuguese Speaking  refugees,  asylum  seekers  and  migrants.  It  services    are  provided   in  different    subjects  such  as;  immigration,  housing,  welfare  benefits,  community  care,  debt/money,  education,  employment  and  training,  interpreting  and  translation  services.  It  also  carries  out  home  visits.

**Area of benefit:** UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE NATIONAL




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Accommodation/housing
- **Who:** People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Barking And Dagenham
- Barnet
- Enfield
- Hackney
- Islington
- Lambeth
- Newham
- Waltham Forest



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £75211 | £59888 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £37066 | £59183 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £69311 | £56717 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £54994 | £53533 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £92916 | £81770 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Antonio   Amaro da  Silva** (Chair) — appointed Feb. 28, 2019
- Adao Jones — appointed Nov. 21, 2013
- Helder Baptista — appointed March 13, 2021
- RIBEIRO BAPTISTA