# WOMEN ACTING IN TODAYS SOCIETY

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1135026
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** March 18, 2010
- **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=1135026


## Contact

- **Address:** Women Acting In Todays Society WAITS, 3rd Floor East, Wesleyan Building, Colmore Circus Queensway, Birmingham
- **Postcode:** B4 6AR
- **Phone:** 01214401443
- **Email:** support@waitsaction.org
- **Website:** www.waitsaction.org



## Activities

**Objects:** (1) THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF WOMEN TO FULFIL THEIR ROLES IN SOCIETY.(2) TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMINGSOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTINGTHEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY.

**Activities:** Women Acting In Todays Society (WAITS) supporting women affected by domestic abuse,  with specialism in  supporting Global Majority women and offenders. Providing advocacy, refuge, counselling,  development workshops that aim to increase skills and confidence. Empowering women, building the leadership skills of women to engage more effectively with networks, policy makers and service providers.

**Area of benefit:** UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Accommodation/housing, Economic/community Development/employment, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
- **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

- Birmingham City
- Sandwell



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £600002 | £559398 | £200502 | 12 |
| March 31, 2024 | £339438 | £430257 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £376526 | £412450 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £372610 | £332061 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £425920 | £329835 | — | — |



## Trustees

- Darshan Singh Matharoo — appointed Jan. 30, 2024
- Eneis Braham — appointed Oct. 1, 2019
- Heidi Slater — appointed May 14, 2019
- Karen Bailey — appointed Nov. 21, 2017
- SALLY BATEMAN
- Shafeena Mustafa — appointed Sept. 17, 2024
- Tina Lynn Fisher -Nee Swani — appointed July 21, 2020
- maureen Cadogan — appointed March 11, 2014