# FILIPINO WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION UK

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1147454
- **Other names:** FWA-UK
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** May 25, 2012
- **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=1147454


## Contact

- **Address:** Dias Solicitors, 3 Waterhouse Square, 138-142 Holborn, LONDON
- **Postcode:** EC1N 2SW
- **Phone:** 07928368400
- **Email:** contact@fwa-uk.com
- **Website:** www.fwa-uk.com



## Activities

**Objects:** 1) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN IN THE PHILIPPINES BY THE PROVISION OF SCHOLARSHIPS AND BY SUCH OTHER MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY DETERMINE.2) THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY OR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AMONG PEOPLE LIVING IN THE PHILIPPINES BY PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION, TRAINING, HEALTHCARE PROJECTS AND ALL THE NECESSARY SUPPORT DESIGNED TO ENABLE INDIVIDUALS AND IN PARTICULAR, WOMEN, TO GENERATE A SUSTAINABLE INCOME AND BE SELF-SUFFICIENT.3) TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF RECENT FILIPINO ARRIVALS TO THE UK FOR WHOM ENGLISH IS NOT THEIR FIRST LANGUAGE BY SUCH MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY DETERMINE, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THOSE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING DOMESTIC ABUSE, POVERTY OR SOCIAL ISOLATION.

**Activities:** Provide scholarship to indigent youth and support a school programme in the Philippines.  In the UK charitable projects include support victims of domestic violence, support services for senior citizens of FWA-UK and the community. General Meeting in May, Annual General Meeting in September, fundraising activities include annual food festival,  annual dinner dance in June.

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




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals, Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin



## Areas of operation

- Philippines
- Cambridgeshire
- Kent
- Surrey
- Throughout London



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept. 1, 2024 | £21719 | £13369 | — | — |
| Sept. 1, 2023 | £13256 | £21733 | — | — |
| Sept. 1, 2022 | £21435 | £5904 | — | — |
| Sept. 1, 2021 | £11194 | £17244 | — | — |
| Sept. 1, 2020 | £3795 | £11487 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Glyndell Belmonte** (Chair) — appointed Sept. 27, 2025
- Celerina Grosser — appointed Sept. 18, 2022
- Crystal Dias — appointed Sept. 27, 2020
- Ira Lehmann — appointed Sept. 27, 2020
- LESLEY LAROCHE — appointed Sept. 27, 2025
- Leilanie Marie Indopia — appointed Sept. 27, 2025
- Rebecca Cabatic — appointed Sept. 26, 2022
- Ruth Jeannette Thomson — appointed Sept. 27, 2025
- Shirley Soriano — appointed Sept. 27, 2025
- Teodora Foulkes — appointed Sept. 27, 2025
- Tina Fletcher — appointed Sept. 27, 2025
- Velly Cattermole — appointed Sept. 17, 2023
- Wilma Lone — appointed Sept. 27, 2025