# ANAWIM - BIRMINGHAM’S CENTRE FOR WOMEN LIMITED

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1159706
- **Other names:** ANAWIM - WOMEN WORKING TOGETHER, ANAWIM ? WOMEN WORKING TOGETHER, ANAWIM OR ANAWIM - WWT
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Dec. 22, 2014
- **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=1159706


## Contact

- **Address:** 228 MARY STREET, BALSALL HEATH, BIRMINGHAM
- **Postcode:** B12 9RJ
- **Phone:** 01214405296
- **Email:** charity@anawim.co.uk
- **Website:** www.anawim.co.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY (THE OBJECTS) ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL INCLUSION BY PREVENTING VULNERABLE WOMEN AND MEMBERS OF THEIR FAMILIES FROM BEING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF SUCH PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY BY ALL MEANS THAT ARE CHARITABLE IN LAW.SOCIALLY EXCLUDED MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; YOUTH OR OLD AGE; ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL); SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY INCLUDING ALCOHOL AND DRUGS; DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF SEX, RACE, DISABILITY, ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGION, BELIEF, CREED, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER RE-ASSIGNMENT; POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT; RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN; POOR HOUSING (THAT IS HOUSING THAT DOES NOT MEET BASIC HABITABLE STANDARDS); CRIME (EITHER AS A VICTIM OF CRIME OR AS AN OFFENDER); ANDVULNERABLE WOMEN MEANS WOMEN WHO HAVE BEEN, OR ARE AT RISK OF BEING, PHYSICALLY, SEXUALLY, EMOTIONALLY OR PSYCHOLOGICALLY ABUSED OR EXPERIENCED HOMELESSNESS, MENTAL, PHYSICAL HEALTH OR SUBSTANCE MISUSE PROBLEMS OR INVOLVED IN PROSTITUTION.

**Activities:** Women's Centre in Birmingham working to a 'one stop shop' approach. We support some of the most vulnerable &/or chaotic women who attend voluntarily or as part of their community sentences as alternatives to custody. We employ one-to-one interventions, counselling, a wide range of courses & specialised support services:Money Advice, Family Services and the IDVA service.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Other Finance, Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Accommodation/housing, Economic/community Development/employment
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Birmingham City



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £2171640 | £2262297 | £1841239 | 63 |
| March 31, 2024 | £1905887 | £2070130 | £1935042 | 65 |
| March 31, 2023 | £2167114 | £2179344 | £2094351 | 71 |
| March 31, 2022 | £1888471 | £1862616 | £2119364 | 66 |
| March 31, 2021 | £1790424 | £1705250 | £2083220 | 67 |



## Trustees

- Ahmad Mortazavi — appointed March 10, 2023
- Alphonsine Kabagabo — appointed Nov. 13, 2025
- David Michael Heath — appointed Oct. 7, 2022
- Fiona Mctaggart — appointed June 9, 2023
- Gemma Birkett — appointed Dec. 12, 2024
- Jennifer Anne Brown — appointed Dec. 12, 2024
- Paula Mitchell — appointed March 18, 2021
- Peter Fahy — appointed Dec. 12, 2024
- Professor Katherine Emily Brown — appointed Nov. 13, 2025
- Rehana Begum Ali — appointed Nov. 13, 2025
- Sabreena Mahroof — appointed Dec. 12, 2024
- Sheila MacGrath — appointed Sept. 23, 2023