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Better Community Association West Africa

Bcawa

Country
England & Wales
Charity number
1169646
Status
Registered
Reporting
Up to date Last filed Aug. 9, 2026. Filing history
Registered
Oct. 13, 2016
Legal form
CIO

Address

Address
4 Cubbin Crescent
Liverpool
L5 7TU

Activities

BCAWA focuses on schools (furniture, stationery, concrete floors), hygiene (toilets), library facilities, water and electricity, teacher training, and on income sustainability and 'survival' meaning food, school fees and medication. Future: to gain funding, especially to help Ker Serign nursery school, Ghanatown classrooms, and numerous other minor projects. Presentation of Mary dream.

Objects: The CIO Is Established To Further The Following Purposes For The Public Benefit In West Africa Or Anywhere In The World. 1. To Relieve Poverty 2. To Relieve Sickness And To Promote And Protect Good Health 3. To Advance Education 4. To Promote Racial Harmony For The Public Benefit By Raising Awareness Of African History And Culture, Including That Of The Global Diaspora, To Promote Good Relations Between Persons Of Different Racial Groups In The United Kingdom And Other Countries Of The World As The Trustees May From Time To Time Think Fit. 5. To Provide Or Assist In The Provision Of Facilities In The Interests Of Social Welfare For Recreation Or Other Leisure Time Occupation Of Individuals Who Have Need Of Such Facilities By Reason Of Their Youth, Age, Infirmity Or Disability, Financial Hardship Or Social Circumstances With The Object Of Improving Their Condition Of Life.

Classification

How
Makes Grants To Individuals, Provides Other Finance, Provides Human Resources
What
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Overseas Aid/famine Relief, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Amateur Sport, Animals, Economic/community Development/employment, Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency, Recreation
Who
Children/young People, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, The General Public/mankind

Geography

Country
Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Saint Helena, Senegal, Sierra Leone, São Tomé And Principe, The Gambia, Togo

Finances

Period end Filed Income Expenditure
Oct. 13, 2025 Aug. 9, 2026On time £0 £0
Oct. 13, 2024 Aug. 11, 2025On time £0 £0
Oct. 13, 2023 July 30, 2024On time £13 £200
Oct. 13, 2022 Jan. 19, 2023On time £105 £100
Oct. 13, 2021 Aug. 1, 2022On time £5 £461
Oct. 13, 2020 Dec. 30, 2020 £3,326 £1,877

Trustees

Name Appointed
Alieu Bittaye Oct. 16, 2020
Caroline Angela Riley Feb. 22, 2017
Joy Sarah Buchanan Oct. 13, 2016
Philip Terence Weeden May 22, 2017