# AKWAABA

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1181291
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** Dec. 20, 2018
- **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=1181291


## Contact

- **Address:** 154 Sandford Road, LONDON
- **Postcode:** E6 3PX
- **Phone:** 07958 606550
- **Email:** hello@akwaaba.org.uk
- **Website:** www.akwaaba.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:1. THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AMONG PEOPLE WHO ARE MIGRANTS, INCLUDING REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS, AND THEIR DEPENDANTS, AND WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED ON THE GROUNDS OF THEIR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC POSITION OR IMMIGRATION STATUS BY PROVIDING A SAFE AND WELCOMING SPACE FOR SOCIAL ACTIVITY WITH OPPORTUNITIES FOR PARTICIPATION IN WORKSHOPS, FORUMS AND CLASSES.2. TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF MIGRANTS, INCLUDING REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS, AND THEIR DEPENDANTS, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF SUCH PEOPLE AND ASSIST THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY.3.TO RELIEVE HARDSHIP AMONG MIGRANTS BY PROVIDING OR FACILITATING ACCESS TO INFORMATION, LEGAL ADVICE, ADVOCACY, EDUCATION, SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL SUPPORT OR ANY OTHER APPROPRIATE SUPPORT AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT.4.TO PROMOTE EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PROMOTING ACTIVITIES TO FOSTER SOLIDARITY AND BUILD A SHARED COMMUNITY OF PEOPLE FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS.

**Activities:** Akwaaba is a Hackney-based social centre for migrants. We offer a space for rest, play, learning and mutual support. Akwaaba seeks to reduce social isolation, to build lasting relationships between new members of the community and old (regardless of age, background or immigration status), and to foster solidarity in an extremely diverse inner London




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, 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 Defined Groups



## Areas of operation

- Hackney



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £84038 | £79609 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £67967 | £76743 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £75427 | £64212 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £82663 | £125748 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £243576 | £205442 | — | — |



## Trustees

- Bukola Akinniyi — appointed Feb. 1, 2022
- Ibtisam Imam — appointed Dec. 1, 2021
- Jihad Issa — appointed March 1, 2024
- Morgan Paige Harries — appointed May 1, 2025
- Naomi Bernadette Byrne — appointed Feb. 22, 2022
- OMOLOLA ALIMI — appointed Dec. 21, 2018
- Otto Wolf — appointed March 1, 2024