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Akwaaba

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1181291LondonDisability
Income£84k2025-03-31
Spending£80ksame year
Spent / received100%5-year average
Size in its cause63rd pctDisability
Registered2018CIO
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Akwaaba is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in December 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover disability, the prevention or relief of poverty and human rights/religious or racial harmony/equality or diversity, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Akwaaba reported income of £84k and spending of £80k, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £244k to £84k (-65%), an average of -23% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 66%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Akwaaba sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 63% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 68th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wend Konta (£84k), The Agoonoree (Greater London) Trust Fund (£84k) and Brookhouse Community Church (£84k).

Income and spending

£0£61k£122k£183k£244k2021 Income: £243,5762021 Spending: £205,44220212022 Income: £82,6632022 Spending: £125,74820222023 Income: £75,4272023 Spending: £64,21220232024 Income: £67,9672024 Spending: £76,74320242025 Income: £84,0382025 Spending: £79,6092025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

  • Other 100%

In the charity's own words

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

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