Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 1
Support Score: 6
  • No PartB
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 7 ?

CENTRE FOR ARMENIAN INFORMATION AND ADVICE 

- Information, advisory and advocacy services to refugees, senior citizens, Carers, women and other disadvantaged Armenians on issues such as immigration, housing, and health and welfare rights.- Specific social, educational and supporting activities targeting young people and children.- Publications and cultural events/resources.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£176£193£-17n/an/an/an/an/a15
31/03/22£209£160£49n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/03/21£290£178£112n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/03/20£119£120£0n/an/an/an/an/a15
31/03/19£131£165£-35n/an/an/an/an/a15
31/03/18£142£155£-12£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£164£163£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£154£142£12£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£165£151£14£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£134£159£-25£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£163£171£-8£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£156£121£34£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£155£144£12£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£143£145£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£137£139£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£129£118£11£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07*£122£101£21£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£170£142£28£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£146£233£-87£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£165£217£-52£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 23 years

www.caia.org.uk

info@caia.org.uk

02089924621

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Practical support, advice & companionship
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout London,
Who it helps
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
City Bridge Trust£191,807
National Lottery Community Fund£135,501
BBC Children in Need£30,440
The London Community Foundation£15,675
DCMS£8,175
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Centre For Armenian Information & Advice
£1,800 25/04/2023
£1,800 (4.5 days) to provide a Refresher Eco Audit.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Centre For Armenian Information & Advice
£500 20/10/2022
0
‘Cost of Living uplift: £500 to help projects meet their rising costs and respond to increased demand 31/10/2022’
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Centre For Armenian Information & Advice
£30,007 22/03/2021
towards the salary of the CEO as outlined in your application
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Centre For Armenian Information & Advice
£29,940 20/12/2020
This grant will fund drop-in afterschool youth club sessions in Ealing for young refugees and asylum-seekers and support them to have strong self-belief and positive empowerment, develop peer ....more
The London Community Foundation - Grant to Centre for Armenian Information & Advice (CAIA)
£8,175 14/08/2020
The funding is to enable disadvantaged London Armenians such as refugees/migrants, Carers/men/women subsisting on low incomes in work/out of work/self-employed to overcome the impact caused by Covid ....more
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£8,175 14/08/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more
The London Community Foundation - Grant to Centre for Armenian Information & Advice (CAIA)
£7,500 30/04/2020
The CAIA requires support to ensure vulnerable people are still able to access essential statutory services and to receive high quality advice over the phone and other practical support. We also need ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Centre For Armenian Information & Advice
£160,000 23/04/2020
60
£160,000 over five years (£31,000: £31,000; £32,000; £33,000; £33,000) towards the salary of a full time Advice and Support Worker and running costs of an advice and casework project.
National Lottery Community Fund - Addressing digital exclusion of Armenians
£135,501 24/03/2020
35
The project will aim to directly support 300 of the centre's most vulnerable people including those who are unemployed, isolated, older people and their carers, refugees and migrants and those on low ....more
John Lyon's Charity - SHAF grant to Centre for Armenian Information and Advice
£3,570 17/06/2019
12
Family seaside trip, Summer & Half Terms School Holiday Project 2019/20
London Borough of Hounslow - Grant to Centre for Armenian Information and Advice
£9,820 19/11/2018
12
The project will deliver 50 1:1 (three-hour) home befriending visits to Armenians and those connected to them living in Hounslow borough. Group support sessions/workshops will take place once every ....more
People's Health Trust - Armenian Mental Wellbeing Project
£25,422 27/07/2018
This two-year project provided weekly meetings for vulnerable and marginalised people, including refugees, from the Armenian community in Ealing and Hounslow in West London. The meetings included ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Centre For Armenian Information & Advice
£29,625 13/03/2018
36
This afterschool club will provide activities and outdoor trips to Armenian young people who are disadvantaged by a lack of confidence and behavioural issues. This will encourage emotional ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Centre for Armenian Information & Advice (CAIA)
£14,489 21/02/2018
12
CAIA provides a range of services supporting the Armenian and other communities in West London. It is seeking funding to carry out a community needs assessment and develop a 3yr strategic plan.
National Lottery Community Fund - Refurbishing Community Kitchen & Library
£9,985 22/11/2017
12
This project will refurbish the community kitchen and provide additional storage for the library area, improving the space to increase community activities and events.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Centre for Armenian Information & Advice
£73,100 09/12/2015
UK Armenians & the First World War
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Centre For Armenian Information & Advice
£90,000 13/03/2014
36
£90,000 over three years (3 x £30,000) towards the salary and overhead costs of the Advice Worker at the Centre for Armenian Information and Advice.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 59-73
  • VANITA NICHOLLS Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Apprenticeship Programme Manager
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 21/09/2001, number: 1088534
  • Registered at Companies House on 05/04/2001, number: 04195084
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR07: 99 days late, AR04: 52 days late,
Main office

Centre For Armenian Information & Advice
Hayashen
105A Mill Hill Road
LONDON
W3 8JF

Objectives

TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ARMENIAN COMMUNITY AND PEOPLE CONNECTED WITH THE ARMENIAN COMMUNITY BY THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE PROTECTION OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND DISTRESS

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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