Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -4
Support Score: 7
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • All male board: -3
  • Large volunteers +5
  • Grant maker support: +2
Overall GiG Score: 3 ?

STEYNING UKRAINIAN REFUGE 

A volunteer run Day Centre, helping Ukrainian Refugees in and around Steyning rebuild their shattered lives, teaching English, advising them & their Home Hosts, safely protecting their physical & mental health, making them job ready, facilitating integration into the community. Providing recreation, leisure facilities, vocational training, advice, and bolstering their talents, gifts & skills.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received backing from a grant maker recently

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • The Board is completely male

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 ?

Y/E Income Spending Surplus/
Deficit
Volun-
teers
30/06/23£36,892£21,919£14,97330
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 2 years

www.steyningukrainianrefuge.org

leadsteyningur@gmail.com

07989569342

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Secondary schools
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
Where it operates
  • West Sussex,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/Mankind

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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Steyning Ukrainian Refuge
£10,000 11/11/2022
Funding was provided towards the cost of an English teacher.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 23/05/2022, number: 1199053
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
1 returns made; all on time
Main office

Brotherhood Hall
Church Street
Steyning
West Sussex
BN44 3YB

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:1. FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF UKRAINIAN REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS RESIDING IN STEYNING AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS OF WEST SUSSEX IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF A DAY CENTRE ESTABLISHED TO SUPPORT BENEFICIARIES THROUGH SERVICES RELATING TO EDUCATION, LANGUAGE, HOUSING, BENEFITS AND HEALTH AND WELLBEING.2. TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY WORKING WITH UKRAINIAN REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS RESIDING IN STEYNING AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS OF WEST SUSSEX WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED ON THE GROUNDS OF THEIR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC POSITION AND TO ASSIST THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY IN PARTICULAR THROUGH EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND VOCATIONAL SKILLS AND BY PROVIDING LOCAL NETWORK AND SUPPORT GROUPS THAT ENCOURAGE AND ENABLE BENEFICIARIES TO PARTICIPATE MORE EFFECTIVELY WITH THE WIDER COMMUNITY.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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