Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 11
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +11
Overall GiG Score: 17 ?

DAY-MER

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS AND ITS PRINCIPAL ACTIVITIES ARE TO ASSIST IN IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF TURKISH AND KURDIS PEOPLE IN ENGLAND
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
  • 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 £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£267£298£-31n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£332£284£48n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£168£138£30n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£93£81£12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£93£115£-22n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£137£124£13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£143£182£-39n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£192£206£-14n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£250£230£21n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£234£229£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£233£261£-28n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£228£215£13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11*£323£366£-44n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10£350£433£-83n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09*£495£458£37n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08*£381£337£44n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/07*£265£280£-15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/06*£337£296£41n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05*£369£340£29n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04*£322£297£25n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 31 years
(33 years as a company)

http://www.daymer.org

INFO@DAYMER.ORG

02072758440

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Amateur Sport
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Support for refugees & asylum seekers
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Enfield, Hackney, Haringey, Islington,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Major supporters in last 5 years
City Bridge Trust£160,681
DCMS£99,996
Hackney Council£91,249
Lloyds Bank Foundation£52,250
Hackney CVS£47,563
Power to Change£23,957
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Hackney CVS - Hackney Giving and LBH Cost of Living
£5,000 17/07/2023
Food packages and shopping vouchers for Turkish, Kurdish, Turkish Cypriot and European Turkish residents
Hackney CVS - Hackney Giving Earthquake response funding
£2,200 08/03/2023
Cost of living support for people in Hackney who have been affected by the earthquake in Turkey and Syria. 
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Day-Mer, Turkish and Kurdish Community Centre
£82,140 16/01/2023
24
£82,140 over two further and final years (£40,068, £42,072) towards the costs of continuing the advice and support service for the Turkish and Kurdish communities and developing some organisational capacity building and networking for other small ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - One off gift towards cost of living crisis to Day-Mer Turkish & Kurdish Community Centre
£2,250 14/12/2022
One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis
Hackney CVS - Hackney Giving and LBH Cost of Living
£6,000 08/12/2022
to deliver food parcels to 60 families who are most in need.
Hackney Council - Grant to Day-Mer
£30,000 13/10/2022
Providing social welfare advice to Turkish, Kurdish, Turkish Cypriot and Alevi communities.
Hackney CVS - Hackney Giving Better Mental Health
£30,632 09/09/2022
A programme of well-being support provided in a community setting for those isolated due to health, age, gender, welfare and being a refugee/migrant.
Hackney CVS - Hackney Giving Living with Covid
£3,730 30/06/2022
Ongoing participation in the Community Champion network and dissemination of health information to Turkish and Kurdish communities.
Hackney Council - Grant to Day-Mer
£9,925 12/05/2022
The Fair Future: A programme of educational and cultural support services addressing the impact of the pandemic and the immediate developmental and long term social needs of Turkish, Kurdish and Turkish-Cypriot children and young people
Hackney Council - Grant to Day-Mer
£26,129 21/03/2022
Day-Mer, Turkish and Kurdish Communities Advice Service
Hackney Council - Grant to Day-Mer
£4,975 08/12/2021
Together Families: A programme of social and cultural family activities geared towards addressing immediate developmental and long term social needs
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Day-Mer Turkish & Kurdish Community Centre
£50,000 08/09/2021
24
Unrestricted grant over two years towards the core costs of Day-Mer Turkish & Kurdish Community Centre
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Day-Mer, Turkish & Kurdish Community Centre
£47,840 08/04/2021
towards the service development manager and volunteer manager posts that have not already been covered by project funding, as outlined in your application
Hackney Council - Grant to Day-Mer
£20,220 10/12/2020
12
An accessible advice service for Turkish and Kurdish residents in Hackney
Power to Change - C-19 CCLORS - Day-Mer, Turkish and Kurdish Community Centre
£23,957 14/10/2020
Grant to C-19 CCLORS - Day-Mer, Turkish and Kurdish Community Centre
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£22,934 25/09/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Day-Mer Turkish & Kurdish Community Centre
£30,701 02/09/2020
towards the costs outlined in your application for a co-produced volunteering project involving the local community
DCMS - Cultural Inclusion Programme
£51,725 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England
DCMS - Cultural Inclusion Programme
£25,337 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England
Hackney Council - Grant to Day-Mer
£7,954 28/10/2019
12
A diverse programme of structured social and cultural activities in community settings during the 2020 summer holiday targeting Turkish and Kurdish children and young people aged 10 to 15
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 15/10/2019
Turkish and Kurdish Women’s Development Project
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Day-Mer Turkish /Kurdish Community Centre
£111,960 26/09/2019
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£ 111,960 over three years (£36,520; £37,280, and £38,160) towards salary costs of two part-time Advisers (one 0.6FTE, another 0.4FTE) and associated running costs of an advice service.
National Lottery Community Fund - LTM London Turkish Mentor Project
£8,367 20/04/2018
12
The charity will create printed publications, website content and a seminar that are designed to help integrate migrant people into the local community. The activities will build community relationships and create resources to assist new arrivals to ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Path Into Life
£153,404 04/02/2014
48
This new project aims to support women and young people in families suffering domestic violence within the Kurdish, Turkish, and Turkish Cypriot communities in Hackney and Haringey. It aims to reduce the isolation and shame felt by women and raise ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 28-54
  • AHMET SEZGIN (Chair) Appointed: 2000, Occupation: Driver
  • CAGDAS CANBOLAT Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Chartered Accountant
  • CEREN KARDELEN SAGIR Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Journalist
  • EREN TAN Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Sales Person
  • SELVI OZDEMIR Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Assistance Teacher
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 31/03/1994, number: 1034621
  • Registered at Companies House on 03/07/1991, number: 02626306
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management 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; AR11: 177 days late, AR09: 59 days late, AR08: 63 days late, AR07: 44 days late, AR06: 2 days late, AR05: 1 days late, AR04: 81 days late,
Main office

DAY-MER COMMUNITY CENTRE
16 HOWARD ROAD
LONDON
N16 8PU

Objectives

THE COMPANY IS ESTABLISHED PARTICULARLY FOR THE BENEFIT OF PEOPLE RESIDING IN ENGLAND FROM TURKEY AND KURDISTAN TO ADVANCE EDUCATION TO RELIEVE POVERTY BY THE PROVISION OF ADVICE ON SUCH MATTERS AS IMMIGRATION SOCIAL SECURITY HOUSING ETC AND PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THE SAID PERSONS

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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