Finance Score: 7

Governance Score: 5

Support Score: 2

Liabilities <10%: +3
Reasonable growth: +1
Fundraising costs low: +3

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Mainly female board: -1

Overall weighted support: +2

Overall GiG Score: 14

ASHIANA NETWORK

-Providing support to women, particularly but not exclusively of Asian origin who have been victims of violence, including those who have suffered or are likely to suffer physical, emotional, sexual abuse or harm. -Providing temporary hostel accommodation to such women and by any other such means as shall further the objects of the company.-Providing advice, counselling, support, training.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has a robust balance sheet
There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
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:

This charity is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return
The Board is predominantly female

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		£2,544	£2,193	£351	£57	£2,596	£2,587	14.2	28	0
31/03/22		£2,007	£1,947	£60	£50	£2,245	£2,213	13.6	25	0
31/03/21		£2,217	£1,883	£334	£47	£2,185	£2,061	13.1	25	0
31/03/20		£1,685	£1,614	£71	£0	£1,851	£1,783	13.3	19	0
31/03/19		£1,613	£1,428	£185	£41	£1,780	£1,659	13.9	16	2
31/03/18		£1,566	£1,357	£209	£40	£1,594	£1,496	13.2	13	0
31/03/17		£1,296	£1,117	£180	£39	£1,385	£1,342	14.4	12	0
31/03/16	*	£1,201	£958	£244	£35	£1,205	£1,158	14.5	12	0
31/03/15		£1,169	£1,042	£127	£7	£962	£940	10.8	15	0
31/03/14		£1,152	£1,028	£124	£8	£834	£766	8.9	14	0
31/03/13	*	£602	£512	£90	£12	£711	£636	14.9	11	0
31/03/12	*	£650	£517	£133	£8	£620	£509	11.8	11	0
31/03/11		£616	£471	£145	£9	£488	£406	10.3	11	0
31/03/10		£488	£475	£13	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/09	*	£546	£559	£-13	£15	£329	£259	5.6	11	0
31/03/08		£479	£438	£41	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/07	*	£453	£440	£14	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/06		£439	£417	£22	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/05		£439	£378	£61	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/04		£388	£333	£55	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 2.2%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 2.6%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 8%
Highest pay band: £80,000-£90,000
Liabilities/Assets: 4%
Liabilities/Income: 4%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 14.2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 11 months
Quick Ratio: 14.8

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Balance Sheet History

Established: 30 years

www.ashiana.org.uk

info@ashiana.org.uk

02085390427

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Accommodation/Housing
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Support for victims of domestic or sexual abuse
Emotional support, counselling or therapy

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Throughout London,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin

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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
The London Community Foundation - Grant to Ashiana Network
£6,727	21/05/2020	The funding is for the purchase of 8 laptops for staff who are working remotely to enable them to continue with their work supporting our advice, counselling and refuge clients.
GMSP Foundation - Grant to Ashiana Network
£5,000	06/04/2020	Rise Together campaign - unrestricted grant
GMSP Foundation - Grant to Ashiana
£10,000	06/04/2020	Covid19 emergency grant
London Councils - Specialist Refuge Network
£3,360,000	15/02/2017 48	London Specialist Refuge Network seeks to continue to provide a unique and innovative Pan-London service through specialist refuge accommodation and targeted support to high-risk women/children affected by domestic and sexual violence (DSV) with ....more London Specialist Refuge Network seeks to continue to provide a unique and innovative Pan-London service through specialist refuge accommodation and targeted support to high-risk women/children affected by domestic and sexual violence (DSV) with complex needs. The Network will provide specialist refuge, targeted support and outreach and second stage accommodation. We will work intensively with women to assess/address needs, improve safety/health/wellbeing enabling women to exit violent/abusive relationships/situations. The services comprise: Programme of group-work/workshops to enhance health/wellbeing/living-skills/resilience Resettlement programme to support independence/longer lasting outcomes Outreach service supporting/enabling women to access alternative refuge accommodation/be supported in independent living Training/awareness raising workshops for professionals to remove barriers/widen access Housing advocacy securing/maintaining referral pathways with housing providers to secure alternative accommodation for women at risk and unable to access refuge 38 specialist 24-hour refuge and second-stage accommodation bedspaces and package of intensive targeted support to enhance safety and remove barriers: 6 (24-hour) bedspaces: Problematic substance use 5 (24-hour) bedspaces: Sexually exploited women (including prostitution and trafficking) 8 (24-hour) bedspaces: Women with mental health/problematic substance use 7 second-stage bed spaces: Trafficked women 6 bed spaces: Middle Eastern and North African women fleeing harmful practices including forced marriage 6 bed spaces: South Asian, Turkish and Iranian women with NRPF experiencing DV/SV and harmful practices Within the existing 38 bedspaces, the project will allocate an additional 3 bedspaces for women with NRPF , particularly for trafficked women and 2 bedspaces for women with mobility related disabilities.
National Lottery Community Fund - WGI Stage 2
£686,518	22/03/2016 60	The project aims to continue improving the lives of women and girls from Black, Asian minority ethnic and refugee communities in Waltham Forest and throughout North East London. The project will maintain Ashiana Networkâ€™s specialist bespoke ....more The project aims to continue improving the lives of women and girls from Black, Asian minority ethnic and refugee communities in Waltham Forest and throughout North East London. The project will maintain Ashiana Networkâ€™s specialist bespoke refuge and develop the holistic, wrap-around provision to provide advice, advocacy and counselling services for survivors of violence and an increasing number of women fleeing conflict zones.
London Councils - SERA (SERA: Specialist Emergency Refuge Accommadation)
£184,950	09/03/2016 12	to deliver emergency refuge accommodation to women who had been victims of trafficking and sexual exploitation.
London Councils - London Specialist Refuge Network - part of the pan-London VAWG Consortium
£1,800,000	20/02/2013	London Specialist Refuge Network is a unique and innovative project providing Pan-London, specialist emergency accommodation and support service to vulnerable women and children affected by domestic/sexual violence who present with complex needs. ....more London Specialist Refuge Network is a unique and innovative project providing Pan-London, specialist emergency accommodation and support service to vulnerable women and children affected by domestic/sexual violence who present with complex needs. The Network partnership consists of Ashiana Network, Solace Women's Aid and Nia; The Network provided dedicated, safe, temporary accommodation and work intensively with women to improve safety and enable them to exit violent/abusive relationships/situations. The services included: refuges for women with complex issues of violence and problematic substance use and women exiting prostitution, women with complex/mental health needs and women with no recourse to public funds. An outreach service supporting/enabling women with these needs to access other refuge accommodation, deliver training/awareness raising workshops at forums and agencies across London, focusing particularly on boroughs that have limited services.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Ashiana Network
£75,000	02/06/2010 36	Towards Core costs Towards the salary and costs of the housing services manager.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 6/7 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 31-70

ANJUM SHAHEEN BASHIR Appointed: 2006, Occupation: Journalist

HALIMA ZAMAN Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Teacher

PROFESSOR AISHA K GILL Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Criminologist

RASHMI NIGAM Appointed: 2017

SABINA MAHMOOD (Chair) Appointed: 1996, Occupation: Solicitor

TANOUSHKA KAUR Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Accountant

URMI MALA MEDHI Appointed: 1999, Occupation: Student Counsellor

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 29/11/1994, number: 1042440
Registered at Companies House on 01/10/1994, number: 02972903

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

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
Investment
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; AR16: 5 days late, AR13: 0 days late, AR12: 365 days late, AR09: 13 days late, AR07: 2 days late,

Main office

Suite 204 Oceanair House
750/760 High Road
LEYTONSTONE
LONDON
E11 3AW

Objectives

TO RELIEVE AND PREVENT THE POVERTY, DISTRESS SICKNESS AND SUFFERING BY:- 1) PROVIDING SUPPORT TO WOMEN, PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY OF ASIAN ORIGIN WHO HAVE BEEN VICTIMS OR ARE LIKELY TO BE VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE, INCLUDING THOSE WHO HAVE SUFFERED OR ARE LIKELY TO SUFFER PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL, SEXUAL ABUSE OR HARM. 2) PROVIDING TEMPORARY HOSTEL ACCOMMODATION TO SUCH WOMEN AND BY ANY OTHER SUCH MEANS AS SHALL FURTHER THE OBJECTS OF THE COMPANY. 3) PROVIDING SUPPORT FOR THOSE CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN VICTIMS OR ARE LIKELY TO BE VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE, INCLUDING THOSE WHO HAVE SUFFERED OR ARE LIKELY TO SUFFER PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL, SEXUAL ABUSE OR HARM. 4) PROVIDING ADVICE, COUNSELLING, SUPPORT, TRAINING AND EDUCATION.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED IN PRACTICE LONDON

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