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home >> charity search >> derman - for the well-being of the kurdish and turkish communities
Finance Score: 9
Governance Score: -3
Support Score: 7
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Good reserves management: +3
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Static board: -3
  • Overall weighted support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 13 ?

DERMAN - FOR THE WELL-BEING OF THE KURDISH AND TURKISH COMMUNITIES

Derman provide holistic health and social care services such as Bilingual Health Advocacy, Counselling/Psychological Therapies, Mental Health Recovery Support and Welfare Rights Advice for the Kurdish, Turkish and Turkish Cypriot communities to greatly improve the quality of life and to promote the continued wellbeing of people within these communities.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return
  • The Board composition appears to be rather static

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£669£630£39£18£379£3797.2283
31/03/22£554£538£16£9£341£3417.6263
31/03/21£592£564£28£9£325£3256.9242
31/03/20£532£528£4£10£297£2976.8254
31/03/19£493£495£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£495£485£10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£537£443£94£8£286£2837.7120
31/03/16£455£378£76n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£441£458£-17n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£442£440£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£445£462£-17n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£480£455£25n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£599£602£-3£37£129£1152.3180
31/03/10£553£625£-72£37£132£1322.5190
31/03/09£743£681£62£44£205£1993.5210
31/03/08£579£567£11£39£143£1322.8180
31/03/07£525£532£-6£33£131£1282.9170
31/03/06£557£537£20n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05£616£523£93n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04*£504£554£-50n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 2.7%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 2.9%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 5%
Liabilities/Income: 3%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 7.2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 7 months
Quick Ratio: 14.5
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 29 years
(30 years as a company)

www.derman.org.uk

services@derman.org.uk

02076135944

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Emotional support, counselling or therapy
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • 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
  • 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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Derman
£245,000 26/05/2023
60
£245,000 over five years (£47,000, £48,000, £49,000, £50,000, £51,000) to employ a full-time Welfare Benefits Advisor to provide in-person support in Haringey and Hackney, and offer a phone service more widely across North London.
Hackney Council - Grant to Derman - For The Well-being Of The Kurdish And Turkish Communities
£35,000 13/10/2022
Providing social welfare advice specifically for residents from the Kurdish, Turkish, Cypriot Turkish, and EU Turkish communities in Hackney since 1991
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Derman
£19,758 28/09/2020
towards the project to increase existing welfare advice service capacity as outlined in your application
London Catalyst - DERMAN - 1
£3,000 08/06/2017
To increase the capacity of our existing bilingual welfare advice service, so we respond the demand for urgent cases.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Derman
£95,950 26/11/2015
36
£95,950 over three years (£31,900; £31,860; £32,190) towards the salary of a bi-lingual Counsellor and project running costs of a counselling service for Kurdish and Turkish-speaking Londoners.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 52-74
  • ADEM CELIK Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Accountant
  • DR ADAM FORMAN (Chair) Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Retired General Practitioner
  • DR ZERRIN ATAKAN Appointed: 2014, Occupation: None
  • KADRIYE ALI Appointed: 1996, Occupation: Housewife
  • ZIYA ADNAN Appointed: 2010, Occupation: None
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 23/04/1996, number: 1054792
  • Registered at Companies House on 18/03/1994, number: 02910220
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Financial Conduct Authority
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
  • 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
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR04: 1 days late,
Main office

Derman
Basement
66 New North Road
LONDON
N1 6TG

Objectives

(A) TO RELIEVE SICKNESS (INCLUDING SICKNESS ASSOCIATED WITH DISTRESS) AND TO PRESERVE AND IMPROVE HEALTH BY THE PROVISION OF COUNSELLING, ADVICE AND ADVOCACY, SUPPORT WORK AND OTHER ALLIED SERVICES; (B) TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITION OF LIFE; (C) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF FAMILIES IN BETTER STANDARDS OF CHILDCARE; (D) TO RELIEVE POVERTY BY THE PROVISION OF WELFARE RIGHTS ADVICE; AMONGST THE TURKISH, KURDISH AND CYPRIOT COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE UK, IN PARTICULAR THOSE COMMUNITIES IN HACKNEY AND OTHER LONDON BOROUGHS

Defined Area of Benefit:

UK PARTICULARLY IN HACKNEY ND OTHER LONDON BOROUGHS

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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