Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: -4

Support Score: 4

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

No conflicts policy: -1
All female board: -3

Large volunteer base +3
Overall weighted support: +1

Overall GiG Score: 2

LEWISHAM CHURCHES FOR ASYLUM SEEKERS

LEWCAS is an ecumenical group working to help and campaign for the rights of refugees and asylum seekers. We provide regular food and basic household items for the destitute, travel cards to enable asylum seekers to study English at Lewisham College and give financial support to the work of the Lewisham Refugee Network, Action for Refugees in Lewisham and sometimes to people in particular need.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
Why is the Board completely female?

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 £k	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/10/23		£19	£21	£-2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/10/22		£15	£19	£-3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/10/21		£24	£20	£4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/10/20		£17	£16	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/10/19		£8	£8	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/10/18	*	£9	£6	£3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/10/17		£5	£9	£-4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/10/16	*	£6	£6	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/10/15	*	£5	£4	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/10/14		£9	£10	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/10/13	*	£19	£16	£3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/10/12		£9	£17	£-8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/10/11		£11	£13	£-2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/10/10		£13	£10	£3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/10/09		£12	£21	£-8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/10/08		£15	£13	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/10/07		£17	£17	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/10/06		£11	£15	£-4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/10/05		£16	£18	£-3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/10/04		£23	£18	£5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 26 years

www.lewcas.org.uk

Stella.jeffrey47@gmail.com

07931408675

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Education/Training
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Support for refugees & asylum seekers

How it operates

Makes grants to individuals
Makes grants to organisations
Provides human resources

Where it operates

Lewisham,

Who it helps

Other Defined Groups

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 Lewisham Churches for Asylum Seekers
£9,100	17/12/2020 16	The funding is for basic food supplies which are given to Refugees and Asylum seekers at our weekly foodbank. We serve destitute members of the community from BAME. Based on our experience this year we expect to see numbers increase and we need the ....more The funding is for basic food supplies which are given to Refugees and Asylum seekers at our weekly foodbank. We serve destitute members of the community from BAME. Based on our experience this year we expect to see numbers increase and we need the grant to meet this need.
The London Community Foundation - Grant to Lewisham Churches For Asylum Seekers
£4,800	06/04/2020	Food parcels to give to our 20+ individuals/families who use our Foodbank. Due to Covid 19 we are unable to replenish our food supplies from churches as the churches are closed. Food normally comes from individuals attending one of our 20 supporting ....more Food parcels to give to our 20+ individuals/families who use our Foodbank. Due to Covid 19 we are unable to replenish our food supplies from churches as the churches are closed. Food normally comes from individuals attending one of our 20 supporting churches. Our clients are referred by London Refugee Council and Lewisham Refugee Migrant Network.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

JUDITH SEYMOUR

KATE ELIZABETH RICHES (Chair) Appointed: 2020

RACHEL HELENA ALLARD Appointed: 2018

STELLA JANET JEFFREY Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Retired

SUSAN CHAPMAN Appointed: 2020

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 24/06/1998, number: 1070172

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR18: 120 days late, AR16: 20 days late, AR15: 26 days late, AR13: 24 days late,

Main office

112 EMBLETON ROAD
LONDON
SE13 7DG

Objectives

TO RELIEVE POVERTY AND ADVANCE EDUCATION AMONG ASYLUM SEEKERS IN SOUTH-EAST LONDON

Defined Area of Benefit:

SOUTH-EAST LONDON

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