Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: -2

Support Score: 4

Strong growth: +2
Deficit latest year: -2
No PartB

No conflicts policy: -1
Mainly female board: -1

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker 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
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent 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
The Board is predominantly 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
Income was lower than spending in the latest year

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/10/22		£15	£19	£-3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	12
31/10/21		£24	£20	£4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	25
31/10/20		£17	£16	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	20
31/10/19		£8	£8	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/10/18	*	£9	£6	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/17		£5	£9	£-4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/16	*	£6	£6	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/15	*	£5	£4	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/14		£9	£10	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/13	*	£19	£16	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/12		£9	£17	£-8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/11		£11	£13	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/10		£13	£10	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/09		£12	£21	£-8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/08		£15	£13	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/07		£17	£17	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/06		£11	£15	£-4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/05		£16	£18	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/04		£23	£18	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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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

Services 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 works here?

Unknown number of employees
12 volunteers

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 ....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 ....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.

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 ....more

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 ....more

LEWISHAM CHURCHES FOR ASYLUM SEEKERS

Analysis by Giving is Great

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Who works here?

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How is it governed?

Trustees (8)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

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