Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 8
  • Spending declining: -1
  • No PartB
    • Overall weighted support: +8
    Overall GiG Score: 7 ?

    MERSEYSIDE REFUGEE SUPPORT NETWORK

    Bringing together all refugee & asylum support agencies across Merseyside to network, share information, raise issues, campaign, and provide signposting. We also provide welfare/housing advocacy case work, we offer health and well being support and employment and training advice for individual refugees and asylum seekers to help with integration and settlement for life in UK.
    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

    Financial issues to consider:

    • Spending is declining
    • 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£89£56£34n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/22£76£58£18n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/21£64£52£12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/20£42£38£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/19£66£72£-6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/18£60£90£-30n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/17£92£60£32n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/16*£55£81£-26n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/15£37£34£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/14£57£36£21n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/13*£32£18£14n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/12£28£26£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/11£49£64£-15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/10£87£61£25n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/09*£65£63£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/08£46£57£-12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/07£57£41£15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/06*£11£6£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/05£7£7£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/04*£11£8£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a

    Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
    Established: 22 years

    www.mrsnliverpool.org.uk

    info@mrsnliverpool.org.uk

    01517097557

    Charity Commission for England and WalesFacebook
    UN SDGs
    ?
    Listed activities
    • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
    GiG Classification
    • Support for refugees & asylum seekers
    How it operates
    • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
    • Provides advocacy/advice/information
    Where it operates
    • Knowsley, Liverpool City, Sefton, St Helens, Wirral,
    Who it helps
    • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
    • 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.

    Major supporters in last 5 years
    Lloyds Bank Foundation£52,250
    Barrow Cadbury Trust£16,500
    CAF£5,610
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    Lloyds Bank Foundation - One off gift towards cost of living crisis to Merseyside Refugee Support Network
    £2,250 14/12/2022
    One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis
    Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Merseyside Refugee Support Network
    £50,000 02/12/2021
    24
    Unrestricted grant over two years towards the core costs of Merseyside Refugee Support Network
    Barrow Cadbury Trust - COVID-19 - Merseyside Refugee Support Network
    £16,500 14/10/2020
    5
    To increase capacity to meet increased demand for support, and to secure the future of the charity
    CAF - Grant to Merseyside Refugee Support Network (MRSN)
    £5,610 26/06/2020
    3
    Grant to Merseyside Refugee Support Network (MRSN) to support the organisation through COVID19
    John Moores Foundation - Grant to Merseyside Refugee Support Network
    £14,356 01/01/2019
    Towards the Refugee Advocacy and Integration Support Service
    National Lottery Community Fund - Volunteer Interpreting Programme - Phase 1
    £10,000 22/11/2012
    12
    This is a project by a charity in Liverpool. The organisation will use the funding to up skill refugees within the Liverpool area in order that they can train as interpreters and use their skills to work with refugee communities within the local ....more
    Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Merseyside Refugee Support Network
    £20,000 25/08/2011
    the costs of the ESOL for Integration Programme including the salaries of Sessional Workers, room hire, resources, stationery and expenses, and project management and monitoring costs
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    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees (8)
    Current Trustees appointed

    • CARMEL DERSCH Appointed: 2015
    • DR HARRIET GRAY (Chair) Appointed: 2013
    • EWAN ROBERTS
    • MO TAHER Appointed: 2014
    • MRS JAN LUFF
    • SHELAH SEMOFF Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Local Authority Officer
    • SARAH BUAYE Appointed: 2024
    • SUSAN NEWALL Appointed: 2024
    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in England & Wales on 18/07/2002, number: 1093033
    Gift Aid
    • 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
    • Paying staff
    • Risk management
    • Safeguarding policy and procedures
    • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
    • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
    • Volunteer management
    Filing Record
    20 returns made; AR16: 1 days late, AR13: 1 days late, AR09: 4 days late, AR06: 210 days late, AR04: 1 days late,
    Main office

    ST ANNE'S CENTRE
    7 OVERBURY STREET
    LIVERPOOL
    L7 3HJ

    Objectives

    The relief of persons who are refugees or asylum seekers in Merseyside by providing practical support and advocacy and bringing together different groups concerned with their welfare to network, share information and improve awareness of the issues impacting on refugees and people seeking asylum.

    Defined Area of Benefit:

    MERSEYSIDE

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    360 Giving

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