Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 10
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +10
Overall GiG Score: 11 ?

SOLACE SURVIVING EXILE AND PERSECUTION

Solace provides counselling and psychotherapy to asylum seekers and refugees.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • 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
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end

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£1,068£1,085£-17£0£266£1741.9307
31/03/22£895£878£16£0£221£2213259
31/03/21£766£706£61£0£199£1903.2227
31/03/20*£581£555£26£0£144£1262.7207
31/03/19£411£393£19n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£265£243£22n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£241£241£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£211£234£-22n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£254£248£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£254£248£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£324£354£-30n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£349£322£27n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£262£270£-7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10£189£196£-8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09£172£143£29n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08£116£108£9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/07£79£92£-13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/06£45£11£34n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05*£11£1£10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04*£7£2£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 36%
Liabilities/Income: 14%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 65%
Reserves/Spending: 1.9 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 1.5
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 20 years

www.solace-uk.org.uk

info@solace-uk.org.uk

07899304905

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Emotional support, counselling or therapy
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England,
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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Henry Smith Charity£295,100
AB Charitable Trust£50,000
Barrow Cadbury Trust£42,150
National Lottery Community Fund£9,982
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Solace Surviving Exile and Persecution
£30,000 18/04/2024
An unrestricted grant of £30,000 per year for 3 years (This grant is renewable - year 1 of up to 3 years). Solace is a leeds based charity providing Mental Health Support for Asylum Seekers and Refugees in the Yorkshire and Humber Region.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Solace Surviving Exile and Persecution
£115,100 11/03/2022
36
towards three years' running costs of an organisation providing specialist services for refugees and asylum seekers, impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, in Yorkshire and the Humber.
National Lottery Community Fund - Refugee and Asylum Seeker Wellbeing Development Groups
£9,982 27/05/2021
The funding will be used to deliver online therapy and support sessions for refugees and asylum seekers from different backgrounds where people will be provided with the opportunity to discuss issues pertaining to them in a culturally appropriate ....more
Barrow Cadbury Trust - COVID-19 - Solace Surviving Exile and Persecution
£42,150 21/09/2020
6
Expansion of provision of mental health support, by employing a 1.5 FTE therapist(s) to deliver online therapy and group work sessions with refugees and asylum seekers.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Solace Surviving Exile and Persecution
£180,000 12/08/2020
36
towards three years' continuation funding for an organisation providing a range of services including therapeutic interventions, crisis counselling, advocacy and opportunities for social support to refugees and asylum seekers in Yorkshire and ....more
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Solace Surviving Exile and Persecution
£20,000 23/04/2020
An unrestricted grant of £20,000. Solace provides psychotherapy and mental health support for refugees and asylum seekers in Yorkshire through therapeutic interventions
National Lottery Community Fund - refugee stress management in sheffield
£9,726 23/11/2018
12
The organisation will use funding to run a stress management group, led by a trained therapist, where refugees and asylum seekers will be provided with the opportunity to meet new and old friends and discuss issues pertaining to them with their ....more
Leeds Community Foundation - Grant to Solace Surviving Exile and Persecution
£7,500 30/10/2018
11
Triage service with integration of pain management therapies, and addressing health inequalities by improving access to MH services for this disadvantaged group.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Solace Surviving Exile and Persecution
£74,310 16/10/2018
36
Towards salary costs of Senior Therapist to provide clinical supervision and administrator, to build capacity of mental health services to refugees and asylum seekers.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Solace Surviving Exile and Persecution
£83,400 08/06/2017
36
towards three years' continuation funding of the salary of the Director at a project working in Leeds and Bradford that provides psychotherapy to refugees and asylum seekers suffering mental illness and trauma
AB Charitable Trust - Mental health for refugees and asylum-seekers
£10,000 26/01/2016
£10,000 towards a pilot project to explore virtual therapy for asylum seekers
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Solace Surviving Exile and Persecution
£74,752 04/03/2015
36
a charity supporting the survivors of persecution and exile living in the Yorkshire and Humber region, many of whom have been traumatised by torture, rape, the death or disappearance of family members and often a combination of all
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Solace Surviving Persecution and Exile
£79,000 13/03/2014
36
towards three years' salary of the Director at a project offering psychotherapy to refugees and asylum seekers suffering mental illness and trauma in Leeds and Bradford
National Lottery Community Fund - Solace
£280,000 20/11/2013
36
This is an expansion of an existing project which will offer a counselling and advocacy service to refugees and asylum seekers (RAS) in Yorkshire and Humber. The project will be delivered by Solace Surviving Exile and Persecution (Solace). The ....more
AB Charitable Trust - pain alleviation for refugees and asylum-seekers
£10,000 23/04/2013
£10,000 towards therapy to address physical pain experienced by asylum seekers and refugees
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees:
  • CATHERINE GRACE FOLLIN Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Company Director
  • DR DIANE AGORO Appointed: 2024
  • ELAINE GOODWIN Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Director
  • LISA BOLTON Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Director
  • NATALIE MORAN Appointed: 2024
  • PASCALE GAYFORD Appointed: 2022
  • PETER COLTMAN Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Director
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 23/06/2004, number: 1104507
  • Registered at Companies House on 14/04/2003, number: 04733478
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR20: 57 days late, AR05: 1 days late, AR04: 375 days late,
Main office

Solace
Manor House
1 Manor Street
LEEDS
LS7 1PZ

Objectives

The objects of the Company shall be to alleviate the sickness, distress and suffering of refugees, asylum seekers and other displaced persons in the United Kingdom and particularly in the Yorkshire and Humber region (“the area of benefit”), in particular those suffering from mental health problems or emotional difficulties, by providing a range of services including but not limited to therapeutic interventions, advocacy, training and opportunities for social support with the object of improving the life of said persons.

Defined Area of Benefit:

YORKSHIRE AND HUMBERSIDE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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