Finance Score: -11

Governance Score: -5

Support Score: 5

Spending falling: -1
Dormant: -10
No PartB

1 Trustee: -5

Overall weighted support: +5

Overall GiG Score: -11

IRANIAN AND KURDISH WOMEN'S RIGHTS ORGANISATION

IKWRO provides advice, support, advocacy and referrals in Arabic, Kurdish, Dari and Farsi to women and girls living in Britain, in particular helping women facing domestic violence, forced marriage, 'honour'-based violence and female genital mutilation (FGM). IKWRO also provides training, International conferences, seminars, and counselling in Kurdish, Farsi, Arabic and English.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Why is there only 1 trustee?

Financial issues to consider:

Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
This charity appears to be dormant

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		£0	£0	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/22		£0	£0	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/21		£0	£0	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/20		£201	£163	£38	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/19		£621	£574	£47	£26	£227	£227	4.7	14	20
31/03/18		£711	£784	£-74	£0	£180	£178	2.7	15	0
31/03/17		£954	£963	£-9	£0	£253	£164	2	14	0
31/03/16		£1,057	£1,016	£40	£0	£263	£150	1.8	18	0
31/03/15		£1,091	£1,014	£77	£5	£222	£128	1.5	17	0
31/03/14		£602	£624	£-22	£5	£145	£101	1.9	15	0
31/03/13	*	£533	£623	£-89	£0	£168	£83	1.6	12	0
31/03/12		£543	£483	£60	£3	£257	£78	1.9	10	0
31/03/11		£322	£232	£89	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/10		£180	£173	£7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/09		£153	£113	£40	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/08		£63	£62	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/07		£24	£24	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/06	*	£30	£28	£3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/05	*	£28	£13	£16	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Balance Sheet History

Established: 20 years

www.ikwro.org.uk

info@ikwro.org.uk

02079206460

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

This Charity appears to be dormant

Listed activities

Accommodation/Housing
Disability
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
Other Charitable Purposes
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Support for victims of domestic or sexual abuse
Emotional support, counselling or therapy

How it operates

Other charitable activities
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Throughout London,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Defined Groups
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
The London Community Foundation - Grant to Iranian & Kurdish Women's Rights Organisation (ikwro)
£28,228	22/04/2020	We need funding to make sure that the staff is equipped to work from home which includes laptops, mobile phones, frontline staff to receive calls, on phone counselling service, service manager to supervise all the work and funds to provide emergency ....more We need funding to make sure that the staff is equipped to work from home which includes laptops, mobile phones, frontline staff to receive calls, on phone counselling service, service manager to supervise all the work and funds to provide emergency accommodation, travel and food to the clients fleeing Domestic violence.
DCMS - Iranian and Kurdish Women's Rights Organisation
£82,160	01/04/2019	Ensuring that the VAT received from sanitary products is used to support vulnerable and underrepresented women and girls.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Iranian and Kurdish Womens Rights Organisation
£75,000	18/10/2018 36	The grant will support the salaries of First Contact Administrator & Finance Officer to enable the core function of charity to run smoothly. The roles enable the charity to support MENA women who have experienced domestic abuse, violence and ....more The grant will support the salaries of First Contact Administrator & Finance Officer to enable the core function of charity to run smoothly. The roles enable the charity to support MENA women who have experienced domestic abuse, violence and exploitation.
DCMS - Iranian and Kurdish Women?s Rights Organisation
£78,160	01/04/2018	Ensuring that the VAT received from sanitary products is used to support vulnerable and underrepresented women and girls.
DCMS - Iranian and Kurdish Women?s Rights Organisation
£39,680	20/09/2017	Ensuring that the VAT received from sanitary products is used to support vulnerable and underrepresented women and girls.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Iranian and Kurdish Women's Rights Organisation (IKWRO)
£153,000	12/03/2015 36	towards three years' running costs of a project providing support services to Iranian and Afghan women and girls fleeing from honour based violence in London
National Lottery Community Fund - 3Ps (Prevention, Protection, Progression)
£499,851	11/09/2014 36	Not Available
National Lottery Community Fund - Advice For Life (AFL)
£250,000	18/05/2011 48	This outreach project aims to empower vulnerable women from Middle Eastern backgrounds in the London area who are suffering domestic violence, female genital mutilation (FGM), forced marriages and honour based violence. The project will work in ....more This outreach project aims to empower vulnerable women from Middle Eastern backgrounds in the London area who are suffering domestic violence, female genital mutilation (FGM), forced marriages and honour based violence. The project will work in partnership with specialist organisations to provide an holistic service to help women in the short term as well as working with survivors to help provide support such as job skills training to help them become financially independent.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (1)

SUE STEVENSON

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 25/06/2004, number: 1104550

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

19 returns made; AR13: 20 days late, AR06: 22 days late, AR05: 67 days late,

Main office

I K W R O
PO Box 75299
LONDON
E15 9FX

Objectives

A) TO ADVANCE THEIR EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF WOMEN FROM IRAN AND KURDISTAN WHO SPEAK FARSI AND KURDISHB) TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF WOMEN FROM IRAN AND KURDISTAN AND THOSE WHO SPEAK FARSI AND KURDISH; ANDC) THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THOSE PERSONS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED.

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