Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: -4
Support Score: 3
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Deficit latest year: -2
  • No PartB
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Static board: -3
  • Overall weighted support: +3
Overall GiG Score: -2 ?

RECONNECT

Creating opportunities for professional refugees to return to their professions by organising training courses, work experience and one-to-one advice and guidance; creating opportunities for refugees to contribute with their skills to development in developing countries; drawing attention to the causes and consequences of displacement from developing countries and transforming its impact.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Why are there only 4 trustees?
  • The Board composition appears to be rather static

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income was significantly lower than spending in the latest year
  • 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
31/12/23£80£101£-20n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/22£131£96£35n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/21£85£81£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/20£54£56£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/19£98£65£33n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/18£64£63£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/17£63£37£26n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/16£26£38£-12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/15£40£37£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/14£51£40£11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/13£42£40£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/12£32£24£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/11£11£12£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/10£24£29£-6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/09£58£56£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/08£53£50£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/07*£10£17£-7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/06£28£25£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/05£16£8£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 20 years

www.reconnectonline.org.uk

info@reconnectonline.org.uk

02076974065

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies HouseFacebook
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
GiG Classification
  • Other education support
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout London,
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
National Lottery Community Fund - Refugee Connexion
£10,000 11/02/2022
The funding will be used to fund a new Volunteer Co-ordinator for Refugee Connexion. The project aims to assist refugees to gain the necessary skills to allow them to progress into higher education.
Barrow Cadbury Trust - COVID-19 - ReConnect
£22,725 21/09/2020
6
To provide project funding and contribute to core costs for Reconnect to increase its capacity to secure its future and expand its higher educational support programme to refugees.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 58-78
  • BELAY GESESSE Appointed: 2003, Occupation: Team Leader
  • DR MAKNUN ASHAMI Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Retired Lecturer
  • SARAH MARGARET BUXTON (Chair) Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Retired
  • STEPHEN DESMOND Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Lecturer
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 21/07/2004, number: 1105016
  • Registered at Companies House on 27/11/2003, number: 04978651
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR07: 1 days late,
Main office

Resource for London
356 Holloway Rd
London
London
London
N7 6PA

Objectives

A) TO RELIEVE NEED, HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS IN DEVELOPING COUNTIES PRINCIPALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY FACILITATING THE EMPLOYMENT IN SUCH COUNTRIES OF PERSONS LIVING AS REFUGEES OR DISPLACED PERSONS IN DEVELOPED COUNTRIES WHO HAVE SKILLS USEFUL TO IMPROVING CONDITIONS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES;B) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND RELIEVE UNEMPLOYMENT AMONG REFUGEES AND DISPLACED PERSONS.1) BY PROVIDING AND FOSTERING THE PROVISION OF APPROPRIATE TRAINING SO THAT SUCH PERSONS MAY PARTICIPATE IN EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES PRINCIPALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES;2) BY IDENTIFYING AND FOSTERING SUCH EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND ASSISTING SUCH PERSONS TO PARTICIPATE IN THEM.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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