Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 8

No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteer base +3
Overall weighted support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 14

SUPPORT FOR WIGAN ARRIVALS PROJECT

To provide practical support for migrant arrivals (in particular, but not exclusively, asylum seekers and refugees).To aid and promote integration.To alleviate isolation and exclusion.To encourage participation in volunteering actiivities..To foster the development of community-led wellbeing.To advance public education.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender

Financial issues to consider:

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		£142	£119	£23	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/22		£84	£80	£4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
?31/03/21	*	£114	£98	£16	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/20		£88	£94	£-6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/19		£123	£93	£30	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/18		£95	£91	£4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/17		£93	£91	£3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/16		£92	£67	£25	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/15	*	£41	£32	£9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/14		£38	£32	£6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/13		£36	£36	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/12		£41	£46	£-6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/11		£35	£47	£-13	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/10?		£51	£50	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/05/09		£70	£50	£20	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 17 years

www.swapwigan.org

info@swapwigan.org

01942825750

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

General Community services

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Wigan,

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 - Support For Wigan Arrivals Project
£193,076	12/12/2021	Funding for the group will go towards core costs for services geared at supporting new refugees and asylum seekers in Wigan. The group aim to provide support to refugees and asylum seekers living in Wigan.
Forever Manchester - Refugee
£3,740	22/05/2020	Food parcel and telephone welfare support
National Lottery Community Fund - Support for Wigan Arrivals Project (SWAP)
£426,279	08/04/2015 60	A scheme to provide advocacy and support vulnerable people from different ethnic backgrounds. The project will provide one-to-one support and will include information on housing, finance, health services and local amenities. The project will also ....more A scheme to provide advocacy and support vulnerable people from different ethnic backgrounds. The project will provide one-to-one support and will include information on housing, finance, health services and local amenities. The project will also run a befriending scheme for beneficiaries of the project to act as mentors to help others seeking support.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Support for Wigan Arrivals Project (SWAP)
£20,000	31/05/2013	Swap helps refugees & asylum seekers who have settled in the Wigan Borough by providing information, advice & support. Funding will allow the charity to recruit & training new & existing volunteer peer mentors.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 6/7 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 26-77

CHRISTOPHER SMITH Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Duty Manager

EMMA ATHERTON Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Refugee Support Worker

JESSICA DREW Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Student

LYNN TAYLOR Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Retired

ROZHAT ISKAN Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Volunteer

SUSAN JANET DECAMP Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Retired

STEVE ATHERTON Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Support Worker

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 13/05/2008, number: 1124034
Registered at Companies House on 11/05/2007, number: 06245117

Gift Aid

NOT 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
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

15 returns made; AR21: 3 days late, AR15: 27 days late,

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from LEIGH ASYLUM SEEKERS AND REFUGEES SUPPORT on 14/12/2019

Main office

Penson Street Community Centre
Penson Street
Wigan
Lancashire
WN1 2LP

Objectives

1 THE RELIEF OF ASYLUM SEEKERS, REFUGEES AND MIGRANT WORKERS AND THEIR FAMILIES RESIDENT IN THE WIGAN BOROUGH WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS, PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH THE PROVISION OF INFORMATION, ADVICE AND ASSISTANTS.2 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC, OTHER STATUTORY AND VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND ASYLUM SEEKERS IN ORDER TO ASSIST THEIR INCLUSION INTO THE WIDER COMMUNITY.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, WIGAN.

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