Finance Score: -4
Governance Score: -11
Support Score: 10
  • Spending declining: -1
  • Volatile income: -3
  • No PartB
  • 2 Trustees: -2
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Static board: -3
  • All male board: -3
  • Large volunteer base +5
  • Overall weighted support: +5
Overall GiG Score: -5 ?

SEWA DAY

The promotion of good citizenship by encouraging and facilitating volunteering in furtherance of charitable purposes for the benefit of the public.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Why are there only 2 trustees?
  • Why is the Board completely male?
  • The Board composition appears to be rather static and has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • Spending is declining
  • Income has been volatile recently
  • 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£21£18£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£62£20£43n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21*£252£142£111n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20*£2£0£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£18£17£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£16£30£-14n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17*£7£26£-20n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£0£12£-12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£11£20£-9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£43£26£17n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£35£11£25n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 13 years

www.sewaday.org

info@sewaday.org

07717364238

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • General Community services
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Where it operates
  • Throughout England,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind

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
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs£154,286
DCMS£10,000
CAF£6,600
Forever Manchester£5,000
The London Community Foundation£4,859
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£10,000 25/08/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - Covid-19 Food Charity Grant Scheme
£77,143 29/06/2020
The aim of this activity is to provide immediate support for a limited period of time to keep food charities and front-line charities that provide food aid open and supporting those most vulnerable due to the economic impacts of Covid-19.
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - Covid-19 Food Charity Grant Scheme
£77,143 23/06/2020
The aim of this activity is to provide immediate support for a limited period of time to keep food charities and front-line charities that provide food aid open and supporting those most vulnerable due to the economic impacts of Covid-19.
CAF - Grant to SEWA day
£6,600 05/06/2020
3
Grant to SEWA day to support the organisation through COVID19
Forever Manchester - All For One
£5,000 29/05/2020
Foodbank and hot meals
The London Community Foundation - Grant to SEWA day
£4,859 15/04/2020
For the provision of 2000 hot meals a day for 8 weeks to vulnerable people In isolation and volunteers helping at West Middlesex Hospital and care homes within London.
National Lottery Community Fund - Sewa Day - National Blood and Organ Donation Drive
£9,969 22/03/2017
12
The group will raise awareness of the need for a substantial increase in the supply of blood and organ donations from BAME communities through local marketing campaigns, the delivery of information sessions and working in close partnership with NHS ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (2)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 42-56
  • ASHISH SURENDRA PATEL Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Company Director
  • SANJAY VADHERA Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Company Director
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 11/04/2012, number: 1146848
  • Registered at Companies House on 25/03/2014, number: 08957685
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • 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
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
11 returns made; AR21: 116 days late, AR20: 4 days late, AR17: 2 days late,
Main office

Ferguson Maidment & Co
8th Floor
167 Fleet Street
LONDON
EC4A 2EA

Objectives

THE PROMOTION OF GOOD CITIZENSHIP BY ENCOURAGING & FACILITATING VOLUNTEERING IN FURTHERANCE OF CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC.

Defined Area of Benefit:

AUSTRALIA , FINLAND , INDIA , INDONESIA , KENYA , NEPAL , NETHERLANDS , NEW ZEALAND , NIGERIA , PAKISTAN , SOUTH AFRICA , UNITED KINGDOM AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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