Finance Score: 7

Governance Score: 9

Support Score: 11

Strong growth: +2
Future income +5
No PartB

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

Overall weighted support: +11

Overall GiG Score: 27

THE CONGOLESE ASSOCIATION OF MERSEYSIDE

? Drop in: Information (multilingual translation, interpretation), Advice & guidance, referrals and sign posting? Education & Community development activities - employable skills workshops? Financial & Digital inclusion workshops? Events facilitation: community cohesion, events ? A range of recreational and leisure activities: Music, arts, outings and visits to local sites.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers and there are significant future grants due to be received
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine
A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

N.B. data has been adjusted to reflect year end change

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		£106	£96	£11	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/22	*	£43	£45	£-2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/21?		£51	£49	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
27/09/20		£27	£26	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
27/09/19		£12	£10	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
27/09/18	*	£12	£12	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
27/09/17		£24	£23	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
27/09/16?		£5	£5	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/04/15	*	£0	£0	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 11 years
(18 years as a company)

www.congomerseyside.org.uk

info@congomerseyside.org.uk

+441513456913

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Amateur Sport
Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
Environment/Conservation/Heritage
General Charitable Purposes
Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
Other Charitable Purposes
Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
Recreation
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

General Community services

How it operates

Other charitable activities
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Congo (Democratic Republic), Knowsley, Liverpool City, Sefton, Wigan, Wirral,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
Other Defined Groups
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
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

National Lottery Community Fund	£200,416
Henry Smith Charity	£79,100
Lloyds Bank Foundation	£52,250
John Moores Foundation	£15,000
Barrow Cadbury Trust	£6,650
Garfield Weston Foundation	£5,000
The Clothworkers Foundation	£3,500
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund	£2,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to The Congolese Association of Merseyside
£50,000	07/12/2022 24	Unrestricted grant over two years towards the core costs of The Congolese Association of Merseyside
Lloyds Bank Foundation - One off gift towards cost of living crisis to The Congolese Association of Merseyside
£2,250	07/12/2022	One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to The Congolese Association of Merseyside (CAM)
£79,100	22/09/2022 36	towards three years' running costs of a community organisation that supports displaced people to rebuild their lives, residing in disadvantaged communities in Sefton, Merseyside.
National Lottery Community Fund - Empreinte Move On
£180,096	23/08/2022	Funding will support the Congolese Association of Merseyside to employ staff and strengthen the capacity of the organisation. Alongside developing their internal capacity and moving to a paid staff model of delivery funding will allow CAM to ....more Funding will support the Congolese Association of Merseyside to employ staff and strengthen the capacity of the organisation. Alongside developing their internal capacity and moving to a paid staff model of delivery funding will allow CAM to continue to support service users in Merseyside. The Congolese Association of Merseyside (CAM) was established in 2004 by six refugees and asylum seekers who experienced hardship and stress caused by integration issues when they first arrived in the UK. CAM’s mission is to be a welcoming hub for refugees and asylum seekers where every member of the community feels empowered with the necessary tools to steer their way through the system in order to settle bring structure to their lives integrate into their community fulfil their potential and thrive both individually and collectively.
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund - Grant to The Congolese Association of Merseysisde
£2,000	09/08/2022	Small Grant Unrestricted Core Costs
National Lottery Community Fund - Empreinte Move On
£9,656	08/07/2022	The organisation will use the funding to continue its support for newly arrived asylum seekers refugees and vulnerable migrants who are struggling with the dilemma of integration. They will provide a drop in service where beneficiaries can access a ....more The organisation will use the funding to continue its support for newly arrived asylum seekers refugees and vulnerable migrants who are struggling with the dilemma of integration. They will provide a drop in service where beneficiaries can access a variety of information advice and guidance in a language they understand removing barriers.
National Lottery Community Fund - Empreinte Connect
£2,500	23/09/2021	The funding will be used to provide a series of activity sessions trips and days out and cultural celebration events for French-speaking and Luzophone Africans newly arrived in Merseyside and other residents to provide them opportunities to connect ....more The funding will be used to provide a series of activity sessions trips and days out and cultural celebration events for French-speaking and Luzophone Africans newly arrived in Merseyside and other residents to provide them opportunities to connect and make friends. This aims to reduce loneliness and isolation while promoting community cohesion.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£5,000	09/04/2021	Empreinte Equip
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Congolese Association of Merseyside
£3,500	17/11/2020	purchase IT equipment and a vehicle for a charity supporting minority communities in Merseyside
Barrow Cadbury Trust - COVID-19 - The Congolese Association of Merseyside
£6,650	30/09/2020 7	To enable CAM to continue to operate its information and support drop-in service by phone
John Moores Foundation - Grant to Congolese Association of Merseyside
£15,000	07/07/2020	Towards running costs
National Lottery Community Fund - Empreinte Equip
£8,164	30/04/2020 7	The organisation will increase supports for local asylum seekers refugee and migrant communities who are experiencing hardship as a result of COVID-19 with the aim of removing a language barrier when accessing support and reducing anxiety.
National Lottery Community Fund - Empreinte Integrate
£9,198	16/05/2019 12	The funding will be used to deliver a support service, for refugees, asylum seekers and migrants, where people will be provided with the advice on things like finding employment and socialising. The project aims to reduce isolation and reducing the ....more The funding will be used to deliver a support service, for refugees, asylum seekers and migrants, where people will be provided with the advice on things like finding employment and socialising. The project aims to reduce isolation and reducing the challenges faced through language barriers.
National Lottery Community Fund - EMPREINTE INTEGRATE
£10,000	02/04/2014 12	Not Available
National Lottery Community Fund - Empreinte 'Equiping'
£10,000	08/04/2010 12	This group will use an award to provide a new training scheme providing vocational training to beneficiaries to upgrade and enhance their skills. The project will improve skills of beneficiaries and enable the participants to find employment.

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 29-59

CHARLES LEMBA Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Employed

DEBORAH MBOSSO Appointed: 2022

ELEANOR SMITH Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Administrative Officer

REV JOHN BAPTIST Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Minister Of Religion

VANESSA NDUNGUNA-NTEMO Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Regulatory Engineer

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 21/05/2014, number: 1157149
Registered at Companies House on 29/04/2006, number: 05801288

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
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

9 returns made; AR22: 1 days late, AR18: 169 days late, AR15: 26 days late,

Main office

Kingspark Business Centre
97 Stanley Road
BOOTLE
Merseyside
L20 7DA

Objectives

1) TO RELIEVE POVERTY OR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AMONG REFUGEES, ASYLUM SEEKERS, MIGRANT WORKERS AND OTHER LOCAL PERSONS IN NEED LIVING IN MERSEYSIDE BY PROVIDING INFORMATION, INTERPRETING, TRANSLATING, ADVOCACY, ADVICE AND GUIDANCE SERVICES FOR EMPLOYMENT, HEALTH AND HOUSING.2) TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF MERSEYSIDE AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID RESIDENTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO PROMOTE INTEGRATION, ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS.3) SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AS ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE

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