Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 9

Support Score: 5

Strong growth: +2
Multiple Deficits: -2
No PartB

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

Grant maker support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 14

REFUGEE FUTURES LTD

Refugee Futures promotes inclusion and participation of refugees and people seeking asylum throughout the community by ensuring opportunities are accessible and that individuals, groups and organisations work together to maximise resources, address gaps in provision and stimulate positive change.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity
Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine
On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

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	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
30/04/23		£141	£111	£30	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	6
30/04/22?		£43	£55	£-13	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	12
31/03/21		£2	£2	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/20		£0	£0	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/19		£0	£8	£-8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/18		£22	£18	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£50	£84	£-34	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	*	£53	£18	£35	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 9 years

https://refugeefutures.org/

Heather.petch@refugeefutures.org

07549413492

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Christian congregations

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Stockton-on-tees,

Who it helps

Other Defined Groups

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
6 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years

National Lottery Community Fund	£10,000
County Durham Community Foundation	£5,000
Allen Lane Foundation	£5,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Skills Match Volunteering
£10,000	06/01/2023	The funding will be used to provide volunteering support for refugees and asylum seekers the roles will be in areas that they aspire to work in in the future. The project aims to integrate people ....more The funding will be used to provide volunteering support for refugees and asylum seekers the roles will be in areas that they aspire to work in in the future. The project aims to integrate people into the community and break down barriers to living an independent life.
County Durham Community Foundation - Refugee Futures Skills Match Volunteering & Pathways to Work
£5,000	24/06/2022	To develop a Skills Match Volunteering and Pathways to work programme.
Allen Lane Foundation - Grant to Refugee Futures LTD
£5,000	04/03/2022	£5,000 single grant as a contribution to the salary of a volunteer placement coordinator to work with asylum seekers and refugees in Stockton on Tees
National Lottery Community Fund - Love Stockton Community Room
£10,000	09/11/2016 12	The project will refurbish their community room and install wall screens to create space for learning activities and drop in sessions. They will employ a business support consultant to help create ....more The project will refurbish their community room and install wall screens to create space for learning activities and drop in sessions. They will employ a business support consultant to help create enterprising activities, develop a cafÃ© and room hire plans to ensure the sustainability of the building for use by community groups.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 48-80

ABDUL MALIK QURAISHI Appointed: 2023, Occupation: N/A

CATRIONA MACDONALD Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Manager

PETER JOHN CHAPMAN Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Retired

SUSAN MANSARAY Appointed: 2022

CLAIR JONES Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Psychotherapeutic Counsellor, Other trusteeship: THE NORTH YORKSHIRE BRANCH OF THE CAMPAIGN TO PROTECT RURAL ENGLAND,

WILLIAM WILLIAMS Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Retired

URSULA RUTH HICKS Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Retired, Other trusteeships: THE DURHAM DIOCESAN BOARD OF FINANCE, THE LEVICK TRUST, THE DURHAM LESOTHO DIOCESAN LINK, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF STOCKTON-ON-TEES ST PETER, RECOVERY CONNECTIONS,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 05/12/2014, number: 1159508
Registered at Companies House on 02/04/2014, number: 08973811

Gift Aid

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

8 returns made; AR16: 47 days late,

Main office

Catalyst House
27 Yarm Road
STOCKTON-ON-TEES
Cleveland
TS18 3NJ

Objectives

THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS, ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AMONG PEOPLE WHO ARE REFUGEES, ASYLUM SEEKERS AND THEIR DEPENDENTS, WITHIN BUT NOT LIMITED TO STOCKTON ON TEES AND SURROUNDING AREAS, WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED ON THE GROUNDS OF THEIR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC POSITION, BY: (A) WORKING WITH OTHERS TO PROVIDE EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND IDENTIFIED EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS; (B) ASSISTING REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS TO BECOME MORE FULLY INTEGRATED INTO LOCAL COMMUNITIES; (C) THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES AND EVENTS FOR THE LOCAL COMMUNITY: (D) RAISING PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE ISSUES AFFECTING REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS; AND (E) WORKING COLLABORATIVELY WITH OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN PROVIDING RELEVANT SERVICES, FACILITIES AND INFORMATION TO REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS.FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE, SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PART OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF BEING A MEMBER OF A SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DEPRIVED COMMUNITY.2. TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF STOCKTON-ON-TEES AND THE SURROUNDING AREA WITHOUT DISTINCTIONS OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID INHABITANTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFECT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATIONS WITH THE OBJECTS OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS; 3. TO ESTABLISH OR SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE (HEREINAFTER CALLED ‘THE CENTRE’) AND TO MAINTAIN AND MANAGE THE SAME (WHETHER ALONE OR IN CO-OPERATION WITH ANY LOCAL AUTHORITY OR PERSON OR BODY) IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS; AND 4. TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION THROUGH THE PROMOTION OF SUCH VALUES HELD AND FOLLOWED BY THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION, SPECIFICALLY INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO SOCIAL AND MORAL VALUES, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF THOSE WITH ANY FAITH AND NONE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

STOCKTON-ON-TEES AND THE SURROUNDING AREA

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