Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: -2
Support Score: 9
  • Volatile income: -3
  • No PartB
  • Very static board: -5
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 4 ?

FIGHTBACK (SOCIETY FOR DISABLED REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS)

Fightback provides mediation, advocacy and representation to the disabled, refugees, asylum seeker, BME groups, the homeless and destitute. We provide a weekly coffee morning, befriending and drop in service, use of phones, computers, form filling, various health related classes, CV writing, updating U/C journals and food parcels.
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 gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Why is the Board composition very static?

Financial issues to consider:

  • 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
02/04/23£79£73£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
02/04/22£103£94£9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
02/04/21£155£87£68n/an/an/an/an/an/a
02/04/20£41£40£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
02/04/19£34£40£-6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
02/04/18£37£45£-8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
02/04/17£33£21£12n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 8 years

Dianalambton@hotmail.com

01915652707

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Support for victims of domestic or sexual abuse
  • Emotional support, counselling or therapy
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Sunderland,
Who it helps
  • People With Disabilities

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£144,051
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd£29,873
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland£23,000
Barrow Cadbury Trust£10,000
Disability Action£6,000
CAF£4,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Grant to Fightback (The Society of Disabled Refugee and Asylum Seekers)
£1,000 10/11/2022
Volunteer and travel expenses to support work with vulnerable communities in sunderland
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Grant to Fightback (The Society of Disabled Refugee and Asylum Seekers)
£7,000 03/11/2022
Provision of food parcels for beneficiaries in sunderland
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Grant to Fightback (The Society of Disabled Refugee and Asylum Seekers)
£3,500 08/09/2022
Addressing hygiene poverty amongst vulnerable communities in sunderland
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to Fightback (The Society of Disabled Refugee and Asylum Seekers)
£5,000 28/10/2021
Providing volunteer and travel expenses for support during Covid-19 restrictions in Sunderland
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to Fightback (The Society of Disabled Refugee and Asylum Seekers)
£3,000 22/07/2021
The organisations charitable activities in Tyne & Wear
National Lottery Community Fund - Fightback Charity (Society for Disabled Refugees and Asylum Seekers)
£144,051 21/07/2021
The project will use the funding to continue running its essential support services to support marginalised communities facing multiple disadvantages such as a drop-in service providing IT access financial education and employment support. This aims ....more
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to Fightback (The Society of Disabled Refugee and Asylum Seekers)
£3,500 08/07/2021
The organisations charitable activities in Tyne & Wear
Disability Action - NET Coronavirus Appeal Emergency Fund for Disabled People Organisations UK-wide
£6,000 01/11/2020
The project will enable the group to resume a number of their activities and provide a pick up and go service in place of their coffee morning so people still have an opportunity to see a familiar face.
Barrow Cadbury Trust - COVID-19 - Fightback Charity
£10,000 21/09/2020
6
Increasing staff capacity to enable Fightback to support disabled refugees and migrants and combat isolation and depression
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Unrestricted support for the charity's activities for BAME communities in Sunderland following Covid 19 outbreak
£4,936 09/07/2020
Unrestricted support for the charity's activities for BAME communities in Sunderland following Covid 19 outbreak
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - unrestricted support for the charity's activities for BAME communities in Sunderland following Covid 19 outbreak
£4,936 09/07/2020
unrestricted support for the charity's activities for BAME communities in Sunderland following Covid 19 outbreak
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Adapting premises and continue to provide a safe and effective service for staff, volunteers and vulnerable service users in Sunderland during Covid19
£10,000 03/07/2020
Adapting premises and continue to provide a safe and effective service for staff, volunteers and vulnerable service users in Sunderland during Covid19
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - adapting premises and continue to provide a safe and effective service for staff, volunteers and vulnerable service users in Sunderland during Covid19
£10,000 03/07/2020
adapting premises and continue to provide a safe and effective service for staff, volunteers and vulnerable service users in Sunderland during Covid19
CAF - Grant to Fightback Charity (The Society of Disabled Refugee and Asylum Seekers)
£4,000 10/06/2020
3
Grant to Fightback Charity (The Society of Disabled Refugee and Asylum Seekers) to support the organisation through COVID19
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - For work to promote the social inclusion of people from the asylum seeker, refugee and BME communities
£5,000 12/03/2019
For work to promote the social inclusion of people from the asylum seeker, refugee and BME communities
National Lottery Community Fund - Fightback (Society for Disabled Refugees and Asylum Seekers)
£125,770 05/10/2016
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The project will continue and develop a holistic service for refugees and asylum seekers with physical or mental health issues who experience disadvantage due to disability, language, immigration status or ethnicity. The project helps them develop ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 8/9 persons

  • ALI MIRZAEI Appointed: 2016
  • CLAUDIA CONTEH Appointed: 2016
  • DANIEL PEARCE Appointed: 2016
  • DIANA LAMBTON (Chair) Appointed: 2016
  • JANET NALWEYISO Appointed: 2016
  • MAHMOOD SHARIF RAHIM Appointed: 2016
  • MOHAMMAD AZIZI BA Appointed: 2016
  • MONIQUE GORVEL Appointed: 2016
  • SABINA BAIN Appointed: 2016
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 23/08/2016, number: 1168874
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
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • 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
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
7 returns made; all on time
Main office

Units 4-6
Eagle Building
High Street East
Sunderland
SR1 2AX

Objectives

THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS (‘THE OBJECTS’) ARE:(I) “TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY”. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ‘SOCIALLY EXCLUDED’ MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OF MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; YOUTH OR OLD AGE; ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL); SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY INCLUDING ALCOHOL AND DRUGS; DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF SEX, RACE, DISABILITY, ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGION, BELIEF, CREED, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER RE-ASSIGNMENT; POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT; RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN; POOR HOUSING (THAT IS HOUSING THAT DOES NOT MEET BASIC HABITABLE STANDARDS; CRIME (EITHER AS A VICTIM OF CRIME OR AS AN OFFENDER REHABILITATING INTO SOCIETY).”(II) “TO RELIEVE POVERTY AND FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AMONG THESE USER GROUPS BY PROVIDING A RANGE OF FREE SERVICES INCLUDING”:A) PROVIDE FOOD PARCELS ON A WEEKLY BASIS TO FAILED ASYLUM SEEKERS, HOMELESS AND DESTITUTE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NO OTHER MEANS OF SUPPORT.B) PROVIDE MONTHLY ESSENTIAL TOILETTRIES FOR MAINTAINING HYGIENE (FUNDS PERMITTING).C) PROVIDE OCCASIONAL MONITARY SUPPORT FOR LOCAL TRAVEL COSTS

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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