Finance Score: 6
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 10
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +10
Overall GiG Score: 19 ?

NOTRE DAME REFUGEE CENTRE

Supporting people seeking asylum and those granted refugee status and their dependants through:Legal and other adviceRelieving financial hardshipPreserving and protecting physical and mental healthAdvancing education and training including language skillsEducating the public
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been reasonable growth in spending since inception
  • 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 dynamic in terms of composition

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 Spending Surplus/
Deficit
Volun-
teers
31/08/23£416£400£16n/a
31/08/22£380£384£-5n/a
31/08/21£431£313£118n/a
31/08/20£309£308£1n/a
31/08/19£264£262£2n/a
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 7 years

https://www.notredamerc.org.uk/

info@notredamerc.org.uk

02074402642

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Support for refugees & asylum seekers
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin

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
Trust for London£207,125
City Bridge Trust£195,630
AB Charitable Trust£80,000
The London Community Foundation£14,000
Lloyds Bank Foundation£9,250
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Notre Dame Refugee Centre
£20,000 25/01/2024
An unrestricted grant of £20,000 (This grant is renewable - year 1 of up to 3 years). Notre Dame Refugee Centre provides immigration advice to people who are destitute and not entitled to legal aid, along with holistic support.
London Catalyst - Notre Dame Refugee Centre - 10
£1,800 05/09/2023
Hardship Fund
Lloyds Bank Foundation - One off gift towards cost of living crisis to Notre Dame Refugee Centre
£2,250 14/12/2022
One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Notre Dame Refugee Centre
£195,630 15/11/2022
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£195,630 over five years (£43,900; £40,900; £38,850; £36,910; £35,070) towards Notre Dame Refugee Centre’s core costs and safeguarding training in Year 1.
Trust for London - Notre Dame Refugee Centre
£12,125 29/09/2022
This is a cost of living uplift for grant reference 360G-trustforlondon-MAIN-S2-05.10.2021-9332
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Notre Dame Refugee Centre
£30,000 30/06/2022
An unrestricted grant of £30,000. Notre Dame Refugee Centre provides legal advice, holistic support and act as a safe haven for refugees and people seeking asylum in London.
London Catalyst - Notre Dame Refugee Centre - 9
£1,750 09/06/2022
Hardship Fund
Trust for London - Notre Dame Refugee Centre
£145,000 09/02/2022
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The funding is for three years for an OISC level 3 senior advice worker who manages the Advice Service. This role ensures vulnerable asylum seekers and refugees are reached, ensuring quality of service, liaising with partner agencies and influencing ....more
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Notre Dame Refugee Centre
£15,000 01/07/2021
An unrestricted grant of £15,000 (This grant is renewable - year 3 of 3 years). Notre Dame Refugee Centre provides legal advice, support and a safe haven for refugees and people seeking asylum in London.
Trust for London - Notre Dame Refugee Centre
£50,000 09/03/2021
The funding is towards salaries of its immigration adviser, communication fundraising & events co-ordinator, cleaner and equipment to meet the needs of refugees and asylum seekers. COVID19 Recovery.
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Notre Dame Refugee Centre
£15,000 08/10/2020
An unrestricted grant of £15,000 (This grant is renewable - year 2 of up to 3 years). Notre Dame Refugee Centre provides legal advice, support and a safe haven for refugees and people seeking asylum in London.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Variation grant to Notre Dame Refugee Centre
£7,000 23/07/2020
Grant to Notre Dame Refugee Centre meeting the additional costs of adapting services, premises or implementing other safety measures in response to the Covid pandemic.
The London Community Foundation - Grant to Notre Dame Refugee Centre
£14,000 08/07/2020
a) Provide Hygiene Pack for migrant rough sleepers, destitute migrants and asylum seekers with no recourse to public funds b) Restart cancelled ESOL Classes and Job Club on-line c) Extend Counselling Service online to provide befriending & ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Notre Dame Refugee Centre
£100,000 24/07/2019
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Notre Dame Refugee Centre in Central London supports refugees and asylum seekers with immigration advice, practical support including meals and clothes, ESOL and access to health services. This grant contributes to its core costs.
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Notre Dame Refugee Centre
£15,000 27/06/2019
An unrestricted grant of £15,000 (this grant is renewable - year 1 of up to 3 years). Notre Dame Refugee Centre delivers drop in advice sessions and provides advice on welfare, housing, employment & also offer ESOL.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£15,000 07/03/2019
Support for comprehensive programme of services to refugees and asylum seekers.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Notre Dame Refugee Centre
£130,500 12/12/2018
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towards three years' continuation funding of the salary of the Director, an Advice Worker, and costs relating to a Counsellor, at a project providing advice and counselling for refugees and asylum seekers in London
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Notre Dame Refugee Centre
£15,000 03/07/2018
£15,000 towards core costs. Notre Dame Refugee Centre delivers drop in advice sessions and provides advice on welfare, housing, employment & also offer ESOL.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed

  • ALESSANDRA RAJA Appointed: 2024
  • BARBARA MARY KENTISH (Chair) Appointed: 2019
  • ELODIE BRIAN Appointed: 2023
  • ELIZABETH MILLAR Appointed: 2019
  • FR MARTIN MCANANEY Appointed: 2023
  • KATE DAVIS Appointed: 2024
  • REV DES HANRAHAN Appointed: 2018
  • REV ALAN STEPHEN WILLIAMS SM Appointed: 2018
  • REV HUBERT MARIE BRUNO BONNET-EYMARD Appointed: 2018
  • ZOE LEONARD Appointed: 2024
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 17/04/2018, number: 1177990
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
  • Investing charity funds 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
5 returns made; all on time
Main office

NOTRE DAME REFUGEE CENTRE
5 LEICESTER PLACE
LONDON
WC2H 7BX

Objectives

A) ADVANCING EDUCATION AND RELIEVING FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AMONGST THOSE SEEKING ASYLUM AND THOSE GRANTED REFUGEE STATUS PARTICULARLY BY THE PROVISION OF LEGAL AND OTHER ADVICE.B) RELIEVING FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AMONGST THOSE GRANTED REFUGEE STATUS AND THEIR DEPENDANTS LIVING (TEMPORARILY OR PERMANENTLY) IN THE UNITED KINGDOM.C) PRESERVING AND PROTECTING THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF THOSE GRANTED REFUGEE STATUS AND THEIR DEPENDANTS.D) ADVANCING THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF THOSE GRANTED REFUGEE STATUS AND THEIR DEPENDANTS IN NEED THEREOF SO AS TO ADVANCE THEM IN LIFE AND ASSIST THEM TO ADAPT WITHIN A NEW COMMUNITY.E) ADVANCING THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL ABOUT THE ISSUES RELATING TO REFUGEES AND THOSE SEEKING ASYLUM.F) RELIEVING SICKNESS AND FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AMONGST THOSE SEEKING ASYLUM IN THE UNITED KINGDOM OR WHO ARE REFUGEES, AND WHO RESIDE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM.G) RELIEVING FINANCIAL HARDSHIP BY THE PROVISION OF FREE LEGAL ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE TO PERSONS WHO, THROUGH LACK OF MEANS, WOULD OTHERWISE BE UNABLE TO OBTAIN SUCH ADVICE; ANDH) PROVIDING GENERAL EDUCATION INCLUDING LANGUAGE SKILLS TO ENABLE ACCESS TO THE WIDER COMMUNITY.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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