Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 16
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +13
Overall GiG Score: 21 ?

TRIANGULAR CIO 

Triangular was initially set up in 2014 as a community group. As the number of beneficiaries grew and the work expanded, the trustees decided to incorporate the organisation in 2018 for more accountability and transparency. The object of the CIO is to advance the education and training of those granted refugee status, seeking asylum, recent migrants and their dependents.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • There has been strong growth in spending since inception
  • There have been no 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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • 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

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income Spending Surplus/
Deficit
Volun-
teers
31/03/23£102,988£95,675£7,31325
31/03/22£90,064£77,166£12,89825
31/03/21£80,232£50,780£29,45225
31/03/20£9,940£7,825£2,11512
31/03/19£37,308£24,360£12,94812
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 6 years

https://www.triangular.org.uk/

info@triangular.org.uk

01914771763

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Services for refugees & asylum seekers
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Durham, Gateshead, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Newcastle Upon Tyne City, North Tyneside, Northumberland, South Tyneside, Stockton-on-tees, Sunderland,
Who it helps
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 25 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
Lloyds Bank Foundation£82,250
National Lottery Heritage Fund£68,588
The Greggs Foundation£45,000
Energy Saving Trust Foundation£39,946
Power to Change£11,150
National Lottery Community Fund£9,940
DCMS£9,932
Barrow Cadbury Trust£9,300
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Energy Saving Trust Foundation - Youth Climate Action Fund
£39,946 28/02/2024
24
Engaging young people experiencing inequality on action related to the climate emergency
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Triangular CIO
£8,000 15/11/2023
Purchase of IT and coffee machine for a charity which works with refugees/asylum seekers in Tyne and Wear
Lloyds Bank Foundation - One off gift towards cost of living crisis to Triangular CIO
£2,250 14/12/2022
One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis
The Greggs Foundation - North East Core Funding
£45,000 25/11/2022
36
£45,000 over three years (£15,000 per year) towards the salaries of their Office Administrator, rent and utilities
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Triangular CIO
£58,588 22/04/2022
Dressed for the Occasion
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund - Grant to Triangular CIO
£1,450 16/11/2021
Small Grant Unrestricted Core Costs
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Triangular CIO
£50,000 08/09/2021
24
Unrestricted grant over two years towards the core costs of Triangular CIO
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Infrastructure grant to TRIANGULAR CIO
£30,000 08/12/2020
12
Unrestricted grant over one year to TRIANGULAR CIO under the Infrastructure funding programme
Barrow Cadbury Trust - COVID-19 - Triangular
£9,300 14/10/2020
5
To provide online and face to face training and advice for refugees and asylum seekers living in Gateshead.
Power to Change - C-19 CCLORS - Triangular CIO
£11,150 17/09/2020
Grant to C-19 CCLORS - Triangular CIO
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,932 22/06/2020
"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 ....more
Sport England - COVID-19 CEF
£6,700 09/04/2020
4
Funding under Sport England's COVID-19 Community Emergency Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled COVID-19 CEF. This project lists its main activity as Sport participation and capacity ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Peer Support
£9,940 31/01/2020
11
The project aims to engage with female refugees/recent migrants who are new to the area into a regular community activity, as well as with volunteering opportunities. The hope is to tackle loneliness ....more
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Triangular
£10,000 26/06/2019
Recent Refugee Journey
Sport England - Syrian community, weekly indoor 7-a-side football programme
£9,800 20/03/2019
11
Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled Syrian community, weekly indoor 7-a-side football programme. This project is a Association Football project, ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Holistic Approach 2 Tackling Knife Crime
£9,950 03/08/2018
12
The funding will be used to run a training programme for community leaders from refugee organisations, who will then provide workshops for young people in the wider community who are perpetrators or ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - It Is Time To Stop Mutilating Women's Genitals
£9,720 24/05/2017
12
The project will deliver culturally sensitive workshops and drop in sessions to local communities affected by female genital mutilation (FGM). They will explore the negative problems it causes and ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 22/06/2018, number: 1178903
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
  • 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
5 returns made; all on time
Main office

Integration Station C I C
273 High Street
GATESHEAD
NE8 1EP

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE TO: 1) ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF THOSE GRANTED REFUGEE STATUS, SEEKING ASYLUM, RECENT MIGRANTS AND THEIR DEPENDENTS IN NEED THEREOF SO AS TO ADVANCE THEM IN LIFE AND TO ASSIST THEM TO ADAPT TO A NEW COMMUNITY; AND,2) ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL ABOUT THE ISSUES RELATING TO REFUGEES, ASYLUM SEEKERS AND IMMIGRANTS.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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