Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 1
Support Score: 5
  • No PartB
  • Only 3 Trustees: -2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 6 ?

CROYDON REFUGEE COMMUNITY

Provision of vocational and skills training, advice and support;Provision of facilities that will facilitate integration and understanding of the beneficiaries within the widercommunity and improve the beneficiary's conditions of life, including semi independent living housing for young people.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Why are there only 3 trustees?

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
31/03/24£101£63£37n/a
31/03/23£55£53£2n/a
31/03/22£21£26£-5n/a
31/03/21£35£28£7n/a
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 5 years

znuh@hotmail.com

07592943155

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
GiG Classification
  • Support for specific schools
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
Where it operates
  • Surrey,

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£60,000
DCMS£4,000
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund£2,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Support Cost of Living for BAME Communities
£10,000 25/11/2022
The funding will be used to provide food clothing and energy and budgeting advice for people from ethnic backgrounds migrants and refugees during the cost of living crisis. The project aims to enable people to be better informed and break free from ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Celebrating BAME Traditions for Jubilee Legacy
£50,000 03/03/2022
The funding will be used for an intergenerational project celebrating BAME food and cultural traditions for the Queen's Platinum Jubilee. Activities will include bringing together isolated individuals within the community through the preparation ....more
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund - Grant to Croydon Refugee Community
£2,000 08/06/2021
Small Grant Unrestricted Core Costs
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£4,000 26/05/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots and small organisations who can provide an ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 44-68
  • HORTENSE MATOKO-M' FOUDI Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Director
  • NICKESIA MELESIA MEDLEY Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Student
  • ZEINAB NUH (Chair) Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Director
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 06/01/2020, number: 1187224
  • Registered at Companies House on 25/11/2019, number: 12332442
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
  • Investing charity funds 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
4 returns made; all on time
Main office

3 SADDLE MEWS
CROYDON
CR0 2FZ

Objectives

TO BENEFIT THE PUBLIC BY ADVANCING EDUCATION AND TRAINING; RELIEF OF SICKNESS, UNEMPLOYMENT AND FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AMONGST THOSE SEEKING ASYLUM AND THOSE GRANTED REFUGEE STATUS PARTICULARLY AND THEIR DEPENDANTS LIVING (TEMPORARILY OR PERMANENTLY) IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF CROYDON AND THE SURROUNDING AREA, BY THE PROVISION OF VOCATIONAL AND SKILLS TRAINING, ADVICE AND SUPPORT, AND FACILITIES THAT WILL FACILITATE INTEGRATION AND UNDERSTANDING WITHIN THE WIDER COMMUNITY AND IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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