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Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 4
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    • Overall weighted support: +4
    Overall GiG Score: 4 ?

    SWAN (SOUTHERN WOMEN'S AID NETWORK)

    SWAN (Southern Women's Aid Network) was founded by Saiqa Ali BEM and is led and operated by women. SWAN works with other national and international NGOs and is a recognised provider of food aid in London and abroad. SWAN provides food and other essential aid to individuals and families in need through its ongoing and emergency local and international aid projects.
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    Positives:

    • The charity has received modest backing from several prominent grant makers 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
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    Financial Data ?

    Income & Spending ?
    Sources of Income ?
    Y/E Income Spending Surplus/
    Deficit    		 Volun-
    teers
    30/04/23£444£464£-20n/a
    30/04/22£402£347£55n/a
    30/04/21£289£265£24n/a
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    Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
    Established: 5 years

    www.swanlondon.org

    info@swanlondon.org

    02034900690

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    Listed activities
    • Economic/Community Development/Employment
    • General Charitable Purposes
    • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
    • Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
    • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
    GiG Classification
    • Practical support, advice & companionship
    How it operates
    • Provides services
    Where it operates
    • Afghanistan, Ivory Coast, Lebanon, Occupied Palestinian Territories, Pakistan, Syria, Throughout England, Turkey, Uganda, Yemen,
    Who it helps
    • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
    • The General Public/Mankind

    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.

    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months    		 To be used for
    National Lottery Community Fund - SWAN COMMUNITY SUPPORT
    £9,000 29/09/2022
    The funding will be used to contribute to the rent of the community hub to enable the group to run their foodbank soup kitchen and coffee mornings for people living with disadvantage. The project aims to provide better mental health increase social ....more
    Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust - Let’s get our community voting!
    £13,010 09/02/2022
    to fund the hiring of a network manager and the costs of developing a network aimed specifically at voter registration
    National Lottery Community Fund - SWAN Community Hub
    £10,000 06/11/2020
    6
    The funding will be used to rent a property which will enable the community to have easy access to their service which includes the provision of essential items counselling support and signposting.

    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees (6)
    Current Trustees appointed

    • AMBER SIDDIQUI Appointed: 2020
    • AMINA KHAWAJA Appointed: 2020
    • DR SMAIRA WAHID Appointed: 2020
    • NAHEED NIZAM Appointed: 2020
    • SAIQA ALI (Chair) Appointed: 2020
    • SAMAN JUNG Appointed: 2020
    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in England & Wales on 19/03/2020, number: 1188649
    Gift Aid
    • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
    Policies in force
    • Complaints handling
    • Conflicting interests
    • Financial reserves policy and procedures
    • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
    • Internal risk management policy and procedures
    • Risk management
    • Safeguarding policy and procedures
    • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
    • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
    • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
    • Volunteer management
    Filing Record
    3 returns made; all on time
    Main office

    8 Ryecroft Road
    LONDON
    SW16 3EG

    Objectives

    THE RELIEF OR PREVENTION OF POVERTY AMONGST PEOPLE IN LONDON OR IN OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR ABROAD IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME-TO-TIME THINK FIT, IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:A) PROVIDING EMERGENCY FOOD AND HOUSEHOLD ITEMS TO INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES IN NEEDB) SUCH OTHER MEANS, INCLUDING (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT OR SIGNPOSTING TO RELEVANT INFORMATION AND OTHER ADVISORY SERVICES AND THE SUPPORT OF OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO RELIEVE OR PREVENT POVERTY

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    360 Giving

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