Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 9
  • Volatile income & significant deficit in latest year: -5
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 7 ?

ASYLUM AND REFUGEE COMMUNITY, BLACKBURN

Help provided in various forms to those who are seeking asylum or have been granted refugee status so they can live productive lives in their new country of residence
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 dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income has been volatile recently and was significantly lower than spending in the latest year
  • 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£70£144£-74n/a
31/08/22£133£81£53n/a
31/08/21£154£138£17n/a
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 5 years

www.ARCProjectBlackburn.com

arcprojectblackburn@gmail.com

01254690282

Charity Commission for England and WalesFacebook
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • Recreation
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Support for refugees & asylum seekers
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Makes grants to individuals
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Blackburn With Darwen,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • 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£314,820
Barrow Cadbury Trust£20,350
Garfield Weston Foundation£7,500
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - ARC BLACKBURN
£10,000 17/06/2022
The funding will be used to bring in specialist support for asylum seekers and refugees who have dispersed within the Blackburn area. The project aims to break down barriers and work through the traumatic circumstances which have led to them to seek ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Asylum and Refugee Community Blackburn
£304,820 12/12/2021
The group aim to support Asylum seekers and refugees in Blackburn with Darwen through a varied programme of practical support and advice. Funding will towards staff costs.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award - COVID19 response
£7,500 06/11/2020
General running costs
Barrow Cadbury Trust - COVID-19 - THE ARC PROJECT BLACKBURN
£20,350 07/10/2020
3
To provide core support to enable the ARC Project to put in place mixed support of remote and face to face to vulnerable refugees in Blackburn.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 7/8 persons

  • AMANDA ELIZABETH COOK Appointed: 2023
  • CHRISTINE JOYCE SEDDON Appointed: 2022
  • DAWN SMITH Appointed: 2023
  • FINLAY MACKENZIE HODGE Appointed: 2020
  • RACHEL ANN HODGE (Chair) Appointed: 2022
  • STEPHEN NORCROSS Appointed: 2023
  • SALMA MOHAMMED Appointed: 2023
  • TINTA ALI Appointed: 2022
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 06/04/2020, number: 1188910
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
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
3 returns made; all on time
Main office

Wesley Hall Methodist Church
Feilden Street
BLACKBURN
BB2 1LQ

Objectives

1. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING AND RELIEVE FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AMONGST THOSE SEEKING ASYLUM AND THOSE GRANTED REFUGEE STATUS AND THEIR DEPENDENTS, PRIMARILY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY WITHIN THE DISTRICT OF BLACKBURN WITH DARWEN, PARTICULARLY BY THE PROVISION OF CLASSES, SIGNPOSTING TO LEGAL AND OTHER ADVICE SO AS TO ADVANCE THEM IN LIFE AND ASSIST THEM TO ADAPT AND INTEGRATE WITHIN A NEW COMMUNITY.2. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL ABOUT THE ISSUES RELATING TO REFUGEES AND THOSE SEEKING ASYLUM.3. THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THOSE PERSONS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES.4. TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF THOSE GRANTED REFUGEE STATUS OR SEEKING ASYLUM AND THEIR DEPENDENTS BY WHATEVER CHARITABLE MEANS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES THINK FIT.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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