Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 6

No PartB

Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +6

Overall GiG Score: 9

AZALEA

Practical, emotional and spiritual support offered to to women sexually exploited through prostitution through weekly drop-in, outreach, and be-friending sessions.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity

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
31/07/23	£417,955	£399,481	£18,474	27
31/07/22	£10,110	£7	£10,103	0
31/07/21	£0	£0	£0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 4 years

https://www.azalea.org.uk/

info@azalea.org.uk

01582733200

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Education/Training
Religious Activities
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Christian congregations

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides services

Where it operates

Luton,

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
27 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

Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation	£90,072
Garfield Weston Foundation	£20,000
National Lottery Community Fund	£10,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Encompass Project
£10,000	14/04/2023	The funding will be used to pay for a lead Anti-Sex Trafficking Officer offering person-centred trauma-informed care and support for women impacted by sex trafficking. The project aims to enable ....more The funding will be used to pay for a lead Anti-Sex Trafficking Officer offering person-centred trauma-informed care and support for women impacted by sex trafficking. The project aims to enable women to fully exit exploitation and addiction and gain the skills they need to live safely in the community.
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - Mental health professional who will work across the partner organisations to provide specialist intervention to vulnerable people in Luton.
£49,384	09/01/2023	Partnership Mental Health Officers
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - Emergency support for women - cost-of-living crisis. scoping, research and proposal development.
£2,500	10/10/2022	Seed Funding Work
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - Grant to Azalea
£38,188	25/03/2021 23	Encompass
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000	11/12/2020	Encompass
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - Azalea Drop-in, Befriending and Recovery
£10,000	21/03/2018 12	Grant to Azalea
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - The Befriending Project
£5,000	13/06/2017 13	Grant to Azalea

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 5/6 persons

GERARD VAN DER WESTHUYZEN Appointed: 2020

SAM HARGREAVES Appointed: 2020, Other trusteeship: AZALEA,

AMANDA MCCALLA-LEACY Appointed: 2020, Other trusteeship: AZALEA,

ANNA THERON Appointed: 2020, Other trusteeship: AZALEA,

REV MARTYN SHEA (Chair) Appointed: 2022, Other trusteeship: THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST HUGH, LEWSEY,

WILLIAM TREASURE Appointed: 2022, Other trusteeship: AZALEA,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 21/07/2020, number: 1190508

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity 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
Investment
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

3 returns made; all on time

Main office

3A Upper George Street
Luton
LU1 2QX

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND ADVANCEMENT OF THE WELFARE OF PEOPLE WHO ARE INVOLVED IN THE SEX TRADE BY THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT SERVICES THAT MEET PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL AND SPIRITUAL NEEDS, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT. THE ADVANCEMENT OF CHRISTIANITY, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, PARTICULARLY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROMOTING HOSPITALITY, PRAYER AND SERVICE TOWARD PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THE SEX TRADE, WITHIN CHRISTIAN COMMUNITIES.THE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF HEALTH AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THE SEX TRADE BY THE PROVISION OF COUNSELLING AND ADVICE FROM A CHRISTIAN PERSPECTIVE.

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