Finance Score: -5

Governance Score: 2

Support Score: 6

Volatile income & significant deficit in latest year: -5
No PartB

No conflicts policy: -1
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +6

Overall GiG Score: 3

REFUGEE CAFE

To relieve the poverty of those granted refugee status and asylum through the provision of vocational skills training, advice and support to enable such people to obtain employment

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Income has been volatile recently and was significantly lower than spending in the latest year

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E	Income	Spending	Surplus/ Deficit	Volun- teers
30/04/23	£12,051	£28,248	£-16,197	5
30/04/22	£116,973	£47,561	£69,412	20
30/04/21	£61,441	£9,673	£51,768	50

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 4 years

www.refugeecafe.org.uk

TRUSTEES@REFUGEECAFE.ORG.UK

07454750375

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Disability
Education/Training
Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
Recreation
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Services for refugees & asylum seekers

How it operates

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

Where it operates

Greenwich, Lewisham,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
Other Defined Groups
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
5 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

Power to Change	£20,850
National Lottery Community Fund	£10,000
DCMS	£4,100
Indigo Trust	£3,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Indigo Trust - Unrestricted core funding
£3,000	18/01/2023	Unrestricted core funding to support its work
Power to Change - Refugee Cafe (TU)
£10,850	10/05/2021	Grant to Refugee Cafe (TU)
Power to Change - Crowdmatch - Refugee Cafe
£10,000	10/05/2021	Grant to Crowdmatch - Refugee Cafe
National Lottery Community Fund - Refugee Café Training Program
£10,000	19/03/2021 11	The funding will be used to deliver employment training programmes to help refugees who are facing unemployment and have many barriers to their integration into the UK. The project which links in ....more The funding will be used to deliver employment training programmes to help refugees who are facing unemployment and have many barriers to their integration into the UK. The project which links in with a number of local employers will help refugees gain an accredited catering qualification have greater employment opportunities and help them become financially self-sufficient gain confidence and build networks.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£4,100	19/08/2020	"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 "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 operate, thereby reducing the burden on public services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 6/7 persons

TAJWAR SHELIM Appointed: 2023

HANNAH ANGLE Appointed: 2023

JOANNA PIENKOWSKA Appointed: 2022

MONA JAMIL Appointed: 2023

RAHAT IREM AHMED Appointed: 2023

SAMUEL MORTON Appointed: 2023

ROY HOWARD WARDEN Appointed: 2021, Other trusteeship: PARTNERS FOR CHANGE ETHIOPIA,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 03/09/2020, number: 1191147

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Filing Record

3 returns made; all on time

Main office

25 Longhurst Road
LONDON
SE13 5LR

Objectives

1. TO RELIEVE THE POVERTY OF THOSE GRANTED REFUGEE STATUS AND GRANTED ASYLUM AND THEIR DEPENDENTS IN LEWISHAM AND NEIGHBOURING BOROUGHS BY THE PROVISION OF VOCATIONAL SKILLS TRAINING, ADVICE AND SUPPORT TO ENABLE SUCH PEOPLE TO OBTAIN EMPLOYMENT;2. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF THOSE GRANTED REFUGEE STATUS, THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN GRANTED ASYLUM AND THOSE WHO ARE SEEKING ASYLUM IN LEWISHAM AND NEIGHBOURING BOROUGHS SO AS TO ADVANCE THEM IN LIFE AND HELP THEM TO ADAPT WITHIN A NEW COMMUNITY;3. TO EDUCATE THE GENERAL PUBLIC OF THE RIGHTS AND NEEDS OF REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS; AND4. THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AMONG PEOPLE WHO ARE REFUGEES, THEIR DEPENDENTS OR SEEKING ASYLUM IN LEWISHAM AND NEIGHBOURING BOROUGHS, AND WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED ON THE GROUNDS OF THEIR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC POSITION BY OFFERING ACTIVITIES, TRAINING AND SUPPORT DIRECTED TO ENABLING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY.

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