Finance Score: 5

Governance Score: -3

Support Score: 8

Future income +5
No PartB

All female board: -3

Large volunteers +5
Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 10

SOUL SISTERS: EMPOWERING PEOPLE

Soul Sisters: Empowering People is a charity founded to support victims and survivors of Domestic Abuse, and their families, to Live Without Fear. We empower people to move forward through advocacy, signposting, peer support, 1-2-1 support, mentoring and coaching both online and in person.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently and there are significant future grants due to be received

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board is completely female

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
29/03/23		£15,196	£9,395	£5,801	10
29/03/22		£8,025	£3,344	£4,681	10

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 3 years

https://soulsisters.org.uk/

Info@soulsisters.org.uk

07309612325

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity

GiG Classification

Services for victims of domestic or sexual abuse

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Lancashire, Rochdale,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
People With Disabilities

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
10 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

National Lottery Community Fund	£10,000
Allen Lane Foundation	£2,000
Co-Operative Group	£1,264
Forever Manchester	£1,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Soul Sisters: Empowering People
£1,264	21/10/2023	We would like to offer more services, and increase the awareness of our charity work. We also aim to recruit volunteers from the local community through printed material and digital marketing tools.
National Lottery Community Fund - Growing Soul Sisters: Empowering People
£10,000	28/09/2023	The funding will be used to develop and continue to offer free access to one-to-one support mentoring counselling advocacy peer support groups signposting to specialist services and creative ....more The funding will be used to develop and continue to offer free access to one-to-one support mentoring counselling advocacy peer support groups signposting to specialist services and creative workshops for women men children and families affected by domestic abuse. It will also grow capacity by growing the organisation's support network by partnering with other local groups and key stakeholders and expanding its training consultancy and policy work to gain access to government development support.
Forever Manchester - Chorus Of Power
£1,000	22/06/2022	Transport costs and practitioner costs for 8 workshops
Allen Lane Foundation - Grant to Soul Sisters: Empowering People
£2,000	02/07/2021	£2,000 single grant to contribute to running costs of supporting people affected by domestic abuse in Rochdale

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 5/6 persons

JO BALDWIN Appointed: 2021

EMMA COTTAM Appointed: 2020

MARIE FLAHERTY Appointed: 2021

ASMA BEGUM HUSSAIN (Chair) Appointed: 2020, Other trusteeship: ACTION TOGETHER CIO,

CHRISTINE ASPIN Appointed: 2021, Other trusteeship: WHAG,

LISA BIRTLES Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Director

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 26/05/2021, number: 1194597

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Internal risk management policy and procedures
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

2 returns made; all on time

Main office

SOUL SISTERS UNIT 37367
PO BOX 4336
MANCHESTER
M61 0BW

Objectives

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO, TO BE CARRIED OUT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN LANCASHIRE, IS:TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF AND SUPPORT THOSE AT RISK OF, OR SUFFERING THE EFFECTS OF, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE/DOMESTIC ABUSE (TO INCLUDE SEXUAL, PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL AND ECONOMIC ABUSE) AND THEIR CHILDREN, PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH THE PROVISION OF ONE-TO-ONE SESSIONS, PEER SUPPORT, GROUP SESSIONS, MENTORING, ADVOCACY AND SIGNPOSTING SERVICES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

LOCAL

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