Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 8
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
    • Large volunteer base +5
    • Overall weighted support: +3
    Overall GiG Score: 13 ?

    NAPIER FRIENDS

    We provide in-person services for people living at Napier Barracks, and run a virtual befriending scheme for people who have lived experience of Napier Barracks and other institutional asylum seeker accommodation.
    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

    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 ?

    Y/E Income Spending Surplus/
    Deficit
    Volun-
    teers
    31/03/23£35£25£10n/a
    Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
    Established: 3 years

    info@napierfriends.org.uk

    07733 085116

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    UN SDGs
    ?
    Listed activities
    • Economic/Community Development/Employment
    • General Charitable Purposes
    • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
    GiG Classification
    • Support for refugees & asylum seekers
    How it operates
    • Provides services
    Where it operates
    • Throughout England And Wales,

    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
    Henry Smith Charity£10,000
    National Lottery Community Fund£9,953
    Mark Leonard Trust£500
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    National Lottery Community Fund - Support for people seeking asylum onsite at Napier Barracks
    £9,953 28/09/2023
    The funding will be used to pay towards the staffing cost of a co-ordinator position to support asylum seekers. The project aims to support people seeking asylum with a range of things such as English lesson and learning new skills.
    Mark Leonard Trust - Christmas Rucksack Appeal
    £500 09/01/2023
    Christmas Rucksack Appeal
    Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Napier Friends
    £10,000 06/12/2022
    towards one year's running costs of a project providing a volunteering programme for asylum seekers in Folkestone, Kent.

    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees (5)
    Current Trustees appointed

    • AHMAD RESHAD HAMER Appointed: 2023
    • CHARLOTTE EAST Appointed: 2021
    • JENNIFER BOLGER Appointed: 2023
    • JUSTUS KAJINJA NOOWE Appointed: 2023
    • MOHAMED IZZELDIN Appointed: 2021
    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in England & Wales on 18/02/2022, number: 1197988
    Gift Aid
    • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
    Policies in force
    • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
    • Complaints handling
    • Complaints policy and procedures
    • 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
    • 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
    1 returns made; all on time
    Main office

    Napier Friends
    The Workshop
    32-40 Tontine Street
    FOLKESTONE
    Kent
    CT20 1JU

    Objectives

    THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:TO PROVIDE RELIEF TO ASYLUM SEEKERS WHO ARE IN NEED AND HAVE BEEN ACCOMMODATED AT NAPIER BARRACKS OR OTHER INSTITUTIONAL ASYLUM ACCOMMODATION THROUGH THE PROVISION OF A SUPPORT NETWORK TO PROVIDE EDUCATION, VOLUNTEERING OPPORTUNITIES AND SUCH OTHER SUPPORT AND SERVICES AS THE TRUSTEES DEEM APPROPRIATE IN ORDER TO ADVANCE THEM IN LIFE AND ASSIST THEM WITH THE ADAPTION WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.NOTHING IN THIS CONSTITUTION SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CIO FOR THE PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005 AND SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008.

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    360 Giving

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