Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 12
  • No PartB
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +12
Overall GiG Score: 14 ?

SAHELIYA

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • There have been no income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Why are there only 4 trustees?

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 ?
Period ending 31/03/18 31/03/19 31/03/20 31/03/21 31/03/22 31/03/23
Charitable activities £969,933 £1,160,073 £1,065,768 £838,347 £988,102
Donations & Legacies £12,756 £18,666 £6,091 £52,059 £33,471
Other Income £1,549 £3,386 £6,028 £2,678 £9,750
Investment Income £8
Total income £1,192,702 £1,423,890 £1,327,872 £1,067,200 £1,038,681 £1,334,811
Charitable activities spending £1,186,732 £1,326,780 £1,223,708 £1,016,817 £1,127,290
Fundraising costs
Other spending
Total spending £1,186,732 £1,326,780 £1,223,708 £1,016,817 £1,034,463 £1,127,290
Surplus/deficit £5,970 £97,110 £104,164 £50,383 £4,218 £207,521
Established: 31 years
Scottish Charity RegulatorCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • It carries out activities or services itself
GiG Classification
  • Support for victims of domestic or sexual abuse
  • Emotional support, counselling or therapy
Purposes
  • The advancement of health
Where it operates
  • Wider, but within one local authority area, main operating location: City of Edinburgh
Who it helps
  • People with disabilities or health problems
  • People with a particular ethnic or racial origin

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
William Grant Foundation£172,177
Esmee Fairbairn£164,000
Paul Hamlyn Foundation£150,000
Scottish Government£141,652
Tudor Trust£92,000
BBC Children in Need£79,694
Comic Relief£40,000
DCMS£26,661
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
CAF - Grant to Saheliya
£25,220 26/05/2023
To build resilience of this organisation
William Grant Foundation - Parenting for Safety 2023-2026
£120,000 27/04/2023
36
Unrestricted funding over three years made in response to Saheliya's support for black, minority ethnic, asylum seeker, refugee and migrant women and children under 3 years focusing on promoting attachment and infant mental health. Key words: ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Saheliya
£14,000 30/01/2023
Towards unrestricted core costs as a Cost of Living Uplift
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Saheliya
£500 20/10/2022
0
‘Cost of Living uplift: £500 to help projects meet their rising costs and respond to increased demand 31/10/2022’
National Lottery Community Fund - Celebrating 30 Years
£10,000 07/10/2022
The group will use the funding to deliver a series of 30 talks workshops and activities over the year to celebrate their 30th anniversary.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Saheliya
£140,000 21/09/2022
Towards unrestricted core costs to enable more women experiencing racial inequity to better access justice and safety through trauma informed and rights based interpreting services
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Time for Change: A lived experience advocacy and leadership development programme
£150,000 19/07/2021
24
Saheliya provides trauma-informed, wrap-around support in first languages for women with experience of racial inequality. They offer specialised support for women who have been traumatised due to lived experience of gendered abuse and who are unable ....more
Dulverton Trust - Parenting for Safety
£17,944 09/06/2021
Parenting for Safety
National Lottery Community Fund - Well-being in our languages
£9,959 20/04/2021
This group will use the funding to produce mental health first aid videos which will be translated into multiple languages to help support BAME women in Edinburgh and Glasgow.
Scottish Government - Saheliya Steering Group
£71,333 24/03/2021
Detailed description not provided.
Tudor Trust - Grant to Saheliya
£2,000 06/01/2021
as an additional grant to support staff, volunteer and trustee wellbeing, to assist the organisation deliver its charitable purpose more effectively
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000 25/09/2020
Bridges to Learning
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Saheliya
£79,194 30/07/2020
Covid19 - Employability support for black and minority ethnic young women surviving honour based abuse, forced or early marriage, or domestic abuse, further isolated by Covid-19. They will gain confidence and soft skills to seek employment or ....more
Tudor Trust - Grant to Saheliya
£90,000 08/07/2020
36
over three years towards core costs an organisation supporting BAME, asylum seeker, refugee and migrant women with mental health problems, often as a result of gender-based violence, in Edinburgh and Glasgow
Comic Relief - Saheliya Recovery Funding
£40,000 23/06/2020
6
COVID19 Recovery funding
Scottish Government - Saheliya Steering Group
£36,606 22/06/2020
Detailed description not provided.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Saheliya
£10,000 05/05/2020
6
towards unrestricted costs as a COVID-19 Fast Response grant
Scottish Government - Saheliya
£33,713 09/04/2020
Detailed description not provided.
DCMS - Rights at Saheliya
£26,661 01/04/2020
Saheliya aims to support Black and Minority Ethnic women refugees and asylum seekers who access their Centre in Glasgow who are affected by multiple gender based abuse; including trafficking, forced marriage, child marriage, female genital ....more
William Grant Foundation - Parenting for Safety
£52,177 10/12/2019
36
Towards the cost of a programme of support for BAME women and children under 3 years focusing on promoting attachment and infant mental health. The project is co-funded with Cattanach and will run for 3 years.
National Lottery Community Fund - Aquaponic Fish Farm Pilot Project
£9,918 15/07/2019
12
This group will use the funding to continue developing their aquaponics fish farm which will produce vegetables and fish for local cafes and shops. This will provide opportunities for local women to develop new skills, build confidence and carry out ....more
DCMS - Rights at Saheliya
£26,661 01/04/2019
Saheliya aims to support Black and Minority Ethnic women refugees and asylum seekers who access their Centre in Glasgow who are affected by multiple gender based abuse; including trafficking, forced marriage, child marriage, female genital ....more
DCMS - Rights at Saheliya
£26,661 10/12/2018
Saheliya aims to support Black and Minority Ethnic women refugees and asylum seekers who access their Centre in Glasgow who are affected by multiple gender based abuse; including trafficking, forced marriage, child marriage, female genital ....more
DCMS - Rights at Saheliya
£19,996 10/12/2018
Saheliya aims to support Black and Minority Ethnic women refugees and asylum seekers who access their Centre in Glasgow who are affected by multiple gender based abuse; including trafficking, forced marriage, child marriage, female genital ....more
Comic Relief - Rights at Saheliya
£79,983 06/11/2018
24
Saheliya aims to support Black and Minority Ethnic women refugees and asylum seekers who access their Centre in Glasgow who are affected by multiple gender based abuse; including trafficking, forced marriage, child marriage, female genital ....more
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Saheliya
£24,500 25/06/2018
Saheliya at St Rollox House
Robertson Trust - The extension of the Edinburgh Learning Centre programme
£51,000 13/03/2018
The extension of the Edinburgh Learning Centre programme
National Lottery Community Fund - The Open Arms Project
£704,649 14/12/2017
36
This group will use its three year grant to deliver their 'Open Arms' project. The project will provide outreach to engage with 950 vulnerable minority ethnic women in Edinburgh who are experiencing isolation and face multiple barriers to full ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Saheliya
£20,000 26/04/2017
6
Towards the salary of a worker to develop dedicated support for young FGM victims who are asylum seekers/refugees dispersed to Glasgow.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Saheliya
£81,600 08/12/2016
36
towards three years' running costs of the 'Champions of Wellbeing' project, training ex-service users (ethnic minority women with mental health issues) to become family and community volunteers in Edinburgh and Glasgow
RS Macdonald Charitable Trust - Support for vulnerable girls and young women
£4,735 25/05/2016
One-to-one and group support for girls and young women (12-18) who are at risk of female genital mutilation, forced or early marriage to increase confidence, mental well-being, and understanding of rights and responsibilities, as well as help to ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Saheliya
£130,000 02/09/2015
60
Towards the salary of a case-worker and core costs for work to reduce the incidence and impact of female genital mutilation.
National Lottery Community Fund - Building Resilience
£692,503 22/05/2015
60
Saheliya supports the well-being of Black and Minority Ethnic women in Scotland who are experiencing problems due to racism, Islamaphobia, or other discrimination; abuse, exploitation, forced marriage, or FGM; torture, persecution, or trafficking.
Comic Relief - Saheliya Safety
£97,674 28/01/2015
36
Saheliya is a user-led BME women’s support agency with particular expertise and knowledge about the risk and prevalence of female genital mutilation (FGM) in different refugee communities in Scotland. Saheliya estimates that there are 3000-4000 ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Saheliya
£52,725 01/11/2014
This project will provide counselling for girls and young women from black and minority ethnic communities who have been affected by traumatic and crisis situations. They will feel happier safer and more confident and improve their mental health.
National Lottery Community Fund - Saheliya Stay and Play Project
£10,000 12/02/2013
12
This group will run weekly mother and child sessions focusing on aiding pre-school development and alleviating parental fears surrounding leaving a child with non-family members for the first time. Sessions will be run by bi-lingual staff and will ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Saheliya Women's Learning Centre
£481,061 20/06/2012
60
The project will provide learning opportunities and financial capability sessions for BME women who are experiencing mental ill health. The aim of the project is to increase integration and move beneficiaries towards employment. The project courses ....more
Nationwide Foundation - Grant to Saheliya
£4,640 06/02/2012
Costs of setting up a financial independence course for ethnic minority women fleeing domestic abuse
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Saheliya
£69,536 05/05/2010
36
Towards Project costs Towards the salary of the co-ordinator and recruitment costs.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Directors (4)
Current Directors appointed

Age Range of Directors: 29-56
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 06/12/1993, number: SC020069
  • Registered at Companies House on 09/08/2000, number: SC209861
Filing Record
5 returns made; all on time
Main office

125 McDonald Road, Edinburgh, EH7 4NW

Objectives

a. The preservation and protection of the health of minority ethnic women, throughout the City of Edinburgh and in other areas of Scotland, by providing support services which are to be strictly confidential, respectful of difference and delivered with a commitment to equal opportunities who are living with, recovering from, or at risk of mental health problems due to: i. racism, Islamaphobia, and other discrimination, ii. oppressive cultural practises including forced marriage, honour abuse, or female genital mutilation iii. torture and other organised violence

Data Sources

Scottish Charity Regulator
360 Giving

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