Overall GiG Score: 10 ?
Finance Score: -6
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 10
  • Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -2 times
  • Spending falling: -1
  • Volatile income: -3
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +10

TAMIL WELFARE ASSOCIATION (NEWHAM) UK 

PROVIDES ADVOCACY/ADVICE/INFORMATION , PROVIDE SERVICES. PROVIDE HUMAN RESOURCES, EDUCATION, TRAINING, THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH OR SAVING OF LIVES, DISABILITY, THE PREVENTION OF RELIEF OF POVERTY, ACCOMMODATION/HOUSING, ARTS/CULTURE/HERITAGE/SCIENCE, ECONOMIC/COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT /EMPLOYMENT.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Accounts have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended
  • Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
  • Income has been volatile recently
Established: 29 years

www.twan.org.uk

TWAN@TWAN.ORG.UK

02084780577

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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/12/22*£162£112£50n/an/an/an/an/a12
31/12/21*£198£171£28n/an/an/an/an/a9
31/12/20£267£199£69n/an/an/an/an/a12
31/12/19£245£244£2n/an/an/an/an/a18
31/12/18£282£266£16£0£0£0n/a013
31/12/17£214£182£32£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/16£211£173£38£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/15£178£173£5£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/14£96£122£-26£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/13£119£156£-37£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/12£107£165£-58£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/11£198£183£15£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/10£212£161£50£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/09£220£135£85£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/08£142£125£17£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/07£152£135£18£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/06£151£129£22£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/05£178£135£43£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/04£135£106£29£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Amateur Sport
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who works here?
  • 12 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,

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
City Bridge Trust£83,150
Lloyds Bank Foundation£52,250
AB Charitable Trust£35,000
Access to Justice Foundation£34,000
Trust for London£22,378
The Clothworkers Foundation£11,000
London Legal Support Trust£10,000
DCMS£10,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Lloyds Bank Foundation - One off gift towards cost of living crisis to Tamil Welfare Association (Newham) UK
£2,250 14/12/2022
One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Tamil Welfare Association (Newham) UK
£1,000 30/11/2022
Grant uplift 'Cost of Living crisis': refurbishment of building for a charity supporting disadvantaged minority communities in London
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Tamil Welfare Association (Newham) UK
£10,000 14/07/2022
refurbishment of building for a charity supporting disadvantaged minority communities in London
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Tamil Welfare Association (Newham) UK
£20,000 21/04/2022
An unrestricted grant of £20,000. Tamil Welfare Association (Newham) provides specialist legal advice and representation to the Tamil community in immigration and asylum, housing, welfare and ....more
London Legal Support Trust - Centres of Excellence 2021
£10,000 14/12/2021
Long term core funding for specialist free legal advice organisations, along with in-kind help and support with ongoing development. Aiming to support a sustainable and robust specialist advice ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Tamil Welfare Association (Newham) UK
£50,000 20/10/2021
24
Unrestricted grant over two years towards the core costs of Tamil Welfare Association (Newham) UK
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Tamil Welfare Association (Newham) UK
£15,000 08/10/2020
An unrestricted grant of £15,000. Tamil Welfare Association (Newham) provides specialist legal advice and representation to the Tamil community in a range of areas, including immigration and asylum, ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£10,000 20/08/2020
"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
Trust for London - Tamil Welfare Association ( Newham ) UK
£22,378 18/08/2020
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The funding is for extra staff time, on costs of delivering advice services and time of a Consultant to further develop services, policies and fundraising capacity in response to the COVID19 ....more
Access to Justice Foundation - Joint Initiative Flexible COVID-19 Grant
£34,000 16/07/2020
A flexible grant as part of wave 1 of the Community Justice Fund. A pooled fund to support the specialist legal welfare advice sector in its response to COVID19
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Tamil Welfare Association (Newham) UK
£6,650 15/05/2020
A grant of £6,650 to fund the essential and urgent costs outlined in the application, so that the organisation can carry on providing support to Londoners.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Tamil Welfare Association (Newham) UK
£8,500 09/04/2020
A one-off, unrestricted grant of £8,500, equivalent to one regular quarterly payment for the organisation’s current grant.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Tamil Welfare Association (Newham) UK
£68,000 26/09/2019
24
£68,000 over two further and final years (2 x £34,000) towards the costs of a FT Advice Worker and associated running costs.
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Tamil Welfare Association (Newham) UK
£10,000 24/01/2019
£10,000 towards core costs. Tamil Welfare Association (Newham) aims to help migrants integrate to avoid social exclusion. They also provide legal advice & advocacy, carrying out casework on ....more
AB Charitable Trust - Refugees, asylum Seekers Protect Human Rights
£10,000 30/06/2016
£10,000 towards Asylum Seekers and Refugees' welfare needs
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Tamil Welfare Association (Newham) UK
£102,000 18/03/2016
36
£102,000 over 3 years (3 x £34,000) towards the costs of a full-time Advice Worker and associated running costs.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Tamil Welfare Association
£30,000 29/01/2014
The charity provides services for the Sri Lankan community in the Manor Park are of Newham. The funding will support an advice worker who will support service users in welfare benefits, housing and ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 32-85
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 23/06/1995, number: 1047487
  • Registered at Companies House on 26/08/1994, number: 02962857
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR22: 6 days late, AR21: 371 days late,
Main office

602 ROMFORD ROAD
LONDON
E12 5AF

Objectives

(A) TO RELIEVE PERSONS PRIMARILY OF THE TAMIL COMMUNITY WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS. (B) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PROMOTING THE EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL INTERESTS OF TAMIL SPEAKING PEOPLE RESIDING IN THE UNITED KINGDOM BY THE PROVISION OF TAMIL LANGUAGE CLASSES LIBRARY FACILITIES CULTURAL AND SOCIAL ACTIVITIES. (C) TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION FOR THOSE WHO NEED THEM BECAUSE OF THEIR YOUTH AGE INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS IN LIFE. (D) TO PROMOTE THE CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE TAMIL PEOPLE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM BY JOINTLY WORKING WITH OTHER ORGANISATIONS HAVING SIMILAR CHARITABLE OBJECTIVES TO THOSE OF THE COMPANY

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED - IN PRACTICE LONDON BOROUGH OF NEWHAM

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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