Finance Score: 9

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 6

Liabilities <10%: +3
Good reserves management: +3
Fundraising costs low: +3

Good trustee age range: +3
Static board: -3

Grant maker support: +6

Overall GiG Score: 15

DERMAN - FOR THE WELL-BEING OF THE KURDISH AND TURKISH COMMUNITIES

Derman provide holistic health and social care services such as Bilingual Health Advocacy, Counselling/Psychological Therapies, Mental Health Recovery Support and Welfare Rights Advice for the Kurdish, Turkish and Turkish Cypriot communities to greatly improve the quality of life and to promote the continued wellbeing of people within these communities.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has a robust balance sheet
Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return
The Board composition appears to be rather static

Established: 28 years
(30 years as a company)

www.derman.org.uk

services@derman.org.uk

02076135944

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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
31/03/23		£669	£630	£39	£18	£379	£379	7.2	28	3
31/03/22		£554	£538	£16	£9	£341	£341	7.6	26	3
31/03/21		£592	£564	£28	£9	£325	£325	6.9	24	2
31/03/20		£532	£528	£4	£10	£297	£297	6.8	25	4
31/03/19		£493	£495	£-2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	4
31/03/18		£495	£485	£10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£537	£443	£94	£8	£286	£283	7.7	12	0
31/03/16		£455	£378	£76	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£441	£458	£-17	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£442	£440	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£445	£462	£-17	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£480	£455	£25	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£599	£602	£-3	£37	£129	£115	2.3	18	0
31/03/10		£553	£625	£-72	£37	£132	£132	2.5	19	0
31/03/09		£743	£681	£62	£44	£205	£199	3.5	21	0
31/03/08		£579	£567	£11	£39	£143	£132	2.8	18	0
31/03/07		£525	£532	£-6	£33	£131	£128	2.9	17	0
31/03/06		£557	£537	£20	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05		£616	£523	£93	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04	*	£504	£554	£-50	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 2.7%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 2.9%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 5%
Liabilities/Income: 3%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 7.2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 7 months
Quick Ratio: 14.5

Asset Split ?

Listed activities

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

How it operates

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

Where it operates

Enfield, Hackney, Haringey, Islington,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
People With Disabilities

Who works here?

28 employees
3 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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Hackney Council - Grant to Derman - For The Well-being Of The Kurdish And Turkish Communities
£35,000	13/10/2022	Providing social welfare advice specifically for residents from the Kurdish, Turkish, Cypriot Turkish, and EU Turkish communities in Hackney since 1991
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Derman
£19,758	28/09/2020	towards the project to increase existing welfare advice service capacity as outlined in your application
London Catalyst - DERMAN - 1
£3,000	08/06/2017	To increase the capacity of our existing bilingual welfare advice service, so we respond the demand for urgent cases.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Derman
£95,950	26/11/2015 36	£95,950 over three years (£31,900; £31,860; £32,190) towards the salary of a bi-lingual Counsellor and project running costs of a counselling service for Kurdish and Turkish-speaking Londoners.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 41-73

ADEM CELIK Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Accountant

DR ADAM FORMAN (Chair) Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Retired General Practitioner, Other trusteeship: DE MOUILPIED CHARITY TRUST,

DR ELANA ALEXANDROU Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Clinical Psychologist

DR ZERRIN ATAKAN Appointed: 2014, Occupation: None

KADRIYE ALI Appointed: 1996, Occupation: Housewife

NURULLAH TURAN Appointed: 2014, Occupation: None

ZIYA ADNAN Appointed: 2010, Occupation: None

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 23/04/1996, number: 1054792
Registered at Companies House on 18/03/1994, number: 02910220

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Other Regulators

Financial Conduct Authority

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Paying staff
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
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR04: 1 days late,

Main office

Derman
Basement
66 New North Road
LONDON
N1 6TG

Objectives

(A) TO RELIEVE SICKNESS (INCLUDING SICKNESS ASSOCIATED WITH DISTRESS) AND TO PRESERVE AND IMPROVE HEALTH BY THE PROVISION OF COUNSELLING, ADVICE AND ADVOCACY, SUPPORT WORK AND OTHER ALLIED SERVICES; (B) TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITION OF LIFE; (C) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF FAMILIES IN BETTER STANDARDS OF CHILDCARE; (D) TO RELIEVE POVERTY BY THE PROVISION OF WELFARE RIGHTS ADVICE; AMONGST THE TURKISH, KURDISH AND CYPRIOT COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE UK, IN PARTICULAR THOSE COMMUNITIES IN HACKNEY AND OTHER LONDON BOROUGHS

Defined Area of Benefit:

UK PARTICULARLY IN HACKNEY ND OTHER LONDON BOROUGHS

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