Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 9

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +6

Overall GiG Score: 14

THE DERBY BOSNIA HERCEGOVINA COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

Advice, signposting, in office translating, immigration advice Level 1, advice on training, benefits, housing.Pre-school activities, Outreach work to no mobile Roma and elderly/disabled Bosnian in needs, Supplementary schools, cultural, social gathering.Inter community work and bridge building Serbian, Albanian, Croatian, Bosnian, "One stop shop" support Ethnic Comm. Groups in East Midlands.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
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 dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Established: 26 years

www.bosniancentre.org

bihcommderby@hotmail.com

01332294436

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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
31/08/23	£181	£187	£-6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	45
31/08/22	£183	£192	£-9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	12
31/08/21	£121	£120	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	12
31/08/20	£134	£115	£19	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	26
31/08/19	£122	£112	£10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	14
31/08/18	£103	£100	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/17	£103	£97	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/16	£123	£128	£-5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/15	£137	£99	£38	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/14	£52	£77	£-24	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/13	£99	£99	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/12	£87	£77	£11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/11	£86	£79	£7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/10	£76	£71	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/09	£68	£53	£15	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/08	£39	£51	£-12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/07	£46	£50	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/06	£7	£41	£-34	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/05	£69	£44	£25	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/04	£53	£49	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Disability
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
Other Charitable Purposes
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

How it operates

Other charitable activities
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides services

Where it operates

Derby City, Derbyshire, Leicester City, Nottingham City,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Defined Groups
People With Disabilities

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
45 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
Tudor Trust - Grant to Derby Bosnia-Herzegovina Community Association
£71,000	11/08/2021 24	over two years towards a partnership with local charities Sahahra and the Derby Refugee Advice Centre, to establish and run a community health educators programme to support residents to improve ....more over two years towards a partnership with local charities Sahahra and the Derby Refugee Advice Centre, to establish and run a community health educators programme to support residents to improve their health and wellbeing in Derby
National Lottery Community Fund - The Refugees Support Refugees Plus
£455,185	25/06/2019 60	This group will continue to work in partnership with the Derby Refugee Forum to provide a wide range of services for all refugees and asylum seekers. They will build on learning and relationships ....more This group will continue to work in partnership with the Derby Refugee Forum to provide a wide range of services for all refugees and asylum seekers. They will build on learning and relationships developed during a number of pilot projects, further strengthen capacity, and focus on future sustainability. Holistic services such as maths and IT classes and cultural activities will also be provided. Annually, the group supports over 4,000 people.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Derby Bosnia-Herzegovina Community Association
£44,400	18/03/2015	Bosnian war people and children saving history, language and culture in East Midlands
National Lottery Community Fund - The Refugees Support Refugees
£395,726	16/06/2014 60	Not Available

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (12)

Current Trustees appointed

ADNA BJELOBRVIC Appointed: 2023

MERSAD POROVIC Appointed: 2023

SANJIN HAMZA Appointed: 2023

HAJRIJA HALILOVIC Appointed: 2019

MIDHAT KAPETANOVIC

MIRZA GHOUNEM (Chair) Appointed: 2022

MUALJA KARAHASANI Appointed: 2017

ZORAN RAJIC Appointed: 2022

ALMA PASIC Appointed: 2015

AHMET HALABA Appointed: 2022

IVAN MIHANOVIC Appointed: 2022

MUHAMED SIRANOVIC, Other trusteeship: BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA U.K. NETWORK,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 13/10/1998, number: 1071955

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

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
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; all on time

Main office

BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA CENTRE
99 CURZON STREET
DERBY
DE1 1LN

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS ARISING THERE FROM OF THE REFUGEES AND OTHER FROM THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA, REGARDLESS OF THEIR ETHNIC ORIGIN, BACKGROUND AND RELIGION, NOW RESIDING IN EAST MIDLANDS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

EAST MIDLANDS

Data Sources