Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 4
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Overall weighted support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 3 ?

VOD INTERNATIONAL

Works locally, in Ealing Borough, amongst disadvantaged Ethnic Minorities: improving English skills; increasing right based knowledge; encouraging better access to mainstream platforms. Nationally, raises awareness on: Caste Discrimination; Dalit Development Aid and Human Rights. Internationally: assists Dalit development programmes in India, through partners.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

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 ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£110£85£25n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£105£78£27n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£102£79£23n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£97£93£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£92£88£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£124£110£13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£116£97£20n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£107£96£11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£221£208£13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£173£168£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£174£172£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£173£167£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£148£147£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10£84£87£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09£100£100£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08£96£92£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/07£41£41£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/06£45£43£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05£38£38£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04£32£30£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 25 years

www.vodintl.org.uk

vodi@vodintl.org.uk

02088132380

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Support for refugees & asylum seekers
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Ealing, India,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind

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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
John Lyon's Charity - Uplift grant to Voice of Dalit International
£1,500 27/01/2023
Cost-of-Living Uplift
National Lottery Community Fund - Coronavirus community e - support - Recovery
£4,818 16/04/2021
The funding will be used to continue to support children with English as an additional language and their parents with online support through the pandemic and easing of restrictions. The project aims to provide essential e-updates and safety ....more
John Lyon's Charity - Main grant to Voice of Dalit International
£45,000 18/11/2020
36
'Southall Young People's Forum for Education and Skills'
National Lottery Community Fund - Coronavirus: Community e - support
£4,812 27/03/2020
12
The charity will continue to support children and parents with English as an additional language classes online, through the time that schools are closed for the COVID-19 restrictions.
John Lyon's Charity - COVID-19 grant to Voice of Dalit International
£1,290 05/01/2020
COVID-19: LCR Wave 2 - Crisis Response

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

  • DR PETER JOHNSON DAVID Appointed: 2011
  • GEORGE V JOHN
  • IRENE CULAS (Chair)
  • REV GERARD MITCHELL SJ Appointed: 2012
  • SHRIKANT BORKAR Appointed: 2020
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 29/12/1999, number: 1078764
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints 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
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; all on time
Main office

I C G HOUSE
STATION APPROACH
OLDFIELD LANE NORTH
GREENFORD
MIDDLESEX
UB6 0AL

Objectives

TO RELIEVE PERSONS ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD AND IN PARTICULAR THE AGED, THE YOUNG, THE SICK, THE POOR WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS BY REASON OF THEIR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR AS A RESULT OF LOCAL OR NATIONAL DISASTER AND IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF MATERIAL RESOURCES AND AID TO RELIEVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF NEED AND THEREBY IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE AND TO CARRY OUT SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF SUCH PERSONS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE

Defined Area of Benefit:

WORLDWIDE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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