Finance Score: -4

Governance Score: -1

Support Score: 10

Reasonable growth: +1
Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
No PartB

Only 4 Trustees: -1

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +7

Overall GiG Score: 5

DAWN CHARITABLE TRUST

Established since 1993, provides multilingual counselling service to support emotional & mental health in a culturally -sensitive women-only environment; men supported from 4-8 pm. Offers: counselling internships and volunteer training opportunities; educational, cultural, and recreational facilities including performing arts to alleviate isolation amongst the elderly - Asian & BAME women.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

There are 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
Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending

Established: 24 years

www.dawncharitabletrust.org.uk

rani.k@dawncharitabletrust.org.uk

02089041037

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		£52	£109	£-57	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	25
31/03/22	*	£44	£95	£-51	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	11
31/03/21		£248	£69	£179	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	18
31/03/20		£120	£46	£74	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	16
31/03/19		£60	£75	£-15	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	11
31/03/18		£51	£67	£-15	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£66	£55	£11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	*	£68	£62	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15	*	£62	£70	£-8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14	*	£62	£71	£-9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£62	£59	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£59	£73	£-14	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11	*	£59	£68	£-9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10	*	£59	£52	£7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09	*	£91	£50	£41	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08	*	£30	£54	£-24	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07	*	£58	£52	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06	*	£58	£53	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05	*	£57	£51	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04	*	£55	£51	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
Recreation
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

How it operates

Other charitable activities
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Harrow,

Who it helps

Elderly/Old People
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
25 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years

The London Community Foundation	£63,623
Trust for London	£40,000
National Lottery Community Fund	£30,000
City Bridge Trust	£21,500

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Dawn - Caring; Sharing; Learning & Laughter
£10,000	22/09/2023	The funding will be used to deliver a range of educational and activity workshops alongside free trauma counselling for women experiencing social isolation. The project aims to reduce the negative ....more The funding will be used to deliver a range of educational and activity workshops alongside free trauma counselling for women experiencing social isolation. The project aims to reduce the negative impact of social isolation and support women to develop meaningful friendships and peer support networks.
The London Community Foundation - Grant to Dawn Charitable Trust
£20,875	22/12/2020 17	£20,875 to support 15 BAME women with 10 counselling sessions each, with costs for counsellor oversight and supervision, administration and £1,000 for a projector and screen for delivery of public ....more £20,875 to support 15 BAME women with 10 counselling sessions each, with costs for counsellor oversight and supervision, administration and £1,000 for a projector and screen for delivery of public health seminars
National Lottery Community Fund - DAWN COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT
£10,000	06/11/2020 6	The funding will be used to provide emotional support sessions for members of the Black Asian and Minority Ethnic community. The project aims to reduce isolation and improve mental health and ....more The funding will be used to provide emotional support sessions for members of the Black Asian and Minority Ethnic community. The project aims to reduce isolation and improve mental health and well-being during the pandemic
The London Community Foundation - Grant to Dawn Charitable Trust (Diwa Asian Womens Network)
£42,748	17/07/2020	Additional costs due to COVID-19 lockdown until end of October 2020 as outlined in your application budget.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Dawn Charitable Trust
£21,500	19/06/2020	£21,500 to fund the essential and urgent costs outlined in the application, in order to carry on providing support to Londoners.
National Lottery Community Fund - Caring, Sharing, Learning & Laughter
£10,000	19/09/2019 12	Caring, Sharing, Learning & Laughter
Trust for London - Dawn (Diwa Asian Women's Network)
£40,000	13/06/2019 24	The funding is for continuing DAWN's multilingual counselling service and social wellbeing programmes for the benefit of the BAME community, especially focused on addressing inequality, poverty and ....more The funding is for continuing DAWN's multilingual counselling service and social wellbeing programmes for the benefit of the BAME community, especially focused on addressing inequality, poverty and social exclusion of the socially isolated, multi-disadvantaged BAME women living in economically deprived areas and to improve their life-chances and quality of life.
DCMS - Tampon Tax Community Fund
£10,000	01/01/2019	Counselling outcomes: 30 women would have benefited from one-to-one counselling to build resilience. Our success rates exceed 98% due to: Commonality of the counsellors and clients culture and ease ....more Counselling outcomes: 30 women would have benefited from one-to-one counselling to build resilience. Our success rates exceed 98% due to: Commonality of the counsellors and clients culture and ease of communication Counsellors ability to speak in more than 8 community languages Comfort factor of being understood in a non-judgemental women-only-space to overcome cultural restrictions or inhibitions Knowledge to manage challenging issues better in future Achieved sustainable transformational change Radiate their learning to others in the community through sharing their experience Reduce stigma, guilt and shame through starting conversation Impact of mental health workshops on community: More women would have understood mental health issues better Learnt about its treatability and support Learnt about the benefits of counselling intervention and spoken about it to others Overcome resistance to seek support Support their families mental health well-being better More women would be able to continue with work and prevent: Loss of income Deterioration of their mental and physical health Loss of self esteem and confidence Reliance on prescription drugs and the risk of dependence Pressure on NHS through GP visits Impact of Activity workshops on participants (at least 30-35 women): Reduce impact of isolation on health and wellbeing through social inclusion Promote connectivity and development of social networks for women to meet outside Foster a sense of belonging through shared activities The participants will benefit other women by: Becoming good role models Become change leaders Promote visibility of women as independent autonomous individuals able to join activities outside home and enjoy personal time and friendships.
National Lottery Community Fund - Family Parenting Partnership Project
£9,550	13/12/2017 12	This project will deliver a programme of classes, training sessions and seminars to support parents to improve the way in which they communicate with their children.
DCMS - Rosa Fund, Tampon Tax
£19,932	01/12/2017	A 12 month project to provide culturally sensitive women-only counselling and to broaden the range of social inclusion opportunities to women. Activities will run on a 12 week cycle and will include ....more A 12 month project to provide culturally sensitive women-only counselling and to broaden the range of social inclusion opportunities to women. Activities will run on a 12 week cycle and will include dance classes, parenting support, anger management, workshops and creative arts. The project aims to work with 400 women.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

MINDI CHAGGAR Appointed: 2018

NEERU SINGH Appointed: 2017

RANI KALHA (Chair)

RICHA DAVE Appointed: 2018

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 09/05/2000, number: 1080649

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
Investing charity funds 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; AR22: 85 days late, AR16: 79 days late, AR15: 94 days late, AR14: 57 days late, AR11: 359 days late, AR10: 8 days late, AR09: 1 days late, AR08: 10 days late, AR07: 218 days late, AR06: 576 days late, AR05: 956 days late, AR04: 1321 days late,

Main office

DAWN CHARITABLE TRUST (DAWN)
1 St. Kildas Road
HARROW
Middlesex
HA1 1QD

Objectives

FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY, AND IN PARTICULAR ASIAN WOMEN AND GIRLS RESIDENT IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF HARROW- BUT NOT UNREASONABLY WITHHOLDING SUPPORT TO OTHERS SIMPLY ON THE GROUND THAT THEY RESIDE OUTSIDE THE PRIMARY AREA OF BENEFIT:(A) TO RELIEVE POVERTY, DISTRESS, ISOLATION AND ASSIST IN THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION BY THE PROVISION OF ADVICE AND INFORMATION, COUNSELLING AND IN SUCH OTHER WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES THINK APPROPRIATE. (B) TO IMPROVE THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF SUCH PERSONS BY PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

LONDON BOROUGH OF HARROW

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