Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 12

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Grant maker support: +12

Overall GiG Score: 14

KONGOLESE CENTRE FOR INFORMATION AND ADVICE

The Organisation aims to work with, and support Refugees and Ethnic Minority community groups whose English is their second or third language and living, studying or working within Westminster City in particular and London areas in general through the provision of free generalist advice, information, advocacy, translation and guidance.

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Positives:

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

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: 22 years

www.kcia.org.uk

kongolesecentre@hotmail.com

02079981647

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
31/03/23		£136	£121	£15	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	8
31/03/22		£146	£118	£28	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	14
31/03/21		£99	£94	£5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	4
31/03/20		£60	£55	£4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	6
31/03/19		£48	£47	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	4
31/03/18		£47	£45	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£42	£41	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£41	£41	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£34	£32	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£28	£27	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£26	£26	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£37	£37	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£44	£44	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10		£70	£68	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£51	£49	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08		£68	£68	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07		£80	£79	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06	*	£93	£92	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05		£103	£103	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04		£62	£63	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

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

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides human resources

Where it operates

Throughout London,

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
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
8 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

National Lottery Community Fund	£96,900
Trust for London	£63,000
Lloyds Bank Foundation	£52,250
John Lyon's Charity	£52,000
City Bridge Trust	£38,700
The London Community Foundation	£10,000
CAF	£4,700

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Lloyds Bank Foundation - One off gift towards cost of living crisis to Kongolese Centre for Information & Advice
£2,250	14/12/2022	One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis
John Lyon's Charity - Uplift grant to Kongolese Centre for Information Advice
£3,000	05/12/2022	Cost-of-Living Uplift
Trust for London - Kongolese Centre for Information and Advice
£3,000	29/09/2022	This is a cost of living uplift for grant reference 360G-trustforlondon-MAIN-S2-06.10.2020-8777
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Kongolese Centre for Information & Advice
£50,000	30/03/2022 24	Unrestricted grant over two years towards the core costs of Kongolese Centre for Information & Advice
National Lottery Community Fund - Westminster Welfare Rights Project
£96,900	27/08/2021	The group is using funding to continue the Westminster Welfare Rights Project which provides advice on welfare rights issues immigration advice work representation and assistance with appeals filling ....more The group is using funding to continue the Westminster Welfare Rights Project which provides advice on welfare rights issues immigration advice work representation and assistance with appeals filling applications forms and enquiries on other topics such as housing. The project aims to improve client’s independence citizenship integration and to strengthen local communities.
John Lyon's Charity - Main grant to Kongolese Centre for Information Advice
£45,000	16/06/2021	The Be Well Sporting Project
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Kongolese Centre for Information & Advice
£28,700	22/04/2021	towards the salary of a Community Welfare Officer
Trust for London - Kongolese Centre for Information and Advice
£60,000	03/03/2021	The funding is for the continuation of the welfare rights work (advice, information & guidance, legal representation, translation and volunteering) to support the local BAME community, refugees ....more The funding is for the continuation of the welfare rights work (advice, information & guidance, legal representation, translation and volunteering) to support the local BAME community, refugees and asylum seekers. Also to increase the hours of the current community welfare officer's position to full time.
The London Community Foundation - Grant to Kongolesece Centre for Information & Advice
£10,000	09/02/2021 6	Providing healthy foods, delivering fresh, cooked foods and fruits 2 days a week for 24 weeks to 90- 95 vulnerable Kongolese elderly people (aged 60+) known by the organization. They are Westminster ....more Providing healthy foods, delivering fresh, cooked foods and fruits 2 days a week for 24 weeks to 90- 95 vulnerable Kongolese elderly people (aged 60+) known by the organization. They are Westminster residents and experiencing difficulties accessing nutritious food needed to help build up immune systems and fight disease.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Kongolese Centre for Information and Advice
£10,000	14/06/2020	£10,000 to fund the essential and urgent costs outlined in the application, in order to carry on providing support to Londoners
CAF - Grant to Kongolese Centre for Information & Advice
£4,700	01/06/2020 3	Grant to Kongolese Centre for Information & Advice to support the organisation through COVID19
John Lyon's Charity - SHAF grant to Kongolese Centre for Information Advice
£4,000	17/06/2019 12	The Kongolese Children School's Break Learning Project
Trust for London - Kongolese Centre for Information and Advice
£45,000	04/10/2017 36	The funding is to support provision of the welfare rights programme (including one to one advice, information, advocacy and legal representations; appeals in welfare rights matters and immigration, ....more The funding is to support provision of the welfare rights programme (including one to one advice, information, advocacy and legal representations; appeals in welfare rights matters and immigration, undertaking outreach visits, counselling, advice at different detentions centre across UK, as well as, other related welfare right matters by an experienced Community Welfare Advisor.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Kongolese Centre for Information & Advice
£1,670	07/08/2017	towards a canal boat trip for refugee children from the London Borough of Westminster
Woodward Charitable Trust - Towards the costs of a female qualified football coach
£500	05/08/2013	Towards the costs of a female qualified football coach for the “Be Well Soccer Academic Project” for refugees and ethnic minority community groups in London.
Woodward Charitable Trust - Towards for the after school and internet café
£1,000	20/02/2012	Towards for the after school and internet café which helps build up self-esteem through improving their communication skills in disadvantaged areas of Westminster.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (8)

ANAMARIE ESPAINE Appointed: 2016

CHRISTIAN CARLTON Appointed: 2011

ESSIYA MUZUMU

KANWAR BHAN (Chair)

KATIA ANDRADE Appointed: 2020

MISS SILVIE ROSE

MRS ADVISOR JEANNE BOKETSU

ROSE VITA Appointed: 2020

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 14/01/2002, number: 1090079

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Other Regulators

Homes England

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR06: 1 days late,

Main office

Marylebone Bangladesh Society
19 Samford Street
LONDON
NW8 8ER

Objectives

FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FRENCH AND LINGALA SPEAKING ETHNIC MINORITY IN THE BOROUGH OF WESTMINSTER, (A) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS, AND (B) THE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF HEALTH, BY THE PROVISION OF ADVICE, INFORMATION AND A TRANSLATION SERVICE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

THE BOROUGH OF WESTMINSTER

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