Finance Score: -1

Governance Score: 2

Support Score: 9

Accounts overdue -5
Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -3 times
Strong growth: +2
Future income +5
No PartB

No conflicts policy: -1
Good trustee age range: +3

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +6

Overall GiG Score: 10

RAPAR (REFUGEE AND ASYLUM SEEKER PARTICIPATORY ACTION RESEARCH)

To relieve refugees, people seeking asylum and other displaced persons within Manchester, Salford and Trafford in need, hardship and distress through social and economic circumstances by such charitable means as the Trustees shall determine including the advancement of education, relief of poverty, the preservation and protection of good health and the promotion of personal safety and security.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received backing from a grant maker and there are significant future grants due to be received
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age

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
Latest accounts are overdue for filing and returns have been filed late on 3 occasions over the last 5 years

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
31/03/22	*	£77	£81	£-4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	23
31/03/21	*	£126	£93	£34	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	30
31/03/20		£72	£52	£21	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	25
31/03/19		£57	£55	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	25
31/03/18	*	£28	£33	£-6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	25
31/03/17		£24	£15	£9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	*	£9	£14	£-5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15	*	£16	£10	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£17	£20	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13	*	£18	£21	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12	*	£31	£18	£13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11	*	£19	£36	£-17	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10		£35	£27	£9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09	*	£22	£13	£9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08		£5	£5	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07	*	£5	£8	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06	*	£6	£2	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05	*	£9	£9	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04	*	£10	£10	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 21 years

http://www.rapar.co.uk/

admin@rapar.org.uk

00441618348221

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Accommodation/Housing
Amateur Sport
Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Services for refugees & asylum seekers

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides human resources
Provides services
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Manchester City, Salford City, Trafford,

Who it helps

Other Defined Groups
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
23 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

Lankelly Chase Foundation	£32,000
Alan & Babette Sainsbury Charitable Fund	£20,000
National Lottery Community Fund	£9,770
DCMS	£8,320
Forever Manchester	£3,520

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Alan & Babette Sainsbury Charitable Fund - Unrestricted core funding
£10,000	24/05/2022	Towards unrestricted core funding
Alan & Babette Sainsbury Charitable Fund - Unrestricted core funding
£10,000	24/05/2022	Towards unrestricted core funding
Forever Manchester - Talking Out LouD: TOLD by RAPAR
£3,520	02/10/2020	Mental health and welfare support and advice
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£8,320	18/09/2020	"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more "The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
Lankelly Chase Foundation - Grant to Refugee and Asylum Participatory Action Research. RAPAR
£32,000	22/07/2020	Refugee and Asylum Participatory Action Research. RAPAR
National Lottery Community Fund - The Stage Is Ours
£9,770	24/07/2019 12	The project aims to increase confidence for the participants and to open a dialogue with the local community. The charity will start a rolling programme of workshops with asylum seekers who will use ....more The project aims to increase confidence for the participants and to open a dialogue with the local community. The charity will start a rolling programme of workshops with asylum seekers who will use creative media to tell their stories to a wider audience.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees:

ARIA AKHLAGHI ESFAHANI Appointed: 2023

SHAISTA SABIHA RAJA Appointed: 2019

GRAINNE MCMAHON Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Senior Lecturer, University Of Huddersfield

TENDAI MASIYA Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Social Worker

KATH GRANT Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Freelance Journalist

STEPHEN ANDERSON Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Independent Social Care Consultant And Educator

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 13/02/2003, number: 1095961
Registered at Companies House on 05/03/2002, number: 04387010

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

19 returns made; AR22: 258 days late, AR21: 242 days late, AR18: 7 days late, AR16: 1 days late, AR15: 55 days late, AR13: 68 days late, AR12: 14 days late, AR11: 2 days late, AR09: 26 days late, AR07: 155 days late, AR06: 73 days late, AR05: 129 days late, AR04: 89 days late,

Main office

6 MOUNT STREET
MANCHESTER
GREATER MANCHESTER
ADMIN@RAPAR.ORG.UK
WWW.RAPAR.ORG.UK
M2 5NS

Objectives

TO RELIEVE REFUGEES, ASYLUM SEEKERS AND OTHER DISPLACED PERSONS WITHIN THE MANCHESTER, SALFORD AND TRAFFORD AREAS WHO ARE IN NEED, HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS BECAUSE OF THEIR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES BY SUCH CHARITABLE MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL DETERMINE INCLUDING THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, RELIEF OF POVERTY, THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF GOOD HEALTH AND PROMOTION OF PERSONAL SAFETY AND SECURITY.

Defined Area of Benefit:

MANCHESTER, SALFORD AND TRAFFORD AREAS.

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