Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 3

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 5

RECONNECT

Creating opportunities for professional refugees to return to their professions by organising training courses, work experience and one-to-one advice and guidance; creating opportunities for refugees to contribute with their skills to development in developing countries; drawing attention to the causes and consequences of displacement from developing countries and transforming its impact.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received modest backing from several prominent grant makers recently
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

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	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/12/22		£131	£96	£35	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	5
31/12/21		£85	£81	£4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	3
31/12/20		£54	£56	£-2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	4
31/12/19		£98	£65	£33	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	3
31/12/18		£64	£63	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	3
31/12/17		£63	£37	£26	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/16		£26	£38	£-12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/15		£40	£37	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/14		£51	£40	£11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/13		£42	£40	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/12		£32	£24	£7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/11		£11	£12	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/10		£24	£29	£-6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/09		£58	£56	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/08		£53	£50	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/07	*	£10	£17	£-7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/06		£28	£25	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/05		£16	£8	£7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 20 years

www.reconnectonline.org.uk

info@reconnectonline.org.uk

02076974065

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Economic/Community Development/Employment

GiG Classification

Technical, vocational and continuing education

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Throughout London,

Who it helps

Other Defined Groups

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
5 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
National Lottery Community Fund - Refugee Connexion
£10,000	11/02/2022	The funding will be used to fund a new Volunteer Co-ordinator for Refugee Connexion. The project aims to assist refugees to gain the necessary skills to allow them to progress into higher education.
Barrow Cadbury Trust - COVID-19 - ReConnect
£22,725	21/09/2020 6	To provide project funding and contribute to core costs for Reconnect to increase its capacity to secure its future and expand its higher educational support programme to refugees.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 57-77

DR MAKNUN ASHAMI Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Retired Lecturer

BELAY GESESSE Appointed: 2003, Occupation: Team Leader

LUCIA DUBE Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Development Worker

STEPHEN DESMOND Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Lecturer

SARAH MARGARET BUXTON (Chair) Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Retired, Other trusteeships: THE PATSY WOOD TRUST, ASPEN TRUST,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 21/07/2004, number: 1105016
Registered at Companies House on 27/11/2003, number: 04978651

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Filing Record

18 returns made; AR07: 1 days late,

Main office

Resource for London
356 Holloway Rd
London
London
London
N7 6PA

Objectives

A) TO RELIEVE NEED, HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS IN DEVELOPING COUNTIES PRINCIPALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY FACILITATING THE EMPLOYMENT IN SUCH COUNTRIES OF PERSONS LIVING AS REFUGEES OR DISPLACED PERSONS IN DEVELOPED COUNTRIES WHO HAVE SKILLS USEFUL TO IMPROVING CONDITIONS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES;B) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND RELIEVE UNEMPLOYMENT AMONG REFUGEES AND DISPLACED PERSONS.1) BY PROVIDING AND FOSTERING THE PROVISION OF APPROPRIATE TRAINING SO THAT SUCH PERSONS MAY PARTICIPATE IN EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES PRINCIPALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES;2) BY IDENTIFYING AND FOSTERING SUCH EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND ASSISTING SUCH PERSONS TO PARTICIPATE IN THEM.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS

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