Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 8
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +8
Overall GiG Score: 12 ?

SAMPHIRE

To relieve the poverty and distress of former detainees by providing basic amenities, information and support, which will enable them to participate in the wider community.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • 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
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

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£304£253£50n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£171£170£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£206£167£39n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£192£175£16n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£168£184£-16n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£130£125£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£69£129£-60n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£147£135£13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£162£155£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14*£127£157£-30n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13*£237£180£57n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£233£177£57n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£150£192£-41n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10£182£134£49n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09*£110£113£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08*£97£107£-10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/07£103£82£21n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/06£62£55£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 20 years

http://www.samphireproject.org.uk

info@samphireproject.org.uk

01304242755

Charity Commission for England and WalesFacebookX
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Support for refugees & asylum seekers
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups
  • 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
National Lottery Community Fund£378,712
Justice Together Initiative£111,440
DCMS£71,577
AB Charitable Trust£35,000
People's Health Trust£15,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£10,000
Trusthouse Charitable Foundation£10,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Samphire
£20,000 20/04/2023
An unrestricted grant of £20,000. Samphire provides post-detention support and advocacy to immigration detainees, as well as community engagement and an immigration legal project.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 22/03/2023
Samphire Project - Media and Advocacy
Trusthouse Charitable Foundation - Grant to Samphire
£10,000 17/11/2022
14% of the salary and running costs for migrant understanding school workshops and town integration initiatives in Dover.
Justice Together Initiative - Expansion and extension of Samphire’s immigration legal project providing advice on immigration matters at OISC level 2
£111,440 30/11/2021
Increasing the level of OISC capacity to take on more referrals from stakeholders across wider areas around Kent in order to provide immigration advice and secure a sustainable future for the immigration legal project in terms of funding and ....more
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Samphire
£15,000 22/04/2021
An unrestricted grant of £15,000. Samphire provides post-detention support and advocacy to immigration detainees and delivers an immigration legal project and community engagement activities.
National Lottery Community Fund - Post Detention and Migrant Support
£378,712 15/03/2021
35
A community engagement project working with migrant and British communities to improve social cohesion and better inclusion of migrants into Dover and surrounding areas of Kent .
Woodward Charitable Trust - Core costs to enable Samphire to continue delivering all its projects
£1,500 19/10/2020
Core costs
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£71,577 29/09/2020
"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 operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
People's Health Trust - Dover Together
£15,000 16/01/2020
This two-year project continues the work of the Dover Together steering group, who meet regularly to plan and deliver activities and events that bring together the diverse communities of Dover. Activities focus on migration such as talks, film ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 15/11/2019
Community Engagement in Dover: Creating an Inclusive and Diverse Community for All.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Samphire
£15,000 12/06/2019
24
towards two years' salary costs of Community Engagement Coordinator for project supporting migrants and refugees in Kent
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Samphire
£3,600 12/06/2019
purchase of a server and office equipment for a charity which works with disadvantaged minority communities in Kent
National Lottery Community Fund - Dover Together Multi-Cultural Festival
£8,241 31/01/2019
12
The organisation will use funding to run a number of workshops and events leading to a community festival to bring together people from different cultures and communities to build relationships and improve community cohesion.
National Lottery Community Fund - The Ex-Detainee Project
£326,688 04/10/2017
36
This group aims to provide emotional and practical support to ex-detainees as they move from crisis point to a more stable life where there immediate needs are met. This project will support integration and promote social cohesion through advising, ....more
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Samphire
£15,000 24/01/2017
£15,000 towards Ex-Detainee Project to advise and support migrants released from immigration detention. Samphire helps to improve the lives of migrants who have been released from immigration detention centres, providing advice and casework through ....more
AB Charitable Trust - Ease the consequences of unlimited immigration detention, destitution of ex-detainees & awareness
£10,000 27/01/2015
£10,000 towards core costs
National Lottery Community Fund - The Ex-Detainee Project
£129,792 18/12/2013
36
This continuation project will provide advice and support to migrants, and identify volunteering opportunities to promote integration. The project will organise an annual conference for stakeholders and partners with a view to disseminate lessons ....more
AB Charitable Trust - Support immigration detainees, destitute ex-detainees and awareness of this
£7,500 09/07/2013
£7,500 towards Ex-Detainee Project to advise and support migrants released from immigration detention
National Lottery Community Fund - Detention Support and Awareness
£201,488 19/09/2012
36
This project aims to ease the consequences of indefinite immigration detention through a volunteer visitor scheme. On release detainees are generally affected by the stigma of having been in a detention centre, being separated from their families, ....more
Woodward Charitable Trust - Part-time strategic planning & development manager
£3,000 23/07/2009
Towards a part-time strategic planning and development manager.
Woodward Charitable Trust - Shortfall in Project Worker's salary
£5,449 08/02/2007
Towards the shortfall in the Project Worker's salary.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed

  • CAROLINE LOUISE HOWDEN (Chair) Appointed: 2023
  • DOMINIC HOWDEN Appointed: 2023
  • FLOORTJE HOETTE Appointed: 2023
  • JAYNE STRANGE Appointed: 2023
  • MIRIAM WOOD Appointed: 2022
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 09/11/2004, number: 1106667
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management 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 expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
18 returns made; AR14: 1 days late, AR13: 2 days late, AR09: 27 days late, AR08: 3 days late,
Main office

1st Floor
54-56 Castle Street
DOVER
CT16 1PJ

Objectives

THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AMONG MIGRANT COMMUNITIES (INCLUDING THOSE WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED IMMIGRATION DETENTION) BY: 1. PROVIDING A LOCAL NETWORK GROUP THAT ENCOURAGES AND ENABLES MEMBERS OF MIGRANT COMMUNITIES TO PARTICIPATE MORE EFFECTIVELY WITH THE WIDER COMMUNITY; 2. INCREASING AND COORDINATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR MEMBERS OF MIGRANT COMMUNITIES TO ENGAGE WITH SERVICE PROVIDERS, AND TO ENABLE THOSE PROVIDERS TO ADAPT SERVICES TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF THAT COMMUNITY; 3. RAISING PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE ISSUES AFFECTING MIGRANTS (INCLUDING THOSE WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED IMMIGRATION DETENTION).

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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