Finance Score: 1

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 11

Reasonable growth: +1
No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3

Grant maker support: +11

Overall GiG Score: 18

GREAT YARMOUTH REFUGEE & OUTREACH SUPPORT LIMITED

Providing settlement and integration support services for newcomers to the UK that have chosen to work or settle in Great Yarmouth, Lowestoft, Ipswich and the surrounding areas. This is achieved by offering advocacy/advice/information services via a team of support workers.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

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: 19 years
(21 years as a company)

www.gyros.org.uk

admin@gyros.org.uk

01493745260

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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		£439	£396	£43	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	25
31/03/22		£269	£301	£-32	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	4
31/03/21		£355	£274	£81	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	12
31/03/20	*	£290	£232	£57	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	17
31/03/19		£249	£240	£9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	17
31/03/18		£240	£235	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17	*	£217	£246	£-30	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	*	£350	£349	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£482	£466	£16	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£264	£259	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£195	£131	£64	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£74	£115	£-41	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£164	£144	£20	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10		£136	£125	£10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£124	£126	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08		£116	£121	£-5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07	*	£122	£112	£10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06		£65	£63	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Norfolk, Suffolk,

Who it helps

Children/Young 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

National Lottery Community Fund	£372,897
Norfolk Community Foundation	£94,042
Access to Justice Foundation	£62,196
DCMS	£46,486
Barrow Cadbury Trust	£40,070
UK Community Foundations	£20,000
The Clothworkers Foundation	£4,415

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Norfolk Community Foundation - GYROS Working for you (GWFU)
£94,042	12/07/2023	To develop GYROS' volunteer scheme for 2 refugee demographic 1) aging refugees 2) refugees that have been in GY for less than 2 years
Access to Justice Foundation - Community Justice Fund Wave Three
£12,196	22/11/2022	Wave three of the Community Justice Fund aims to support organisations delivering social welfare advice services to people most impacted by the cost-of-living crisis.
Access to Justice Foundation - Joint Initiative Flexible COVID-19 Grant
£50,000	09/08/2021	A flexible grant as part of wave 2 of the Community Justice Fund. A pooled fund to support the specialist legal welfare advice sector in its response to COVID71
UK Community Foundations - BAME Infrastructure Fund
£20,000	17/03/2021	Restricted funding for COVID-19 Relief (led by people of Black, Asian and/or Minority Ethnic Heritage)
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£46,486	05/10/2020	"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."
Barrow Cadbury Trust - COVID-19 - Gt Yarmouth Refugee & Outreach Support Limited
£40,070	25/08/2020 6	To enable GYRO to increase its advice provision and provide new support services
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Gt Yarmouth Refugee & Outreach Support Limited
£4,415	08/06/2020	COVID19 : Purchase IT equipment for a charity that works with refugees in Norfolk
National Lottery Community Fund - Community Pathway Partnership -GYROS
£372,897	30/05/2019 48	See Application
Co-Op Foundation - Youth Community Spaces offer
£9,812	20/12/2018	Improving a cafe space they run in a local library to make it more suitable for young people
DCMS - Building Connections Fund - Community Spaces
£9,812	20/12/2018	Improving a cafe space they run in a local library to make it more suitable for young people
AB Charitable Trust - Information for Foreign National Offenders/ Families
£10,000	26/06/2015	£10,000 towards information and advice for foreign national offenders/ families
National Lottery Community Fund - Connecting Advice in Great Yarmouth
£335,584	19/04/2013 24	The aim of this new project is for Great Yarmouth Refuge and Outreach Support Ltd (GYROS) to improve the access to services for vulnerable clients in nationally recognised wards of disadvantage and ....more The aim of this new project is for Great Yarmouth Refuge and Outreach Support Ltd (GYROS) to improve the access to services for vulnerable clients in nationally recognised wards of disadvantage and deprivation in the Great Yarmouth Borough Council area.
National Lottery Community Fund - (Great Yarmouth) Migrant Settlement & Integration Project (MSIP)
£373,471	19/09/2012 48	This project aims to improve the health and wellbeing of EU migrants by helping them to integrate into the community and improve their future prospects.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Great Yarmouth Refugee & Outreach Support (GYROS)
£20,000	31/07/2012	the salaries of the Russian, Slovak and Portuguese Case Workers and overheads

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How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 41-70

ANITA WOJTOWICZ Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Teacher

JENNIFER CONSTANCE NEWCOMBE Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Customer Service Assistant

JENNIFER MARGARET EATON Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Freelance Trainer

OLU OGUNNOWO Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Solicitor

TONY DAILIDE Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Retired

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 30/06/2005, number: 1110281
Registered at Companies House on 18/12/2002, number: 04620448

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Other Regulators

Financial Conduct Authority

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

18 returns made; AR20: 8 days late, AR17: 45 days late, AR16: 1 days late, AR07: 0 days late,

Main office

43 North Quay
Great Yarmouth
Norfolk
NR30 1JE

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE COMPANY SHALL BE TO RELIEVE POVERTY, HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, FOR PEOPLE SEEKING ASYLUM, MIGRANT WORKERS AND REFUGEES IN THE COUNTY OF NORFOLK AND SURROUNDING DISTRICTS (THE AREA OF BENEFIT), BY:(A) THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT SERVICES INCLUDING GUIDANCE, REPRESENTATION, TRANSLATION AND INTERPRETATION SERVICES AND OTHER ASSISTANCE TO ENABLE SAID PERSONS TO LIVE INDEPENDENTLY AND PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY;(B) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE ISSUES OF ASYLUM SEEKERS, REFUGEES AND PEOPLE OF DIVERSE ETHNIC ORIGIN AND TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO DEVELOP AND PROMOTE GOOD PRACTICE WITHIN SOCIETY IN A WAY THAT PROMOTES REHABILITATION AND INTEGRATION.

Defined Area of Benefit:

COUNTY OF NORFOLK AND SURROUNDING DISTRICTS.

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