Finance Score: 4

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 7

Volatile income -1
Future income +5
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3

Overall weighted support: +7

Overall GiG Score: 14

ISLINGTON REFUGEE FORUM

A refugee led independent charity works to improve life of Islington refugees by bringing together refugee community organisations,service providers and bodies to promote dialogue and partnership. Strengthens refugee community organisations so that they can empower their communities Provides informative meeting events, up-to-date information on funding sources,training and capacity building

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government and there are significant future grants due to be received
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:

Income has been volatile recently but spending has been maintained
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		£49	£52	£-4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/22		£66	£45	£20	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/21		£85	£51	£33	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
?31/03/20		£34	£36	£-2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/19		£33	£37	£-4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/18		£24	£38	£-15	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/17		£31	£28	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/16		£24	£25	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/15		£23	£21	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/14		£23	£19	£4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/13		£23	£22	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/12	*	£28	£20	£8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/11	*	£30	£27	£4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/10	*	£46	£21	£25	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/09		£9	£9	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 18 years

www.islingtonrefugeeforum.org

info@islingtonrefugeeforum.org

02078325847

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

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

GiG Classification

Support for refugees & asylum seekers

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body

Where it operates

Islington,

Who it helps

Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
Other Defined Groups
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin

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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Islington Refugee and Migrant Forum (IRMF)
£72,890	19/04/2024 36	£72,890 over three years (£24,300; £24,290 and £24,300) towards a programme of capacity building to small refugee and migrant-led groups in Islington.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Islington Refugee & Migrant Forum
£20,700	28/09/2020	towards the costs outlined in your application, including an external consultant, additional staff time (5 days) and overheads, to deliver a programme of capacity building support for 20 refugee and migrant organisations
Cloudesley - Grant to Islington Refugee and Migrant Forum (IRMF)
£22,000	15/09/2020	Towards the Covid-19 and Delivering Differently Project for the period 15/09/20-31/03/21
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Islington Refugee Forum
£19,050	19/06/2020	£19,050 towards three months of costs as outlined in your application.
National Lottery Community Fund - Refugee Women into Employment or Enterprise
£9,956	14/05/2018 12	The project will provide refugee women from a range of backgrounds with employment training and one-to-one support. This will provide them with skills and confidence to support them into employment.
Woodward Charitable Trust - Towards support services for newly arrived refugees
£500	25/02/2016	Towards support services for newly arrived refugees.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

DULCHAT ABBAS Appointed: 2023

KAYODE OLAOYE MR Appointed: 2017

RAPHAEL ANDREWS Appointed: 2018

SALNA RAJABU ABDALLAH Appointed: 2023

WEZENET GHEBRESELASSE HAILE Appointed: 2023

YUSSUF AHMED Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Coordinator

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 20/10/2006, number: 1116479
Registered at Companies House on 26/10/2005, number: 05603929

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

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
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

15 returns made; AR12: 119 days late, AR11: 65 days late, AR10: 63 days late,

Main office

ISLINGTON REFUGEE FORUM
C/O VOLUNTARY ACTION ISLINGTON
200A PENTOVILLE ROAD
LONDON
N1 9JP

Objectives

• To promote any charitable purpose for the benefit of refugees, migrants and asylum seekers in the London Borough of Islington including the relief of poverty, the advancement of education and the promotion of good citizenship. • To promote equality of opportunity and the elimination of unfair discrimination on grounds of race, immigration status, gender, age, sexuality, disability or faith.

Defined Area of Benefit:

THE LONDON BOROUGH OF ISLINGTON.

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