Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: -3

Support Score: 10

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

All female board: -3

Grant maker support: +10

Overall GiG Score: 9

UTULIVU WOMENS GROUP

Promoting healthy living through workshops/seminars and trainings. Welcoming and supporting women and their families from abroad. Workshops on education for both women, young people and men. Enhancing social networks through outings, picnics, holidays and exchange programmes. Empowering children/young people through drama, music, poetry etc. Promoting cultural awareness. Providing volunteering opp

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Positives:

There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board is completely female

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
31/05/23	£132	£141	£-9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	7
31/05/22	£78	£59	£19	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	4
31/05/21	£71	£68	£3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	4
31/05/20	£16	£9	£7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	5
31/05/19	£12	£11	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	5
31/05/18	£11	£6	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/05/17	£30	£24	£7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/05/16	£34	£16	£18	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/05/15	£13	£9	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/05/14	£3	£4	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/05/13	£5	£7	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/05/12	£30	£22	£8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/05/11	£15	£25	£-10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/05/10?	£27	£25	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
21/07/09	£21	£19	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
21/07/08	£16	£11	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 17 years

www.utulivu.co.uk

info@utulivu.co.uk

07859063643

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

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

GiG Classification

Services for females

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Bracknell Forest, Reading, Slough, Wokingham,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
7 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	£225,808
Rosa UK	£58,400
Department for Work and Pensions	£27,972
DCMS	£14,339
The Clothworkers Foundation	£9,600
Allen Lane Foundation	£6,080
Henry Smith Charity	£4,810

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Utulivu Women's Group
£2,550	30/08/2023	towards the cost of a day trip to the Isle of Wight for a group of 35 children from disadvantaged communities in Reading.
Rosa UK - RISE R2-UTULIVU-2023
£18,400	18/05/2023	Cost of Living Grant
Rosa UK - RISE R1-UTULIVU-2022
£40,000	19/05/2022	£40,000 has been awarded to Utulivu Women's Group to support the organisation to digitise process, improve IT systems and provide training on how to capture data.
Department for Work and Pensions - UTULIVU WOMENS GROUP
£10,654	01/04/2022	The Kickstart Scheme provides funding to employers to create jobs for 16 to 24 year olds on Universal Credit.
National Lottery Community Fund - ''My Voice Counts Too For My Wellbeing''.
£223,308	14/03/2022	The project is using funding to continue the ‘Let’s Talk’ wellbeing sessions which supports wellbeing and helps manage stress and anxiety caused by the pandemic. The project will benefit the ....more The project is using funding to continue the ‘Let’s Talk’ wellbeing sessions which supports wellbeing and helps manage stress and anxiety caused by the pandemic. The project will benefit the less engaged communities whose wellbeing has largely been compromised by Covid-19 and beyond. It will provide the wider communities a platform to safely air their voice pertaining wellbeing.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Utulivu Women's Group
£2,260	21/09/2021	towards the costs of a trip to Thorpe Park for children from disadvantaged communities in Reading.
National Lottery Community Fund - Aging Gracefully Through Story-Telling Music Art Poetry Food
£2,500	22/07/2021	The funding will be used to bring a group of older Kenyan women together to connect through music story telling poetry food & art. The project aims to connect people in a lasting way so that the ....more The funding will be used to bring a group of older Kenyan women together to connect through music story telling poetry food & art. The project aims to connect people in a lasting way so that the participants can form social networks.
Department for Work and Pensions - UTULIVU WOMENS GROUP
£17,318	01/04/2021	The Kickstart Scheme provides funding to create new jobs for 16 to 24 year olds on Universal Credit who are at risk of long term unemployment.
Allen Lane Foundation - Grant to Utulivu Women's Group
£6,080	11/03/2021	£6,080 single grant for rent towards the establishment of a Community Hub and Safe Space Centre of this organisation in Reading.
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Utulivu Women's Group
£9,600	17/11/2020	purchase IT equipment and furnishings for a charity supporting disadvantaged community in Berkshire
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£14,339	08/07/2020	"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."
People's Health Trust - Story Telling; Better Knowing Me & You
£10,000	11/10/2018	This two-year project brought together people from the Whitley Estate in Reading twice monthly to get to know each other and socialise through listening to and telling stories. Participants were able ....more This two-year project brought together people from the Whitley Estate in Reading twice monthly to get to know each other and socialise through listening to and telling stories. Participants were able to describe and share their own stories through a range of art forms and activities, such as words, songs, dance or drawing. Initiated by a core group of residents gathering in the local community hall, neighbours of all ages and backgrounds, including migrants from other countries as well as older people got together to explore different ways of getting to know each other. The group helped to tackle isolation and mental ill health and build stronger community cohesion between residents.
National Lottery Community Fund - 'Let's Talk Wellbeing'; Healthy To Do
£7,900	24/05/2018 12	The project will raise awareness of mental health within the BAME community and will look at ways they can encourage integration into the wider community. This will be done through events and ....more The project will raise awareness of mental health within the BAME community and will look at ways they can encourage integration into the wider community. This will be done through events and activities to promote mental and physical health, education and family relationships.
DCMS - Rosa Fund, Tampon Tax
£8,650	01/05/2017	[Placeholder]

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How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

ANGELINA MUKWAMATAPA Appointed: 2020

ESTHER ONDUSO

JOSEPHINE KIHIKA Appointed: 2017

LILIAN MSHILA Appointed: 2015

LORNA OBURE Appointed: 2016

REBECCA MWANJE Appointed: 2020

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 20/03/2007, number: 1118448

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

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
Paying staff
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

16 returns made; all on time

Main office

555 NORTHUMBERLAND AVENUE
READING
RG2 8NX

Objectives

TO PROVIDE RELIEF OF POVERTY OF KENYANS LIVING IN BERKSHIRETO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF KENYANS LIVING IN BERKSHIRETHE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF GOOD HEALTH BY THE PROVISION OF ADVICE, SEMINARS, AND COUNSELLING OF KENYANS LIVING IN BERKSHIRE

Defined Area of Benefit:

BERKSHIRE

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