Finance Score: 5

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 8

Liabilities <10%: +3
Poor Liquidity: -1
Good Reserves: +1Strong growth: +2

Good trustee age range: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +8

Overall GiG Score: 19

RETAS LEEDS

We believe that every refugee and asylum seeker can reach their potential here in the UK. We work closely with refugees and asylum seekers as well as the wider community in West Yorkshire to make this a reality.We work to integrate refugees and asylum seekers by assisting with access to education, requalification, training and employment and strive to build confidence and hope in our clients.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has a robust balance sheet
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 including the Government
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender

Financial issues to consider:

Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end but unrestricted reserves are available

Established: 17 years

www.retasleeds.org.uk

info@retasleeds.org.uk

01133805630

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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
31/03/23		£588	£558	£29	£0	£500	£412	8.9	21	68
31/03/22		£563	£507	£56	£0	£471	£410	9.7	21	33
31/03/21		£486	£448	£37	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	25
31/03/20		£499	£458	£41	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	40
31/03/19		£413	£340	£73	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	35
31/03/18		£320	£230	£90	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£209	£137	£72	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£80	£84	£-4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£103	£108	£-5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14	*	£128	£208	£-80	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£196	£233	£-38	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12	*	£235	£248	£-13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£272	£271	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10		£546	£426	£120	£7	£179	£179	5	9	0
31/03/09		£371	£328	£42	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 0%
Liabilities/Income: 0%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 82%
Reserves/Spending: 8.9 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 11 months
Quick Ratio: 0

Asset Split ?

Listed activities

Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Bradford City, Calderdale, City Of Wakefield, Kirklees, Leeds City,

Who it helps

People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin

Who works here?

21 employees
68 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	£232,918
Barrow Cadbury Trust	£33,875
Leeds Community Foundation	£25,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Leeds Community Foundation - Patchwork Project
£20,000	18/12/2023	Grant to RETAS Leeds (Refugee Education and Training Advice Service)
Leeds Community Foundation - Expansion of Digital Inclusion Project
£5,000	24/08/2023	Grant to RETAS Leeds (Refugee Education and Training Advice Service)
National Lottery Community Fund - 28 Day Transition Project 2
£232,918	16/12/2021	The funding will provide support for former asylum seekers and their families who have very recently been granted refugee status and to help them respond to the sudden change in circumstances and the ....more The funding will provide support for former asylum seekers and their families who have very recently been granted refugee status and to help them respond to the sudden change in circumstances and the expectation to quickly adapt to a new reality. The aim is to provide support through areas such as English language lessons employment advice and advocacy services to ensure families can adapt to their new status as quickly and efficiently as possible.
Barrow Cadbury Trust - COVID-19 - RETAS Leeds
£33,875	14/10/2020 5	To safely reopen its drop-in and ESOL services and increase service delivery via remote services adaptations.
National Lottery Community Fund - 28 Day Transition Project
£268,622	28/07/2017 36	The project will support asylum seekers who have recently been granted refugee status or discretionary leave to remain. Individuals will be supported to live independently and will learn to integrate ....more The project will support asylum seekers who have recently been granted refugee status or discretionary leave to remain. Individuals will be supported to live independently and will learn to integrate into their local communities. It will also give them the opportunity to take control of their lives and be better equipped to undertake additional offers of support such as training and employment opportunities.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to RETAS-Leeds
£15,000	22/09/2016 12	RETAS provides advice and support for refugees and asylum seekers in West Yorkshire. They will use a grant to help to help review their organisational structure and think more strategically how they ....more RETAS provides advice and support for refugees and asylum seekers in West Yorkshire. They will use a grant to help to help review their organisational structure and think more strategically how they will deliver services and ensure longer sustainability.
AB Charitable Trust - Integration advice for refugees
£10,000	21/01/2014	£10,000 towards Advice service

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How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 49-74

ELIZABETH CAMPBELL Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Retired

MATTHEW THORNFIELD Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Company Director, Other trusteeship: LEEDS DESTITUTE ASYLUM-SEEKERS SUPPORT (LEDAS),

MARY CAMPBELL Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Retired

MICHAEL JOHN BAYNHAM Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Retired

ROBERT WILLIAM GOSLING (Chair) Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Retired

SUSAN WATERSON Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Director

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 22/10/2007, number: 1121330
Registered at Companies House on 10/09/2007, number: 06365085

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
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
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
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

15 returns made; AR14: 119 days late, AR12: 64 days late,

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from GROWING POINTS on 06/07/2023

Main office

RETAS LEEDS
ROUNDAY ROAD RESOURCE CENTRE
233-237 ROUNDHAY ROAD
LEEDS
LS84HS

Objectives

3. THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS (THE OBJECTS) THE RELIEF OF REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS IN YORKSHIRE AND HUMBERSIDE WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS BY THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION ASSISTING IN THE RELIEF OF THEIR UNEMPLOYMENT AND ASSISTING THEIR INTEGRATION INTO SOCIETY.

Defined Area of Benefit:

YORKSHIRE AND HUMBERSIDE.

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