Finance Score: -5

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 7

Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
No PartB

Grant maker support: +7

Overall GiG Score: 2

HILLINGDON REFUGEE SUPPORT ORGANISATION

To advance education and relieve financial hardship amongst asylum seekers and refugees primarily young people aged 16 - 21 residing in the London Borough of Hillingdon, in particular by the provision of, food, clothing, basic living equipment, advice and support services,facilities for recreation or other leisure time occupation with the object of improving their conditions

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending

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	£95	£113	£-18	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	22
31/03/22	£164	£104	£61	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	22
31/03/21	£120	£87	£33	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	25
31/03/20	£58	£88	£-30	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	25
31/03/19	£119	£103	£16	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	29
31/03/18	£119	£103	£16	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17	£114	£105	£9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	£111	£102	£10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15	£77	£95	£-18	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14	£109	£104	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13	£98	£100	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12	£59	£81	£-21	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11	£71	£93	£-22	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10	£94	£77	£17	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09	£85	£55	£30	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 16 years

www.hrsg.org.uk

admin@hrsg.org.uk

01895434728

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Other Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Services for refugees & asylum seekers

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Hillingdon,

Who it helps

Children/Young People

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
22 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

Henry Smith Charity	£170,400
City Bridge Trust	£76,550
Trust for London	£64,000
DCMS	£25,200
Barrow Cadbury Trust	£14,500
The London Community Foundation	£9,200

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Trust for London - Hillingdon Refugee Support Group
£4,000	29/09/2022	This is a cost of living uplift for grant reference 360G-trustforlondon-MAIN-S2-06.10.2020-8788
Trust for London - Hillingdon Refugee Support Group
£60,000	03/03/2021	The funding is for continuation and development of its BHUMP-LET (Befriending Hillingdon Unaccompanied Minors Project - Language Employability Training). BHUMP-LET offers holistic provision to UASR ....more The funding is for continuation and development of its BHUMP-LET (Befriending Hillingdon Unaccompanied Minors Project - Language Employability Training). BHUMP-LET offers holistic provision to UASR and care-leavers. The programme consist of a range of services specifically designed to respond to identified needs and issues faced by UASR in Hillingdon
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Hillingdon Refugee Support Group
£50,400	23/10/2020 12	towards one year's running costs of a project providing online educational and life-skills sessions for unaccompanied asylum seeking children in Hillingdon.
DCMS - DCMS VSCE CMC Covid Funding
£25,200	23/10/2020	NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots and small organisations who can provide an on-the-ground community response to the crisis; and, support local charitable organisations to mobilise volunteers to enable better targeted support in communities through empowered local groups.
The London Community Foundation - Grant to Hillingdon Refugee Support Organisation
£9,200	24/09/2020 5	The funding is for; extra staff hours to enable us to cope with the increased demand and number of new referrals; internet access to enable 10 of the most vulnerable to access our online services ....more The funding is for; extra staff hours to enable us to cope with the increased demand and number of new referrals; internet access to enable 10 of the most vulnerable to access our online services supporting and empowering vulnerable young unaccompanied refugees and asylum seekers aged 16-21 in Hillingdon.
Barrow Cadbury Trust - COVID-19 - Hillingdon Refugee Support Organisation
£14,500	21/09/2020 6	To adapt HRSO's office space and purchase PPE equipment to enable the return to face-to-face support for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children and young people in the London Borough of Hillingdon.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Hillingdon Refugee Support Organisation
£10,850	19/06/2020	£10,850 to fund the essential and urgent costs outlined in the application, in order to carry on providing support to Londoners.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Hillingdon Refugee Support Group
£120,000	10/06/2020 36	towards three years' running costs of a project delivering a range of support services for unaccompanied asylum seekers and refugees in Hillingdon
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Hillingdon Refugee Support Organisation
£65,700	19/05/2020 24	£65,700 over two years (£33,400; £32,300) towards the staff and project costs for the BHUMP LET project.
Indigo Trust - Supporting Unaccompanied Refugees and Asylum Seekers aged 16-21
£2,000	25/01/2018	Unrestricted core funding.
National Lottery Community Fund - BHUMP UP x2 (Befriending Hillingdon Unaccompanied Minors Project- Unit
£399,545	09/02/2015 48	Not Available
National Lottery Community Fund - BHUMP UP (Befriending Hillingdon Unaccompanied Minors Project- Uniting Peop
£256,609	09/11/2011 36	This project aims to bring hope, dignity and confidence to unaccompanied young people in Hillingdon. It provides safe opportunities for skills and social development and enables participants to ....more This project aims to bring hope, dignity and confidence to unaccompanied young people in Hillingdon. It provides safe opportunities for skills and social development and enables participants to integrate into British society. The primary focus of the project is a befriending service which offers practical support and training to young people to combat their isolation. Young volunteers from the local community are matched with participants to support them to integrate into society.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees:

TAZ TATINDER VIRDEE Appointed: 2024

MILDRED RUTH AKULLO ATUBO OGWAL Appointed: 2020

REV DANIEL OTIENO-NDALE (Chair) Appointed: 2005

ABIGALE TESSEMA Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Charge Nurse

CHUKWUMA FIDEL NKWODINMAH Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Contract And Procurement Management

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 29/08/2008, number: 1125656
Registered at Companies House on 31/03/2008, number: 06550294

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity 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

15 returns made; all on time

Main office

KEY HOUSE
106 HIGH STREET
YIEWSLEY
WEST DRAYTON
UB7 7BQ

Objectives

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND RELIEVE FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AMONGST THOSE SEEKING ASYLUM AND THOSE GRANTED REFUGEE STATUS, PRIMARILY YOUNG PEOPLE AGED 16-21 RESIDING IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF HILLINGDON, IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF;A) FOOD, CLOTHING, BASIC LIVING EQUIPMENT, ADVICE AND SUPPORT SERVICES; ANDB) FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS WHERE THEY HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES;

Defined Area of Benefit:

LONDON BOROUGH OF HILLINGDON,

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