Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 6

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 11

UNIVERSAL EASE TO REDRESS

The organisation is set up to promote human rights, in particular the prevention of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment by monitoring abuses of human rights,obtaining redress for the victims of human rights abuse ,relieving need among the victims of human rights abuse, educating the public about human rights,eliminating infringement of human rights.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
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 and there are significant future grants due to be received
The Board appears to be 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

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
30/09/22		£38	£41	£-3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	12
30/09/21		£32	£29	£3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	12
30/09/20		£15	£15	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	12
30/09/19		£10	£10	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
30/09/18		£11	£10	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	12
30/09/17		£25	£19	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/16		£22	£20	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/15		£14	£14	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/14		£12	£12	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/13		£10	£10	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/12?		£23	£18	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£10	£10	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10	*	£5	£5	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 15 years

universalease2.redress@yahoo.com

07706748495

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
Other Charitable Purposes
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Social & legal advocacy

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Throughout London,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
12 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

Sport England	£19,446
City Bridge Trust	£19,218
The Foyle Foundation	£4,000
Barrow Cadbury Trust	£2,500
Co-Operative Group	£1,434

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Universal Ease To Redress
£1,434	21/10/2023	We'd like to enable our 12 volunteers to deliver nutritious home-cooked meals and to provide advice, mental health support, and interpreting services for access to critical services.
Sport England - Improving fitness for Islington BAME Communities
£9,546	19/05/2023	This project will provide 1 hour x 2 days per week over 48 weeks of sport and physical activity including football, gymnastics, exercise and fitness and cycling for up to 89 participants.
The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
£4,000	08/02/2022	towards ongoing costs over the next 12 months (awarded grant in response to coronavirus)
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Universal Ease To Redress
£9,620	15/12/2020	0
Barrow Cadbury Trust - COVID-19 - Universal Ease to Redress
£2,500	21/09/2020 6	To enable the provision of hot food and other help for people isolated because of COVID-19
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Universal Ease To Redress
£9,598	01/06/2020	A grant of £9,598 to fund the essential and urgent costs outlined in the appliciation, so that the organisation can carry on providing support to Londoners.
Sport England - Stronger Connections between isolated People through Sport
£9,900	05/08/2019 7	Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled Stronger Connections between isolated People through Sport. This project is a Multi Sports project, with a ....more Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled Stronger Connections between isolated People through Sport. This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus on younger beneficiaries.
Woodward Charitable Trust - Towards a summer play scheme.
£300	19/06/2017	Towards a summer play scheme.
Woodward Charitable Trust - Summer playscheme in Stoke Newington for marginalised groups
£200	08/05/2013	Towards a summer playscheme in Stoke Newington for marginalised groups.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

KITSHOU MAPUNDENGO Appointed: 2023

KASONGO NDJOKA Appointed: 2021

SAMBAMWANI KONZI Appointed: 2020

TEHSEEN SHEIKH Appointed: 2020

BRIDGET MCFARLANE Appointed: 2018

PATRICK STEWART Appointed: 2020

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 20/03/2009, number: 1128709

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

13 returns made; AR10: 25 days late,

Main office

Voluntary Action Islington
200A Pentonville Road
LONDON
N1 9JP

Objectives

TO PROMOTE HUMAN RIGHTS (AS SET OUT IN THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OFHUMAN RIGHTS AND SUBSEQUENT UNITED NATIONS CONVENTIONS ANDDECLARATIONS), IN PARTICULAR THE PREVENTION OF TORTURE AND OTHER CRUEL,INHUMAN OR DEGRADING TREATMENT OR PUNISHMENT, THROUGHOUT THE WORLDBY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS:I. MONITORING ABUSES OF HUMAN RIGHTS.II. OBTAINING REDRESS FOR THE VICTIMS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE;III. RELIEVING NEED AMONG THE VICTIMS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE;IV. EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS;V. ELIMINATING INFRINGEMENTS OF HUMAN RIGHTS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS

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