Finance Score: 7
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 13
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +13
Overall GiG Score: 29 ?

ISLINGTON CENTRE FOR REFUGEES AND MIGRANTS

Support Service and Referrals and Sign Posting for refugees and asylum seekersEnglish Language (ESOL) TeachingArt, Writing, Choir, Drama, Theatre, Music, Sport
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 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 well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

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 £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/08/23£475£448£28n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/22£325£385£-61n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/21£436£365£71n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/20£366£289£77n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/19£245£245£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/18£263£214£49n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/17£221£175£46n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/16£101£154£-53n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/15£195£195£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/14£285£227£58n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/13£222£219£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/12£177£192£-15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/11£213£178£35n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/10*£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 15 years

www.islingtoncentre.co.uk

islingtoncentre@gmail.com

02073549946

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Support for refugees & asylum seekers
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout London,
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups

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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Cloudesley£266,760
City Bridge Trust£235,610
National Lottery Community Fund£189,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£110,000
DCMS£89,476
The Charity of Sir Richard Whittington£68,050
Lloyds Bank Foundation£52,250
CAF£40,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Cloudesley - Grant to Islington Centre for Refugees and Migrants
£5,000 23/10/2023
Cloudesley Partner top-up grant - cost of living 2023
The Charity of Sir Richard Whittington - Grant to Islington Centre for Refugees and Migrants
£68,050 04/10/2023
Support for vulnerable refugees to feel part of a community.
Cloudesley - Grant to Islington Centre for Refugees and Migrants
£15,000 19/09/2023
Cloudesley Partner welfare grant 2024
Cloudesley - Grant to Islington Centre for Refugees and Migrants
£10,000 19/09/2023
Catalyst Funding for 2024-25
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£50,000 26/06/2023
24
Core costs to support asylum seekers and refugees to rebuild their lives
CAF - Grant to Islington Centre for Refugees and Migrants
£40,000 26/05/2023
To build resilience of this organisation
Cloudesley - Grant to Islington Centre for Refugees and Migrants (ICRM)
£70,000 16/05/2023
PGF Round 2 Extension Funding - Support Service
Cripplegate Foundation - Grant To Islington Centre for Refugees and Asylum Seekers
£3,000 03/05/2023
Islington Giving Crisis Appeal grants
London Catalyst - Islington Centre for Refugees and Migrants - 1
£3,000 07/02/2023
Mental Health Welfare Calls for Refugees
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Islington Centre for Refugees and Migrants
£192,910 16/01/2023
36
£192,910 over five years (£36,335, £37,425, £38,550, £39,705, £40,895) as a contribution to the project costs of ICRM’s Support service for asylum seekers and refugees in London. This includes a contribution to a Case Worker salary at three ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - One off gift towards cost of living crisis to Islington Centre for Refugees and Migrants
£2,250 14/12/2022
One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis
Cripplegate Foundation - Grant To Islington Centre for Refugees and Asylum Seekers
£5,000 09/11/2022
Islington Giving Crisis Appeal
Cloudesley - Grant to Islington Centre for Refugees and Migrants (ICRM)
£5,000 24/10/2022
Cloudesley Partner top-up grant - cost of living
Cloudesley - Grant to Islington Centre for Refugees and Migrants (ICRM)
£15,000 27/09/2022
Cloudesley Partner welfare grant 2023
Cloudesley - Grant to Islington Centre for Refugees and Migrants (ICRM)
£5,000 27/09/2022
Principal Grant - cost of living uplift. Related grant: 360G-Cloudesley-H4715
Cloudesley - Grant to Islington Centre for Refugees and Migrants (ICRM)
£1,560 27/07/2022
Additional grant towards a monitoring and evaluation system
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Islington Centre for Refugees and Migrants
£50,000 25/07/2022
24
Unrestricted grant over two years towards the core costs of Islington Centre for Refugees and Migrants
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£30,000 01/04/2022
24
Integration project to improve the welfare of vulnerable refugees and migrants
Cloudesley - Grant to Islington Centre for Refugees and Migrants (ICRM)
£2,000 22/10/2021
Cloudesley Partner top-up for the period 22/10/21 - 31/12/21
Cloudesley - Grant to Islington Centre for Refugees and Migrants (ICRM)
£3,200 29/09/2021
Grant Support Fund - towards a monitoring and evaluation system
Cloudesley - Grant to Islington Centre for Refugees and Migrants (ICRM)
£10,000 21/09/2021
Catalyst Funding for 2022 and 2023
Cloudesley - Grant to Islington Centre for Refugees and Migrants (ICRM)
£15,000 21/09/2021
Cloudesley Partner Welfare Grant 2022 - Awarded Sep 2021
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£30,000 01/04/2021
24
Integration project to improve the welfare of vulnerable refugees and migrants
National Lottery Community Fund - To expand our innovative online English school for refugees and migrants
£180,000 29/03/2021
The project is using funding to expand the online school of English for refugees and asylum seekers to reach more people integrate the online activity in a hybrid approach alongside their work at their physical centre once it is safe to reopen. ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Relief packages for essentials to vulnerable migrants during COVID-19
£9,000 05/02/2021
3
The funding will be used to provide support packages to vulnerable asylum seekers. The project aims to provide basic-necessities to asylum seekers/refugees in the local community to help improve their physical and mental health during the current ....more
The London Community Foundation - Grant to Islington Centre for Refugees and Migrants
£10,000 29/01/2021
2
20 smart phones and 10 laptops to help 30 refugees and asylum seekers online so they can access our digital services and feel less lonely. We already have 100 clients joining us online. We also ask for funding for staff time to support all our ....more
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Islington Centre for Refugees and Migrants
£20,000 21/01/2021
An unrestricted grant of £20,000. Islington Centre for Refugees and Migrants (ICRM) provides support to people seeking asylum, refugees, and vulnerable migrants in London, with a focus on supporting destitute clients. They aim to create a strong ....more
Cloudesley - Grant to Islington Centre for Refugees and Migrants (ICRM)
£15,000 22/09/2020
Cloudesley Partner Welfare Grant 2021 - Awarded Sep 2020
Cloudesley - Grant to Islington Centre for Refugees and Migrants (ICRM)
£90,000 22/09/2020
Support Service - Practical support to access health services and tackle multiple disadvantages
Cloudesley - Grant to Islington Centre for Refugees and Migrants (ICRM)
£5,000 18/08/2020
Cloudesley Partner Top-up for the period 18/08-31/12/20
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Islington Centre for Refugees and Migrants
£33,500 13/08/2020
towards the costs outlined in your application for the provision of emergency support packages for refugees and asylum seekers
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Islington Centre for Refugees and Migrants
£5,200 30/07/2020
COVID19 : purchase IT equipment for a charity that support refugees and migrants in Islington
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£60,000 17/07/2020
"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 operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
Comic Relief - Sport for Change: supporting asylum seekers and refugees
£36,000 23/06/2020
6
COVID19 Recovery funding
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund - Grant to Islington Centre for Refugees and Migrants
£10,000 26/05/2020
12
Emergency Covid Additional Grant unrestricted core costs
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£29,476 20/05/2020
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 and small organisations who can provide an ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Islington Centre for Refugees and Migrants
£5,000 11/05/2020
A grant of £5,000 to fund the essential and urgent costs outlined in the application, so that the organisation can carry on providing support to Londoners.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Islington Centre for Refugees and Migrants
£4,200 09/04/2020
A one-off, unrestricted grant of £4,200, equivalent to one regular quarterly payment for the organisation’s current grant. COVID19
Crisis UK - Grant to Islington Centre for Refugees & Migrants
£5,000 09/04/2020
Emergency support packs for destitute asylum seekers
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Islington Centre for Refugees and Migrants
£15,000 10/10/2019
An unrestricted grant of £15,000. Islington Centre for Refugees & Migrants work to create a positive community for refugees and asylum seekers, providing support practical tools to help rebuild their lives including ESOL, crisis support advice ....more
Greater London Authority - Sport for Change: supporting asylum seekers and refugees at the heart of our community
£72,290 30/09/2019
The centre helps integrate this vulnerable group into community life. In partnership with Mary's Community Centre (MCC) this project will run weekly sports sessions. Sport will be the pathway to help this isolated grous to access MCC's community ....more
Cloudesley - Grant to Islington Centre for Refugees and Migrants (ICRM)
£3,000 24/09/2019
Cloudesley Partner Welfare Grant- Top up for Oct-Dec 2019
Cloudesley - Grant to Islington Centre for Refugees and Migrants (ICRM)
£15,000 24/09/2019
Cloudesley Partner Welfare Grant Awarded Sep 2019
Cloudesley - Grant to Islington Centre for Refugees and Migrants (ICRM)
£5,000 24/09/2019
Catalyst Funding 2020
Cloudesley - Grant to Islington Centre for Refugees and Migrants (ICRM)
£5,000 24/09/2019
Catalyst Funding 2021
Comic Relief - Sport for Change: supporting asylum seekers and refugees at the heart of our community
£72,290 04/09/2019
24
Refugees and asylum seekers are often cut-off from the community because of barriers including: language, destitution, and a lack of networks. Islington Centre for Refugees and Migrants helps to integrate this vulnerable group into community life. ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£15,000 18/06/2019
Supporting destitute asylum seekers and refugees to rebuild their lives
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund - Grant to Islington Centre for Refugees and Migrants
£40,000 12/06/2019
48
Main Grant unrestricted core costs
Comic Relief - Sustainability Fund 2
£17,545 13/02/2019
3
Funding will support development in 2 areas; financial policies and procedures planning and review, 5 year sustainability plan and fully emed the Peer Support group in the planning and delivery of services provide skills development and ensure ....more
Cloudesley - Grant to Islington Centre for Refugees and Migrants (ICRM)
£12,000 19/09/2018
Interim Welfare Grant (awarded Sep 2018)
Joseph Rank Trust - Islington Centre for Refugees and Migrants
£22,500 23/07/2018
36
To part fund the costs of the Support Service Project
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Islington Centre for Refugees and Migrants
£15,000 03/07/2018
£15,000 towards core costs. Islington Centre for Refugees & Migrants work to create a positive community for refugees and asylum seekers, providing support practical tools to help rebuild their lives including ESOL, crisis support advice and ....more
Cripplegate Foundation - Grant To Islington Centre for Refugees and Asylum Seekers
£4,797 11/12/2017
RC Catalyst
Cloudesley - Grant to Islington Centre for Refugees and Migrants
£12,000 19/09/2017
Cloudesley Partner Grant (awarded Sep 2017)
Cloudesley - Grant to Islington Centre for Refugees and Migrants
£4,000 19/09/2017
Cloudesley Partner Grant (additional grant award up to 31st December 2017)
Cloudesley - Grant to Islington Centre for Refugees and Migrants
£4,797 19/09/2017
Catalyst Funding 2018
Cloudesley - Grant to Islington Centre for Refugees and Migrants
£5,000 19/09/2017
Catalyst Funding 2019
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Islington Centre for Refugees and Migrants
£50,400 27/07/2017
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£50,400 over three years (3 x £16,800) for the costs of 2 p/t (15hpw) ESOL Tutors; associated project costs; and a maximum of £2,800 pa towards core costs.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Islington Centre for Refugees and Migrants
£78,500 08/12/2016
36
towards three years' running costs of a project providing support services to refugees and asylum seekers in the London Borough of Islington
Comic Relief - Islington Centre for Refugees and Migrants - strengthening our core
£39,880 30/11/2016
24
Islington Centre for Refugees and Migrants is located in London Borough of Islington and provides much needed support to asylum seekers and refugees in the area. It delivers a range of activities including English language classes, advice and ....more
Cloudesley - Grant to Islington Centre for Refugees and Migrants
£8,000 21/09/2016
Cloudesley Partner Grant (awarded Sep 2016)
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Islington Centre for Refugees and Migrants
£15,000 29/06/2016
12
Islington Centre for Refugees and Migrants provides social and learning activities and integration support. Its request is to develop a fundraising strategy and improve its fundraising skills and to identify and implement a monitoring framework
Cripplegate Foundation - Grant To Islington Centre for Refugees and Asylum Seekers
£9,482 16/02/2016
Towards the costs of Catalyst
Cloudesley - Grant to Islington Centre for Refugees and Migrants
£9,482 17/11/2015
Catalyst Funding (Awarded Nov 15)
Cloudesley - Grant to Islington Centre for Refugees and Migrants
£8,000 15/09/2015
Cloudesley Partner Grant (Awarded Sep 15)
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 38-92
  • CHARLOTTE JULIA LILLEY Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Lawyer
  • FRANCIS ACHILLE BOWONDO Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Student
  • GLADYS JUSU-SHERIFF Appointed: 2010, Occupation: Retired
  • GABRIELLE SAMUELS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Solicitor (Non-Practising)
  • GHADEER AL-SERAGI Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Edi Manager
  • IMRAN MALIK Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Senior Vice President Finance
  • KATHY MARGERISON Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Head Of Programmes And Partnerships At Charity
  • TERESA DODGSON Appointed: 2011, Occupation: Artist
  • VICTORIA SHELLEY RAE (Chair) Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Consultant
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 25/03/2010, number: 1135205
  • Registered at Companies House on 13/11/2009, number: 07076199
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
  • 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
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
14 returns made; AR10: 91 days late,
Main office

CROSS STREET BAPTIST CHURCH
16-18 CROSS STREET
LONDON
N1 2BG

Objectives

1. TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND RELIEVE FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AMONGST THOSE SEEKING ASYLUM AND THOSE GRANTED REFUGEE STATUS BY THE PROVISION OF ADVICE, TRAINING AND SUPPORT.2. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL ABOUT THE ISSUES RELATING TO REFUGEES AND THOSE SEEKING ASYLUM.3. TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION BY LIVING OUT OUR LOVE FOR NEIGHBOUR AND BRINGING THE STRANGER OF ANY OR NO FAITH INTO OUR COMMUNITY.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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