Finance Score: 1

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 15

Reasonable growth: +1
No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +12

Overall GiG Score: 19

REFUGEE AND MIGRANT NETWORK SUTTON

Provision of advice by trained and qualified staff and volunteers on immigration, housing, welfare benefits, health, education and training, debt and money management and employment. Provision of English language tuition, with creche facilities, to improve clients' access to information and prospects of employment.Provision of relief to destitute refugees and migrants.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
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 well diversified in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Established: 11 years

www.rmns.org.uk

office@rmns.org.uk

02086692322

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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	£62	£66	£-4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	35
31/03/22	£22	£55	£-33	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	43
31/03/21	£53	£54	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	36
31/03/20	£65	£53	£12	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	49
31/03/19	£67	£42	£25	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	35
31/03/18	£38	£35	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17	£26	£29	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	£18	£32	£-14	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15	£18	£27	£-9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14	£4	£28	£-24	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information

Where it operates

Sutton,

Who it helps

People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
35 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	£259,422
City Bridge Trust	£64,350
Lloyds Bank Foundation	£52,250
Trust for London	£31,000
DCMS	£3,155

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - RMNS Future
£249,906	07/03/2023	This funding will enable the project to deliver their advice services ESOL lessons drop-in advice sessions and their One2One mentoring programme to refugees asylum seekers and migrants living within ....more This funding will enable the project to deliver their advice services ESOL lessons drop-in advice sessions and their One2One mentoring programme to refugees asylum seekers and migrants living within the London Borough of Sutton.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - One off gift towards cost of living crisis to Refugee and Migrant Network Sutton
£2,250	14/12/2022	One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis
Trust for London - Refugee and Migrant Network Sutton
£1,000	29/09/2022	This is a cost of living uplift for grant reference 360G-trustforlondon-MAIN-S2-02.06.2020-8637
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Refugee and Migrant Network Sutton (RMNS)
£64,350	16/08/2022 36	£64,350 over two years (£31,390; £32,960) towards an immigration advice service and ESOL classes up to level 3, covering 0.5 FTE Advice Worker, 0.1 FTE Admin Assistant, 0.1 FTE Outreach and ....more £64,350 over two years (£31,390; £32,960) towards an immigration advice service and ESOL classes up to level 3, covering 0.5 FTE Advice Worker, 0.1 FTE Admin Assistant, 0.1 FTE Outreach and Marketing Worker, drop-in activities, and related organisational overheads.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Refugee and Migrant Network Sutton
£50,000	21/07/2022 24	Unrestricted grant over two years towards the core costs of Refugee and Migrant Network Sutton
National Lottery Community Fund - RMNS renewal
£9,516	08/10/2021	The funding will be used to support refugee and migrant people. The project aims to offer advice and creative activities through one to one tailored activities.
Trust for London - Refugee and Migrant Network Sutton
£30,000	14/10/2020 36	The funding is for a continued contribution to the salaries of the advice worker and administrative assistant and the overheads (chiefly rent of the office and administrative costs) necessary for the ....more The funding is for a continued contribution to the salaries of the advice worker and administrative assistant and the overheads (chiefly rent of the office and administrative costs) necessary for the immigration advice work, which RMNS is uniquely able to supply in Sutton.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£3,155	24/08/2020	"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."
National Lottery Community Fund - Resilience for refugees and migrants
£92,164	12/07/2017 36	This group will develop their project which aims to increase the knowledge, understanding and resilience of the refugee and migrant community through the provision of an immigration advice service ....more This group will develop their project which aims to increase the knowledge, understanding and resilience of the refugee and migrant community through the provision of an immigration advice service and English classes. The project will increase the hours of the service and a drop in service will provide advice around immigration and visa applications. They will also help with other issues such as housing, welfare, getting children into schools and finding healthcare.
Trust for London - Refugee and Migrant Network Sutton
£30,800	22/02/2017 36	The funding is towards 50% of the part-time post of Advice Worker with associated overheads. This will enable us to continue to provide free, qualified advice to refugees, asylum seekers and migrants ....more The funding is towards 50% of the part-time post of Advice Worker with associated overheads. This will enable us to continue to provide free, qualified advice to refugees, asylum seekers and migrants on issues of immigration, housing, welfare, health, education, training and employment.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (9)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 8/9 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 36-77

ANN MORRISON Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Retired Civil Servant

BRIONY THOMAS Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Retired, Other trusteeships: HOME-START SURREY, HOME-START EPSOM, EWELL & BANSTEAD,

DEBORAH WROE Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Lecturer

JOHN BRANFORD Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Retired

LISA WEBSTER Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Accountant

LORRI DAWSON (Chair) Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Teacher

NAMRATA CHOWDHARY Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Self Employed

OLWEN EDWARDS Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Charity Trustee

SULTAN MAHMOD MAHMOODI Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Program Management

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 15/01/2013, number: 1150500
Registered at Companies House on 11/04/2012, number: 08026861

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

10 returns made; all on time

Main office

Granfers Community Centre
Granfers Community Centre
73-79 Oakhill Road
SUTTON
Surrey
SM1 3AA

Objectives

FOR THE RELIEF OF POVERTY OF REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS WHO ARE RESIDENT OR WHO ARE INTENDING TO RESIDE IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF SUTTON BY PROVIDING SUCH PERSONS WITH FREE AND CONFIDENTIAL ADVICE, ASSISTANCE, REPRESENTATION, COUNSELLING, TRANSLATING AND INTERPRETING SERVICES IN SUCH MATTERS AS ASYLUM, IMMIGRATION, MONEY, DEBTS, WELFARE BENEFITS, HOUSING, HEALTH, EDUCATION, TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT.

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