Overall GiG Score: 8 ?
Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: -3
Support Score: 10
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Static board: -3
  • Grant maker support: +10

PETERBOROUGH ASYLUM AND REFUGEE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION (PARCA) 

PROVISION OF GENERAL ACTIVITIES.INFORMATION AND SUPPORT SERVICES TO THE REFUGEES, ASYLUM SEEKERS,MIGRANTS .SIGN POSTING AND REFERRAL WITH IMMIGRATION ISSUES, REPRESENTATION LOCAL AUTHORITYTRANSLATION AND INTERPRETING SERVICES DRUG, HIV SEMINARS,HEALTH PREVENTION AND EDUCATION AWARENESS IT & BASIC INFORMATION, ESOLSPORT LEISURE'S & RECREATIONAL,YOUTH CLUB, PLAY GROUP & TRIPS.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • 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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return
  • The Board composition appears to be rather static

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end
Established: 11 years

www.parcaltd.org

info@parcaltd.org

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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*£945£820£125£0£210£831.21533
31/03/22£725£781£-56£0£84£260.42136
31/03/21£736£654£82£0£140£330.61928
31/03/20£444£434£9n/an/an/an/an/a28
31/03/19£382£376£7n/an/an/an/an/a25
31/03/18£258£250£8£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£207£202£5£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£143£137£6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£46£46£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£85£70£14£0£0£0n/a00

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: 40%
Reserves/Spending: 1.2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: INF
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
  • Recreation
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who works here?
  • 15 employees
  • 33 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Cambridgeshire, Congo (Democratic Republic), India, Norfolk, Peterborough City,

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
Home Office£143,082
Tudor Trust£117,000
AB Charitable Trust£82,000
Access to Justice Foundation£72,196
National Lottery Community Fund£63,765
DCMS£62,540
Lloyds Bank Foundation£52,250
Barrow Cadbury Trust£49,300
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Peterborough Asylum and Refugee Community Association (PARCA)
£22,000 22/12/2022
An unrestricted grant of £22,000 (This grant is renewable - year 2 of up to 3 years)This grant includes a 10% cost of living uplift. Peterborough Asylum and Refugee Community Association supports ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - One off gift towards cost of living crisis to Peterborough Asylum and Refugee Community Association (PARCA)
£2,250 14/12/2022
One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis
Access to Justice Foundation - Community Justice Fund Wave Three
£12,196 22/11/2022
Wave three of the Community Justice Fund aims to support organisations delivering social welfare advice services to people most impacted by the cost-of-living crisis.
National Lottery Community Fund - Art & Sewing Club
£9,990 21/10/2022
The funding will be used to create an Art & Sewing Club activity for women who may be refugees asylum seekers migrants and including local residents. The project aims to help women gain knowledge ....more
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Peterborough Asylum and Refugee Community Association (PARCA)
£20,000 20/01/2022
An unrestricted grant of £20,000 per year for 3 years (This grant is renewable - year 1 of up to 3 years). Peterborough Asylum and Refugee Community Association supports refugees and people seeking ....more
Tudor Trust - Grant to Peterborough Asylum & Refugee Community Association (PARCA)
£16,000 26/10/2021
over one year as additional unrestricted funding to support PARCA's work with refugees and asylum seekers as they respond to increasing demand
Access to Justice Foundation - Joint Initiative Flexible COVID-19 Grant
£40,000 09/08/2021
A flexible grant as part of wave 2 of the Community Justice Fund. A pooled fund to support the specialist legal welfare advice sector in its response to COVID50
Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government - Hong Kong British National Overseas (HKBNOs) Welcome Programme
£24,057 21/07/2021
Resettlement funding for Hong Kong British nationals (overseas)
National Lottery Community Fund - Rebuild Community Confident Integration Support
£9,990 16/04/2021
The funding will be used to deliver social educational and cultural activities for refugees and asylum seekers. The project aims to create new friendships reduce isolation and build confidence after ....more
Home Office - EU Settlement Grant Scheme Funding
£57,129 01/04/2021
This grants scheme will enable organisations to provide practical support to vulnerable EU citizens to help them make their EU Settlement Scheme application by 30 June 2021 and continuing support ....more
Tudor Trust - Grant to Peterborough Asylum & Refugee Community Association (PARCA)
£2,000 15/03/2021
as an additional grant to support staff, volunteer and trustee wellbeing, to assist the organisation deliver its charitable purpose more effectively
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Peterborough Asylum and Refugee Community Association (PARCA)
£20,000 21/01/2021
An unrestricted grant of £20,000. Peterborough Asylum and Refugee Community Association (PARCA), provides services from its centrally based community building to support refugees, people seeking ....more
Tudor Trust - Grant to Peterborough Asylum & Refugee Community Association (PARCA) (COVID19 Grant)
£2,000 03/12/2020
2
as emergency funding towards food, toiletries and other essentials for refugees and asylum seekers in Peterborough during the Coronavirus pandemic
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Recovery grant to Peterborough Asylum and Refugee Community Association (PARCA)
£50,000 03/12/2020
24
Unrestricted grant over two years towards the core costs of Peterborough Asylum and Refugee Community Association (PARCA), awarded under the Foundation's Asylum Seekers and Refugees funding stream. ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Peterborough Asylum and Refugee Community Association (PARCA)
£13,800 30/11/2020
This project will provide online activity sessions to young people from Black and ethnic minority backgrounds, and refugee and asylum seeker families who are isolated due to Covid-19. This will ....more
Access to Justice Foundation - Joint Initiative Flexible COVID-19 Grant
£20,000 13/10/2020
A flexible grant as part of wave 1 of the Community Justice Fund. A pooled fund to support the specialist legal welfare advice sector in its response to COVID19
UK Community Foundations - BAME Infrastructure Fund
£19,963 22/09/2020
Restricted funding for COVID-19 Relief (led by people of Black, Asian and/or Minority Ethnic Heritage)
Barrow Cadbury Trust - COVID-19 - PARCA
£49,300 21/09/2020
6
To provide core support and additional capacity to enable PARCA to deliver activities and support to vulnerable refugees and migrants
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£62,540 26/08/2020
"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 Fore - RAFT COVID-19 response grant to PARCA
£4,600 12/06/2020
Grant from The Fore's RAFT Immediate Response Fund to PARCA, as part of The Fore's COVID-19 Response programme.
CAF - Grant to Peterborough Asylum and Refugee Community Association
£9,605 11/06/2020
3
Grant to Peterborough Asylum and Refugee Community Association to support the organisation through COVID19
Cambridgeshire Community Foundation - Grant to Peterborough Asylum and Refugee Community Association (PARCA)
£4,000 28/04/2020
11
to support 500 vulnerable people who are elderly, from an ethnic minority group, asylum seekers or Portuguese speakers through providing accessible information and delivering food and other essentials
Tudor Trust - Grant to Peterborough Asylum & Refugee Community Association (PARCA) (COVID19 Grant)
£2,000 09/04/2020
as emergency funding towards food, toiletries and other essential items to support people with experience of seeking asylum, migrants and vulnerable people in Peterborough during the Coronavirus ....more
Home Office - EU Settlement Grant Scheme Funding 21/22
£50,331 01/04/2020
This grants scheme will enable organisations to provide practical support to vulnerable EU citizens to help them make their EU Settlement Scheme application by 30 June 2021 and continuing support ....more
Cambridgeshire Community Foundation - Grant to Peterborough Asylum and Refugee Community Association (PARCA)
£4,918 27/03/2020
11
to provide support for 1,080 vulnerable and isolated people in local older, BME, asylum seeker and refugee communities; accessible information, food delivery, online communication
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Peterborough Asylum and Refugee Community Association (PARCA)
£20,000 10/10/2019
An unrestricted grant of £20,000. Peterborough Asylum and Refugee Community Association provides activities including education, training, employment and housing & social welfare benefits ....more
Tudor Trust - Grant to Peterborough Asylum & Refugee Community Association (PARCA)
£95,000 20/05/2019
36
over three years towards core salaries, running costs and a kitchen refurbishment for a charity supporting refugees, asylum seekers and migrants in Peterborough
National Lottery Community Fund - Connect And Thrive: the Friendly CAT Project
£43,785 23/04/2019
12
TPP4 - Holding Hands Together
Home Office - EU Settlement Grant Scheme Funding 2019-20
£35,622 01/04/2019
This grants scheme is enabling organisations to provide practical support to vulnerable EU citizens through information-giving, advice and provision of technology and assistance to help them make ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Tackle Loneliness Together
£9,955 14/03/2019
12
The organisation will use the funding to run a project of community engagement involving relationship building activities and discussions to help bring people across communities together.
National Lottery Community Fund - Peterborough Empowerment Activity Community Hub [PEACH]
£407,210 27/07/2018
60
The purpose of this project is to provide support and services to improve the conditions and quality of life for those who are excluded, isolated, disadvantaged or discriminated against. Activities ....more
People's Health Trust - Creating Communities for All
£26,663 26/07/2018
This 18-month project delivered a range of activities designed to develop stronger communities and improved integration among residents from a range of ethnic backgrounds (Black and Minority Ethnic ....more
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Peterborough Asylum and Refugee Community Association (PARCA)
£7,500 31/10/2017
£7,500 towards an Outreach Worker (15 hpw) to deliver services outside of the centre. Peterborough Asylum and Refugee Community Association provides advice for asylum seekers and refugees including, ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Bring People Together in Peterborough (BPTP)
£9,980 27/09/2017
12
The project will create a steering group to put together social activities for a wide cross-section of the community, in particular refugees and asylum seekers of different cultural backgrounds and ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Peterborough Asylum and Refugee Community Association (PARCA)
£13,932 11/07/2017
12
Consultancy fees, training costs and some salary to backfill work to develop new business plan and communications to support this refugee charity.
National Lottery Community Fund - Peterborough Refugees & Migrants: Support, Action & Learning Project
£176,009 08/04/2015
36
Promoting African Refugee Community Association (PARCA) supports refugees, asylum seekers and migrants that are highly income deprived and/or are newly arrived. This project will provide free access ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Promoting African Refugee Community Association (PARCA)
£20,000 31/07/2012
the ESOL project costs
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed

Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 25/06/2013, number: 1152592
  • Registered at Companies House on 01/01/1970, number: 08397491
Gift Aid
  • NOT 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
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
10 returns made; AR23: 42 days late,
Main office

Unity Hall
Northfield Road
Peterborough
PE1 3QH

Objectives

1) TO PROVIDE RELIEF TO THOSE GRANTED REFUGEES, ASYLUM SEEKERS, EASTERN EUROPEAN MIGRANTS AND OTHERS RESIDING IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND ABROAD TO PROVIDE TRAINING FACILITIES AND SUPPORT SERVICES WITH THE OBJECTS OF: - A)RELIEVING FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; B)PROMOTING AND PROTECTING GOOD HEALTH; C)ADVANCING THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING SO AS TO ADVANCE THEM IN LIFE AND ASSIST THEM TO ADAPT WITHIN A NEW COMMUNITY; AND D)PROVIDING FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THOSE PERSONS WHO 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:

WORLDWIDE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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