Finance Score: 7
Governance Score: 5
Support Score: 13
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Mainly female board: -1
  • Overall weighted support: +13
Overall GiG Score: 25 ?

MANUEL BRAVO PROJECT

The relief of financial hardship by the provision of free legal advice, representation and assistance toasylum seekers, migrants and refugees who, through lack of means, would otherwise be unable to obtain such advice.
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 dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly female

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
31/03/23£316£339£-24n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£282£219£62n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£260£182£77n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£187£174£13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£187£164£23n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£135£139£-5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£137£173£-36n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£156£109£47n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£116£78£38n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 11 years

www.manuelbravo.org.uk

office@manuelbravo.org.uk

01133508608

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Legal & financial advice
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
Where it operates
  • Leeds City,
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin

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
Access to Justice Foundation£560,000
Justice Together Initiative£250,000
Henry Smith Charity£180,000
AB Charitable Trust£70,000
Lloyds Bank Foundation£62,378
Postcode Neighbourhood Trust£21,858
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Manuel Bravo Project
£25,000 14/03/2024
An unrestricted grant of £25,000 for 3 years (This grant is renewable - year 2 of up to 3 years). Manuel Bravo Project provides legal representation to those seeking asylum who are unable to access legal aid.
Access to Justice Foundation - Improving Lives Through Advice Grant
£500,000 01/03/2024
The Improving Lives Through Advice programme is made possible by a £30 million grant from The National Lottery Community Fund, thanks to National Lottery players. Working in partnership with the largest community funder in the UK, the Improving ....more
Postcode Neighbourhood Trust - Project Funding
£21,858 01/11/2023
Funding paid the expenses and wellbeing costs of volunteer interpreters to gain skills and training while helping their community.
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Manuel Bravo Project
£25,000 20/04/2023
An unrestricted grant of £25,000 for 3 years (This grant is renewable - year 1 of up to 3 years). Manuel Bravo Project provides legal representation to those seeking asylum who are unable to access legal aid.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - One off gift towards cost of living crisis to Manuel Bravo Project
£2,250 14/12/2022
One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis
Sir George Martin Trust - Grant to Manuel Bravo
£3,000 07/11/2022
Core costs for Advancement of Health/Saving Lives
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Manuel Bravo Project
£50,000 14/09/2022
24
Unrestricted grant over two years towards the core costs of Manuel Bravo Project
Justice Together Initiative - Innovation in advice delivery via use of technology and cross-sector partnership working
£250,000 30/11/2021
A multi agency partnership across Leeds and Hull designed to improve both access to immigration advice in areas lacking provision and collaborative working within the third sector through the innovative use of technology.
Access to Justice Foundation - Joint Initiative Flexible COVID-19 Grant
£60,000 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 COVID46
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Manuel Bravo Project
£180,000 08/12/2020
36
towards three years' running costs of an organisation that provides legal representation and support for asylum seekers who are unable to access Legal Aid in Leeds.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Variation grant to Manuel Bravo Project
£10,128 24/07/2020
Grant to Manuel Bravo Project meeting the additional costs of adapting services, premises or implementing other safety measures in response to the Covid pandemic.
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Manuel Bravo Project
£20,000 23/04/2020
An unrestricted grant of £20,000. Manual Bravo provides legal representation for vulnerable people seeking asylum who are unable to access Legal Aid
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Manuel Bravo Project
£10,000 15/10/2018
£10,000 towards casework and core costs. Manuel Bravo Project aims to provide free legal assistance to asylum seekers and also provide legal assistance with settlement protection applications for refugees.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Manuel Bravo Project
£75,000 20/03/2018
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funding will allow the charity to continue to delivery legal support to vulnerable refugees & asylum seekers who cannot access support elsewhere
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Invest grant to Manuel Bravo Project
£25,000 20/03/2018
12
Continutation grant over one year to Manuel Bravo Project under the Invest funding programme
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Manuel Bravo Project
£10,000 04/07/2017
£10,000 towards casework costs. Manuel Bravo Project aims to provide free legal assistance to asylum seekers and also provide legal assistance with settlement protection applications for refugees.
AB Charitable Trust - legal advice for persons seeking asylum
£10,000 26/01/2016
£10,000 towards core costs
Comic Relief - Application for funds to continue and develop legal provision for traumatised asylum seeking women.
£117,918 18/03/2015
36
Manual Bravo work with women asylum seekers in and around Leeds to help them into safer lives. Women asylum seekers are less likely to gain asylum on their first claim then men, and those who have been sexually or violently assaulted (or with ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Manuel Bravo Project: Case Work.
£434,282 09/02/2015
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Not Available
AB Charitable Trust - Free legal advice for asylum seekers.
£10,000 21/10/2014
£10,000 towards casework costs
AB Charitable Trust - Free legal advice for asylum seekers
£10,000 09/07/2013
£10,000 towards casework costs
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Manuel Bravo Project
£55,253 19/10/2011
Towards salary costs of providing legal support to asylum seekers.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 5/6 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 35-66
  • DIANA SEFORA FLORES GALLARDO Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Student
  • HANNAH MARY HARRATT BENTLEY Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Third Sector
  • HAWA BAH Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Charity Worker
  • MANDY CRAWFORD-LEE Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Company Director
  • PETER KEITH CARSON Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired
  • ROSIE COOKE Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Social Worker
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 11/03/2014, number: 1156119
  • Registered at Companies House on 20/06/2013, number: 08578469
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
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
9 returns made; all on time
Main office

Manuel Bravo Project
Unity Business Centre
26 Roundhay Road
LEEDS
LS7 1AB

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP BY THE PROVISION OF FREE LEGAL ADVICE, REPRESENTATION AND ASSISTANCE TO ASYLUM SEEKERS WHO, THROUGH LACK OF MEANS WOULD OTHERWISE BE UNABLE TO OBTAIN SUCH ADVICE.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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