Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 6

Strong growth: +2

Dynamic board: +3

Grant maker support: +6

Overall GiG Score: 11

EUROPEAN NETWORK ON STATELESSNESS

ENS is a network of non-governmental organisations, academic initiatives and individual experts committed to address statelessness in Europe. We are dedicated to strengthening the voices of stateless persons in Europe & to advocate for full respect of their human rights.We aim to reach our goals by conducting & supporting legal & policy development, awareness raising & capacity building activities

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Positives:

The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity

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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
31/12/22	£588	£597	£-9	£0	£350	£216	4.3	9	5
31/12/21	£457	£417	£40	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	3
31/12/20	£505	£361	£144	£0	£319	£140	4.7	6	0
31/12/19	£305	£290	£15	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/12/18	£305	£245	£60	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	1
31/12/17	£253	£222	£31	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/16	£227	£211	£16	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/15	£231	£177	£53	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 3%
Liabilities/Income: 2%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 62%
Reserves/Spending: 4.3 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 7 months
Quick Ratio: 30.9

Asset Split ?

Established: 10 years

www.statelessness.eu

info@statelessness.eu

02045266653

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity

GiG Classification

Services for females

How it operates

Makes Grants to Individuals
Makes Grants to Organisations
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bosnia And Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Islington, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, ....more

Who it helps

Other Defined Groups
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

9 employees
5 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

Comic Relief	£363,711
Paul Hamlyn Foundation	£75,000
Quartet Community Foundation	£250

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to European Network on Statelessness
£250	15/11/2022	As requested by the donor towards the work of the European Network on Statelessness.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Covid-19 Emergency Funding
£15,000	01/04/2021	The European Network on Statelessness is a civil society alliance of over 140 members committed to ending statelessness in Europe and ensuring that stateless people living in Europe are protected. ....more The European Network on Statelessness is a civil society alliance of over 140 members committed to ending statelessness in Europe and ensuring that stateless people living in Europe are protected. This grant provides core support to aid the organisation in dealing with the challenges posed by Covid-19.
Comic Relief - Routes to safety for stateless refugees
£363,711	17/03/2020 48	To be stateless is not to be recognised as a national by any country in the world. Caused by state succession, gaps in nationality laws, discrimination, displacement, and nationality stripping, ....more To be stateless is not to be recognised as a national by any country in the world. Caused by state succession, gaps in nationality laws, discrimination, displacement, and nationality stripping, statelessness is a legal anomaly with devastating impact on access to rights, safety and belonging. With this investment, European Network on Stateless will work to protect the rights of stateless refugees and prevent children being born stateless in Europe. It will gather evidence of the impact of statelessness, build the capacity of civil society and relevant authorities and run a campaign to mobilise and inspire action.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Protecting children from harmful hostile environment policies by reducing statelessness
£60,000	09/12/2019 18	To reduce childhood statelessness through specific legal pathways, and to support children and young people with insecure status to access their right to a nationality.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)

Current Trustees appointed

ALEKSANDRA SEMERIAK GAVRILENOK Appointed: 2023

GABOR GYULAI Appointed: 2014

ALLAN LEAS (Chair) Appointed: 2014

ALEXIA SAVVA Appointed: 2024

CAN JONATHAN YUREGIR Appointed: 2021

CECILE CLERC Appointed: 2024

CHRISTIANA BUKALO Appointed: 2021

JEAN DENISE LAMBERT Appointed: 2019

PETER GREIG Appointed: 2021

MAURICE WREN Appointed: 2014, Other trusteeships: BENNELONG FOUNDATION (UK), INA BOYLE SOCIETY LIMITED,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 01/09/2014, number: 1158414

Gift Aid

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

8 returns made; all on time

Main office

28 Stainforth Road
LONDON
E17 9RD

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE RIGHT TO A NATIONALITY AND THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF STATELESS PERSONS (AS DEFINED) AS SET OUT IN THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND SUBSEQUENT UNITED NATIONS AND COUNCIL OF EUROPE TREATIES, IN PARTICULAR THOSE CONTAINED WITHIN:(I) THE 1966 INTERNATIONAL COVENANT ON CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS;(II) THE 1966 INTERNATIONAL COVENANT ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS;(III) THE 1954 UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION RELATING TO THE STATUS OF STATELESS PERSONS;(IV) THE 1961 UNITED CONVENTION ON THE REDUCTION OF STATELESSNESS;(V) THE 1989 CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD;(VI) THE 1979 CONVENTION ON THE ELIMINATION OF ALL FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN;(VII) THE 1965 INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION ON THE ELIMINATION OF ALL FORMS OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION;(VIII) THE 1950 EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS;(VIIII) THE 1997 EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON NATIONALITY; AND(X) THE 2006 EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON THE AVOIDANCE OF STATELESSNESS IN RELATION TO STATE SUCCESSION.THROUGHOUT THE WORLD BY MEANS OF ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING ACTIVITIES:(A) MONITORING ABUSES OF SUCH HUMAN RIGHTS;(B) OBTAINING REDRESS FOR THE VICTIMS OF SUCH HUMAN RIGHTS;(C) RELIEVING NEED AMONG THE VICTIMS OF SUCH HUMAN RIGHTS;(D) RESEARCH INTO ISSUES AFFECTING SUCH HUMAN RIGHTS;(E) EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ABOUT SUCH HUMAN RIGHTS;(F) PROVIDING TECHNICAL ADVICE TO GOVERNMENTS AND OTHERS ON MATTERS CONCERNING SUCH HUMAN RIGHTS;(G) CONTRIBUTING TO THE SOUND ADMINISTRATION OF THE LAW AFFECTING SUCH HUMAN RIGHTS;(H) COMMENTING ON PROPOSED LEGISLATION AFFECTING SUCH HUMAN RIGHTS;(I) RAISING AWARENESS OF ISSUES CONCERNING SUCH HUMAN RIGHTS;(J) PROMOTING PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR SUCH HUMAN RIGHTS;(K) PROMOTING RESPECT FOR SUCH HUMAN RIGHTS AMONG INDIVIDUALS AND CORPORATIONS;(L) INTERNATIONAL ADVOCACY OF SUCH HUMAN RIGHTS;(M) ELIMINATING INFRINGEMENTS OF SUCH HUMAN RIGHTS.IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS AND TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW BUT NOT OTHERWISE, THE CHARITY TRUSTEES SHALL HAVE POWER TO ENGAGE IN POLITICAL ACTIVITY PROVIDED THAT THE CHARITY TRUSTEES ARE SATISFIED THAT THE PROPOSED ACTIVITIES WILL FURTHER THE PURPOSES OF THE CIO TO AN EXTENT JUSTIFIED BY THE RESOURCES COMMITTED AND THE ACTIVITY IS NOT THE DOMINANT MEANS BY WHICH CIO CARRIED OUT ITS OBJECTS.STATELESS PERSONS MEANS PERSONS WHO ARE NOT CONSIDERED AS A NATIONAL BY ANY STATE UNDER THE OPERATION OF ITS LAW (WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE 1954 CONVENTION RELATING TO THE (STATUS OF STATELESS PERSONS), OR AT RISK OF STATELESSNESS ACCORDING TO THIS DEFINITION.

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