Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 8
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Overall weighted support: +8
Overall GiG Score: 9 ?

FLASHY WINGS MINISTRY

Flashy Wings Ministry therefore aims to prevent women on estates in Southwark from becoming socially excluded whist promoting togetherness and diversity and community spirit on Southwark estates. We have achieved these by running conferences (and providing an on-line information centre) for women (on issues such as team working, problem solving, negotiation skills, assertiveness and advocacy.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Why are there only 4 trustees?

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
01/04/23£94£89£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
01/04/22£88£84£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
01/04/21£68£62£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
?01/04/20£42£37£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
01/04/19£11£11£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
01/04/18£1£1£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
01/04/17£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
01/04/16£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 9 years

www.flashywingsministry.com

flashywingsministry@gmail.com

02077010173

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Recreation
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Practical support, advice & companionship
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout London,
Who it helps
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities

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
Guy's and St Thomas' Charity£82,500
National Lottery Community Fund£20,000
City Bridge Trust£10,100
United Saviours Charity£8,700
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Project Golden Age Lunch-club
£10,000 24/02/2023
The funding will be used to run a twice monthly lunch club for older people from the BAME community. The project aims to improve their health and wellbeing and reduce the feeling of isolation.
Guy's and St Thomas' Charity - Flashy Wings Ministry Covid Emergency Continuation Funding
£37,500 30/03/2022
To contribute to core running costs of Flashy Wings Ministry in their work relating to supporting black women dealing with social, economic and personal issues
Guy's and St Thomas' Charity - Flashy Wings Ministry Covid Emergency
£45,000 24/03/2021
 The Charity will contribute towards core running costs of Flashy Wings Ministry for the period of the grant. The Charity will also provide Grants plus funding specifically fundraising and planning for next period of development.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Flashy Wings Ministry
£10,100 26/05/2020
A grant of £10,100 to fund the essential and urgent costs outlined in the application, so that the organisation can carry on providing support to Londoners.
United Saviours Charity - COVID-19
£5,700 21/05/2020
1
We intend to supply essential items to the most vulnerable women we support in our organisation - refugee women, senior citizens, women with mental health challenges, unemployed single mothers.
United Saviours Charity - COVID-19
£3,000 29/04/2020
0
The funding is to provide food and basics to 120 vulnerable women in Southwark.
National Lottery Community Fund - Covid 19 Action Action
£10,000 24/04/2020
7
The funding will be used to provide food learning material and other essentials to people experiencing issues such as unemployment and mental ill health. The project aims to support the local community through the COVID-19 pandemic.
National Lottery Community Fund - Project Community Women Ignite Hub
£10,000 30/01/2019
12
The project will provide advice and information sessions for vulnerable woman facing multiple issues. The aim is to enable users to build new social relationships and improve their skills and confidence.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed

  • MARYANN NWANKWO Appointed: 2022
  • PHADERA FLASH Appointed: 2015
  • QUEEN EKUERHARE (Chair) Appointed: 2015
  • SOPHIA OBENG-MIREKU Appointed: 2015
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 21/08/2015, number: 1163246
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
  • 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
8 returns made; all on time
Main office

Flat 31
Harden House
McNeil Road
London
SE5 8PP

Objectives

THE ORGANISATION'S OBJECTIVES ARE:-TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE IN SOUTHWARK AND SURROUNDING AREAS FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED ON THE GROUNDS OF THEIR AGE, DISABILITY, GENDER, ETHNICITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP (IN PARTICULAR, WOMEN)-FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY CAPACITY BUILDING; IN PARTICULAR, BY PROVIDING A GROUP THAT ENABLES MEMBERS OF THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES WHO ARE WOMEN, TO INTERACT SOCIALLY IN ORDER TO REDUCE ISOLATION AND PARTICIPATE MORE EFFECTIVELY IN THE WIDER COMMUNITY; AND BY PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN TO BECOME INVOLVED IN THEIR COMMUNITIES TO DEVELOP THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF THE SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES OF SOUTHWARK IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY, AND HELP MEET, THEIR NEEDS AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY. FOR EXAMPLE, BY PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ASSISTANCE THAT ENABLES THEM TO IDENTIFY AND DEAL WITH PROBLEMS THAT AFFECT THEM AS MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY; AND BY NURTURING NETWORKING AND THE SHARING OF EXPERIENCE AS PART OF THE LEARNING PROCESS IE TEAM WORKING, PROBLEM SOLVING, NEGOTIATIONS, ASSERTIVENESS AND ADVOCACY.

Defined Area of Benefit:

SOUTHWARK AND SURROUNDING AREAS

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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