Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 8
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Grant maker support: +8
Overall GiG Score: 8 ?

HANSEATIC UNION 

Providing support for disadvantaged sectors of the community
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • 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 including the Government and there are significant future grants due to be received

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

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: 8 years

julie.hanseatic@gmail.com

07913760613

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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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
01/04/23£66£50£16n/an/an/an/an/a10
01/04/22£66£48£18n/an/an/an/an/a10
01/04/21£35£35£0n/an/an/an/an/a4
01/04/20£38£35£3n/an/an/an/an/a5
01/04/19£37£34£4n/an/an/an/an/a14
01/04/18£31£34£-3£0£0£0n/a00
01/04/17£37£32£5£0£0£0n/a00

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
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Norfolk,
Who it helps
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 10 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£140,946
BBC Children in Need£24,109
People's Health Trust£14,220
Sport England£1,300
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - A journey
£140,946 21/06/2023
Funding will be used to help migrants in West Norfolk to move closer to employment. The project aims to support people to live autonomously by building confidence accessing benefits housing education ....more
Sport England - Moving Migrants
£1,300 12/04/2023
This project will provide funding for a coach to deliver sport sessions to children who are a mix of nationalities, including Ukrainian refugees, migrants, and children who live in the deprived area.
People's Health Trust - ESOL get together
£14,220 24/06/2021
24
This two-year project will deliver weekly classes in English as a second or other language to parents at a community school in King's Lynn, Norfolk. Participants, who are mainly from migrant ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Hanseatic Union
£24,109 21/12/2020
This project is a holiday club for children experiencing local deprivation in Kings Lynn. Children will gain social and practical skills, develop positive relationships and self belief.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Hanseatic Union
£10,518 08/05/2018
36
This project will deliver holiday activities to children and young people affected by poverty and deprivation.The project will increase confidence, improve wellbeing and enable friendships to be ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 06/07/2016, number: 1168076
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
7 returns made; all on time
Main office

42 QUEENS AVENUE
KING'S LYNN
PE30 5LR

Objectives

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ('THE OBJECTS') ARE“TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY.FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ‘SOCIALLY EXCLUDED’ MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OF MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; YOUTH OR OLD AGE; ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL); SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY INCLUDING ALCOHOL AND DRUGS; DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF SEX, RACE, DISABILITY,ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGION, BELIEF, CREED, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER REASSIGNMENT; POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT; RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN; POOR HOUSING (THAT IS HOUSING THAT DOES NOT MEET BASIC HABITABLE STANDARDS; CRIME (EITHER AS A VICTIM OF CRIME OR AS AN OFFENDER REHABILITATING INTO SOCIETY).

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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