Finance Score: 1

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 12

Reasonable growth: +1
No PartB

Large volunteers +5
Grant maker support: +7

Overall GiG Score: 13

WYCOMBE REFUGEE PARTNERSHIP

To prevent and relieve poverty among refugees, asylum seekers and people granted humanitarian protection or discretionary leave to remain, together with their dependents, by providing advice / access to: interpreting, translating, advocacy, health, housing, employment and education in the High Wycombe area .We gift the deposit and first month's rent for accommodation in the private sector.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
There have been no income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

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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
31/08/22		£91	£61	£30	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	80
31/08/21		£55	£48	£8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	80
31/08/20		£57	£35	£22	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	60
31/08/19		£22	£17	£5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	40
31/08/18	*	£38	£35	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	50
31/08/17		£61	£43	£18	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 8 years

www.wycombe-refugees.org

contactus@wycombe-refugees.org

07824844114

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Disability
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Other facilities management and maintenance

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information

Where it operates

Buckinghamshire,

Who it helps

Other Defined Groups

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
80 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

Rothschild Foundation	£45,000
Heart Of England Community Foundation	£12,700
Garfield Weston Foundation	£10,000
Barrow Cadbury Trust	£10,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Rothschild Foundation - Grant to Wycombe Refugee Partnership
£10,000	21/11/2022	Cost of living supplementary grant
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000	12/11/2021	Mellor House and Digital Connectivity
Rothschild Foundation - Grant to Wycombe Refugee Partnership
£30,000	03/11/2021	Help with our core costs will mean we can focus on supporting the refugees and asylum-seekers in High Wycombe who are at risk of falling into poverty or homelessness.
Barrow Cadbury Trust - COVID-19 - Wycombe Refugee Partnership
£10,000	07/10/2020 4	To continue to meet local needs by providing food and essential items to refugee and asylum seeker families in the community.
Rothschild Foundation - Grant to Wycombe Refugee Partnership
£5,000	24/09/2020 6	Wycombe Refugee Partnership seeks funding to provide food, household supplies, and increased staff support to vulnerable asylum seeker families.
Heart Of England Community Foundation - Supporting refugees to stay connected in their new homes
£12,700	11/02/2020 24	We will use our grant to increase the connectivity of our refugee families and help them to thrive in their new homes in the UK. The grant will primarily pay for broadband, television licences and ....more We will use our grant to increase the connectivity of our refugee families and help them to thrive in their new homes in the UK. The grant will primarily pay for broadband, television licences and bus passes for 6 refugee families so they can connect with loved ones here and abroad, become more fully integrated in the local community, access job opportunities and social networks and get back on their feet more quickly. The grant will also pay for our website management and marketing costs so we can spread the word about our housing and human rights charity – helping us to be more connected locally too and enabling us to help more people in turn.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)

Current Trustees appointed

DR SALEEMA BURNEY Appointed: 2016

RAZWAN BAIG Appointed: 2019

DR MICHAEL BOWKER (Chair) Appointed: 2016

DR NASHEEDA MARIYAM PAZHAYAKATH THEVARKAD Appointed: 2020

DR STEPHANIE RYBAK Appointed: 2016

DR TANVEER CHOUDHARY Appointed: 2019

ELIZABETH SHEPPARD Appointed: 2023

SUSANNE HELEN BUTLER Appointed: 2021, Other trusteeship: INTERCULTURAL CHURCHES UK,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 12/07/2016, number: 1168176

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

6 returns made; AR18: 26 days late,

Main office

c/o All Saints Parish Office
Oakley Hall
8 Castle Street
HIGH WYCOMBE
Buckinghamshire
HP13 6RF

Objectives

TO PREVENT AND RELIEVE POVERTY AMONG REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS AND PEOPLE GRANTED HUMANITARIAN PROTECTION OR DISCRETIONARY LEAVE TO REMAIN, TOGETHER WITH THEIR DEPENDENTS BY PROVIDING ADVICE / ACCESS TO: INTERPRETING, TRANSLATING, ADVOCACY, HEALTH, HOUSING, EMPLOYMENT AND EDUCATION IN THE HIGH WYCOMBE AREA.

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