Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 8

Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -2 times
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3

Large volunteers +5
Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 9

SADAKA

Sadaka provides free weekly lunches and basic items on Saturdays for those struggling financially / homeless in Reading. Come and enjoy a hot meal, and a chat, at Fairview Community Centre, 90b Great Knollys Street, RG1 7HL. Sadaka signposts service users to relevant local services for further help. Further, we begin a training programme for service users who wish to improve their quality of life.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
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
The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Accounts have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended

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
21/01/23	*	£32	£22	£10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	40
21/01/22		£27	£39	£-12	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	35
21/01/21		£63	£19	£44	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	30
21/01/20		£25	£11	£14	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	30
21/01/19?	*	£4	£3	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	30
01/12/17		£4	£3	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 7 years

www.sadakagives.org.uk

info@sadakagives.org.uk

07590 079783

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Disability
Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Community services

How it operates

Other charitable activities

Where it operates

Reading,

Who it helps

Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
Other Defined Groups

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
40 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	£9,870
Co-Operative Group	£5,451
Crisis UK	£4,250
CAF	£2,500

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Sadaka
£1,978	21/10/2023	We need funds to run our weekly hot-meal service where we also provide snacks, ambient food, household essentials, opportunities for social connection, arts and rafts, and mental health support.
CAF - Grant to Sadaka
£2,500	29/05/2020 3	Grant to Sadaka to support the organisation through COVID19
Crisis UK - Grant to Sadaka
£4,250	09/04/2020	Food bank provisions
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Sadaka
£3,473	15/11/2019	We want to buy laptops to help us offer training and employability classes to the homeless people who come to our kitchen.
National Lottery Community Fund - Reaching Out with Food & Friendship
£9,870	15/08/2019 12	Reaching Out with Food & Friendship

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

SHAZIA FAZAL Appointed: 2023

YOUSSEF ALLA (Chair) Appointed: 2020

ZOBIA KALIM Appointed: 2020

FATIMA ALLA-SAOUIKI Appointed: 2019

JOE GIBBONS Appointed: 2020

THOMAS WILLIAMS Appointed: 2023

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 11/01/2017, number: 1171075

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

6 returns made; AR23: 56 days late, AR19: 11 days late,

Main office

47 Ash Road
Reading
RG30 4SG

Objectives

1) THE PREVENTION AND RELIEF OF POVERTY AND FINANCIAL HARDSHIP IN GREATER READING BY PROVIDING: FOOD, CLOTHING AND BASIC HOUSEHOLD ITEMS TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED AND SUPPORTING OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY IN GREATER READING 2) THE PROMOTION OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PROMOTING ACTIVITIES TO FOSTER UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN PEOPLE FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS AND IN PARTICULAR, DIFFERENT RELIGIONS. 3) THE PROMOTION OF RELIGIOUS HARMONY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY: (A) EDUCATING THE PUBLIC IN DIFFERENT RELIGIOUS BELIEFS INCLUDING AN AWARENESS OF THEIR DISTINCTIVE FEATURES AND THEIR COMMON GROUND TO PROMOTE GOOD RELATIONS BETWEEN PERSONS OF DIFFERENT FAITHS; (B) PROMOTING KNOWLEDGE AND MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING AND RESPECT OF THE BELIEFS AND PRACTICES OF DIFFERENT RELIGIOUS FAITHS.4) TO ADVANCE ISLAM IN GREATER READING FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, IN PARTICULAR BY ARRANGING VISITS TO MOSQUES BY SCHOOL CHILDREN TO ENLIGHTEN THEM ABOUT THE MUSLIM FAITH AND BY SUCH OTHER MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY DETERMINE.

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