Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: -1

Support Score: 3

No PartB

No conflicts policy: -1
Static board: -3
Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteers +3
Overall weighted support: +0

Overall GiG Score: 2

UGANDA COMMUNITY IN GREATER MANCHESTER

The charity furthers its purposes for the public benefit through activities, projects or services like; Community Engagement, Crisis funding for families and individuals, Social engagement, the UCOMM Newsletter, and projects like; The Girl Child, The Great Tackle, The Sausage Project, delivered in the recent past and intended to continue, and more future projects as per community needs.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been 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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
The Board composition appears to be rather static

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	Spending	Surplus/ Deficit
31/12/22	£16,082	£16,537	£-455
31/12/21	£15,747	£18,533	£-2,786
31/12/20	£68,613	£38,602	£30,011
31/12/19	£0	£0	£0
31/12/18	£0	£0	£0
31/12/17	£0	£0	£0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 7 years

www.ucomm.org.uk

office@ucomm.org.uk

01612227933

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Disability
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Other facilities management and maintenance

How it operates

Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides services

Where it operates

Throughout England,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who supports 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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Forever Manchester - The Great Tackle
£1,000	13/09/2023	Funding for football venue hire.
Sport England - TGC CF - Strictly Africa Dance
£9,520	05/01/2021 11	This project will deliver a series of online African dance classes to women in Greater Manchester.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

BETTY KIWANUKA MIREMBE Appointed: 2017

JOEL NYANZI KASAGGA Appointed: 2017

MILTON NUME (Chair) Appointed: 2017

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 19/06/2017, number: 1173468

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

6 returns made; all on time

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from UGANDA COMMUNITY IN GREATER MANCHESTER on 13/10/2020

Main office

UCOMM
Surcon House
11A Copson Street
MANCHESTER
M20 3HE

Objectives

THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS (THE OBJECTS) ARE TO:I) RELIEVE FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT GOOD HEALTH AND ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF PERSONS OF UGANDAN DESCENT AND THEIR FAMILIES LIVING IN GREATER MANCHESTER; ANDII) PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR RECREATION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR THOSE WHO HAVE NEED OF THESE FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES, YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE PRIMARILY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE BENEFIT OF PERSONS OF UGANDAN DESCENT AND THEIR FAMILIES NOW LIVING IN GREATER MANCHESTER.