Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 15
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
    • Grant maker support: +15
    Overall GiG Score: 17 ?

    THE VOICE OF DOMESTIC WORKERS 

    The prevention and relief of poverty among migrant domestic workers and their dependants living (temporarily or permanently) in the UK by providing or assisting in the provision of education, training, healthcare and legal advice; andTo preserve and protect the physical and mental health of migrant domestic workers and their dependants living (temporarily or permanently) in the UK.
    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
    • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
    • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers and there are significant future grants due to be received

    Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

    • One or more trustees receive benefits from the charity

    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: 7 years

    thevoiceofdomesticworkers.com

    info@thevoiceofdomesticworkers.com

    07528705442

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    Financial Data ?

    Income & Spending ?
    Sources of Income ?
    Y/E Income Spending Surplus/
    Deficit
    Volun-
    teers
    31/03/23£130,332£144,013£-13,68110
    31/03/22£112,660£99,380£13,2805
    31/03/21£139,456£104,239£35,2170
    31/03/20£57,386£31,979£25,4071
    31/03/19?*£0£0£00
    31/05/18*£0£0£00

    Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
    Listed activities
    • Disability
    • General Charitable Purposes
    • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
    • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
    How it operates
    • Provides advocacy/advice/information
    • Provides services
    Where it operates
    • Throughout England And Wales,
    Who it helps
    • Other Defined Groups
    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
    Esmee Fairbairn£135,000
    Joseph Rowntree Foundation£120,000
    Paul Hamlyn Foundation£96,000
    Trust for London£85,850
    Tudor Trust£51,500
    Smallwood Trust£18,326
    Rosa UK£18,326
    National Lottery Community Fund£13,000
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to The Voice of Domestic Workers
    £135,000 06/09/2023
    Towards unrestricted core costs to support migrant domestic workers campaign for better policy and protection
    Joseph Rowntree Foundation - Grant to The Voice of Domestic Workers
    £120,000 18/03/2023
    Core Funding for the continuation and further development of charity activities within The Voice of Domestic Workers
    Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Future Voices programme
    £6,000 18/01/2023
    The Voice of Domestic Workers (VODW) is an education and support group working for justice and rights for Britain’s 16,000 migrant domestic workers (MDWs). They seek an end to discrimination ....more
    Trust for London - Voice of Domestic Workers
    £6,250 29/09/2022
    This is a cost of living uplift for grant reference 360G-trustforlondon-MAIN-S2-01.06.2021-9140
    National Lottery Community Fund - Media and public speaking training workshops for migrant domestic workers
    £13,000 22/12/2021
    The project is using funding to deliver media and public speaking workshops for migrant workers in London. The aim of the project is to train members in public speaking so they feel confident to tell ....more
    Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Future Voices programme
    £90,000 29/11/2021
    36
    The Voice of Domestic Workers (VODW) is an education and support group working for justice and rights for Britain’s 16,000 migrant domestic workers (MDWs). They seek an end to discrimination ....more
    Trust for London - Voice of Domestic Workers
    £75,000 06/10/2021
    36
    The funding is for a contribution to the salary costs of VODW's Director Marissa Begonia to further the education and rights of migrant domestic workers in the UK. Marissa will project manage a new ....more
    Smallwood Trust - Improving the financial resilience, mental health and wellbeing of women 18+.
    £18,326 28/06/2021
    £18,326 has been awarded to Voice of Domestic Workers to work in partnership with a specialist financial education and management provider with experience of migrant workers (TAYO), to build money ....more
    Rosa UK - WTF-VOICEDOM-2021
    £18,326 28/06/2021
    £18,326 has been awarded to Voice of Domestic Workers to work in partnership with a specialist financial education and management provider with experience of migrant workers (TAYO), to build money ....more
    Tudor Trust - Grant to Voice of Domestic Workers
    £7,500 17/06/2021
    as a development grant towards public speaking and media skills training for members of this London-based charity supporting migrant domestic workers across the UK
    Tudor Trust - Grant to Voice of Domestic Workers
    £2,000 13/01/2021
    as an additional grant to support staff, volunteer and trustee wellbeing, to assist the organisation deliver its charitable purpose more effectively
    DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
    £4,056 24/08/2020
    "The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more
    Tudor Trust - Grant to Voice of Domestic Workers (COVID19 Grant)
    £2,000 28/05/2020
    to support migrant domestic workers during the Covid-19 crisis
    Trust for London - Voice of Domestic Workers
    £4,600 22/04/2020
    3
    The funding is for continuing remote classes and support services (£576) and hardship fund (£4000). It will continue its weekly ESOL and Wellbeing classes and counselling programme by purchasing ....more
    Tudor Trust - Grant to Voice of Domestic Workers
    £40,000 05/11/2019
    24
    over two years as core funding for a London-based charity supporting migrant domestic workers across the UK
    Trust for London - Voice of Domestic Workers
    £45,000 06/06/2018
    36
    The funding is for three years support of salary costs for The Voice of Domestic Workers' one employee - its Community Organiser Marissa Begonia who established the organisation in 2009 and has ....more
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    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees (11)
    Current Trustees appointed

    Age Range of Trustees:
    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in England & Wales on 20/10/2017, number: 1175266
    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
    • Internal risk management policy and procedures
    • Paying staff
    • Safeguarding policy and procedures
    • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
    • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
    • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
    • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
    • Volunteer management
    Filing Record
    6 returns made; AR19: 47 days late, AR18: 96 days late,
    Main office

    Voice of Domestic Workers
    PO Box 70642
    LONDON
    E10 9FJ

    Objectives

    THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE:The prevention and relief of poverty among migrant domestic workers and their dependants living (temporarily or permanently) in the U.K. by means including but not limited to providing or assisting in the provision of education, training, healthcare and legal adviceANDTO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF MIGRANT DOMESTIC WORKERS AND THEIR DEPENDANTS LIVING (TEMPORARILY OR PERMANENTLY) IN THE UK.

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    360 Giving
    CharityBase
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