Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 7
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 15 ?

ONE COMMUNITY LINK

One Community Link ( OCL) is a charitable organisation supporting Black , Asian and Global Majority in Tees Valley, people living in poverty, including people seeking asylum, migrants and refugees. We exist to promote social integration by raising awareness about hate crime and empower BAGM to report, offering English classes and develop anti racism and Inclusion in Tees Valley and the wider UK
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There have been no 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
  • 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

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income Spending Surplus/
Deficit
Volun-
teers
31/03/23£74£72£1n/a
31/03/22£64£53£11n/a
31/03/21£73£59£14n/a
31/03/20£37£24£12n/a
31/03/19£10£10£0n/a
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 6 years

www.onecommunitylink.org

rhemahouses@gmail.com

07863240016

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Legal & financial advice
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Darlington, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Redcar And Cleveland, Stockton-on-tees,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Lloyds Bank Foundation£102,250
DCMS£8,590
Sport England£8,532
National Lottery Community Fund£8,150
County Durham Community Foundation£4,713
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Lloyds Bank Foundation - One off gift towards cost of living crisis to One Community Link
£2,250 14/12/2022
One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to One Community Link
£50,000 07/12/2022
24
Unrestricted grant over two years towards the core costs of One Community Link
Sport England - Jubilee Fund - MENTAL HEALTH STIMULATION
£8,532 24/05/2022
This project will tackle mental health and post pandemic loneliness via the provision of one weekly social walk and twice weekly indoor exercise classes for 100 service users who do not have access to maistream gym provision, alongside the provision ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Recovery grant to One Community Link
£50,000 02/12/2020
24
Unrestricted grant over two years towards the core costs of One Community Link, awarded under the Foundation's Racial Equity funding stream. Part of the Covid Recovery Fund to support charities to emerge from the pandemic.
DCMS - DCMS VSCE CMC Covid Funding
£8,590 02/12/2020
The Community Match Challenge is an £85M fund aimed at supporting the Voluntary Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) in their COVID response. Awards were made to philanthropists, foundations and grant making organisations to match funds raised on ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Covid 19 Project
£8,150 23/10/2020
6
The funding will be used to provide a foodbank service to BAME households with low incomes many of whom are asylum seekers and have been disproportionately affected by Covid-19. The project aims to support people during the ongoing pandemic.
County Durham Community Foundation - Covid-19 Support
£4,713 13/05/2020
To provide cooked meals and support for BAME community in Stockton.
National Lottery Community Fund - ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE SESSIONS.
£10,000 19/07/2018
12
The funding will be used to deliver ESOL, numeracy and life skills classes for asylum seekers and refugees. The aim is to improve the confidence and skills of people, enable them to access services, reduce their isolation and aid their employment ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed

  • JESUINA SABINO DIOGO Appointed: 2019
  • PATIENCE SIBUSIWE CHIGUMIRA Appointed: 2018
  • PRISCA MUPESA Appointed: 2024
  • SHAZIA NOOR Appointed: 2022
  • SHEILA NGUNGA (Chair) Appointed: 2020
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 26/06/2018, number: 1178936
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
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
5 returns made; all on time
Main office

Rhema House
2 Portrack Lane
STOCKTON-ON-TEES
Cleveland
TS18 2HG

Objectives

TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY WORKING WITH PEOPLE IN THE TEES VALLEY WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED ON THE GROUNDS OF THEIR ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGION, BELIEF OR CREED TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF SUCH PEOPLE AND ASSIST THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY, IN PARTICULAR BY:1. PROVIDING A LOCAL NETWORK GROUP THAT ENCOURAGES AND ENABLES MEMBERS OF THE BME COMMUNITY TO PARTICIPATE MORE EFFECTIVELY WITH THE WIDER COMMUNITY;2. INCREASING, OR CO-ORDINATING, OPPORTUNITIES FOR MEMBERS OF THE BME COMMUNITY TO ENGAGE WITH SERVICE PROVIDERS, TO ENABLE THOSE PROVIDERS TO ADAPT SERVICES TO BETTER MEET THE NEEDS OF THAT COMMUNITY.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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