Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 5
Support Score: 7
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 13 ?

THE COHESION AND INTEGRATION NETWORK

The Cohesion and Integration Network is an independent national Charity that aims to share good practice and connect neighbourhoods.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been reasonable growth in spending since inception
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

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£482£309£174n/a
31/03/22£228£249£-21n/a
31/03/21£259£180£79n/a
31/03/20£284£232£51n/a
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 29%
Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000
Established: 6 years

www.belongnetwork.co.uk

admin@belongnetwork.co.uk

+447503652488

Charity Commission for England and WalesX
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
GiG Classification
  • Philanthropic intermediaries and volunteering
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Where it operates
  • Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,
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
DCMS£80,000
Sport England£40,000
Spirit of 2012£35,000
Co-Op Foundation£4,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
DCMS - The Power of Connection
£80,000 29/07/2022
The Power of Connection volunteering to strengthen social cohesion will consist of guidance and best practice examples on how volunteering can best strengthen social cohesion at a local level. It will draw on the latest research and evidence on ....more
Co-Op Foundation - Belong - COIN Bonus Grant
£1,500 03/12/2020
Capacity building
Co-Op Foundation - Belong - COIN Development Grant
£2,500 04/11/2020
They would like to use their development grant to gain CPD accreditation for their 'Shared Ground' training programme
Sport England - Integration digital toolkit
£40,000 19/08/2020
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Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled Integration digital toolkit. This project lists its main activity as Multi Sports
Spirit of 2012 - Radical Kindness
£35,000 28/07/2020
Research to raise the profile of work which promotes ?radical kindness?, i.e. actively seeks to build bridges across difference and promote social connection.Final amount of grant dispersed may differ due to project underspend and within agreed ....more
Spirit of 2012 - Cohesion toolkit
£25,000 25/07/2019
Project is to build a toolkit bringing together best practice on cohesion and integration. Final amount of grant dispersed may differ due to project underspend and within agreed tolerance.
Co-Op Foundation - Belong - COIN Luminate Desk
£21,106 29/11/2018
A national professional network of individuals and organisations that will champion integration and cohesion locally, nationally and internationally, especially via a digital platform.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 7/8 persons

  • FIONA RACHEL CALLISTER-DAVIES Appointed: 2022
  • GARTH ORLANDO DALLAS Appointed: 2022
  • MICHELLE LAWRENCE Appointed: 2018
  • MIRIAM JUAN-TORRES GONZALEZ (Chair) Appointed: 2023
  • ROBIN JOHN TUDDENHAM Appointed: 2018
  • REEYA HARISH GADHVANA Appointed: 2022
  • ROBERT JAMES FRENCH Appointed: 2022
  • SHALNI ARORA Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Company Director
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 20/11/2018, number: 1180761
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Filing Record
4 returns made; all on time
Main office

Suites TF1 and TF2
Third Floor
Holyoake House
Hanover Street
MANCHESTER

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:(A) THE PROMOTION OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY BY:I) ADVANCING EDUCATION AND RAISING AWARENESS IN EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY;II) PROMOTING ACTIVITIES TO FOSTER UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN PEOPLE FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS;III) PROMOTING COHESION AND INTEGRATION, AND FOSTERING UNDERSTANDING WITHIN AND BETWEEN COMMUNITIES;IV) CONDUCTING OR COMMISSIONING RESEARCH ON EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY ISSUES AND PUBLISHING THE RESULTS TO THE PUBLIC;V) CULTIVATING A SENTIMENT IN FAVOUR OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY;VI) SEEKING THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AND THE ACCEPTANCE OF LAWFUL DIFFERENCE, WHATEVER THE BACKGROUND OF INDIVIDUALS OR COMMUNITIES;VII) PROMOTING BEST PRACTICE AND THE SHARING OF IDEAS IN THE AREAS OF COHESION, INTEGRATION AND INTERCULTURAL INTERVENTIONS;VIII) DEVELOPING IDEAS, CREATING LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES, AND BUILDING CAPACITY, COMPETENCE AND CONFIDENCE FOR ALL THOSE INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANISATIONS INVOLVED IN THIS FIELD.(B) THE PROMOTION OF THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR FOR COHESION AND INTEGRATION POLICY AND PRACTICE BY IDENTIFYING AND DISSEMINATING BEST PRACTICE IN COHESION AND INTEGRATION ACTIVITIES, WHERE:‘THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR’ MEANS CHARITIES AND VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS; ANDI) CHARITIES ARE ORGANISATIONS, WHICH ARE ESTABLISHED FOR EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES; ANDII) VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS ARE INDEPENDENT ORGANISATIONS, WHICH ARE ESTABLISHED FOR PURPOSES THAT ADD VALUE TO THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE, OR A SIGNIFICANT SECTION OF THE COMMUNITY, AND WHICH ARE NOT PERMITTED BY THEIR CONSTITUTION TO MAKE A PROFIT FOR PRIVATE DISTRIBUTION. VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS DO NOT INCLUDE LOCAL GOVERNMENT OR OTHER STATUTORY AUTHORITIES.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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