Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 7
  • Volatile income & significant deficit in latest year: -5
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Large volunteer base +5
  • Overall weighted support: +2
Overall GiG Score: 5 ?

SOLIDARITEE

SolidariTee is an entirely student-run charity which seeks to advance the education of the public about issues relating to the refugee crisis, in addition to offering grants to NGOs, primarily in Greece, that provide long-term forms of support to asylum seekers and refugees. SolidariTee is an international movement, with over 60 teams in 10 countries, managed by a central team based in the UK.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income has been volatile recently and was significantly lower than spending in the latest year
  • 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
31/07/23£73£119£-47n/a
31/07/22£86£144£-58n/a
31/07/21*£133£106£27n/a
31/07/20£200£137£64n/a
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 6 years

www.solidaritee.org.uk

boardoftrustees@solidaritee.org.uk

07596640596

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
  • Other Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Support for refugees & asylum seekers
How it operates
  • Makes grants to individuals
  • Makes grants to organisations
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
Where it operates
  • Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Switzerland, Throughout England And Wales, United States,
Who it helps
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • 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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to SolidariTee
£5,000 24/01/2022
A donor-directed grant towards the work of SolidariTee, the largest student-led charity fighting for change in the refugee process. The charity seeks to advance the education of the public about issues relating to the refugee crisis and offer grants ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 9/11 persons

  • ALEXA KATERINA NETTY Appointed: 2021
  • DARA SHIRLEY SNEAD Appointed: 2023
  • DR REBECCA KATHERINE YOUNG Appointed: 2022
  • ISABELLA EMILY INDIA PONSONBY Appointed: 2022
  • LOUISA HELEN COWELL Appointed: 2022
  • MAYA AMELIE LILI KERBELLEC Appointed: 2023
  • MULUMBENI PHIRI Appointed: 2023
  • NAUSIKAA GERLADINE REIMERS Appointed: 2023
  • ROBERT LEVENT DURGUT Appointed: 2023
  • SARA INAZ POURSAFAR Appointed: 2023
  • SARAH JASMINE DAVIDSON Appointed: 2021
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 25/02/2019, number: 1182195
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Fundraising Regulator
First registered: 10/19/2020, current status: Small charity
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
  • 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
4 returns made; AR21: 244 days late,
Main office

16 LACHE LANE
CHESTER
CH4 7LR

Objectives

1)TO PROVIDE RELIEF FOR REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:(A)MAKING GRANTS TO OTHER CHARITIES AND NON-GOVERNMENT ORGANISATIONS THAT PROVIDE LEGAL AID AND OTHER SUPPORT TO SUCH PERSONS;(B)MAKING GRANTS TO FUND THE EXPENSES OF VOLUNTEERS WHO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO SUCH PERSONS.2)TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL ABOUT THE ISSUES RELATING TO REFUGEES AND THOSE SEEKING ASYLUM.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
Charizone

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