Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 3

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3

Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 8

ISLINGTON BAMER ADVICE ALLIANCE (IBAA)

IBAA is a network of Islington based information, advice, support and guidance providers which delivers support on housing, welfare benefits, job search, immigration and other re-settlement issues to the most disadvantaged, vulnerable and hard to reach BAMER communities in the London Borough of Islington [particularly migrants and asylum seekers].

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There has been strong 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 dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

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		£113,023	£107,113	£5,910	7
31/03/22		£103,000	£97,527	£5,473	5
31/03/21	*	£23,750	£9,469	£14,281	2
31/03/20	*	£60	£0	£60	25

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 5 years

info@ibaa.org.uk

02076974101

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Disability
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Advice organisations

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Islington,

Who it helps

Elderly/Old People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
7 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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Cloudesley - Grant to Islington BAMER Advice Alliance
£3,000	20/10/2022	Cloudesley Partner welfare grant 2023
Cripplegate Foundation - Grant To Islington BAMER Advice Alliance (IBAA)
£8,000	19/05/2021	Inclusive Advice - Year 1 of 3

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

GULALA BAKIR Appointed: 2018

MULAT HAREGOT Appointed: 2024

HANIF AHMED Appointed: 2023

SENAIT GEBREHIWET Appointed: 2023, Other trusteeship: MOTHER TONGUE & SUPPLEMENTARY SCHOOLS PARTNERSHIP,

YUSSUF AHMED Appointed: 2024, Other trusteeship: ISLINGTON REFUGEE FORUM,

MULAT HAREGOT (Chair) Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Director, Other trusteeships: H&F BME, COMMUNITY OF TIGRAYAN IN THE UNITED KINGDOM,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 18/06/2019, number: 1183946

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
Investment
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

4 returns made; AR21: 1 days late, AR20: 3 days late,

Main office

C/O EOU
Resource for London
356 Holloway Road
London
England

Objectives

(1) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AMONGST PERSONS RESIDENT OR WORKING IN THE GREATER LONDON AREA AND IN PARTICULAR PROVIDING SUCH PERSONS FROM BAME AND REFUGEE (BAMER) COMMUNITIESRESIDENT OR WORKING IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF ISLINGTON (THE AREA OF BENEFIT) BY THE PROVISION OF:-A. INFORMATION, ADVOCACY AND ADVICE;B. LEGAL SERVICESC. EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN PROVIDING ADVICEWHICH THEY COULD NOT OTHERWISE OBTAIN THROUGH LACK OF MEANS OR WHICH IT WOULD NOT BE REASONABLY PRACTICABLE OR APPROPRIATE TO OBTAIN ELSEWHERE(2) TO PROMOTE THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR WHICH PROVIDES ADVICE AND SUPPORT FOR BAMER COMMUNITIES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT BY:-A. DEVELOPING SKILLS AND CAPACITY TO DELIVER QUALITY ADVICE BY FRONTLINE STAFF AND TO IMPROVE OTHER FUNCTIONS SUCH AS GOVERNANCE;B. FACILITATE THE CREATION OF NEW VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS TO MEET UNMET CHARITABLE NEEDS/DEVELOP NEW SERVICES AND TO EXTEND EXISTING SERVICES TO MEET CHARITABLE NEEDS;C. FACILITATING PARTNERSHIP AND CO-OPERATION IN THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR.VOLUNTARY SECTOR IS DEFINED AS CHARITIES AND VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS.CHARITIES ARE ORGANISATIONS, WHICH ARE ESTABLISHED FOR EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES.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 ORGANISATIONS.

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