Finance Score: 7
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 10
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Overall weighted support: +10
Overall GiG Score: 16 ?

SOUTHWARK TRAVELLERS' ACTION GROUP LTD

Southwark Travellers Action Group, STAG, is a community organisation for Gypsies and Travellers based in Southwark. STAG supports the local Gypsy and Traveller community to overcome barriers to accessing services through one-to-one and group support. STAG also works to overcome the inequalities and disadvantages faced by the communities by running projects.
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 and there are significant future grants due to be received

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Why are there only 4 trustees?
  • 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*£156£147£9n/a
31/03/22£117£124£-7n/a
31/03/21£150£104£47n/a
31/03/20£80£74£6n/a
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 5 years
(8 years as a company)

WWW.SOUTHWARKTRAVELLERSACTION.ORG.UK

MANAGER@SOUTHWARKTRAVELLERSACTION.ORG.UK

02073586818

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies HouseX
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • General Community services
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Southwark,
Who it helps
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin

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
National Lottery Community Fund£177,949
Trust for London£111,134
City Bridge Trust£41,540
Greater London Authority£28,400
DCMS£9,809
Wates Foundation£7,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Trust for London - Southwark Travellers Action Group
£50,084 16/11/2023
24
The funding is for STAG to continue and build on our successful work in ensuring more Gypsy, Roma and Traveller engagement in research, policy and campaigning and the management of our organisation.
Greater London Authority - STAG Voter ID Awareness
£28,400 08/11/2023
STAG will work with the Traveller community in and outside of Southwark to raise awareness about the new photo Voter ID requirements, support them to get the correct ID documents, encourage them to register to vote and discuss with them the civic ....more
Trust for London - Southwark Travellers Action Group
£1,050 29/09/2022
This is a cost of living uplift for grant reference 360G-trustforlondon-MAIN-S2-04.02.2020-8457
Wates Foundation - Education, Training & Employment - AWF Sept 2022
£7,000 21/09/2022
To provide a more formal programme of volunteer recruitment, tailored training and, when suitable, some paid sessional work for us, as a route for unemployed people from Gypsy, Roma & Traveller communities into employment.
National Lottery Community Fund - Garvey Harris Gypsy Roma Traveller Health & Well-being project
£177,949 18/03/2022
The project is using funding to improve the health and well-being of the Gypsy Roma and Traveller (GRT) community in Southwark. The project aims to improve accommodation education employment and training reduce discrimination and hate crime as well ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Southwark Travellers' Action Group
£36,470 02/09/2020
towards the costs outlined in your application for a manager, sessional digital support works as well as equipment such as routers, wifi boosters, laptops and SIM cards to support Gypsies and Travellers to emerge from the crisis, by managing the ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,809 30/07/2020
"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 operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
Tudor Trust - Grant to Southwark Travellers Action Group
£500 10/07/2020
12
over one year towards activities at an organisation supporting Travellers in Southwark, South London
Trust for London - Southwark Travellers Action Group
£60,000 03/06/2020
36
This funding is to support development work to strengthen the voice of the GRT community in Southwark. The aim is to ensure that STAG is led by the community and that engagement is incorporated into the Southwark resident involvement structure, ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Southwark Travellers Action Group
£5,070 08/05/2020
A grant of £5,070 to fund the essential and urgent costs outlined in the application, so that the organisation can carry on providing support to Londoners.
National Lottery Community Fund - STAG Women's Group
£9,840 26/09/2019
12
STAG Women's Group
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees:
  • CATHERINE GREEN TREASURER Appointed: 2023
  • IAN CHARLES REDDING Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Director
  • MEGAN PRESTON Appointed: 2019
  • SALLY CAUSER (Chair) Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Director
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 26/07/2019, number: 1184614
  • Registered at Companies House on 10/02/2016, number: 09996890
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity 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
  • 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; AR23: 35 days late,
Main office

SOJOURNER TRUTH COMMUNITY CENTRE
161 SUMNER ROAD
LONDON
SE15 6JL

Objectives

TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE MEMBERS OF THE GYPSY, ROMA AND TRAVELLER COMMUNITIES:1. THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY OR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP;2. THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND THE PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF GOOD HEALTH; AND3. THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY AND THE PUBLIC GENERALLY IN PROMOTING AN UNDERSTANDING OF THEIR WAY OF LIFE AND THE ISSUES THEY FACE.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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