Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 6
  • Deficit latest year: -2
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Large volunteers +5
  • Grant maker support: +1
Overall GiG Score: 7 ?

NIGERIAN COMMUNITY GREATER MANCHESTER 

To promote Nigerian art, culture and heritage for the public benefit; To relieve and combat poverty, distress, financial hardship, and sickness; To relieve those in need by reason of youth, age, ill health, disability,unemployment or other disadvantage; To advance education for the public benefit in Nigerian culture andlanguage.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • 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

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Income was significantly lower than spending in the latest year

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income Spending Surplus/
Deficit
Volun-
teers
31/12/22*£6,106£8,662£-2,556408
31/12/21£12,387£8,941£3,44620
31/12/20£1,295£2,264£-96930
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 5 years

nigeriacommunitymanchester@yahoo.co.uk

07799979324

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Disability
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Community services
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports 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
National Lottery Community Fund - Community Spirit and Skill for Resilience
£10,000 21/05/2021
The orgsanition will support local families through food parcels ICT training and counselling and wellbeing support with the aim of addressing issues as a result of the pandemic including job losses ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 11/11/2019, number: 1186245
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
3 returns made; AR22: 93 days late,
Main office

Nigeria House (Appleby House)
Platt Lane
Rusholme
Manchester
m14 5ne

Objectives

A. TO RELIEVE AND COMBAT POVERTY, DISTRESS, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, AND SICKNESS;B. TO RELIEVE THOSE IN NEED BY REASON OF YOUTH, AGE, ILL HEALTH, DISABILITY, UNEMPLOYMENT OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE;C. TO PROMOTE NIGERIAN ART, CULTURE AND HERITAGE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT;D. TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN NIGERIAN CULTURE AND LANGUAGE.E. TO ADVANCE ANY SUCH OTHER PURPOSE BEING EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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