Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 10

Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -2 times
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +10

Overall GiG Score: 14

RESPEITO LTD

What we doProvide confidential services for men and women at risk of domestic abuse and those affected by it.Provide Information in Portuguese relating to matters of domestic abuse, British law, interventions and prevention.Run campaigns to raise awareness of domestic abuse and its impact.Signpost and enable access to support and services available in the community.Deliver educational

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

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

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Accounts have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 3 years and the current period appears to have been extended

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Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income	Spending	Surplus/ Deficit	Volun- teers
31/03/23		£134,919	£83,940	£50,979	2
31/03/22	*	£94,925	£57,974	£36,951	1
31/03/21	*	£45,072	£45,540	£-468	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 4 years
(7 years as a company)

www.respeito.org.uk

info@respeito.org.uk

0300 365 2800

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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General Charitable Purposes
Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
Other Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Services for victims of domestic or sexual abuse

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Throughout England,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Defined Groups
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
2 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years

Guy's and St Thomas' Charity	£110,875
Walcot Foundation	£88,979
The London Community Foundation	£25,000
DCMS	£19,960

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Walcot Foundation - A Safe Domestic Environment for Portuguese-speaking Families in Lambeth
£88,979	16/11/2022	The project will employ an Advice Worker to work alongside the Client Support Co-ordinator and the Client Support Director, to increase organisational capacity to provide support to low-income ....more The project will employ an Advice Worker to work alongside the Client Support Co-ordinator and the Client Support Director, to increase organisational capacity to provide support to low-income Lambeth residents from Portuguese-speaking communities that are experiencing domestic violence. The advisor will support families with both safety and income maximisation. Areas of focus include mitigation measures for survivors who were already struggling with domestic abuse, preventive actions for domestic tension between household members and welfare advice and advocacy. The project incorporates a stakeholder mapping exercise aimed at improving reach and access to information and support in the Portuguese language.
Guy's and St Thomas' Charity - Covid Emergency Fund Continuation 2022
£55,875	31/03/2022	To contribute to core running costs of Respeito in their work relating MLTCs and adolescent mental health in the Portuguese speaking community
Guy's and St Thomas' Charity - Respeito - Covid Emergency Fund
£55,000	31/03/2021	Respeito is a Charity that aims to prevent and reduce domestic violence in the Portuguese-speaking community. Beneficiaries are primarily women from BAME backgrounds, principally from Portugal, ....more Respeito is a Charity that aims to prevent and reduce domestic violence in the Portuguese-speaking community. Beneficiaries are primarily women from BAME backgrounds, principally from Portugal, African and Latin American-speaking countries. There are based in Stockwell and are an active member of the Lambeth Portuguese Wellbeing Partnerships. We want to continue to address the significant disadvantages experienced by Portuguese - speaking women, who due to the language barrier, cannot access vital services without help. The majority live in poverty, relying on foodbanks and dealing with debts accrued during Covid19 or as a direct result of trauma, and a lot of them have young children.
The London Community Foundation - Grant to RESPEITO
£15,000	22/12/2020 5	The funding is for (additional) counseling sessions for victims of domestic abuse and the development of the infrastructure and organizational capacity needed to sustain this work over the longer ....more The funding is for (additional) counseling sessions for victims of domestic abuse and the development of the infrastructure and organizational capacity needed to sustain this work over the longer term.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,960	28/09/2020	"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 ....more "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 services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
The London Community Foundation - Grant to RESPEITO
£10,000	14/08/2020	Providing support for Portuguese speakers, women, victims of domestic abuse and violence, providing one to one support, employment support, interpreting.
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£10,000	14/08/2020	NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots and small organisations who can provide an on-the-ground community response to the crisis; and, support local charitable organisations to mobilise volunteers to enable better targeted support in communities through empowered local groups.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (8)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 7/8 persons

Age Range of Trustees:

LILIANA TEIXEIRA Appointed: 2022

ANA FARO DR Appointed: 2022

FELICIA MARTA VANOLA JOACHIM LUVUNBA Appointed: 2020

SANDRA GUERREIRO Appointed: 2022, Occupation: School Teacher

TANIA FONSECA DR Appointed: 2022

DAVID PORTEOUS DR Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Associate Professor In Criminology

ISABELLE BRODIE DR (Chair) Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Senior Research Fellow , Researching Child Sexual

TIMOTHY LEWIN DR Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Psychiatrist

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 14/04/2020, number: 1189055
Registered at Companies House on 03/11/2016, number: 10461561

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
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
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

3 returns made; AR22: 9 days late, AR21: 114 days late,

Main office

17A ELECTRIC LANE
LONDON
SW9 8LA

Objectives

TO PROMOTE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THE PREVENTION AND REDUCTION OF DOMESTIC ABUSE IN PORTUGUESE SPEAKING COMMUNITIES IN THE UK BY:1. ADVANCING AWARENESS AND UNDERSTANDING AMONG (IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY) MEMBERS OF THE PORTUGUESE-SPEAKING COMMUNITY LIVING IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, IN ALL MATTERS OF DOMESTIC ABUSE BY:A) WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH MULTIDISCIPLINARY AGENCIES TO FACILITATE ACCESS TO SERVICES THAT BEST MEET THE NEEDS OF THOSE SUFFERING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY FROM PROBLEMS WITHIN THE FAMILY UNIT, COMBAT ISOLATION, AND LONELINESS.B) PROVIDING A PLATFORM FOR FAMILIES AND FRIENDS TO VOICE CONCERNS AND FOR MUTUAL SUPPORT, TO SHARE THEIR KNOWLEDGE WITH AND LEARN FROM EACH OTHER.2. RAISING AWARENESS OF THE NEGATIVE IMPACT OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, FOCUSING ON PROVISION OF INFORMATION AND EMPOWERMENT OF CITIZENS OF THE PORTUGUESE- SPEAKING COMMUNITY, TO BUILD POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS WITHIN THE FAMILY AND THE COMMUNITY BY:A) PROVIDING EDUCATION AND PRACTICAL TOOLS ON THE IMPACT OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND PROVIDING RESOURCES TO THOSE IN UNHEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS TRAINING.B) PROVIDING INFORMATION IN PORTUGUESE TO INCREASE AWARENESS OF THE VARIED FORMS OF ABUSE AND THE POTENTIAL CONSEQUENCES ON THE VICTIMS AND ON THE COMMUNITY.C) SUPPORTING FAMILIES AT RISK AND VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC ABUSE TO IMPROVE FAMILY SAFETY

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