Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 6
  • No PartB
    • Large volunteers +3
    • Grant maker support: +3
    Overall GiG Score: 6 ?

    REFUGEE BIRIYANI & BANANAS 

    Refugee Biriyani & Bananas aims to provide urgent aid and basic necessities to vulnerable people worldwide. This includes food, water, shelter items, shoes, clothes, season specific aid such as firewood in the winter and mosquito repellent in the summer, medical supplies, hygiene kits and baby products. We also raise awareness on the journeys of displaced people and advocate for them.
    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
    • The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker

    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£203,373£188,132£15,24140
    31/03/22£210,951£137,628£73,32385
    31/03/21*£119,277£105,590£13,68720
    Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
    Established: 4 years

    www.refugeebiriyanibananas.org

    info@refugeebiriyanibananas.org

    07984181736

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    UN SDGs
    ?
    Listed activities
    • General Charitable Purposes
    • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
    • Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
    • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
    GiG Classification
    • International poverty relief
    How it operates
    • Provides advocacy/advice/information
    • Provides services
    Where it operates
    • Greece, Throughout England And Wales,
    Who it helps
    • Children/Young People
    • Elderly/Old People
    • People With Disabilities
    • The General Public/Mankind
    Who works here?
    • Unknown number of employees
    • 40 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
    Foundation Scotland - Food Security Project- Chios, Greece
    £10,000 20/10/2023
    3
    To contribute towards the cost of food and hygiene items for the Food Security with Dignity project supporting people living at the Vial Refugee Camp, Chios.

    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees (5)
    Current Trustees appointed

    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in England & Wales on 19/05/2020, number: 1189561
    Gift Aid
    • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
    Policies in force
    • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
    • Complaints handling
    • Complaints policy and procedures
    • Conflicting interests
    • Financial reserves policy and procedures
    • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
    • Internal risk management policy and procedures
    • 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
    3 returns made; AR21: 150 days late,
    Main office

    52 Clifton Road
    Newcastle upon Tyne
    NE4 8DQ

    Objectives

    TO RELIEVE POVERTY, DISTRESS AND SUFFERING IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO HUNGER, SICKNESS OR PHYSICAL DISABILITY, OR EMOTIONAL OR MENTAL ILL-HEALTH), PRIMARILY ARISING FROM PUBLIC CALAMITY (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, WAR, CONFLICT AND NATURAL DISASTERS) AND GEO-POLITICAL CIRCUMSTANCES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, OPPRESSION OR POLITICAL PERSECUTION) IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF, OR ASSISTANCE IN THE PROVISION OF HUMANITARIAN, MEDICAL, DEVELOPMENTAL, HEALTH, EDUCATIONAL OR SOCIAL PROGRAMMES.

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    360 Giving
    CharityBase
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