Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -2
Support Score: 4
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Mainly female board: -1
  • Grant maker support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 2 ?

YOU MY SISTER 

Mental Health Support;Peer Support;Webinars;Training, Advice, Information Provision;Advocacy
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers and there are significant future grants due to be received

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • The Board is predominantly female

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
31/12/22£25,136£18,214£6,9222
31/12/21£18,957£17,503£1,4542
31/12/20£15,909£4,565£11,3442
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 4 years

www.youmysister.org.uk

i@youmysister.org.uk

07943242038

Charity Commission for England and WalesFacebookX
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • 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
  • Mental health and addiction
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities
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
National Lottery Community Fund£20,000
Allen Lane Foundation£6,000
HM Revenue & Customs£750
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Taking Back Control: Mental Health Self Management After Abuse
£10,000 07/07/2023
The funding will be used to create a mental health recovery programme for women who have experienced abuse. The project aims to improve long term quality of life manage mental health and reduce ....more
Allen Lane Foundation - Grant to You My Sister
£6,000 04/11/2022
£6,000 single grant towards running cost of work in Scotland to support survivors of the sex industry
National Lottery Community Fund - Supporting Survivors of the Sex Trade
£10,000 15/10/2021
The funding will be used to continue the groups support for female survivors of the sex trade. The project aims to promote mental recovery and increase empowerment resilience and opportunities.
HM Revenue & Customs - SME Brexit Support Fund
£750 21/04/2021
Training Grant provided for Customs training purposes

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 05/06/2020, number: 1189815
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Paying staff
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
3 returns made; all on time
Main office

Womens Resource Centre
United House
41 North Road
LONDON
N7 9DP

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF PEOPLE IN NEED AS A RESULT OF BEING HARMED BY COMMERCIAL SEXUAL EXPLOITATION THROUGH PRACTICAL, FINANCIAL AND MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT AND TO PROVIDE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AS TO THE HARMS OF THE SEX TRADE.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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