Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: -1

Support Score: 8

No PartB

Only 4 Trustees: -1

Grant maker support: +8

Overall GiG Score: 7

OPOKA CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATION

Opoka offers a safe, confidential, non-judgmental service provided by bilingual professionals for those that have been subject to domestic abuse. Opoka strives to empower its clients to become more independent and our objectives are to help the most isolated and vulnerable to benefit from greater care, support, and justice and with our support will improve their lives and integrate in society.

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Positives:

The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity
There are only 4 trustees

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 ?

Y/E		Income	Spending	Surplus/ Deficit	Volun- teers
31/12/22		£341,486	£219,319	£122,167	18

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Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 36%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000

Established: 3 years

https://www.opoka.org.uk/

info@opoka.org.uk

01174270012

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Disability
Education/Training

GiG Classification

Services for victims of domestic or sexual abuse

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Other Defined Groups

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
18 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	£225,800
Rosa UK	£24,498
Quartet Community Foundation	£21,714
The Clothworkers Foundation	£10,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Opoka CIO
£2,097	21/10/2023	We plan to deliver our Power to Change programme. This is a support group delivered by women, to women, who have experienced domestic abuse and want to improve their lives and feel empowered.
Rosa UK - SWU-OPOKA-2022
£24,498	27/10/2022	£24,498 has been awarded to Opoka to support the organisation to develop its community and individual giving and major donor campaigns, increasing the organisation's ability to attract funding.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Opoka
£4,932	20/10/2022	To deliver learning workshops to support Polish women in Bristol who are vulnerable and struggling with the cost of living crisis.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Opoka
£2,000	13/07/2022	Awareness raising and outreach work the Polish community on domestic violence
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Opoka
£10,000	25/05/2022	purchase furniture and kitchen equipment for a charity supporting families experiencing domestic and sexual abuse in Bristol
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Opoka
£9,634	17/03/2022 12	To develop leadership capability and capacity through trustee and CEO training, and to develop the organisation’s strategy and theory of change.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Opoka
£5,148	20/12/2021 6	To raise awareness and improve community capacity to support identify families in the local area who are at risk of domestic violence.
National Lottery Community Fund - Helping polish families affected by abuse and violence
£225,800	30/09/2021	The funding will pay for the organisation’s domestic violence helpline and crisis management frontline service - which has been experiencing increasing demand during the COVID-19 crisis - targeting ....more The funding will pay for the organisation’s domestic violence helpline and crisis management frontline service - which has been experiencing increasing demand during the COVID-19 crisis - targeting vulnerable women and children primarily in Bristol’s Polish community.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

ANETA MACKELL Appointed: 2021

ANETA WRZOS-PORADA Appointed: 2023

SYLWIA JATCZAK Appointed: 2021

JOANNA SZURYN Appointed: 2023

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 19/07/2021, number: 1195206

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

1 returns made; all on time

Main office

OPOKA CIO
3 Brook Office Park
Folly Brook Road
Emerson Green
Bristol
BS16 7FL

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC:3.1 TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF WOMEN AND THEIR CHILDREN OR OTHER PERSONS (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO SUCH WOMEN, CHILDREN AND OTHER PERSONS FROM WITHIN THE POLISH COMMUNITY) WHO HAVE BEEN SUBJECT TO DOMESTIC ABUSE, INCLUDING PHYSICAL OR SEXUAL VIOLENCE; EMOTIONAL, ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL OR, COERCIVE CONTROL: STALKING; AND/OR MISOGYNISTIC OR OTHER PSYCHOLOGICAL ABUSE WITHIN AN INTIMATE OR 'FAMILY' RELATIONSHIP THROUGHOUT THE UNITED KINGDOM, INCLUDING BY (BUT NOT LIMITED TO):(A) THE PROVISION OF SPECIALIST SUPPORTED HOUSING AND SOCIAL HOUSING AND ANY ASSOCIATED AMENITIES AND SERVICES; AND(B) THE ADVANCEMENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION, RESEARCH AND TRAINING ON THE ISSUES OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE THROUGHOUT THE UNITED KINGDOM.

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