Finance Score: 5

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 9

Future income +5
No PartB

Gender balanced board: +3

Overall weighted support: +9

Overall GiG Score: 17

SOUTH YORKSHIRE REFUGEE LAW AND JUSTICE

SYRLJ supports asylum seekers to mount fresh claims or appeals, mainly by research which produces relevant objective evidence about and from their country of origin. Research is by trained staff, working alongside the asylum seeker. Those who use our services are usually at the end of the legal process, and are destitute. We work with solicitors where possible. Our work is free of charge.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government and there are significant future grants due to be received
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Financial issues to consider:

This Charity has changed registration and some of the financial and donation history pertains to the previous entity
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 £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit £k	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
05/04/23	£0	£0	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/22	£129	£59	£69	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/21	£69	£59	£10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/20	£71	£66	£5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/19	£76	£37	£39	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/18	£26	£17	£10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/17	£6	£16	£-10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/16	£23	£13	£11	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/15	£5	£11	£-6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/14	£10	£15	£-5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/13	£15	£9	£6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 2 years

www.syrlj.org.uk

info@syrlj.org.uk

07553228289

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham, Sheffield City,

Who it helps

Other Defined Groups

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years

Lloyds Bank Foundation	£127,250
Access to Justice Foundation	£20,666
New Philanthropy Capital (NPC)	£10,000
National Lottery Community Fund	£10,000
Allen Lane Foundation	£7,500

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to South Yorkshire Refugee Law & Justice
£75,000	06/07/2023 36	Unrestricted grant over 3 years towards the core costs of South Yorkshire Refugee Law & Justice
New Philanthropy Capital (NPC) - Open Philanthropy Fund B
£10,000	14/02/2023	Unrestricted funding to tackle financial hardship
Lloyds Bank Foundation - One off gift towards cost of living crisis to South Yorkshire Refugee Law & Justice
£2,250	14/12/2022	One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis
Access to Justice Foundation - Improving Outcomes Through Legal Support (IOTLS) grant
£20,666	23/05/2022	The funding programme aims to support organisations working to sustain and improve access to early social welfare and family legal support and advice, to enable users to resolve these problems as early as possible and avoid the need for court or ....more The funding programme aims to support organisations working to sustain and improve access to early social welfare and family legal support and advice, to enable users to resolve these problems as early as possible and avoid the need for court or tribunal proceedings where possible. Where court or tribunal proceedings are needed, we expect the grant to provide the support needed to help people navigate the process effectively, including where support to prepare for court and at court is required.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to South Yorkshire Refugee Law & Justice
£50,000	08/12/2021 24	Unrestricted grant over two years towards the core costs of South Yorkshire Refugee Law & Justice
National Lottery Community Fund - Support for clients and volunteers
£10,000	19/11/2021	The funding will be used to allow the organisation to continue to provide their legal services to migrants. The project aims to support people to help reach their full potential whilst also connecting them within the community.
Allen Lane Foundation - Grant to South Yorkshire Refugee Law & Justice
£7,500	11/03/2021	£7,500 single grant as a contribution towards salaries at this legal advice charity

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

CHRISTOPHER ROWLAND COLE Appointed: 2022

EMMA CAROLINE RATTENBURY Appointed: 2024

GARY LEONARD BELL M.A. (Chair) Appointed: 2022

PATRICIA ANNE HUDSON Appointed: 2022

PHILIP JAMES MOORE Appointed: 2022

VICTOR MUJAKACHI Appointed: 2022

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 19/07/2022, number: 1199706

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

11 returns made; all on time

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from SOUTH YORKSHIRE REFUGEE LAW AND JUSTICE on 11/12/2023

Main office

c/o THE SANCTUARY
37-39 CHAPEL WALK
SHEFFIELD
S1 2PD

Objectives

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ARE:1.TO PROMOTE HUMAN RIGHTS (AS SET OUT IN THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND SUBSEQUENT UNITED NATIONS CONVENTIONS AND DECLARATIONS) THROUGHOUT THE WORLD BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS: .RELIEVING NEED AMONG THE VICTIMS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE;.EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE;.ELIMINATING INFRINGEMENTS OF HUMAN RIGHTS. 2.THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AMONGST ASYLUM SEEKERS, REFUGEES AND THEIR DEPENDENTS IN THE SOUTH YORKSHIRE AREA BY THE PROVISION OF FREE LEGAL ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE. 3.THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC ABOUT ASYLUM LAW AND PRACTICE.

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