Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 10

No PartB

Large volunteer base +5
Overall weighted support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 10

PLATEFUL CAFE

Plateful Cafe empowers refugees to obtain mainstream employment in the catering industry by providing hospitality training and employment in a cafe.The cafe also runs a shop selling products made by local refugees and delivers monthly community dinners.Plateful Cafe also caters for outside events and offers private dining in people homes.Asylum-seekers volunteer at the cafe.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently

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
30/04/24		£69	£45	£24	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 2 years

www.platefulfcafe.co.uk

iolanda@platefulcafe.co.uk

07984239912

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

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

GiG Classification

Reducing racial tensions

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Bromley, Greenwich, Lewisham, Southwark,

Who it helps

People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin

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

National Lottery Community Fund	£10,000
Power to Change	£5,000
Postcode Society Trust	£5,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Power to Change - Plateful Cafe (TU)
£5,000	27/10/2023	360G-ptc-gr-19069Plateful Cafe (TU)
Postcode Society Trust - Project Funding
£5,000	30/06/2023	Funded allowed Plateful Cafe to employ a Cafe Manager to oversee the Cafe operations, train staff and ensure long-term sustainability
National Lottery Community Fund - Plateful Cafe
£10,000	28/04/2023	The funding will be used to enable the group to run a café to be used as a safe space for refugees in Lewisham. The project aims to build an inclusive community space create job opportunities within the café as well as to provide a training ....more The funding will be used to enable the group to run a café to be used as a safe space for refugees in Lewisham. The project aims to build an inclusive community space create job opportunities within the café as well as to provide a training programme in catering.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)

Current Trustees appointed

ENXHI LAMI Appointed: 2022

WAEED ALMBASBES Appointed: 2022

YASMIN AL HAMADI Appointed: 2022

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 13/04/2023, number: 1202710

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Paying staff
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

1 returns made; all on time

Main office

The Star Of Greenwich
60 Old Woolwich Road
LONDON
SE10 9NY

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:1. TO RELIEVE THE POVERTY OF THOSE GRANTED REFUGEE STATUS AND GRANTED ASYLUM AND THEIR DEPENDENTS IN SOUTH EAST LONDON AND NEIGHBOURING BOROUGHS BY THE PROVISION OF VOCATIONAL SKILLS TRAINING, ADVICE AND SUPPORT TO ENABLE SUCH PEOPLE TO OBTAIN EMPLOYMENT;2. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF THOSE GRANTED REFUGEE STATUS, THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN GRANTED ASYLUM AND THOSE WHO ARE SEEKING ASYLUM IN SOUTH EAST LONDON AND NEIGHBOURING BOROUGHS SO AS TO ADVANCE THEM IN LIFE AND HELP THEM TO ADAPT WITHIN A NEW COMMUNITY;3. TO EDUCATE THE GENERAL PUBLIC OF THE RIGHTS AND NEEDS OF REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS; AND4. THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AMONG PEOPLE WHO ARE REFUGEES, THEIR DEPENDENTS OR SEEKING ASYLUM IN SOUTH EAST LONDON AND NEIGHBOURING BOROUGHS, AND WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED ON THE GROUNDS OF THEIR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC POSITION BY OFFERING ACTIVITIES, TRAINING AND SUPPORT DIRECTED TO ENABLING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY.

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