Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 6

No PartB

Dynamic board: +3

Grant maker support: +6

Overall GiG Score: 9

ERITREAN COMMUNITY IN UK

General charitable purposes including education/training accommodation, employment, health, community development, tackle poverty and similar services to all ages and gender.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Over half the Board have joined 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

Established: 34 years

www.ericomuk.org.uk

office@ericomuk.org.uk

020777007995

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/23		£137	£94	£43	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	5
31/03/22		£97	£88	£9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	5
31/03/21		£71	£67	£3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	7
31/03/20		£84	£74	£10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	6
31/03/19		£82	£70	£12	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	5
31/03/18		£70	£64	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£59	£50	£9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	*	£63	£48	£15	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£50	£47	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14	*	£38	£49	£-10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13	*	£53	£52	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12	*	£46	£58	£-13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£54	£50	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10		£42	£52	£-10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£66	£65	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08	*	£85	£81	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07	*	£89	£84	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06	*	£66	£68	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05		£55	£63	£-8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04	*	£76	£80	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Accommodation/Housing
Disability
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
Other Charitable Purposes
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
5 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

City Bridge Trust	£59,250
Trust for London	£51,850
National Lottery Community Fund	£9,940
Cripplegate Foundation	£5,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Trust for London - Eritrean Community in UK (ECUK)
£850	29/09/2022	This is a cost of living uplift for grant reference 360G-trustforlondon-MAIN-S2-06.10.2020-8791
National Lottery Community Fund - HERE COMES THE SUN
£9,940	10/06/2022	The funding will be used to organise an open-air family fun day in early September 2022 that showcases Eritrean culture and develop a better understanding between this and other local communities. It ....more The funding will be used to organise an open-air family fun day in early September 2022 that showcases Eritrean culture and develop a better understanding between this and other local communities. It aims to welcome 500+ visitors and will include local food music and dance children’s entertainers ball skill competitions and also have a host of other agencies and services attending such as NHS police and local churches. The day will mark the start of a social media campaign on behalf of ECUK which will then run over the next 9-10 months and which will present ECUK with a much needed social and media presence and profile.The project aims to use the day as a platform to raise awareness of the Eritrean culture and build relationships.
Trust for London - Eritrean Community in UK (ECUK)
£51,000	03/03/2021	The funding is for providing essential welfare benefits, housing and general advice/ advocacy for Eritrean refugees experiencing severe poverty, living in London. This will enable access to available ....more The funding is for providing essential welfare benefits, housing and general advice/ advocacy for Eritrean refugees experiencing severe poverty, living in London. This will enable access to available services and support e.g. benefits entitlements, accommodation, health and volunteering leading to a reasonable quality of life.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Eritrean Community in the UK
£53,500	18/02/2021 24	£53,500 over two further and final years (£26,500; £27,000) for the salary of a part -time (17.5hpw) Volunteer and Health Development Officer (VHDO) and towards associated projects costs working ....more £53,500 over two further and final years (£26,500; £27,000) for the salary of a part -time (17.5hpw) Volunteer and Health Development Officer (VHDO) and towards associated projects costs working with people aged 75+
Cripplegate Foundation - Grant To Eritrean Community in the UK (ECUK)
£5,000	03/11/2020	Connecting Communities through Digital Inclusion
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Eritrean Community in the UK
£5,750	09/04/2020	A one-off, unrestricted grant of £5,750, equivalent to one regular quarterly payment for the organisation’s current grant. COVID19
Trust for London - Eritrean Community In The UK
£45,000	21/02/2018 36	The funding is to provide welfare benefits, housing and general advice for recent arrivals from Eritrea experiencing severe poverty enabling access to available services and support e.g. benefits, ....more The funding is to provide welfare benefits, housing and general advice for recent arrivals from Eritrea experiencing severe poverty enabling access to available services and support e.g. benefits, accommodation and health, leading to a reasonable quality of life. It will also engage volunteers as active contributors to the community.
Cripplegate Foundation - Grant To Eritrean Community in the UK (ECUK)
£5,000	07/11/2017	Towards a mental health awareness and suppport project
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Eritrean Community in the UK
£70,500	27/07/2017 36	£70,500 over three years (£25,000; £22,500; £23,000) for the salary of a part-time (17.5 hr/p/w) Volunteer and Health Development Officer (VHDO) and towards associated projects costs working with ....more £70,500 over three years (£25,000; £22,500; £23,000) for the salary of a part-time (17.5 hr/p/w) Volunteer and Health Development Officer (VHDO) and towards associated projects costs working with people aged 75+.
Cripplegate Foundation - Grant To Eritrean Community in the UK (ECUK)
£5,000	28/06/2016	Towards the costs of a Healthy Solutions project
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Eritrean Community in the UK (ECUK)
£12,902	08/07/2015 12	providing support to the Eritrean community, particularly noting the recent increase in this community with newly arrived members. The grant will fund the costs of the business & project ....more providing support to the Eritrean community, particularly noting the recent increase in this community with newly arrived members. The grant will fund the costs of the business & project development plan and the fundraising strategy

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How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

DAWIT WELDERUFAEL Appointed: 2019

EYOB GHEBREMICHAEL Appointed: 2022

HABTEGIORGIS AKLILU (Chair) Appointed: 2023

LULA GHEBRETINSAE Appointed: 2019

LWAM HAILE Appointed: 2023

MESGHENET SEYOUM ADHANOM Appointed: 2022

MICHAEL MEDHANE Appointed: 2023

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 02/04/1990, number: 802877

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Other Regulators

Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)

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
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR16: 0 days late, AR14: 0 days late, AR13: 0 days late, AR12: 0 days late, AR08: 1 days late, AR07: 1 days late, AR06: 1 days late, AR04: 1 days late,

Main office

HOLLOWAY NEIGHBOURHOOD GROUP
84 MAYTON STREET
LONDON
N7 6QT

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY AND IN PARTICULAR THE ERITREAN COMMUNITY BY RELIEVING POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS, ADVANCING EDUCATION AND PROVIDING OR ASSISING IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES, IN THE INTERES OF SOCIAL WELFARE, FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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