Overall GiG Score: 6 ?
Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 6
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Deficit latest year: -2
  • No PartB
(no info on trustees)
    • Grant maker support: +6

    GLASGOW AFGHAN UNITED 

    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
    • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
    • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
    • This charity is based in an area of extremely high deprivation

    Financial issues to consider:

    • Income was lower than spending in the latest year
    Established: 11 years
    Scottish Charity Regulator
    UN SDGs
    ?
    Financial Data
    Income & Spending ?
    Period ending 31/03/17 31/03/18 31/03/19 31/03/20 31/03/21 31/03/22 31/03/23
    Total income £18,500 £11,060 £37,586 £51,957 £143,695 £262,764 £223,990
    Total spending £11,960 £20,713 £11,207 £54,603 £88,496 £153,141 £271,733
    Surplus/deficit £6,540 -£9,653 £26,379 -£2,646 £55,199 £109,623 -£47,743
    What it does
    • It carries out activities or services itself
    Who it helps
    • People with a particular ethnic or racial origin
    • Other charities or voluntary bodies
    Purposes
    • The prevention or relief of poverty
    • The advancement of citizenship or community development
    • The promotion of religious or racial harmony','the promotion of equality and diversity','the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
    Where it operates
    • Wider, but within one local authority area, main operating location: Glasgow City
    • This charity is based in an area of extremely high deprivation

    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£254,225
    Scottish Government£7,000
    Foundation Scotland£5,000
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    National Lottery Community Fund - Supporting Afghan Refugee Resettlement
    £110,813 08/11/2021
    This group will use the funding to increase organisational capacity and provide direct support to Afghan’s part of The Afghan Citizens’ Resettlement Scheme across Scotland.
    National Lottery Community Fund - Women Empowerment Project
    £134,062 08/10/2021
    This group will use the funding to provide support to Afghan women and other minority ethnic communities to overcome isolation and loneliness. The project will provide a variety of activities ....more
    Foundation Scotland - Grant to Glasgow Afghan United
    £5,000 10/02/2021
    To provide support to overcome digital poverty, food poverty and isolation through providing 100 vulnerable households in multi-ethnic communities in Glasgow with essential supplies to help them ....more
    Scottish Government - Glasgow Afghan United
    £7,000 10/06/2020
    Detailed description not provided.
    National Lottery Community Fund - Community Integration and Participation
    £9,350 22/05/2019
    12
    This group will use the funding to deliver four community events and five training events.
    National Lottery Community Fund - Women Empowerment
    £80,747 17/09/2018
    36
    This group will use the funding to deliver a range of social and developmental activities to tackle isolation and exclusion amongst BME women in Glasgow. Activities will include running an English ....more

    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees

    Sorry we have no information about the Trustees.

    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in Scotland on 14/06/2013, number: SC044077
    Filing Record
    5 returns made; AR19: 10 days late,
    Main office

    1455, Maryhill Road, Glasgow, G20 9AA

    Objectives

    1. To bring Afghan people together through social events, celebrations (e.g. Afghan national events) and any other activities that will support the Afghan community to engage with local people in Scotland. 2. To help Afghan people (particularly refugees and asylum seekers) to access services by providing information about access to services and training as well as making them aware of their rights and responsibilities in Scotland. 3. To ensure that all GAU members are included and can freely participate in GAU activities regardless of their language, sexual orientation, tribe, religion, gender or political opinion and therefore encourage to participate. 4. To promote awareness to the wider community about Afghan culture and tradition, with a special focus on teaching these values to young Afghan people. 5. To undertake charitable activities to relieve various forms of poverty and exclusion internationally and provide support for the people affected, with a special focus on doing so for the Afghan people in Afghanistan or elsewhere.

    Data Sources

    Scottish Charity Regulator
    360 Giving
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