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Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 8
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Volatile income & significant deficit in latest year: -5
  • No PartB
(no info on trustees)
    • Grant maker support: +8
    Overall GiG Score: 5 ?

    UBUNTU WOMEN SHELTER 

    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
    • There has been strong growth in spending since inception
    • This charity is based in an area of extremely high deprivation

    Financial issues to consider:

    • There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine
    • Income has been volatile recently and was significantly lower than spending in the latest year
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    Financial Data
    Income & Spending ?
    Data adjusted to reflect year end change
    Period ending 31/01/20 31/03/21 31/03/22 31/03/23
    Total income £76,750 £144,602 £145,434 £74,830
    Total spending £28,332 £56,514 £101,735 £148,713
    Surplus/deficit £48,418 £88,088 £43,699 -£73,883
    Established: 6 years

    www.ubuntu-glasgow.org.uk

    Scottish Charity Regulator
    UN SDGs
    ?
    Listed activities
    • It carries out activities or services itself
    GiG Classification
    • Services for females
    Purposes
    • The prevention or relief of poverty
    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 it helps
    • Other defined groups

    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
    Corra Foundation£17,567
    Smallwood Trust£16,406
    Rosa UK£16,406
    Indigo Trust£10,000
    Allen Lane Foundation£5,000
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months    		 To be used for
    Corra Foundation - HDG-21/1614
    £17,567 30/09/2021
    for the project 'Recovery as reparation' project which will deliver a variety of therapeutic support activities for Black & minoritised women experiencing mental ill health.
    Smallwood Trust - Improving the financial resilience, mental health and wellbeing of women 18+.
    £16,406 28/06/2021
    £16,406 has been awarded to Ubuntu Women Shelter to fund a worker and a counsellor who will support destitute asylum seekers and women with NRPF, who are survivors of violence and abuse, by ....more
    Rosa UK - WTF-UBUNTU-2021
    £16,406 28/06/2021
    £16,406 has been awarded to Ubuntu Women Shelter to fund a worker and a counsellor who will support destitute asylum seekers and women with NRPF, who are survivors of violence and abuse, by ....more
    Allen Lane Foundation - Grant to Ubuntu Women Shelter
    £5,000 11/03/2021
    £5,000 single grant towards salary costs at this charity in Glasgow that supports women who are seeking asylum
    Indigo Trust - Emergency accommodation needs of women with no recourse to public funds
    £10,000 07/09/2020
    Core unrestricted funding during Covid-19 crisis

    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 22/08/2018, number: SC048645
    Filing Record
    3 returns made; all on time
    Main office

    Room 8, Block A, Adelphi Centre, Glasgow, G5 0PQ

    Objectives

    The organisation 's purposes are: 4.1. The prevention or relief of poverty in Scotland amongst women with unclear immigration status, no recourse to public funds (NRPF) and women unable to access homelessness, welfare and housing services by setting up and running a free night shelter providing emergency and short term accommodation.

    Data Sources

    Scottish Charity Regulator
    360 Giving
    Authorised officials of this charity can add information to this page (including a Donate Now button) for no cost

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