Overall GiG Score: 24 ?
Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 13
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +13

COMMUNITY INFOSOURCE  

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending since inception
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition
Established: 5 years
(18 years as a company)
Scottish Charity RegulatorCompanies House
UN SDGs
?
Financial Data
Income & Spending ?
Period ending 31/03/20 31/03/21 31/03/22 31/03/23
Charitable activities
Donations & Legacies £280,588 £438,779
Other Income £4,000 £5,000
Investment Income
Total income £238,953 £289,665 £490,123 £444,929
Charitable activities spending £271,516 £409,050
Fundraising costs
Other spending
Total spending £229,836 £271,516 £367,288 £409,050
Surplus/deficit £9,117 £18,149 £122,835 £35,879
What it does
  • It carries out activities or services itself
Who it helps
  • People with a particular ethnic or racial origin
Purposes
  • The prevention or relief of poverty
  • The advancement of education
  • The advancement of health','the advancement of citizenship or community development','the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science','the advancement of human rights, conflict resolution or reconciliation','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
  • UK and overseas, main operating location: Glasgow City

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
Henry Smith Charity£248,200
National Lottery Community Fund£209,491
Tudor Trust£120,000
Alan & Babette Sainsbury Charitable Fund£70,000
Foundation Scotland£67,501
Paul Hamlyn Foundation£60,000
Scottish Government£46,463
Garfield Weston Foundation£30,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Community InfoSource
£178,500 18/08/2023
36
towards three years' running costs of a project providing an advice and befriending service for asylum seekers with mental health challenges in Glasgow, Scotland.
Alan & Babette Sainsbury Charitable Fund - Venue and refreshment hire to run English language and healthcare awareness events for refugees
£10,000 15/11/2022
Towards venue and refreshment hire to run English language and healthcare awareness events for refugees and asylum seekers in Glasgow
J J Charitable Trust - Core costs
£5,000 15/02/2022
Towards core costs
National Lottery Community Fund - Change Makers: Community Champions (Increasing Our Impact)
£199,493 06/12/2021
This group will use the funding to continue to deliver their work aimed at reducing the prevalence of female genital mutilation (FGM) and honour based violence (HBV) in Glasgow. The three-year ....more
Alan & Babette Sainsbury Charitable Fund - Core costs
£30,000 23/11/2021
Towards core costs
Alan & Babette Sainsbury Charitable Fund - Core costs
£30,000 23/11/2021
Towards core costs
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award - COVID19 response
£30,000 01/10/2021
Community InfoSource core costs
Corra Foundation - HDG-21/1415
£24,000 30/09/2021
towards the Asylum Seeker Wellbeing Project which will support asylum seekers and refugees who experience mental ill health, through a team of trained Buddy Volunteers.
Foundation Scotland - Women Asylum Seeker Housing project
£44,520 24/09/2021
To contribute to the salary of the Volunteer Coordinator for the W-ASH programme.
Tudor Trust - Grant to Community InfoSource
£120,000 15/07/2021
36
over three years towards the CEO's salary at an organisation working to support vulnerable people who have experience of migration and/or the asylum system in Glasgow
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Community Infosource
£15,000 24/06/2021
To contribute to the cost of employing a part time housing caseworker (17.5 hrs per week), volunteer training and expenses, management and running costs.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Community InfoSource
£69,700 29/03/2021
towards one year's running costs of a wellbeing project providing support to refugees and asylum seekers who have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic in Glasgow, Scotland.
National Lottery Community Fund - Women and Asylum Seeker Housing project
£9,998 25/03/2021
5
The group will use the funding to employ a caseworker to provided housing advocacy and support to 60 asylum seekers and refugees across Glasgow.
Barrow Cadbury Trust - Refugees for Justice – Refugee-led Independent Inquiry
£21,300 19/02/2021
12
To establish a refugee-led independent inquiry to investigate the use of institutional accommodation for asylum seekers
Scottish Government - Community Infosource
£46,463 10/02/2021
Detailed description not provided.
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Community InfoSource
£30,000 21/01/2021
A restricted grant of £30,000 to Refugees for Justice towards the costs of an Independent Inquiry. Refugees for Justice (R4J), an independent group of refugees and people seeking asylum based in ....more
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Covid-19 Emergency Funding
£20,000 09/12/2020
6
Supported by Community InfoSource, Refugees for Justice is a refugee-led campaign group which aims to achieve justice for refugees and people seeking asylum in Glasgow. Its work consists of ....more
Joseph Rowntree Foundation - Grant to Community InfoSource
£15,000 28/11/2020
3
Refugees for Justice
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£5,000 09/09/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Community Infosource
£5,000 09/09/2020
To contribute towards the development and testing costs of a phone app that will enable asylum seekers to easily report and resolve their housing issues and to help make them aware of their rights in ....more
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - COVID19 Emergency Funding
£20,000 22/07/2020
3
Support to aid the organisation in dealing with the challenges posed by COVID19.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - COVID19 Emergency Funding
£20,000 02/07/2020
3
Support to aid the organisation in dealing with the challenges posed by COVID19.
Crisis UK - Grant to Community InfoSource
£4,665 18/06/2020
To supply food and apply for emergency funding support for destitute asylum seekers still in asylum housing and hidden homeless asylum seekers around Glasgow
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Community Infosource
£2,981 27/04/2020
To provide Community Infosource staff and Community Champions with access to equipment to be able to continue support to communities and people at risk of domestic or gender based violence during the ....more
Robertson Trust - The salary costs of the part-time Buddy Volunteer Coordinator
£5,000 31/07/2019
The salary costs of the part-time Buddy Volunteer Coordinator
Women's Fund for Scotland - The W-ASH Project
£5,100 11/10/2018
9
The grant will cover the cost of a part-time Catch 22 Project Worker (7 hours per week for 9 months) plus on costs, support and supervision cost , volunteer expenses, staff expenses, staff training ....more
Show more rows

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Directors (10)
Current Directors appointed
Gender Split
Based on 9/10 persons

Age Range of Directors: 27-74
  • ZADA, Ako
    Appointed: 2019
    Occupation: Software Engineer
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 15/03/2019, number: SC049135
  • Registered at Companies House on 10/10/2005, number: SC291462
Filing Record
3 returns made; all on time
Main office

The Albany Centre, 44 Ashley Street, Glasgow, G3 6DS

Objectives

1 The company's objects are: 1.1 the relief of poverty. 1.2 the advancement of education. 1.3 the advancement of physical and mental health. 1.4 the advancement of citizenship and community development. 1.5 the advancement of the arts, heritage and culture. 1.6 the advancement of human rights. 1.7 the promotion of racial and religious harmony. 1.8 the promotion of equality and diversity. and 1.9 the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage through a range of activities primarily (but not exclusively) focussed on minority ethnic, migrant and refugee communities, including (but not limited to) survivors of abuse, persecution and torture.

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

Tips for Selecting Charities

Which areas of philanthropy are most effective?
The text of this post is taken from an article on the Effective Altruism forum. It suggests that you can achieve the most impact by supporting causes that fight extreme poverty, improving animal welfare....more
Our Top Tips for Philanthropy
Here are some ideas to help you gain more satisfaction from your philanthropy and confidence that the causes you have selected are impactful. Engage your brain, as well as your heart You....more
How to become a Philanthropist
In this Blog we outline a strategy to help people who are new to philanthropy and for those who feel dissatisfied with the impact they are having. Effective philanthropy is immensely rewarding for donors,....more

Giving is Great