Finance Score: 5

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 5

Future income +5
No PartB

(no info on trustees)

Grant maker support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 10

IMO PROGRESSIVE UNION

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker and there are significant future grants due to be received

Financial Data

Income & Spending ?

Period ending	31/03/21	31/03/22	31/03/23
Total income	£16,351	£6,660	£10,198
Total spending	£10,165	£11,940	£10,246
Surplus/deficit	£6,186	-£5,280	-£48

Established: 4 years

www.impug.org

Listed activities

It carries out activities or services itself

GiG Classification

Community services

Purposes

The advancement of education
The advancement of citizenship or community development
The advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science','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 it helps

No specific group, or for the benefit of the community

Who supports 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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - 127 - EMDF - Food Subscription Project
£12,752	17/07/2023	The group will use the funding to support ethnic minority community members from Imo (Nigerian) affected by the cost-living crisis.
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Imo Progressive Union
£4,000	01/05/2020	To enable Imo Progressive Union to purchase and deliver sanitary products, food and energy vouchers to vulnerable members of their organisation and cover volunteer fuel expenses.

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 02/03/2020, number: SC049996

Filing Record

2 returns made; all on time

Main office

Objectives

4 The organisation's purposes are: 4.1 To promote the advancement of active citizenship. IPU will promote this objective through the development and teaching of civic values. the encouragement of voluntary activity and increasing the involvement of individuals in community activity. the promotion of community union, and sense of belonging among ethnic Imos in Glasgow and its environs. 4.2 To promote the prevention or relief of poverty. The Union will provide a support network for poverty alleviation, health education and disaster relief amongst disadvantaged and needy communities, families and groups, particularly in Glasgow and Imo. Through training for work skills and encouragement of Fair Trade activities, the Union will work to prevent those who are poor from becoming poorer as well as preventing those who are at risk of being poor from becoming poor. The Union will also promote relief of those in need by reason of age, ill health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage. 4.3 To promote the advancement of education. The Imo Progressive Union will promote activities that will advance capacity development, skills empowerment, training and research opportunity for its members and the wider community. 4.4 To promote the advancement of the arts, heritage, and culture. The Union will seek to promote awareness of the Imo culture amongst Imo people and children of Igbo descent in the UK, whilst encouraging them to play their full role in the British society and will further advance British cultural life by promoting Imo history, language, music, art, literature, and culture to the wider public.

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