Overall GiG Score: 22 ?
Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 12
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +9

LEEDS ASYLUM SEEKERS SUPPORT NETWORK 

Linking refugees and asylum seekers with local volunteers who assist them to make friends and connections (Befriending), to learn English (English at Home), to find respite from destitution (Grace Hosting & Hardship Fund) and to move closer to work (Connecting Opportunities). We also run and update helpinleeds.com, and migrationpartnership.org.uk
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • There has been reasonable growth in spending 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 well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

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: 22 years

www.lassn.org.uk

admin@lassn.org.uk

01133731759

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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£378£344£35n/an/an/an/an/a232
31/03/22£230£298£-68n/an/an/an/an/a313
31/03/21£539£335£204£0£358£28810.38326
31/03/20*£273£284£-10n/an/an/an/an/a326
31/03/19£309£250£59n/an/an/an/an/a260
31/03/18£235£220£16£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£162£142£21£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£150£134£17£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£155£156£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£171£171£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£130£143£-13£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£178£187£-9£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£372£389£-17£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£374£352£22£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£361£346£15£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£206£238£-32£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£249£222£27£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£201£207£-6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£180£178£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£130£125£5£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Education/Training
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who works here?
  • 232 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Leeds 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
National Lottery Community Fund£301,991
Leeds Community Foundation£173,423
Barrow Cadbury Trust£49,400
DCMS£19,705
AB Charitable Trust£10,000
Tudor Trust£4,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Leeds Community Foundation - Hosting and security costs of helpinleeds.com, newtoleeds.org and migrationpartnership.org.uk.
£5,848 18/12/2023
Grant to Leeds Asylum Seekers' Support Network
National Lottery Community Fund - English at Home
£281,991 19/08/2022
This funding will support Leeds Asylum Seekers' Support Network (LASSN) to deliver its 'English at Home' project benefitting refugee and asylum seekers living in Leeds who are unable to attend ....more
Leeds Community Foundation - Grant to Leeds Asylum Seekers' Support Network
£57,100 01/07/2022
The project will be established and run on a model of self-help - facilitated by a Community Development Worker and some admin hours (for website updates) managed by an experienced Volunteers/Hosting ....more
Leeds Community Foundation - Grant to Leeds Asylum Seekers' Support Network
£5,000 26/05/2022
We'll help asylum seekers, refugees, and other migrants to make a new home in Leeds by linking them with local volunteers who will help to support, empower and integrate them into British society.
Leeds Community Foundation - Grant to Leeds Asylum Seekers' Support Network
£30,000 24/03/2022
Additional funding will increase capacity for the Director and Office Manager to address issues identified by LASSN Trustees: A strategic review; Develop a new business plan that will support an ....more
Leeds Community Foundation - Grant to Leeds Asylum Seekers' Support Network
£6,000 28/02/2022
5
Working with Forum Central and a small group of third sector organisations to test, learn and shape a sustainable approach to information gathering and sharing (asset mapping) for the third sector, ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Eva House
£10,000 17/12/2021
The funding will be used to establish a supported accommodation facility for asylum-seeking men who have enhanced support needs including their physical and mental health and who would otherwise ....more
Tudor Trust - Grant to Leeds Asylum Seekers' Support Network
£2,000 05/01/2021
as an additional grant to support staff, volunteer and trustee wellbeing, to assist the organisation deliver its charitable purpose more effectively
Leeds Community Foundation - quarantine hosting
£5,000 07/10/2020
4
To provide equipment to enable LASSN Hosting volunteers to become Covid Secure quarantine hosts - and to support extremely clinically vulnerable asylum seekers who are also destitute to stay with ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,705 29/09/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more
Leeds Community Foundation - Grant to Leeds Asylum Seekers' Support Network
£24,845 24/09/2020
5
Grant to Leeds Asylum Seekers' Support Network
Barrow Cadbury Trust - COVID-19 - LASSN
£49,400 25/08/2020
6
Support to enable LASSN to continue and adapt its services.
Leeds Community Foundation - Meet and Connect
£25,000 06/08/2020
12
Meet & Connect will be a programme of weekly activities where refugees, asylum seekers and volunteers meet to explore their neighbourhood, identify and record places of interest, and share what ....more
Leeds Community Foundation - Grant to Leeds Asylum Seekers' Support Network
£10,000 21/07/2020
4
Support for ongoing delivery and adapting operating/funding model.
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£10,000 21/07/2020
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
Tudor Trust - Grant to Leeds Asylum Seekers' Support Network (COVID19 Grant)
£2,000 15/06/2020
as emergency funding to support the immediate needs of asylum seekers and refugees in Leeds during the Coronavirus pandemic and lockdown
Leeds Community Foundation - #outandabout and #intouch
£4,630 06/11/2019
4
We will provide bus passes and phone credit to destitute asylum seekers, to enable them to take up accommodation with volunteer hosts or to access the nightshelter.
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Leeds Asylum Seekers' Support Network
£10,000 10/10/2019
An unrestricted grant of £10,000. Leeds Asylum Seeker's Support Network supports refugees & asylum seekers through activities such as hosting, befriending and ESOL.
National Lottery Community Fund - Grace House
£10,000 04/04/2019
12
The funding will be used to employ a member of staff to over oversee the running of supported accommodation for asylum seekers, where service users will be provided with somewhere to live for up to ....more
Leeds Community Foundation - Meet and Connect
£25,000 15/11/2018
11
Meet & Connect will be a programme of weekly activities where around 12 refugees, asylum seekers and volunteers meet to explore their neighbourhood, identify and record places of interest, and ....more
Leeds Community Foundation - Grant to Leeds Asylum Seekers' Support Network
£4,630 16/10/2018
4
Volunteer costs and transport costs for vulnerable people with no other housing options to access Grace Hosting or the Winter Shelter.
Leeds Community Foundation - #intouch
£2,500 28/09/2018
5
We will issue small amounts of phone credit to destitute asylum seekers living in Leeds, to help them to secure accommodation and stay in touch with their support services; and we will purchase small ....more
Tudor Trust - Grant to Leeds Asylum Seekers' Support Network
£60,000 21/03/2018
36
over two years as continuation funding towards the Grace Hosting project which provides emergency accommodation for destitute asylum seekers in Leeds, plus a contribution to core costs_x000D_ _x000D_ ....more
Leeds Community Foundation - Well Being Project
£2,500 16/03/2018
4
A 6 week partnership with Leeds DynaMix, to deliver a Wellbeing project where young people of school age from various backgrounds; some of whom are seeking refuge in the UK will come together to ....more
Leeds Community Foundation - Out and About
£7,260 16/02/2018
11
Providing bus passes to older destitute asylum seekers, to enable them to make and maintain greater social contacts, access green spaces and leisure activities, as well as to access accommodation
National Lottery Community Fund - English at Home 2016/2021
£371,140 13/07/2016
60
This project will improve the communication skills, independence and confidence of isolated asylum seekers and refugees. Clients will be provided with one to one English tuition delivered by ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Leeds Asylum Seekers' Support Network
£10,000 24/02/2016
12
Towards the core costs of an organisation providing support to asylum seekers and refugees.
National Lottery Community Fund - Befriending Project
£129,821 18/11/2015
36
The befriending service aims to reduce isolation, improve well-being, and encourage integration and greater self-reliance among asylum seekers and refugees. It also provides citizens of Leeds with a ....more
Tudor Trust - Grant to Leeds Asylum Seekers' Support Network
£50,000 01/05/2015
36
over three years towards the salary and associated costs of a volunteer manager for the Grace Hosting programme which provides emergency accommodation for destitute asylum seekers in Leeds
AB Charitable Trust - We support refugees in Leeds
£10,000 28/04/2015
£10,000 towards core costs for projects
AB Charitable Trust - We support asylum seekers in Leeds
£10,000 21/01/2014
£10,000 towards core costs for projects
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Leeds Asylum Seekers' Support Network
£30,000 02/07/2013
Towards a project supporting exiled journalists to represent the views of refugees and asylum seekers in the media in West Yorkshire.
National Lottery Community Fund - English at Home
£53,447 17/06/2013
36
This is a continuation of an existing project that aims to improve the communication skills, independence and confidence of refugees and asylum seekers in Leeds who are unable to attend college ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Leeds Asylum Seekers' Support Network
£77,000 13/06/2013
36
towards three years' core costs of a project supporting asylum seekers and refugees in West Yorkshire
National Lottery Community Fund - Befriending
£102,291 14/03/2012
48
This project aims to reduce isolation, improve wellbeing and increase access to services for refugees and asylum seekers through a befriending project using local volunteers. Volunteers will be fully ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Leeds Asylum Seekers Support Network
£35,000 29/03/2011
the salary and on-costs of the Befriending Manager
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 29-79
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 27/06/2002, number: 1092647
  • Registered at Companies House on 05/06/2001, number: 04228876
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
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
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR20: 9 days late, AR04: 1 days late,
Main office

LASSN
22-23 Blayds Yard
LEEDS
LS1 4AD

Objectives

TO RELIEVE ASYLUM SEEKERS AND REFUGEES IN NEED, HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS BY REASON OF THEIR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES BY SUCH CHARITABLE MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL DETERMINE INCLUDING THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, RELIEF OF POVERTY AND THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF GOOD HEALTH.

Defined Area of Benefit:

LEEDS METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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