Finance Score: 6
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 17
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +14
Overall GiG Score: 29 ?

SHPRESA PROGRAMME 

Shpresa programme is an active user led organization that runs to advance the education and training of the Albanian speaking people in the UK particularly so as to enable them to take full and active roles in their communities, provide advice and to help them find employment. We do this through: Healthy living, Educational, Children and Young people, Employment and Capacity building projects.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return
Established: 19 years
(21 years as a company)

www.shpresaprogramme.com

shpresaprogramme@yahoo.co.uk

02075111586

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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£674£501£173£5£564£3789.17129
31/03/22£469£423£45n/an/an/an/an/a120
31/03/21£554£507£47£6£346£2566.18192
31/03/20£446£419£27n/an/an/an/an/a60
31/03/19£316£346£-30n/an/an/an/an/a110
31/03/18£428£417£11£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£422£300£122£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£215£270£-55£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£378£329£49£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£373£285£88£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£255£214£41£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£208£225£-17£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£231£242£-11£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£244£207£37£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£228£215£12£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£237£238£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£243£232£11£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£196£187£9£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.8%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 1.1%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 7%
Liabilities/Income: 6%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 67%
Reserves/Spending: 9.1 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 13 months
Quick Ratio: 13.6
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout London,
Who it helps
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
Who works here?
  • 7 employees
  • 129 volunteers

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£371,035
Trust for London£268,500
Henry Smith Charity£254,200
City Bridge Trust£215,500
BBC Children in Need£136,737
Paul Hamlyn Foundation£60,000
Barrow Cadbury Trust£36,200
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Shpresa Programme
£133,400 18/08/2023
24
towards two years' continuation funding of the running costs of a project providing mental health support and guidance for vulnerable Albanian-speaking women across London.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Shpresa Programme
£98,500 06/04/2023
£98,500 over two years (£42,500, £56,000) towards a leadership programme for the Albanian-speaking community in London, including project, management and staff costs.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - One off gift towards cost of living crisis to Shpresa Programme
£2,250 14/12/2022
One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis
National Lottery Community Fund - Shpresa Community Cafe
£10,000 09/12/2022
The funding will be used to upgrade the kitchen area at the community building where they will run a range of social activities for the refugee community. The project aims to improve the valued ....more
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Operational emergency support
£30,000 28/11/2022
Shpresa Programme's mission is to enable men, women and children from the Albanian-speaking community to live as full and active citizens through advice, support, education and training. This grant ....more
Trust for London - Shpresa Programme
£15,000 29/09/2022
This is a cost of living uplift for grant reference 360G-trustforlondon-MAIN-S2-01.06.2021-9150
National Lottery Community Fund - We Can
£351,035 15/12/2021
The project is using funding to support Albanian-speaking women in Newham Redbridge Croydon and Barking and Dagenham to build relationship and develop personal networks. The project will deliver a ....more
Trust for London - Shpresa Programme
£150,000 06/10/2021
36
The funding is for creating new leaders from the Albanian speaking community (ASC) and other emerging communities through mentoring and community organising. Community leaders will learn influencing ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Shpresa Programme
£1,000 31/08/2021
This project will provide training and mentoring to a project worker who will deliver money management sessions to disadvantaged children. Children will improve their life skills through developing ....more
Barrow Cadbury Trust - COVID-19 - Shpresa Programme
£36,200 07/10/2020
6
Costs for psychotherapist to support women experiencing mental health problems
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Shpresa Programme
£46,000 11/09/2020
towards the costs outlined in your application for the partnership project providing advice, information and support to people from Eastern European communities. Please note that your organisation ....more
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Covid-19 Emergency Funding
£10,000 02/09/2020
Shpresa's mission is to enable men, women and children from the Albanian-speaking community to live as full and active citizens. This grant provides support to aid the organisation in dealing with ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Shpresa Programme
£12,500 11/06/2020
£12,500.00 towards remaining costs of the project as outlined in your application
Trust for London - Shpresa Programme
£12,500 13/05/2020
3
The funding is for purchasing appropriate digital infrastructure upgrades and professional input from a software development company to secure and optimise our new digital client support platform so ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Vital connections
£10,000 22/04/2020
12
The funding will be used to provide emergency food parcels and an online support service for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children. The project aims to reduce anxiety maintain well-being and reduce ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Shpresa Programme
£6,500 09/04/2020
A one-off, unrestricted grant of £6,500, equivalent to one regular quarterly payment for the organisation’s current grant.
Trust for London - Shpresa Programme
£5,000 07/04/2020
3
The funding is for: phone credit to keep vulnerable unaccompanied asylum-seeking children in touch, food packs for self-isolating/sick asylum seekers. These needs arise from the COVID19 emergency.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - COVID19 Emergency Funding
£20,000 02/04/2020
3
Support to aid the organisation in dealing with the challenges posed by COVID19.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Shpresa Programme
£120,800 19/03/2020
36
towards three years' running costs of a project providing support to women and girls in the Albanian-speaking community in London
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Shpresa Programme
£52,000 25/07/2019
24
£52,000 over two further and final years (2 x £26,000, £26,000) for the salary of a part-time Development Worker plus project running costs, to provide ESOL classes for isolated and vulnerable ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Shpresa Programme
£105,737 26/06/2019
36
This project will provide a range of positive activities for unaccompanied refugees focused on helping these children access support and have fun. Activities will increase confidence, improve health ....more
Trust for London - Shpresa Programme
£86,000 13/06/2019
24
The funding is for holistic services to enable members of the Albanian-speaking community who are in exploitative or precarious employment to move into better work. Services will include: one-to-one ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Shpresa Programme
£30,000 21/05/2019
36
This project will provide supplementary school sessions to young people who live in low-income households and have experienced a range of traumatic experiences, to increase their self-esteem, ....more
Greater London Authority - Young Londoners Fund
£135,309 01/01/2019
Shpresa will recruit 30 young people per year from the Albanian speaking community in London and will empower them to take on 'champion' roles in either healthy relationships, sport or heritage. ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Shpresa Programme
£75,000 18/10/2018
36
The funding will support the salary of the URAS Transition Advocate which will enable the charity to focus on dedicated advocacy support for URAS as well as increase their influencing and awareness ....more
Department for International Development - Returners Grant Fund Projects
£78,000 01/04/2018
To develop a return to work programme for BAME women
London Catalyst - Shpresa Programme - 2
£3,000 07/02/2017
Mum's The Chef: a training & bonding project for unaccompanied asylum seeking children and their foster carers
National Lottery Community Fund - Still Changing Our Futures
£325,886 21/09/2016
60
The project aims to provide women’s support groups to reduce the isolation of Albanian women new to the UK living in London, and offer training towards volunteering and employment. It will ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Shpresa Programme
£64,300 09/06/2016
24
towards two years' continuation funding of a project preventing and tackling violence against women and girls in the Albanian-speaking community in London
Tudor Trust - Grant to Shpresa Programme
£105,000 19/05/2016
36
over three years as continuation funding towards salaries at this organisation offering a range of services to the Albanian speaking refugee community and other migrant groups in London
National Lottery Community Fund - Make it Happen
£314,987 04/04/2016
36
A project to provide supplementary school sessions for children and young people (CYP) and parents from refugee/migrant communities. The project will include language classes advice sessions, ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Shpresa Programme
£71,200 26/11/2015
£71,200 (£23,200; £23,600; £24,400) towards a Development Worker plus project running costs to provide ESOL classes for isolated and vulnerable Albanian-speaking women.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Shpresa Programme
£35,400 28/08/2013
The charity people for the Albanian/Kosovo communities in Newham. The funding will support the Directors salary and will allow the charity to continue to develop and deliver services.
Tudor Trust - Grant to Shpresa Programme
£75,000 14/06/2013
36
over three years towards the director's salary at this charity offering a range of services to the Albanian speaking refugee community and other migrant groups in London
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Shpresa Programme
£60,800 13/06/2013
24
towards two years' running costs of a project to help tackle and prevent violence against women and girls in London's Albanian-speaking community
Nationwide Foundation - Grant to Shpresa Programme
£4,960 20/07/2011
Costs pf providing weekly advice surgeries on housing and finance to Albanian speaking women who are fleeing violence - including specific training for staff and volunteers
National Lottery Community Fund - Changing our Futures
£185,783 12/04/2011
60
The project will build on and expand on a pilot programme which ran from December 2009 to November 2010 to provide women primarily from the Albanian speaking community in London with the skills and ....more
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How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 26-57
  • ELONA GEGA Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Operations Executive
  • ERGEST ZEJNELAJ Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Brand Strategist & Marketing Designer
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 02/08/2005, number: 1110688
  • Registered at Companies House on 11/03/2003, number: 04692860
Gift Aid
  • NOT 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
  • Investment
  • 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
18 returns made; all on time
Main office

Shpresa Programme
Mansfield House
30 Avenons Road
LONDON

Objectives

FOR THE BENEFIT OF THOSE ALBANIAN PEOPLE IN THE UK EITHER SEEKING ASYLUM OR GRANTED REFUGEE STATUS OR WHO ARE MIGRANTS AND THEIR DEPENDANTS:(A) TO ADVANCE THEIR EDUCATION AND TRAINING PARTICULARLY SO AS TO ADVANCE THEM IN LIFE AND ASSIST THEM TO ADAPT WITHIN A NEW COMMUNITY;(B) THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROVIDING ADVICE AND OTHER ASSISTANCE;(C) TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THEIR GOOD PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH;(D) THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THOSE PERSONS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES; AND (E) TO PROMOTE ANY FURTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ALBANIAN SPEAKING COMMUNITY IN THE UK AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE (WITH PREFERENCE BEING GIVEN TO THE LONDON AREA).

Defined Area of Benefit:

UK (WITH PREFERENCE BEING GIVEN TO THE LONDON AREA).

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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