Overall GiG Score: 12 ?
Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 8
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +8

DISPLACED PEOPLE IN ACTION LTD 

The relief of those seeking asylum and those granted refugee status who are in conditions of need, hardship and distress.To promote the integration of those seeking asylum and those granted refugee status by the advancement of their education and the relief of unemployment through the provision of advice, guidance, support and services.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • 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 dynamic in terms of composition
  • This charity is based in an area of high deprivation

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
Established: 17 years

www.dpia.org.uk

dpia@dpia.org.uk

02920789733

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies HouseFacebookX
UN SDGs
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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
31/12/22£365£328£37n/an/an/an/an/a6
31/12/21£249£277£-28n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/20£282£274£9n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/19*£249£259£-10n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/18£309£361£-52£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/17£469£472£-3£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/16£439£408£31£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/15£327£272£56£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/14£162£195£-33£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/13£275£284£-10£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/12£297£287£9£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/11£261£319£-58£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/10£447£411£37£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/09£416£372£44£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/08£283£267£16£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/07£59£103£-44£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
  • Recreation
Who works here?
  • 6 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly, Cardiff, City Of Swansea, Monmouthshire, Torfaen,
  • This charity is based in an area of high deprivation

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£149,394
Lloyds Bank Foundation£101,250
BBC Children in Need£100,493
The Rayne Foundation£1,900
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Lloyds Bank Foundation - One off gift towards cost of living crisis to Displaced People in Action
£2,250 14/12/2022
One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis
National Lottery Community Fund - Shaping My Future (SMF)
£100,000 16/12/2021
24
Over two years Displaced People in Action (DPIA) will use £100000 to deliver community integration and health literacy specific activities to asylum seekers and newly qualified refugees across ....more
The Rayne Foundation - Grant to Displaced People In Action (DPIA)
£1,900 13/10/2021
Towards Afghan Refugee Women - Need for Smartphones
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Displaced People in Action (DPIA)
£100,493 10/08/2021
This project will provide sessions and activities for refugee and asylum seeking children and young people. They will have an improved sense of emotional wellbeing, stronger connections with others, ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Covid-19 Displaced People in Action
£49,394 31/07/2020
12
Displaced People in Action will use the funding to create an IT loan scheme so that refugees and asylum seekers can connect with friends family and essential support services which have now moved ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Displaced People in Action
£99,000 16/07/2019
36
Displaced People in Action is a charity based in Cardiff. It has a mission to help refugees and asylum seekers to integrate into their new lives in Wales. The grant will provide core funding.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Displaced People in Action
£17,000 05/07/2017
12
Investment towards core costs, including the finance officer`s post. This will enable the Cardiff based charity to deliver services to asylum seekers and refugees across Wales and help individuals ....more
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to DISPLACED PEOPLE IN ACTION
£5,000 04/07/2017
£5,000 towards the core salary of the Finance, Admin and IT post. Displaced People in Action provides specialist services and projects for refugees and people seeking asylum across Wales including ....more
AB Charitable Trust - INTEGRATION AND SUPPORT TO DISPLACED PEOPLE
£10,000 26/01/2016
£10,000 towards core salary cost of the Finance and Operations post
AB Charitable Trust - Specialist services and projects to refugees
£8,500 27/01/2015
£8,500 towards core costs of the Finance and Operations Manager salary
National Lottery Community Fund - Wales City of Sanctuary Project
£499,599 24/09/2014
36
Not Available
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Displaced People in Action
£51,000 10/09/2014
Investment towards core costs, including the finance officer`s post. This will enable the Cardiff based charity to deliver services to asylum seekers and refugees across Wales and help individuals ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Displaced People in Action
£25,000 30/06/2011
the salary of the Chief Officer
National Lottery Community Fund - Refugee Employment Project
£214,301 23/03/2011
36
The project will build upon the previous Readiness for Work Project and Inclusion Project in order to increase the employability and employment prospects of refugees. Whilst many refugees and asylum ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 31-70
  • KATE BENNETT (Chair) Appointed: 2016, Occupation: National Director For Wales Ehrc
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 04/01/2007, number: 1117456
  • Registered at Companies House on 13/10/2006, number: 05966788
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
16 returns made; AR19: 10 days late,
Main office

HASTINGS HOUSE
FITZALAN PLACE
CARDIFF
CF24 0BL

Objectives

1. THE RELIEF OF THOSE SEEKING ASYLUM AND THOSE GRANTED REFUGEE STATUS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS2. TO PROMOTE THE INTEGRATION OF THOSE SEEKING ASYLUM AND THOSE GRANTED REFUGEE STATUS BY:-A. THE ADVANCEMENT OF THEIR EDUCATION AND THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT THROUGH THE PROVISION OF ADVICE, GUIDANCE, SUPPORT AND SERVICES.B. THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATIONS IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE IN ORDER TO IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE. C. ADVANCING THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL ABOUT THE ISSUES RELATING TO REFUGEES AND THOSE SEEKING ASYLUM.D. SUPPORTING NEW AND EXISTING REFUGEE COMMUNITY GROUPS ACROSS WALES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

WALES.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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