Overall GiG Score: 19 ?
Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 15
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +12

ASHA NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE 

We promote the social integration of asylum seekers & refugees through:- skill development and volunteering opportunities- women's and men's groups- school admissions, homework clubs, educational trips, sport activities- destitution support- home visits and one to one supportWe also provide food and clothing for those who have no recourse to public funds/not allowed to work
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 since inception
  • There have been no income shortfalls in recent years
  • 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 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: 6 years

www.asha-uk.org

info@asha-uk.org

01782363122

Charity Commission for England and WalesFacebook
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
31/08/22£271£238£33n/an/an/an/an/a48
31/08/21£271£246£25n/an/an/an/an/a31
31/08/20£302£234£67n/an/an/an/an/a32
31/08/19£223£139£84n/an/an/an/an/a30
31/08/18£128£34£94£0£0£0n/a025
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Amateur Sport
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
  • Recreation
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who works here?
  • 48 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 services
Where it operates
  • Staffordshire, Stoke-on-trent 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£988,371
Lloyds Bank Foundation£67,250
DCMS£49,610
AB Charitable Trust£35,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£5,000
Tudor Trust£4,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - MH - Summer Fun
£9,961 11/08/2023
This funding will be used to provide weekly diversionary activities including football sessions art and music and walking activities for asylum seekers and refugees to reduce tensions and antisocial ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Early Hope in Action
£499,975 27/07/2023
This funding will be used to continue building on existing support services Asylum Seekers and Refugees and expanding their services to meet new needs and levels of demand. The aim of the project is ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - One off gift towards cost of living crisis to Asha North Staffordshire
£2,250 14/12/2022
One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Asha North Staffordshire
£50,000 08/12/2021
24
Unrestricted grant over two years towards the core costs of Asha North Staffordshire
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Asha North Staffordshire
£20,000 07/10/2021
An unrestricted grant of £20,000. Asha North Staffordshire work with newly arrived people seeking asylum to Stoke-on-Trent, offering early interventions to prevent loneliness, isolation, and ....more
Tudor Trust - Grant to ASHA North Staffordshire
£2,000 11/01/2021
as an additional grant to support staff, volunteer and trustee wellbeing, to assist the organisation deliver its charitable purpose more effectively
Tudor Trust - Grant to ASHA North Staffordshire (COVID19 Grant)
£2,000 25/06/2020
as emergency funding towards food parcels delivered by a charity supporting asylum seekers and refugees in Hanley, Stoke on Trent during Covid-19
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£49,610 25/06/2020
"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
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Asha North Staffordshire
£15,000 10/10/2019
An unrestricted grant of £15,000. Asha North Staffordshire formed to help refugees and asylum seekers. They provide practical support, help with integration, befriending programmes, financial help ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Asha North Staffordshire
£15,000 26/06/2019
12
Stoke on Trent charity supporting Refugees and Asylum Seekers will pilot a service to address mental health and PTSD through group work, counselling and self management training.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£5,000 31/05/2019
Befriends Together
National Lottery Community Fund - Hope in Action - Refugees Early Connections
£478,435 24/05/2019
48
This project will support the organisation to expand on their work. They will engage in early-action work with 4,000 asylum seekers and refugees in the area over the course of four years, with a ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Sport Together
£9,960 09/08/2018
12
A range of activities and English courses will be funded for refugees and asylum seekers, aiming to bring people together and build community relationships.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to ASHA
£52,400 08/06/2017
36
towards three years' continuation funding of the salary of a Refugee Support Worker at a project providing support to men, women and families seeking refuge from persecution, war, civil conflict and ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 01/02/2018, number: 1176934
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
5 returns made; all on time
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from ASHA NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE on 07/06/2019
Main office

Asha
Unit 7
Hanley Business Park
Cooper Street
STOKE-ON-TRENT
ST1 4DW

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:1) TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF ASYLUM SEEKERS AND REFUGEES IN STAFFORDSHIRE IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROVIDING AND ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF GOODS AND ITEMS TO RELIEVE POVERTY, SUCH AS FOOD AND CLOTHING AND BY PROVIDING SUPPORT AND PRACTICAL ADVICE.2) THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL INCLUSION AMONG PEOPLE WHO ARE REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED ON THE GROUNDS OF THEIR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC POSITION, BY PROVIDING:A) EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND IN VOCATIONAL SKILLS;B) SOCIAL AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES AND EVENTS INVOLVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITY.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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