Finance Score: 7
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 15
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Overall weighted support: +12
Overall GiG Score: 25 ?

THE HARBOUR PROJECT FOR SWINDON REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS

To provide relief for asylum seekers and refugees and their dependants who are in conditions of hardship or distress;To preserve and protect the physical and mental health of such people;To provide facilities for such people for education, recreation or other leisure time occupation with the object of improving their conditions of life and assisting their inclusion into the wider community
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • 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 and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£341£321£21n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£335£297£38n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£272£262£10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£210£206£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£209£217£-8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£332£169£163n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 8 years

http://harbourproject.org.uk/

info@harbourproject.org.uk

01793611682

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
  • Recreation
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Other facilities management and maintenance
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Swindon,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
The Blagrave Trust£130,000
Lloyds Bank Foundation£84,885
Wiltshire Community Foundation£35,785
The Fore£29,721
Barrow Cadbury Trust£20,000
AB Charitable Trust£15,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
The Blagrave Trust - Regional Partnership Grants
£60,000 30/11/2023
Young refugees and asylum seekers
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to The Harbour Project for Swindon Refugees and Asylum Seekers
£75,000 06/07/2023
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Unrestricted grant over 3 years towards the core costs of The Harbour Project for Swindon Refugees and Asylum Seekers
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Grant to The Harbour Project
£5,000 06/02/2023
The Harbour Project provides practical and wellbeing support to asylum seekers and refuges placed and living in Swindon. Funding will support the utilities cost of the community café.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - One off gift towards cost of living crisis to The Harbour Project for Swindon Refugees and Asylum Seekers
£2,250 14/12/2022
One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis
Wiltshire Community Foundation - High Sheriff Donor Advised
£3,500 14/11/2022
Grant to The Harbour Project
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Grant to The Harbour Project
£3,431 09/09/2022
The Harbour Project provides practical and wellbeing support to asylum seekers and refuges placed and living in Swindon. Funding will support the growth in their communal meals which are now ....more
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to The Harbour Project for Swindon Refugees and Asylum Seekers
£15,000 21/04/2022
An unrestricted grant of £15,000. The Harbour Project for Swindon Refugees and Asylum Seekers works with people in Swindon through a range of practical, advice, wellbeing and integration activities.
The Fore - Grant to The Harbour Project for Swindon Refugees and Asylum Seekers
£29,721 06/07/2021
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Established in 2000,The Harbour Project is the only organisation in Swindon that provides direct support to asylum seekers and refugees. It has over 550 ‘visitors’ registered aged 0-70 coming ....more
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Grant to The Harbour Project
£15,000 19/05/2021
9
Towards running costs for Swindon charity supporting asylum seekers and refugees
Barrow Cadbury Trust - COVID-19 - The Harbour Project
£20,000 30/09/2020
6
Salary costs of CEO and Advice Coordinator, running costs for new outreach centre.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Variation grant to The Harbour Project for Swindon Refugees and Asylum Seekers
£7,635 23/07/2020
Grant to The Harbour Project for Swindon Refugees and Asylum Seekers meeting the additional costs of adapting services, premises or implementing other safety measures in response to the Covid ....more
The Blagrave Trust - Young refugees and asylum seekers
£70,000 09/07/2020
Harbour is an all age project but visitors are predominantly young with an average age of 26. Of current clients, they are working with 114 young people between the ages of 14 and 25, around a ....more
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Grant to The Harbour Project
£4,330 22/04/2020
To provide food parcels to refugees and asylum seekers who have a very low income and who usually can have donated food at the Harbour Project's centre
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Grant to The Harbour Project
£4,524 31/03/2020
To provide food to asylum seekers
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to The Harbour Project for Swindon Refugees and Asylum Seekers
£99,684 27/03/2019
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The Harbour Project is requesting a contribution towards their core costs to support refugees and asylum seekers who are new arrivals in Swindon or who have been granted leave to remain.
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Grant to The Harbour Project
£5,000 14/09/2018
The Harbour Project supports refugees and asylum seekers in Swindon, providing advice, guidance, and training. Funding will help meet their running costs.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)
Current Trustees appointed

  • DAVID MICHAEL ROWLANDS Appointed: 2021
  • DR MARI ELEN WYN WILLIAMS Appointed: 2022
  • EMMA CHARLOTTE GRAHAM (Chair) Appointed: 2022
  • FARZIN RAHMINI-SHIRAZI Appointed: 2023
  • GURPREET NIJJAR Appointed: 2023
  • HADIZA SADDIK MAHUTA Appointed: 2017
  • HOUSAM AL-HOUSAMI Appointed: 2022
  • IAN WEIR ROBERTSON Appointed: 2021
  • IZABELLA HARTE Appointed: 2024
  • NEDA KRISHNAN Appointed: 2021
  • NABI DUSKI Appointed: 2023
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 30/01/2017, number: 1171368
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Event History
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • 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
6 returns made; all on time
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from KINGSHILL TRUST on 10/01/2022
  • Asset transfer in from CAREC (CRICKLADE ASSISTING REFUGEES ESCAPING CONFLICT) on 20/04/2023
Main office

Broadgreen Community Centre
Salisbury Street
SWINDON
SN1 2AN

Objectives

The objects of the CIO are:1.To provide relief for asylum seekers and refugees and their dependants who are in conditions of hardship or distress;2.To preserve and protect the physical and mental health of such people;3.To provide facilities for asylum seekers and refugees for education, employment, volunteering, recreation or other leisure time occupations with the object of improving their conditions of life and assisting their inclusion into the wider community.4.To support the needs of asylum seekers and refugees with appropriate information, advice and guidance.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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