Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 7
  • No PartB
    • Overall weighted support: +7
    Overall GiG Score: 7 ?

    OPOKA CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATION

    Opoka offers a safe, confidential, non-judgmental service provided by bilingual professionals for those that have been subject to domestic abuse. Opoka strives to empower its clients to become more independent and our objectives are to help the most isolated and vulnerable to benefit from greater care, support, and justice and with our support will improve their lives and integrate in society.
    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently

    Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

    • One or more trustees receive benefits from the charity

    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 Spending Surplus/
    Deficit
    Volun-
    teers
    31/12/23£273£281£-8
    31/12/22£341£219£122
    Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
    Established: 3 years

    https://www.opoka.org.uk/

    info@opoka.org.uk

    01174270012

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    UN SDGs
    ?
    Listed activities
    • Disability
    • Education/Training
    GiG Classification
    • Support for victims of domestic or sexual abuse
    How it operates
    • Provides advocacy/advice/information
    • Provides services
    Where it operates
    • Throughout England And Wales,
    Who it helps
    • Other Defined Groups

    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
    National Lottery Community Fund£225,800
    Quartet Community Foundation£26,583
    Rosa UK£24,498
    The Clothworkers Foundation£10,000
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Opoka
    £4,869 16/11/2023
    12
    To provide wellbeing, education and skills workshops to vulnerable Polish women and young people who live in Bristol that are at risk of homelessness or are experiencing poor housing conditions.
    Co-Operative Group - Grant to Opoka CIO
    £2,097 21/10/2023
    We plan to deliver our Power to Change programme. This is a support group delivered by women, to women, who have experienced domestic abuse and want to improve their lives and feel empowered.
    Rosa UK - SWU-OPOKA-2022
    £24,498 27/10/2022
    £24,498 has been awarded to Opoka to support the organisation to develop its community and individual giving and major donor campaigns, increasing the organisation's ability to attract funding.
    Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Opoka
    £4,932 20/10/2022
    To deliver learning workshops to support Polish women in Bristol who are vulnerable and struggling with the cost of living crisis.
    Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Opoka
    £2,000 13/07/2022
    Awareness raising and outreach work the Polish community on domestic violence
    The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Opoka
    £10,000 25/05/2022
    purchase furniture and kitchen equipment for a charity supporting families experiencing domestic and sexual abuse in Bristol
    Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Opoka
    £9,634 17/03/2022
    12
    To develop leadership capability and capacity through trustee and CEO training, and to develop the organisation’s strategy and theory of change.
    Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Opoka
    £5,148 20/12/2021
    6
    To raise awareness and improve community capacity to support identify families in the local area who are at risk of domestic violence.
    National Lottery Community Fund - Helping polish families affected by abuse and violence
    £225,800 30/09/2021
    The funding will pay for the organisation’s domestic violence helpline and crisis management frontline service - which has been experiencing increasing demand during the COVID-19 crisis - targeting ....more
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    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees (5)
    Current Trustees appointed

    • ANETA WRZOS-PORADA Appointed: 2023
    • ELZBIETA WASSELL Appointed: 2024
    • JOANNA SZURYN (Chair) Appointed: 2023
    • MILENA ZEPP-SUWARA Appointed: 2024
    • SANDRA PASLAWSKA Appointed: 2024
    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in England & Wales on 19/07/2021, number: 1195206
    Gift Aid
    • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
    Policies in force
    • Complaints handling
    • Conflicting interests
    • Paying staff
    • Risk management
    • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
    • Volunteer management
    Filing Record
    2 returns made; all on time
    Main office

    OPOKA CIO
    3 Brook Office Park
    Folly Brook Road
    Emerson Green
    Bristol
    BS16 7FL

    Objectives

    THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC:3.1 TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF WOMEN AND THEIR CHILDREN OR OTHER PERSONS (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO SUCH WOMEN, CHILDREN AND OTHER PERSONS FROM WITHIN THE POLISH COMMUNITY) WHO HAVE BEEN SUBJECT TO DOMESTIC ABUSE, INCLUDING PHYSICAL OR SEXUAL VIOLENCE; EMOTIONAL, ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL OR, COERCIVE CONTROL: STALKING; AND/OR MISOGYNISTIC OR OTHER PSYCHOLOGICAL ABUSE WITHIN AN INTIMATE OR 'FAMILY' RELATIONSHIP THROUGHOUT THE UNITED KINGDOM, INCLUDING BY (BUT NOT LIMITED TO):(A) THE PROVISION OF SPECIALIST SUPPORTED HOUSING AND SOCIAL HOUSING AND ANY ASSOCIATED AMENITIES AND SERVICES; AND(B) THE ADVANCEMENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION, RESEARCH AND TRAINING ON THE ISSUES OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE THROUGHOUT THE UNITED KINGDOM.

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    360 Giving

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