Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 11
  • Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -2 times
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +8
Overall GiG Score: 8 ?

AFROCATS 

Afrocats is based in Manchester and works diverse people to provide access to experiences through a variety of mediums to enable them to development their well being, a sense of belonging and new experiences. We consult with various communities and fundraise to ensure that our provision is mostly free to break down barriers to access.
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
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers and there are significant future grants due to be received

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are only 4 trustees

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Accounts have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

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
05/06/23*£88£99£-10n/an/an/an/an/a26
05/06/22£53£63£-11n/an/an/an/an/a65
05/06/21£52£32£20n/an/an/an/an/a27
05/06/20£24£7£17n/an/an/an/an/a6
05/06/19*£4£2£2n/an/an/an/an/a6
05/06/18£4£1£2£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 7 years

https://www.afrocats.org.uk/

info@afrocats.org.uk

07834083437

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
  • Recreation
GiG Classification
  • Technical, vocational and continuing education
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People

Who supports 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£102,865
BBC Children in Need£48,483
Sport England£8,025
Forever Manchester£4,938
DCMS£2,983
MACC£920
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Afrocats
£45,000 27/07/2023
This grant will provide intercultural dance, drama and arts for asylum seeker and refugee children and young people in Manchester. The intended outcomes are to raise aspirations and broaden horizons.
National Lottery Community Fund - Youth Creative participation
£10,000 21/07/2023
The funding will be used to provide a programme of fun and creative activities for children/young people (8-15 years) from asylum seeker and first generation British backgrounds. This will involve ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Afrocats
£500 20/10/2022
0
‘Cost of Living uplift: £500 to help projects meet their rising costs and respond to increased demand 31/10/2022’
National Lottery Community Fund - Afrocats
£79,175 18/03/2022
Funding for the organisation will enable the group to continue and extend their programme of support to refugees asylum seekers and people who have just received ‘stay’ in the country. The group ....more
MACC - Afrocats
£920 15/12/2021
To help cover the cost of volunteers’ expenses of grassroots organisations in the city of Manchester
National Lottery Community Fund - Youth of the World (YOW)
£4,400 26/11/2021
The funding will be used to deliver creative activity sessions for refugee and asylum seeking children. The project aims to support personal development strengthen community relationships and improve ....more
Sport England - TGC CF Natives of the World
£8,025 07/06/2021
12
This project will work with refugee and asylum-seeker women aged 20+ to provide free online and in-person dance workshops, giving participants access to both physical exercise and the ability to ....more
Forever Manchester - Natives of the World
£4,938 18/03/2021
Essential packages and staff costs
National Lottery Community Fund - Natives of the World (NOW)
£5,000 28/01/2021
3
The funding will be used to provide culturally appropriate food parcels to vulnerable refugee and asylum seeker families during Covid 19 restrictions. The project aims to help those pushed into ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Natives of the World (NOW)
£4,290 29/10/2020
6
The funding will be used to deliver online creative writing/arts and craft workshops to support the wellbeing of refugee and asylum seeker women and their children in their homes during the Covid-19 ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Afrocats
£2,983 17/06/2020
6
COVID19 - This grant will fund technology and additional staffing to support refugee and asylum-seeking children and young people in Greater Manchester, who are isolated due to Covid-19. This will ....more
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£2,983 22/05/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Afrocats
£29,976 15/03/2019
36
This project will support young asylum seekers through arts and crafts, dance, and drama workshops. It will result in them having more fun, increase their cultural knowledge, and develop their social ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 08/06/2017, number: 1173334
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events 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; AR23: 33 days late, AR19: 69 days late,
Main office

City Address Ltd
83 Ducie Street
MANCHESTER
M1 2JQ

Objectives

THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY.FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ‘SOCIALLY EXCLUDED’ MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OF MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; YOUTH; ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL); DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF RACE, ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGION, BELIEF, CREED; POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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