Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: -3

Support Score: 7

Deficit latest year: -2
No PartB

All female board: -3

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 2

REFUGEE KINDNESS - NORTH WALES

Refugee Kindness North Wales enables members of the public to advertise household items asavailable (free of charge) specifically for the beneficiaries through an online platform. The organisation will then facilitate the delivery of the items to the beneficiaries in need of them as well as offering guidance and signposting to the beneficiaries.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received backing from a grant maker recently

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board is completely female

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Income was lower than spending in the latest year

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E	Income	Spending	Surplus/ Deficit	Volun- teers
30/08/23	£33,375	£37,664	£-4,289	14
30/08/22	£53,605	£33,037	£20,568	20
30/08/21	£19,619	£3,442	£16,177	15

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 4 years

www.refugeekindness.org

rachel@rachelwatkin.com

+447757389540

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Disability
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Legal & financial advice

How it operates

Other charitable activities
Provides services

Where it operates

Conwy, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Gwynedd, Wrexham,

Who it helps

Other Defined Groups

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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Steve Morgan Foundation - Grant to Refugee Kindness - North Wales
£26,000	07/12/2022	1 year funding for the Administration Manager role

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

DR KRISTIN MEREDITH GALLEY Appointed: 2022

LAURA NATALIE ROWLANDS Appointed: 2021

LISA RACHEL KOVACS Appointed: 2021

RACHEL WATKIN (Chair) Appointed: 2020

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 29/12/2020, number: 1192930

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal risk management 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
Volunteer management

Filing Record

3 returns made; all on time

Main office

Refugee Kindness North Wales c/o MGP Account
Yew Tree Inn
High Street
Gresford
WREXHAM

Objectives

“TO RELIEVE POVERTY OR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AMONG REFUGEES, ASYLUM SEEKERS AND THOSE OF EQUIVALENT NEED AND THEIR DEPENDENTS LIVING IN NORTH WALES BY PROVIDING GOODS AND SERVICES WHICH THEY COULD NOT OTHERWISE AFFORD, TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE FULLY IN SOCIETY.”

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