FIGHTBACK (SOCIETY FOR DISABLED REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS)

Charity number: 1168874
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Fightback provides mediation, advocacy and representation to the disabled, refugees, asylum seeker, BME groups, the homeless and destitute. We provide a weekly coffee morning, befriending and drop in service, use of phones, computers, form filling, various health related classes, CV writing, updating U/C journals and food parcels.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 02 April 2024

Total income: £99,951
Total expenditure: £96,932

Total income includes £8,124 from 2 government grant(s)

People

8 Trustee(s)

20 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No employees have total benefits over £60k for this charity

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • General Charitable Purposes
Who the charity helps:
  • People With Disabilities
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Services
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
Where the charity operates:
  • Sunderland

Governance

Registration history:
  • 23 August 2016: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Other
Other names:

No other names

Gift aid:
Not recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • 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
  • Paying staff
  • 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
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

8 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Diana Lambton Chair 18 July 2016
None on record
JANET NALWEYISO Trustee 23 August 2016
None on record
MAHMOOD SHARIF RAHIM Trustee 23 August 2016
None on record
CLAUDIA CONTEH Trustee 23 August 2016
None on record
DANIEL PEARCE Trustee 23 August 2016
None on record
SABINA BAIN Trustee 23 August 2016
None on record
ALI MIRZAEI Trustee 23 August 2016
None on record
MONIQUE GORVEL Trustee 23 August 2016
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 02/04/2020 02/04/2021 02/04/2022 02/04/2023 02/04/2024
Total gross income £40.52k £154.76k £103.14k £78.73k £99.95k
Total expenditure £39.74k £87.02k £93.83k £73.33k £96.93k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A £16.60k N/A £11.80k £8.12k

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 02 April 2024 30 January 2025 On Time
Accounts and TAR 02 April 2024 30 January 2025 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 02 April 2023 31 January 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 02 April 2023 31 January 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 02 April 2022 29 January 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 02 April 2022 29 January 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 02 April 2021 23 November 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 02 April 2021 23 November 2021 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 02 April 2020 25 January 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 02 April 2020 25 January 2021 On Time Download Open in new window
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 31 MAY 2004 AS AMENDED ON 10 SEP 2015 AS AMENDED ON 16 JUN 2016

Charitable objects

THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS (‘THE OBJECTS’) ARE: (I) “TO PROMOTE 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 OR OLD AGE; ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL); SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY INCLUDING ALCOHOL AND DRUGS; DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF SEX, RACE, DISABILITY, ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGION, BELIEF, CREED, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER RE-ASSIGNMENT; POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT; RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN; POOR HOUSING (THAT IS HOUSING THAT DOES NOT MEET BASIC HABITABLE STANDARDS; CRIME (EITHER AS A VICTIM OF CRIME OR AS AN OFFENDER REHABILITATING INTO SOCIETY).” (II) “TO RELIEVE POVERTY AND FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AMONG THESE USER GROUPS BY PROVIDING A RANGE OF FREE SERVICES INCLUDING”: A) PROVIDE FOOD PARCELS ON A WEEKLY BASIS TO FAILED ASYLUM SEEKERS, HOMELESS AND DESTITUTE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NO OTHER MEANS OF SUPPORT. B) PROVIDE MONTHLY ESSENTIAL TOILETTRIES FOR MAINTAINING HYGIENE (FUNDS PERMITTING). C) PROVIDE OCCASIONAL MONITARY SUPPORT FOR LOCAL TRAVEL COSTS

Contact information

Address:
Units 4-6
Eagle Building
High Street East
Sunderland
SR1 2AX
Phone:
01915652707
Email:
Dianalambton@hotmail.com
Website:

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