2022-03-31-accounts - Croydon Refugee Day Centre

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Objecti	v	es and	Ac	tiviti	es
					SORP reference
Summary	ofthe purposes			of	Para 1.17	To relieve and assist In the relief of
the charity		as set out	in its			refugees who are in need by the provision
overnin	document					offacilities within a Da Centre.
Summary ofthe main activities in relation to those					Para 1.17and 1.19	We assisted asylum seekers and refugees visiting our premises through the
purposes	for the public					provision ofclothing, footwear, toiletries
benefit, in	particular,		the			and food products to those in need. Our
activities,	projects or		services			Family Education Project (FEP)supported
identified	in the accounts.					asylum seekers in a local hotel through	the
						provision ofoff-site activities and through
						completion offorms to Croydon Council	to
						enable the children ofasylum seekers to
						obtain laces in local schools.
Statement		confirming			Para 1.18	In planning our activities for the year at	our
whether the trustees			have			trustee meetings, we kept in mind our
had regard		to the guidance				purposes and the Charity Commission's
issued by	the Charily					guidance on public benefit. The main
Commission		on public				activities benefitting the public were as
benefit						detailed in Activities and Performance
						below.
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					SORP reference
						Not applicable
					Para 1.38
Policy on	grant making
						Not applicable
Policy on	social investment				Para 1.38
including	program related
investment
						We are grateful for the commitment by
					Para 1.38	many regular volunteers mainly from West
Contdibution		made by				Croydon Baptist Church and other
volunteers						churches in the wider area. Without their
						valuable contributions oftime, energy and
						compassion we would not have been able
						to achieve so much.

Achiev	eme	nts	and Pe	rformanc	e
				soRp
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					During the second national lockdown in eaAy
					2021,our activities had been restricted to
					delivery offood parcels. This ceased during
Summary ofthe main achievements ofthe charity,				Pere 1.20	2021 as clients In private accommodation were able to attend our premises again to
identifying	the	difference the			receive food products.
charity's	work	has made to
the circumstances			of its		After lockdown, we were able to serve clients
beneficiaries and			any wider		outside in our car park, then later indoors,
benefits to society as a					taking appropriate Covld-19 precautions.
whole.
					Over the summer and autumn months there
					was an increase in the number ofclients
					attending resulting from the exodus of
					refugees from Afghanistan and the rise in	the
					number of migrants crossing the Channel	In
					small boats. Several were placed in initial
					accommodation In Croydon hotels and
					attended our Centre in need ofclothing and
					footwear.
					During the 6 months October 2021 to March
					2022 we opened for 24 indoor sessions,
					weekly on Tuesday mornings serving single
					adults, couples and small and large families.
					Average attendance over this time was for
					households totalling 64adults and 50
					children. The maJorlty were asylum seekers
					placed in local hotels. Some were in self-
					catering accommodation and seeking to be
					provided with tinned and dried food products
					in addition to clothing, footwear and
					toiletries. The most numerous countries of
					origin were: Iran, Iraq, Syria, El Salvador,	Sri
					Lanka, Kuwait, Nigeria, Albania and
					Afghanistan.
					Our Family Education ProJect (FEP) ran
					weekly on Wednesday mornings with a small
					team ofvolunteers providing educational	and
					play activities for the children ofasylum-
					seeklng families and support for their
					parents. This Included weekly sports
					sessions, games in a local park and visits	to
					a community allotment. Help was provided	to
					parents through form filling and phone calls
					to help provide school places for children.

						Support was also provided through
						advocacy, sign posting to language classes
						and other areas of help and through referrals
						to education funding charities.
						People supported by the FEP Included:
						81 —adults (parents)
						50 —high school aged children 65-primary school aged children
						28 —pre-school aged children
						09 —single adults
						These came from 20 different countries with
						the largest numbers from Albania,
						Afghanistan, El Salvador, Kuwait, Nigeria,
						Turkey and those identifying as Kurdlsh.
						We were able to make an appointment to the
						vacant manager position in the summer but
						unfortunately the manager left after a few
						months.
						We improved our communications by
						enlarging our web site from a relatively static
						single page to several pages and by
						establishin asocial media resence.
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						Our objectives are as set out in the trust deed
						purpose above. We adapted our services	in
Achievements			against		Pare 1.41	response to pandemic restrictions prevailing
objectives	set					over the year to meet the needs ofasylum
						seekers and refugees in the area.
						Most ofour funds have come from voluntary
						donations. We were able to raise some funds
Performance offundraising activities against objectives					Para 1.41	through the recycllng ofdonated clothing footwear unsuitable to the needs ofthe	and
set						clients we served. This helped fund the
						purchase of new underwear and other
						products.
						Not applicable
Investment		performance
against objectives					Pere 1.41
						We give thanks to the following:
Other						Lendlease for sending volunteers and for
						constructing storage shelves; The Queen
						Mother Clothing Guild for the generous
						supply of new clothing; Wrap-Up London	for
						sacks ofwinter coats; the Happy Gym Club
						for sending volunteers tosort through
						donations; and to the many schools and
						churches that provided us with their harvest
						offerin s and donations.

Finan	cial Review	cial Review	cial Review	cial Review	cial Review
Review	ofthe charity's						Para 1.21	The charity has a healthy end ofyear
financial		position		at	the end			financial position with a significant rise In
ofthe period								income compared with the previous year
								to 662,743.Grants of613,515included:
								61,500from London Churches Refugee
								Fund for general purposes, 66138.50from
								the Asian Resource Centre Croydon
								(ARCC) for the Family Education project
								(FEP)and 65,000from Croydon Council
								for food and sanitary products. The main
								source ofreceipts was donations from
								individuals, churches and organlsations,
								the largest 69,600,a delayed payment
								from the Mayor ofCroydon's fundraislng
								for us during a mayoral year 2019-2020.
								The largest expenditure was on clothing
								and footwear In response to the increase
								In asylum seekers placed in hotels near
								to us. Payments on salaries was lower
								than anticipated due to vacancies over
								arts ofthe ear.
Statement		explaining			the		Para 1.22	There is not a formal policy for holding
policy for		holding		reserves				reserves. Much ofthe balance has been
statin	wh		the	are	held			set aside for future salaries.
Amount	ofreserves				held		Para 1.22
Reasons		for holding			zero		Para 1.22
reserves
Details	offund materially					in	Para 1.24	None
deficit
Explanation			ofany				Para 1.23	None
uncertainties			about the
charity	continuing			as a going
concern

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					The Charity's principal source offunding
					Is donations from churches and
The charity's principal sources offunds (including				Para 1.47	individuals sympathetic to our work. This Issupplemented by grant applications,
any fundraising)					and an Income stream from recycllng
					donated clothing and footwear not suited
					to the needs ofclients visltin us.
					Not applicable
Investment	policy and
objectives including any social investment policy				Pars 1.46
adopted
					The principal risks for the Charity are:
A description		ofthe	principal	Para 1.46	(1) not having sufficien funds to pay any staff and buy food and
risks facing		the charity			clothing provided to asylum
					seekers and refugees, and
					(2) not having sufficient volunteers	to
					operate our services in relation	to
					the demand for them.

Description of charity's
trusts:
Type of governing document		Para 1.25	Trust Deed
trust deed, ro al charter
How is the charity		Para 1.25	Unincorporated association
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO
Trustee selection methods		Para 1.25	Trustees have generally been drawn from
including details ofany			the pool ofexperienced volunteers and
constitutional provisions	e.g.		are appointed at trustee meetings. The
election to post or name	of		Trustees usually include the Senior
any person or body entitled			Pastor at West Croydon Baptist Church,
to appoint one or more			but the church was in an interregnum
trustees			with no minister durin the ear.
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			Trustees, any staff and leading
Policies and procedures			.volunteers all are subjected to a DBS
adopted for the induction training oftrustees	and	Para 1.51	check as we work with vulnerable adults and children.
			The charity is based at West Croydon
			Baptist Church but is a charity in its own
The charity's organisational structure and any wider		Para 1.51	right. The charity had exclusive use ofa large hall as a clothes' store during the
network with which the			pandemic. The charity makes donations
charity works			to the church in relation to heating and
			lighting.
			The charity is supported by volunteers
Relationship with any related			drawn from many churches in Croydon
parties		Para 1.51	and is a 'Churches Together' project.
Other

Charit	name				Cro don Refu	ee	Da Centre
Other namethe		charit		uses	Refu ee Da	Centre West Cro don		onbankaccount
Re istered charit			number		1064465
Charity's	principal		address		West Croydon	Baptist Church,
					Corner Whitehorse		Road and St.James Road,
					Croydon
					CRO 2JH

mes	ofthe charity trustee	ofthe charity trustee	s who manage th	e charity
	Trustee name		Office (Ifany)	Dates acted Ifnot for whole ear	Name to a	ofperson (or body) entitled oint trustee lf an
	Rory MacLeod		Chair
	Sandra Ramsbotham		Treasurer
3	Bridgette	Nettleford
4	Rosanna	Edser		From 18w March 2022
5	Ivanka Lennon			From 18w March 2022
6	Paul James			Up to 21"May 2021
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Funds held as custodian trustees	Funds held as custodian trustees	Funds held as custodian trustees
Description ofthe assets		None
held in this capacity
Name and objects ofthe		Not applicable
charity on whose behalf	the
assets are held and how	this
falls within the custodian
charity's objects
Details ofarrangements	for	Not applicable
safe custody and
segregation ofsuch assets
from the charity's own assets

Names and	addresses of	advisers (Option
Type of	Name	Address
adviser

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					Unrestricted		Restricted			Endowment
	Categories	Details				funds		funds		funds
					to	nearest 9	to	nearest 9		toneatest 9
Bt Cash	funds	Bank				19,617			3,942
			Total	cash funds		19,617			3,942
		(sotss	Ssisncss with rsccipts snd psrmsnis
				scccsm(s&l
					Unrestricted		Restricted			Endowment
						funds		funds		funds
		Details			to	llsanw't 2	to	nssnmt 2		to nosrsst 9
B2Other	monetary assets
					Fund to which					Current value
		Details			asset be(on					o 'onsl
83Investment assets
		Details			Fund towhich asset bc(on s		Cost (opnonsll			Cunont value tionsl
B4Assets retained forthe
charity's	own use
					Fund	to which	Amount due			When dus
		Details			lisbil'	relates	o	onsi		o anal
BSLiabilities
Signed by one ortwo trustees on behalf ofall the trustees			Signature			Print	Name			Date of a royal
						Roderick	MacLeod			29.01.23
						Sandra. Ramsbotham				29.01.23
CCXXR2 accounts (SS)										29/01/2023

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					Unrestricted		Restricted			Endowment
	Categories	Details				funds		funds		funds
					to	nearest 9	to	nearest 9		toneatest 9
Bt Cash	funds	Bank				19,617			3,942
			Total	cash funds		19,617			3,942
		(sotss	Ssisncss with rsccipts snd psrmsnis
				scccsm(s&l
					Unrestricted		Restricted			Endowment
						funds		funds		funds
		Details			to	llsanw't 2	to	nssnmt 2		to nosrsst 9
B2Other	monetary assets
					Fund to which					Current value
		Details			asset be(on					o 'onsl
83Investment assets
		Details			Fund towhich asset bc(on s		Cost (opnonsll			Cunont value tionsl
B4Assets retained forthe
charity's	own use
					Fund	to which	Amount due			When dus
		Details			lisbil'	relates	o	onsi		o anal
BSLiabilities
Signed by one ortwo trustees on behalf ofall the trustees			Signature			Print	Name			Date of a royal
						Roderick	MacLeod			29.01.23
						Sandra. Ramsbotham				29.01.23
CCXXR2 accounts (SS)										29/01/2023