## ## |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.|| |Additional||information||(optional)|||| |You ma|choose to include further statements|||||where relevant about:|| ||||||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||| |||||reference||| ||||||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.|| |Additional||information||(optional)|||| |You ma|choose to include||||further statements
where relevant about||| |||||||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||||||||| ## |You ma
c|h|oose|to|include fu|rther statemen|ts
where relevant about|ts
where relevant about| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||||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.| |Additional
information|(optional)||| |You ma
choose to include further statements|||where relevant about| ||||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|||| |7|||||||| |8|||||||| |9|||||||| |10|||||||| |11|||||||| |12|||||||| |13|||||||| |14|||||||| |15|||||||| |16|||||||| |17|||||||| |18|||||||| |19|||||||| |20|||||||| |Funds held as custodian trustees|Funds held as custodian trustees|Funds held as custodian trustees|on behalf ofothers| |---|---|---|---| |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
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