# SUFFOLK REFUGEE SUPPORT

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1078794
- **Other names:** SUFFOLK REFUGEE SUPPORT FORUM
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Jan. 5, 2000
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1078794


## Contact

- **Address:** 38 ST MATTHEW'S STREET, IPSWICH, SUFFOLK
- **Postcode:** IP1 3EP
- **Phone:** 01473400786
- **Email:** rcrerar@suffolkrefugee.org.uk
- **Website:** www.suffolkrefugee.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** A) FOR THE RELIEF OF POVERTY OF REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS WHO ARE RESIDENT OR WHO ARE INTENDING TO RESIDE IN SUFFOLK BY PROVIDING SUCH PERSON WITH ADVICE, REPRESENTATION, COUNSELLING, TRANSLATING AND INTERPRETING SERVICES AND OTHER ASSISTANCE IN MATTERS SUCH AS ASYLUM AND IMMIGRATION, MONEY, DEBTS, WELFARE, BENEFITS, HOUSING, HEALTH, EDUCATION, TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENTB) FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF SUFFOLK AND INPARTICULAR FOR THE BENEFIT OF THOSE INHABITANTS WHO ARE REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS BY PROVIDING AND ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR THEIR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE

**Activities:** Advice and Advocacy Service for refugees and asylum seekers in Suffolk, including health, employment, housing, education.International Women's GroupESOL and English conversation classesYoung refugees' sports, academic and conversation groupsRefugee Skills Exchange GroupImmigration legal advice surgeryTalks and Publicity re. refugee issues to host population

**Area of benefit:** SUFFOLK




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals, Provides Human Resources, Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Economic/community Development/employment
- **Who:** People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin, Other Defined Groups



## Areas of operation

- Suffolk



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £769465 | £806189 | £418786 | 31 |
| March 31, 2024 | £753092 | £870007 | £455510 | 32 |
| March 31, 2023 | £749000 | £705162 | £606796 | 32 |
| March 31, 2022 | £640935 | £520724 | £562958 | 19 |
| March 31, 2021 | £455051 | £378068 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Felicity Jane Szesnat** (Chair) — appointed April 8, 2021
- Carolyn Eugene Crabb — appointed March 20, 2025
- Emma Louise Sheppard — appointed March 20, 2025
- James Dermot Wellesley Wesley — appointed April 18, 2024
- Lisa Hilson — appointed May 15, 2025
- Olena Kushakovska — appointed Oct. 19, 2023
- Paul Reeves — appointed Oct. 5, 2022
- Robert Stuart McWhinnie Gordon — appointed Oct. 5, 2022