# BEDFORDSHIRE REFUGEE AND ASYLUM SEEKER SUPPORT

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1096874
- **Other names:** BRASS
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** April 7, 2003
- **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=1096874


## Contact

- **Address:** C/O 27B TAVISTOCK STREET, BEDFORD
- **Postcode:** MK40 2RB
- **Phone:** 01234211381
- **Email:** info@brass27b.org
- **Website:** www.brassbedford.org



## Activities

**Objects:** FOR THE BENEFIT OF REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS IN THE COUNTY OF BEDFORDSHIRE TO ASSIST IN THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS.

**Activities:** We are a charity run by one paid co-ordinator and six and volunteers with an overall executive committee. We provide 2 drop in advice surgeries, an English Language Befriending project and an annual Summer outing, a women's social group and other social activitiesWe also provide regular website updates for our contacts and our service users.

**Area of benefit:** BEDFORDSHIRE




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Human Resources, Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Accommodation/housing, Economic/community Development/employment
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin



## Areas of operation

- Bedford
- Central Bedfordshire



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £196497 | £187957 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £190919 | £175573 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £142258 | £165280 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £122132 | £170703 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £161072 | £158758 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **MORRIS JOHNS** (Chair) — appointed Sept. 22, 2016
- James Biggs — appointed Oct. 22, 2015
- Mahmoud El Sayed Ahmad — appointed Oct. 9, 2025
- Rev Sandra Howes — appointed Sept. 21, 2023
- Sanja Radic — appointed Feb. 28, 2012
- Silvia Borelli — appointed Oct. 9, 2025
- VICTORIA HILLIARD — appointed July 14, 2011
- eric masih — appointed Oct. 21, 2024