Charity Registration No: 1098058 Company Registration No: 04515238 (England & Wales)
## Annual Report &
## Unaudited Financial Statements
for the year ended 31 March 2025
**REFUGEE SUPPORT GROUP**
## **LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION**
## **Trustees**
||**Trustees**||
|---|---|---|
||Sarah Vawda Chair|Appointed 20/11/24|
||Prof. Mary Richardson||
||Mr Thabo Makuyana||
||Ms Samantha Lee||
||Harriet Parfitt|Appointed 20/11/24|
||Andrea Cleaver|Appointed 20/11/24|
||Doon Lovett|Appointed 20/11/24|
||Natalie Marsden|Appointed 20/11/24|
||Yasmine Summers|Appointed 20/11/24|
||Mr Mike Martin MBE Chair|Resigned 20/11/24|
||Ms Fiona Zeneli , Treasurer|Resigned 07/11/24|
||Mrs Emily Lloyd|Resigned 14/04/24|
||Ms Sarah Seddon|Resigned 25/11/24|
||Mr Simon Price|Resigned 14/04/24|
|**Chief Executive Officer**|Mr Nick Harborne||
|**Deputy CEO**|Ms Flora Roshi||
|**Charity number**|1098058||
|**Company number**|04515238||
|**Principal address**|FirstFloor, RISC||
||35-39London Street||
||Reading||
||Berkshire||
||RGl4PS||
|**Registered office**|First Floor, RISC||
||35-39LondonStreet||
||Reading||
||Berkshire||
||RGl 4PS||
|**Independent examiner**|RachelEdenACMA||
||CuriousLounge, 1st Floor,Pinnacle|Building|
||TudorRoad||
||Reading||
||Berkshire||
||RGllNH||
|**Bankers**|The Co-operativeBank|MetroBank|
||13New Road|One SouthamptonRow|
||Oxford|London|
||OXllLG|WClB SHA|
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**REFUGEE SUPPORT GROUP**
**TRUSTEES' REPORT (INCLUDING DIRECTORS' REPORT) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025**
The Trustees present their report and financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2025.
The accounts have been prepared in accordance with the accounting policies set out in note 1 to the accounts and comply with the charitable company's Memorandum and Articles of Association, the Companies Act 2006, the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland (FRS102), and "Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102)" (published in October 2019).
## **OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES**
## **Principal objectives**
The Charitable objectives of Refugee Support Group are:
- to provide relief to refugees and asylum seekers (including those granted exceptional leave to remain) and their dependents, regardless of their race, colour, nationality, ethnic origin, religion, sex, marital status, sexuality, social class, disability or HIV status, who are resident in the area of benefit and in conditions of need and distress; and
- to preserve and protect the physical and mental health of such refugees and asylum seekers by assisting
them to access the health services appropriate to their needs; and
- to provide information, advice and support to refugees and asylum seekers in accessing training and to help ensure that their children receive the education they are entitled to by law, including language support where needed; and
- to promote and assist refugees and asylum seekers in obtaining suitable employment; and
- to help refugees, asylum seekers and their dependants access grants and services of all kinds from other
charitable organisations; and
- to educate the general public about issues affecting refugees and asylum seekers.
In going about our work and establishing our aims and objectives, the Trustees have given careful consideration to the Charity Commission's guidance on public benefit.
## **Structure, governance and management**
The charity is a company limited by guarantee incorporated on 20 August 2002 and governed by its Articles of Association. It was registered as a charity under the Charities Act 2011 on 17 June 2003.
None of the Trustees have any beneficial interest in the charitable company. All of the Trustees are volunteers. Trustees are assisted in fulfilling their duties by the chief executive and by other advisors, who offer information and assistance in undertaking all their governance tasks. It is the responsibility of the Trustees to meet, to make balanced, proportionate and clear decisions about the future of the charitable company and make all disclosures about the organisation.
Through consideration of reports on financial management, income, expenditure, liquidity and of forecasts for the next twelve months, Trustees have analysed any risks to the company alongside the strategic plan for growth and have identified no material uncertainties that cast doubt about the ability of the company to continue as a going concern.
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**REFUGEE SUPPORT GROUP**
**TRUSTEES' REPORT (INCLUDING DIRECTORS' REPORT) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025**
The Trustees, who are also the directors for the purpose of company law, and who served during the year, were:
Sarah Vawda, Chair Appointed 20/11/24 Prof. Mary Richardson Mr Thabo Makuyana Ms Samantha Lee Harriet Parfitt Appointed 20/11/24 Andrea Cleaver Appointed 20/11/24 Doon Lovett Appointed 20/11/24 Natalie Marsden Appointed 20/11/24 Yasmine Summers Appointed 20/11/24 Mr Mike Martin MBE, Chair Resigned 20/11/24 Ms Fiona Zeneli, Treasurer Resigned 07/11/24 Mrs Emily Lloyd Resigned 14/04/24 Ms Sarah Seddon Resigned 25/11/24 Mr Simon Price Resigned 14/04/24
## **Trustee Appointment, Induction and Training**
Potential Trustees are asked to demonstrate their skills and knowledge for the role. Our trustee induction and appropriate training ensures that they are equipped with knowledge of the organisation, its activities and aims and have a clear understanding of their role as a trustee.
Our trustee induction programme is in place, w h i c h i n c l u d e s a n introduction to the charity and organisation, visiting our services, meeting staff and volunteers. It also includes safeguarding training and training about the role of a trustee. We have yearly trustee training in place which covers changes to guidance for Trustees and updates on charity commission guidance and support for Trustees.
## **Organisational Structure**
The Board of Trustees are responsible for making strategic and policy decisions, approval of budgets, the sale or purchase of major assets such as land, and the starting/ending of services under local authority contracts or others. The operational and day-to-day decisions are made by the Chief Executive Officer and the senior management team.
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**TRUSTEES' REPORT (INCLUDING DIRECTORS' REPORT}** (continued) **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025**
## **FINANCE REVIEW**
The organisation is funded by statutory authorities, grant funders, clinical commissioning groups and donations.
In the year the charitable company's income totalled **£972,884** 2024: £639,588 The charity generated a surplus of net incoming resources before transfers of **£191,604** 2024: (£35,163). As at the year ending 31 March 2025, the Charity had unrestricted reserves of **£190,414** 2024: £75,703
## **Reserves Policy**
In line with the Charities Commission guidelines for best practice, RSG will maintain a cash reserve in its total unrestricted funds that are sufficient to fund a minimum of 3 months’ (90 days) of operating expenditure. The Trustees consider that 3 months in reserve would allow RSG to continue to operate in the extreme scenario that its income reduces materially over a very short period. During that 3-month period RSG could restructure its finances or even wind up its operation. This would include renegotiation of any contractual liabilities that extend beyond the 3-month window and cover its longer-term liabilities.
The Trustees have adopted a proactive reserves strategy, prioritising the growth of a designated fund to strengthen financial resilience and reduce exposure to fluctuations in grant and statutory funding. At 31 March 2025 the charity had £190,414 (2024: £75,703) of unrestricted reserves, including £163,970 (2024: £85,000) in the designated fund.
## **Risk Management**
The organisation has a robust risk management procedure in place, and this is reviewed and revised by the senior management team and Trustees on a regular basis. The biggest risk to the organisation is the income received from grant funding and statutory bodies (both as contracts and grants). We have plans in place to mitigate this by maintaining focus on our Fundraising Strategy and strategic relationships with statutory partners.
## **PLANS FOR THE FUTURE**
## **Strategy, business plan and budget**
The budget agreed for the current year being a balanced budget that is dependent on securing future grant funding and that the Trustees will regularly monitor and review the financial position. We have an agreed current Business Plan in place, which is reviewed at every trustee meeting.
## **Equality, diversity and Inclusion**
RSG has an EDI strategy in place, which is reviewed regularly by Trustees.
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**TRUSTEES' RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025**
The Trustees, who are also directors of the charity, are responsible for preparing the Trustees' Report and financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).
Company law requires the Trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year, which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable company and of the incoming resources and application of resources of the charitable company for the year.
In preparing those financial statements, the Trustees are required to:
- select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently.
- observe the methods and principles in the Charities SORP 2019 (FRS 102);
- make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent.
- state whether applicable UK Accounting Standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements.
- prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the company will continue in operation.
The Trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the company and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charitable company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
This report has been prepared in accordance with the Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and Reporting by Charities 2019 (FRS 102) and in accordance with the special provisions of Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.
Approved by the Trustees/Directors on 20[th ] November 2025 and signed on its behalf by:
**Ms Sarah Vawda**
Chair of the Board of Trustees
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## **STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES** (including Income & Expenditure Account) **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025**
|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Total**
**2025**
**2025**
**2025**
**Notes**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**Income and endowments from:**
Donations & legacies
**3**
**197,825**
**360,269**
**558,094**
Charitable Activities
**4**
**392,464**
**-**
**392,464**
Other trading activities
**5**
**17,429**
**1,000**
**18,429**
Investments
**6**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Other income
**7**
**3,897**
**-**
**3,897**
**Total income**
**611,615**
**361,269**
**972,884**
**Expenditure:**
Raising funds
**8**
**68,822**
**2,426**
**71,248**
Charitable Activities
**9**
**428,082**
**281,949**
**710,031**
**Total resources expended**
**496,904**
**284,375**
**781,279**
**Net incoming/(outgoing) resources**
**before transfers**
**114,711**
**76,894**
**191,604**
Transfers between funds**16**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Net income/(expenditure) for**
**the year / net movement in**
**funds**
**114,711**
**76,894**
**191,604**
Fund balances at 1 April 2024
75,703
132,421
208,124
**Fund balances at 31 March 2025**
**190,414**
**209,315**
**399,728**|Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
Total
2024
2024
2024
£
£
£
130,723
221,622
352,345
269,778
1,720
271,498
15,745
-
15,745
-
-
-
-
-
-
416,246
223,342
639,588
51,495
438
51,933
459,985
162,833
622,818
511,480
163,271
674,751
**(95,234)**
**60,071**
**(35,163)**
2,572
(2,572)
-
(92,662)
57,499
(35,163)
168,365
74,922
243,287
75,703
132,421
208,124|
|---|---|
The statement of financial activities includes all gains and losses recognised in the year.
All income and expenditure derive from continuing activities.
The statement of financial activities also complies with the requirement for an income and expenditure account under the Companies Act 2006.
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## **REFUGEE SUPPORT GROUP LIMITED BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31 MARCH 2025**
|**Notes**
**Fixed assets**
Tangible fixed assets
**13**
**Current assets**
Debtors
**14**
Cash at bank and in hand
**Creditors: amounts falling due within 1 year**
**15**
Net current assets
**Total assets less current liabilities**
**Funds**
Restricted funds
**17**
Designated funds
Unrestricted funds|
**2025**
**£**
**£**
**5,930**
**74,591**
**522,694**
**597,285**
**203,624**
**393,661**
**399,591**
**209,178**
**163,970**
**26,444**
**399,591**|
**2025**
**£**
**£**
**5,930**
**74,591**
**522,694**
**597,285**
**203,624**
**393,661**
**399,591**
**209,178**
**163,970**
**26,444**
**399,591**|2024
£
£
4,560
107,237
391,932
499,169
295,605
203,564
208,124
132,421
85,000
(9,297)
208,124|2024
£
£
4,560
107,237
391,932
499,169
295,605
203,564
208,124
132,421
85,000
(9,297)
208,124|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||**597,285**
**203,624**||499,169
295,605||
||||
||
|||**399,591**||208,124|
|||**209,178**
**163,970**
**26,444**||132,421
85,000
(9,297)|
|||**399,591**||208,124|
The charitable company is entitled to the exemption from the audit requirement contained in section 477 of the Companies Act 2006, for the year ended 31 March 2025. No member of the charitable company has deposited a notice, pursuant to section 476, requiring and audit of those accounts.
The Trustees acknowledge their responsibility for complying with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts.
These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.
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## **Company Number 04515238**
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## **CASHFLOW STATEMENT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025**
|**Cash flows from operating activities**
Net movement in funds for the year
Depreciation
Investment income
(Increase)/decrease in debtors
Increase/(decrease) in creditors
**Net cash provided by/(used in) operating activities**
**Cash flow from investing activities**
Purchase of tangible fixed assets
**Net cash provided by/(used in) investing activities**
**Net increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents**
Cash and cash equivalents at 1 April 2024
Cash and cash equivalents at 31 March 2025
_Cash and cash equivalents consists of:_
Cash at bank and in hand|**2025**
**£**|**2025**
**£**|**£**
|2024
£|£
91,980
(2,572)
89,408
292,882
382,290
_391,932_|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**191,604**
**3,363**
**-**
**32,646**
**(91,981)**||**135,633**|(35,163)
1,954
-
14,623
110,565
(2,572)||
||**(4,733)**|||||
||||**(4,733)**|||
|||||||
||||**130,900**
**382,290**
**513,189**
**522,694**|||
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**NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025**
## **1 Accounting Policies**
## **Charity information**
Refugee Support Group Ltd (formerly Reading Refugee Support Group) is a charitable company limited by guarantee, incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office is First Floor R.I.S.C, 35-39 London Street, Reading, Berkshire, RG1 4PS.
## **1.1 Accounting convention**
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the charitable company's memorandum and articles of association, the Companies Act 2006, the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland (FRS102), Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland issued in October 2019, UK Generally Accepted Accounting Practice and applicable charity and company law. The charitable company is a Public Benefit Entity as defined by FRS102.
The financial statements are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the charitable company. Monetary amounts in these financial statements are rounded to the nearest £.
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention. The principal accounting policies adopted are set out below.
## **1.2 Going concern**
At the time of approving the financial statements, the Trustees have reviewed the going concern of the charity and consider that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.
## **1.3 Charitable funds**
Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discretion of the Trustees in furtherance of their charitable objectives.
Restricted funds are subject to specific conditions by donors as to how they may be used. The purposes and uses of the restricted funds are set out in the notes to the accounts.
Designated funds are allocated by the Trustees towards specific purposes and can be changed at the discretion of the Trustees if the need for the fund changes.
Transfers are made between funds when adequate justification and supporting evidence is provided.
## **1.4 Incoming resources**
Contract income is accounted for on an accruals basis and allocated between funds according to the basis of the contract terms if necessary. Grant income is recognised when the charity is entitled to it after performance conditions have been met, the amounts can be measured reliably, and it is probable that the income will be received. Where the charitable company is required to repay any part of the grant a provision is made for the amount due to be repaid.
Grants from local authorities and similar organisations have been included as contracts for services where applicable but as unrestricted income where the money is given with greater freedom of use.
Donations and legacies receivable are accounted for where there is entitlement, sufficient certainty of receipt and the amount can be measured reliably. In the case of unsolicited donations, this is usually only when received. All other income is accounted for under the accruals concept. No amounts are included in the financial statements for services donated by volunteers. Donated capital items are included within the financial statements at their current value at the time of donation. Income received for future periods is deferred until those periods.
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## **NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS** (continued) **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025**
## **1 Accounting policies** (continued)
## **1.5 Resources expended**
All expenses are accounted for on an accruals basis. Expenditure incurred in connection with the specific objects of the charitable company is included under the heading of direct charitable expenditure; overheads are allocated to activities in proportion to their use of facilities. The irrecoverable element of VAT is included as part of sundry expenses.
## **1.6 Tangible fixed assets**
Tangible fixed assets are initially measured at cost and subsequently measured at cost or valuation, net of depreciation and any impairment losses.
Tangible fixed assets costing £1,000 or more are capitalised and are stated at cost less depreciation. Donated assets are included at their current value at the time of donation. Depreciation is provided at rates calculated to write off the cost less estimated residual value of each asset over its expected useful life, as follows:
Office equipment Computer equipment
25% on cost 33.33% on cost
The gain or loss arising on the disposal of an asset is determined as the difference between the sale proceeds and the carrying value of the asset, and is recognised in net income/(expenditure) for the year.
## **1.7 Impairment of fixed assets**
At each reporting end date, the charitable company reviews the carrying amounts of its tangible assets to determine whether there is any indication that those assets have suffered an impairment loss. If any such indication exists, the recoverable amount of the asset is estimated in order to determine the extent of the impairment loss (if any).
## **1.8 Cash and cash equivalents**
Cash and cash equivalents include cash in hand, deposits held at call with banks, other short-term liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less, and bank overdrafts. Bank overdrafts are shown within borrowings in current liabilities.
## **1.9 Financial instruments**
The charitable company has elected to apply the provisions of Section 11 'Basic Financial Instruments' and Section 12 'Other Financial Instruments Issues' of FRS102 to all of its financial instruments.
Financial instruments are recognised in the charitable company's balance sheet when the charitable company becomes party to the contractual provisions of the instrument.
Financial assets and liabilities are offset, with the net amounts presented in the financial statements, when there is a legally enforceable right to set off the recognised amounts and there is an intention to settle on a net basis or to realise the asset and settle the liability simultaneously.
## **Basic financial assets**
Basic financial assets, which include debtors and cash and bank balances, are initially measured at transaction price including transaction costs and are subsequently carried at amortised cost using the effective interest method unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the transaction is measured at the present value of the future receipts discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial assets classified as receivable within one year are not amortised.
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**NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS** (continued) **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025**
## **1.9 Financial instruments** (continued)
## **Basic financial liabilities**
Basic financial liabilities, including creditors and bank loans are initially recognised at transaction price unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the debt instrument is measured at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial liabilities classified as payable within one year are not amortised.
Debt instruments are subsequently carried at amortised cost, using the effective interest rate method.
Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of operations from suppliers. Amounts payable are classified as current liabilities if payment is due within one year or less. If not, they are presented as non-current liabilities. Trade creditors are recognised initially at transaction price and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.
## **Derecognition of financial liabilities**
Financial liabilities are derecognised when the charitable company's contractual obligations expire or are discharged or cancelled.
## **1.10 Employee benefits**
The cost of any unused holiday entitlement is recognised in the period in which the employee's services are received.
Termination benefits are recognised immediately as an expense when the charitable company is demonstrably committed to terminate the employment of an employee or to provide termination benefits.
## **1.11 Retirement benefits**
The charitable company operated a defined contribution scheme under auto-enrolment. Contributions payable are charged to the statement of financial activities in the year in which they are payable.
## **1.12 Leases**
Rentals payable under operating leases, including lease incentives received, are charged as an expense on a straight-line basis over the term of the relevant lease.
## **1.13 Creditors and provisions**
Creditors and provisions are recognised where the charitable company has a present obligation resulting from a past event that will probably result in the transfer of funds to a third party and the amount due to settle the obligation can be measured or estimated reliably. Creditors and provisions are normally recognised at their settlement value.
## **1.14 Debtors**
Debtors are recognised at the settlement amount due.
## **2 Critical accounting estimates and judgements**
In the application of the charitable company´s accounting policies, the Trustees are required to make judgements, estimates and assumptions about the carrying amount of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. The estimates and associated assumptions are based on historical experience and other factors that are considered to be relevant. Actual results may differ from these estimates.
The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognised in the period in which the estimate is revised, where the revision affects only that period, or in the period of the revision and future periods where the revision affects both current and future periods.
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|**3**
**Donations and legacies**
Donations and gifts
Legacies receivable
_For the year ended 31 March 2024_
**4**
**Charitable activities**
Afghan refugee support
Syrian refugee support
Other
_For the year ended 31 March 2024_|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Total**
**2025**
**£**
**2025**
**£**
**2025**
**£**|Total
2024
£|
|---|---|---|
||**197,825**
**-**
**360,269**
**-**
**558,094**
**-**|263,178
-|
||**197,825**
**360,269**
**558,094**|263,178|
||_130,723_
_221,622_
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Total**
**2025**
**£**
**2025**
**£**
**2025**
**£**|_352,345_
Total
2024
£|
||**380,952**
**-**
**380,952**
**11,512**
**-**
**11,512**
**-**
**-**|187,030
36,910
47,558|
||**392,464**
**-**
**392,464**|271,498|
||_269,778_
_1,720_|_271,498_|
The above income includes government grants of **£244,102** (2024: £109,444) and specific government funded service level agreements £392,464 (2024: £312,108)
|**5**
**Other trading activities**
Fundraising income
For the year ended 31 March 2024|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**2025**
**£**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**2025**
**£**|**Total**
**Total**
**2025**
**£**
2024
£|
|---|---|---|---|
||**17,429**|**1,000**|**18,429**
3,863|
||_15,745_|_-_|
-
_15,745_|
|**6**
**Investments**
Investment income
All investment income for the current and prior year was unrestricted.
**7**
**Other income**
Other income
All other income for the current and prior year was unrestricted.
|**2025**
**£**
2024
£
- -
**2025**
**£**
2024
£
**3,897-**|
|---|---|
||
**3,897 -**|
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|**8**
**Cost of raising funds**
Fundraising costs
Staff costs
Support costs
_For the year ended 31 March 2024_
**9**
**Charitable activity expenditure**
Staff costs
Service delivery
Freelance delivery of services
Volunteer costs
Share of governance and support costs (see note 10)
_For the year ended 31 March 2024_
**10 Support and governance costs**
**Support**
Staff costs
Staff recruitment, training and development
Staff welfare
Administration
IT and communications
Travel and subsistence
Premises costs
Depreciation
_Support costs are all allocated on the basis of staff time_
_spent_
**Governance**
Independent Examination
Legal and professional fees
Trustees' meeting expenses
_FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024_
Support costs analysed between
Fundraising
Charitable Activities
_For the year ended 31 March 2024_
_Fundraising_
_Charitable Activities_|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**2025**
**£**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**2025**
**£**|**Total**
**2025**
**£**|Total
2024
£|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||**20,603**
**38,529**
**9,690**|**1,305**
**1,121**
**-**|**21,908**
**39,650**
**9,690**|3,083
32,419
_-_|
||**68,822**|**2,426**|**71,248**|35,502|
||_51,495_
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**2025**
**£**|_438_
**Restricted**
**funds**
**2025**
**£**|**Total**
**2025**
**£**|_51,933_
Total
2024
£|
||**223,242**
**6,426**
**3,679**
**138**|**185,157**
**39,304**
**25,168**
**552**|**408,399**
290,387
**45,730**
31,515
**28,847**
48,149
**690**
5,369||
||**233,485**|**250,181**|**483,666**
375,420||
||**194,597**|**31,768**|**226,365**
217,712||
||**428,082**|**281,949**|**710,031**
593,132||
||_459,985_
**Support**
**costs**
**2025**
**£**
**115,754**
**4,495**
**694**
**39,232**
**18,624**
**3,683**
**36,194**
**3,363**|_162,833_
**Governance**
**costs**
**2025**
**£**
**3,230**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**680**
**87**
**328**|**Total**
**2025**
**£**
**118,984**
**4,495**
**694**
**39,232**
**18,624**
**3,683**
**36,194**
**3,363**
**680**
**87**
**328**|_622,818_
Total
2024
£
127,075
3,410
1,994
45,245
13,739
1,390
27,704
1,954
1,200
1,961
837|
||**222,040**|**4,325**|**226,365**|226,509|
||219,361
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**9,690**|_7,148_
**Restricted**
**funds**
**-**|**Total**
**9,690**|_226,509_|
||**194,597**|**31,768**|**226,365**||
||**204,287**
_-_
_198,586_|**31,768**
_-_
_27,923_|**236,055**
_-_
_226,509_||
||_198,586_|_27,923_|_226,509_||
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## **11 Trustees**
None of the Trustees (or any persons connected with them) received any remuneration or reimbursed expenses during the current or prior year. Trustee indemnity insurance is included in the overall premium for the year.
## **12 Employees**
|**Employees**
**Number of employees**
The average monthly number of employees during the year was:
Management
Other|**2025**
2024|
|---|---|
||**Number**
Number
**2.5**
2
**18**
23
**20.5**
25|
|**Employment costs**
Wages and salaries
Social security costs
Pension costs|**2025**
**£**
**2024**
**£**|
|---|---|
||**464,350**
400,115
**42,748**
31,883
**26,105**
21,494|
||**533,203**
453,492|
There were no employees whose annual remuneration was £60,000 or more.
The aggregate remuneration of key management personnel during the year was £113,990 (2024: £96,033)
In addition, a great amount of time, the value of which has not been reflected in these financial statements, is donated by our many volunteers and by staff members in excess of their contracted hours.
## **13 Tangible Fixed Assets**
## **Cost**
|**Cost**||
|---|---|
|At 1 April 2024
Additions
Disposals
**At 31 March 2025**
**Depreciation**
At 1 April 2024
Depreciation charge during the year
Eliminated on disposal
**At 31 March 2025**
**Net Book Value**
At 1 April 2024
**At 31 March 2025**|**Office**
**Equipment**
**Computer**
**Equipment**
**Total**|
||**£**
**£**
**£**|
||8,664
2,048
10,712
2,055
2,678
4,733
-
-
-|
||**10,719**
**4,726**
**15,445**|
||**£**
**£**
**£**
4,104
2,048
6,152
2,470
893
3,363
-
-
-|
||**6,574**
**2,941**
**9,515**|
||**£**
**£**
**£**
4,560
-
4,560|
||**4,145**
**1,786**
**5,930**|
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**NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS (continued) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025**
## **14 Debtors: amounts falling due within one year:**
|Trade debtors
Prepayments and accrued income
Other debtors|**2025**
**£**
2024
£|
|---|---|
||**34,903**
42,494
**10,021**
36,531
**29,667 **
28,212|
||**74,591 **
107,237|
## **15 Creditors: amounts falling due within one year:**
|**Creditors: amounts falling due within one year:**||
|---|---|
|Trade creditors
Other taxation and social security
Other creditors
Accruals & deferred income|**2025**
**£**
2024
£|
||**8,640**
6,819
**24,491**
26,490
**-**
12,872
**170,494 **
249,424|
||**203,624**
295,605|
## **16 Restricted funds**
|Berkshire Community Fund-City of Sanctuary
Berkshire NHS
Big Give - Kind2Mind
Carewell Transnational Families
Closing the Gap
The Earley Charity *
Field Seymour Parks (FSP Foundation)
Geo Consulting
Greenham Trust - vouchers
Herrington
Justice Together
NACOMM
RBC Small Grants fund
RBC RIB Better Care Fund
RBC Ukraine grant
RBC Winter fund
RBC-NUKN- Accommodation(R)
Reading Caseworker Grant
Reading Uni (Intern) grant
Reading University(Sanctuary Strikers)
Reading Voluntary Action (RVA)
Refugee Action EAR Digital
Rotary (Gezebo)
Souters Charitable Trust
Sport England
St Laurence Trust
The D'Oyly Carte Charitable Trust
WEA Reading|**Movement in funds**|**Movement in funds**||
|---|---|---|---|
||**Balance at**
**1 April 2024**
**Incoming**
**resources**|**Resources**
**expended**
**Transfers**
|**Balance at**
**31 March**
**2025**|
||**£**
**£**|**£**
**£**|**£**|
||5,000
-
29,531
-
-
18,977
4,795
-
-
24,000
32,821
-
1,346
-
-
2,500
430
-
10,178
-
-
35,010
478
-
5,000
-
-
14,974
20,852
75,444
1,780
-
43,357
100,000
1,021
3,606
6,283
-
2,854
-
-
500
1,000
0
2100
0
12700
2,552
-
3,500
5,000
-|5,000
-
19,607
-
554
-
576
-
24,000
-
13,829
-
265
-
-
430
-
9,509
-
35,960
-
478
-
5,000
-
750
59,097
-
1,773
-
27,444
-
72,355
1,890
-
50
-
2,634
500
1,000
-
0
559.61
10
-
-
-
142
-|-
9,923
18,422
4,219
-
18,993
1,081
2,500
-
669
(950)
-
0
14,224
37,199
8
15,913
27,645
2,738
6,233
220
-
-
2,100
12140.39
2,542
3,500
4,858|
||**132,421**
**360,169**|**283,412**
**-**|**209,178**|
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**NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS (continued) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025**
## **16 Restricted funds** (continued)
|||**Movement in funds**|**Movement in funds**|**Movement in funds**||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**Balance at 1**|**Incoming**|**Resources**|**Transfers**|**Balance at**|
||**April 2024**|**resources**|**expended**||**31 March**|
||||||**2025**|
||**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|
|Berkshire Community Fund-Surviving Winter|-|2,500|-|-|2,500|
|Berkshire Community Fund-City of Sanctuary|2,465|5,000|2,465|-|5,000|
|Berkshire NHS|50,000|-|20,469|-|29,531|
|Carewell Transnational Families|8,759|238|4,203|-|4,795|
|Closing the Gap|-|24,000|24,000|-|-|
|The Earley Charity *|-|40,300|4,907|(2,572)|32,821|
|Field Seymour Parks (FSP Foundation)|1,789|-|442|-|1,346|
|Greenham Trust - vouchers|1,400|-|970|-|430|
|Herrington|-|15,184|5,006|-|10,178|
|Justice Together|-|34,325|34,325|-|-|
|NACOMM|-|1,000|522|-|478|
|RBC Small Grants fund|-|5,000|-|-|5,000|
|RBC Ukraine grant|-|75,444|54,592|-|20,852|
|RBC Winter fund|3,730|-|1,950|-|1,780|
|Reading Uni (Intern) grant|-|1,459|438|-|1,021|
|Reading Uni (Sanctuary Strikers)|-|3,832|3,832|-|-|
|Refugee Action EAR Digital|-|2,560|2,560||-|
|Sanctuary Strikers|3,783|2,500|-|-|6,283|
|Reading Voluntary Action (RVA)|-|5,000|2,146||2,854|
|St Laurence Trust|2,997|-|445|-|2,552|
|WEA Reading|-|5,000|-|-|5,000|
||**74,922**|**223,341**|**163,271**|**(2,572)**|**132,421**|
Awards for All- Signposting for Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Berkshire.
Berkshire Community Funds are contributions towards the City of Sanctuary initiative and winter support.
Big Give - Kind2Mind to coordinate befriending programme to provide support for Refugees/Asylum seekers in Berkshire.
Berkshire NHS was received in 2022 to fund a mental health worker post. After difficulty in recruiting, Berkshire NHS agreed a change of use to fund the Drop-In Centres for 2 years from 2023 to 2025.
CAF Keystone Fund to provide training and support for staff, giving adequate digital skills and understanding of our CRMS,
Carewell Transnational Families Research Project is a 3-year project running from June 2021 and has been extended.
Closing the Gap is a grant to tackle poverty and help reduce the equality gap in Reading, contributing towards our Casework team.
Earley Charities Trust grant is towards various non-recurring expenditure items for providing support to refugees and asylum seekers.
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**NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS (continued) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025**
## **16 Restricted funds** (continued)
Field Seymour Parks (FSP) Foundation grant is to provide refugee travel to events and activities.
Garfield Weston Foundation to cover core costs and ensure refugees in Berkshire receive vital support to integrate and thrive in the UK.
Geo Consulting to support the running of Sanctuary Stickers football club, Greenham Trust vouchers were to provide clothing to Afghan refugees.
Henry Smith to contribute towards the running costs of an organisation providing information, advice and guidance for asylum seekers and refugees in Reading, Berkshire.
The Herrington grant is to support the Youth Worker in the Homework Club and Sanctuary Strikers costs.
Justice Together is part-funding a solicitor post to support people who use the immigration system to access justice fairly and equally, enabling them to move on with their lives.
NACOMM grant is to fund an Employee Assistance Programme for 2 years.
Reading Borough Council Small Grants funding is to support 1 day per week staff member salary. RBC RIB Better Care Fund to help refugees in Reading connect socially, improve wellbeing, and explore their local community.
Reading Borough Council Ukraine integration & advice support grant to support Ukrainian families.
Reading Borough Council Winter Fund grant is to support families in need during the winter months. These purchased vouchers are to give to families for clothing and food.
Reading Caseworker Grant to provide Immigration and Asylum support for 1 yr
RBC-NUKN- Accommodation® to support time-limited accommodation element of Support for Non-UK Nationals Test and learn programme for 12 12-month period
Reading University has funded an intern in the Fundraising team for 7 hours per week until July 2024.
Refugee Action EAR Digital is a grant to deliver the EAR Digital Campus programme
Sanctuary Strikers is our football team and is supported by a generous individual donor and Reading University. Reading Voluntary Action is towards the Homework Club to July 2024.
Rotary (Gezebo) to cover the cost of the RSG-branded Gezebo.
Souters Charitable Trust to contribute towards essential organisational running costs
Sport England to run project providing weekly free yoga sessions for refugees and asylum-seeking women living in Reading, Newbury and Wokingham. The St Laurence Trust grant provides emergency hotel accommodation for refugees.
The D'Oyly Carte Charitable Trust- To run creative arts workshops or refugees and asylum seekers in Berkshire.
WEA Reading is a grant to be used for educational purposes for clients, including travel to educational support and training.
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## **17 Designated Funds**
||**Balance**|**Incoming**|**Resources**|**Transfers**|**Balance at 31**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**at 1 April**|**resources**|**expended**||**March 2025**|
||**2024**|||||
|Property fund|85,000|-|-|-|85,000|
|CAF Keystone|-|35,752|1,782|-|33,970|
|Fund||||||
|Garfield Weston|-|10,000|-|-|10,000|
|Foundation||||||
|Henry Smith|-|70,000|35,000|-|35,000|
||-|**115,752**|**36,782**||**163,970**|
## **18 Analysis of net assets between funds**
|Fund balances at 31 March|**Unrestricte**|**Unrestricted**|**Unrestricted**|**Unrestricted**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|2025 are represented by:|**d Funds**|**Funds**|**Funds**|**Funds**|
||**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|
|Tangible assets|5,930|-|-|5,930|
|Current assets/(liabilities)|20,513|163,970|209,178|393,661|
||**26,444**|**163,970**|**209,178**|**399,591**|
|_Prior year_|_Unrestricted_|_Unrestricted_|_Unrestricted_|_Unrestricted_|
||_Funds_|_Funds_|_Funds_|_Funds_|
||_£_|_£_|_£_|_£_|
|_Fund balances at 31 March_|||||
|_2024 are represented by:_|||||
|_Tangible assets_|_4,560_|_-_|_-_|_4,560_|
|_Current assets/(liabilities)_|_(13,857)_|_85,000_|_132,421_|_203,564_|
||(9,297)|85,000|132,421|208,124|
## **19 Operating lease commitments**
At the reporting end date the charitable company had outstanding commitments for future minimum lease payments under non-cancellable operating leases, which fall due as follows:
||**2025**|2024|
|---|---|---|
||**£**|£|
|Within one year|**21,000**|21,210|
|Between two and five years|**-**|42,000|
||**21,000**|63,210|
## **20 Related Party Transactions**
There were no related party transactions during the year.
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**Independent examiner's report on the accounts**
## **Section A Independent Examiner’s Report**
## **Report to the trustees/ members of** Refugee Support Group
**On accounts for the year** 31[st] March 2025 **ended**
**Charity no** 1070966
**Set out on pages** 1-2
**Respective** The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. **responsibilities of** The charity’s trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year **trustees and examiner** under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 (the Charities Act) and that an independent examination is needed. The charity’s gross income exceeded £250,000 and I am qualified to undertake the examination by being a qualified member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants.
## It is my responsibility to:
- examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charities Act,
- to follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity Commission (under section 145(5)(b) of the Charities Act, and
- to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
**Basis of independent examiner’s statement**
## **Independent examiner's statement**
My examination was carried out in accordance with general Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts and seeking explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a ‘true and fair’ view, and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.
In connection with my examination, no material matters have come to my attention which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:
- the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; or
- the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or
- the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair’ view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination.
I have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
**Signed:**
**Date:** 26[th] November 2025
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## **Name:** Rachel Eden
**Relevant professional** FCMA (Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants) **qualification(s) or body (if any): Address:** Curious Lounge, 1st Floor, Pinnacle Building Tudor Road, Reading England, RG1 1NH
## **Section B Disclosure**
None
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