Refugee Resource REFUGEE RESOURCE (A Charitable Company Limited by Guarantee) Annual Report and Financial Statements For tho year ended 31 March 2024 Registered Charity No. 1098876 Company No. 4558542 Refugee Resource Annual Report and Financial Statements For the year endlng 31 IAarch 2024 Contents Page Referen￿ and Administrab"ve Infonnation Page 4-11 ReF)Ort of the Board of Trustees Page 12 Responsibilities of the Trustees Page 13 Independent Examinerfs Report Page 14 Statwnent of Financial ActNities Page 15 Balan￿ Sheet Page 16 Statement of Cash Flows Page 17-26 Notes to the Accounts Refty ResOu￿e Annual Refyxt Flnanlial Statements Refugee Resource Reference and Administrative Infomiatlon Charity nam•.' R￿gee Res￿￿4 Charfty nLThter. 1098876 Company registration number.. 4558542 R¢gb¥teTgJ offte and opetsbwal *Jdmss." The Old Mus¢c Hall 10&108 cO￿Y Road Oxford OX4 1JE CEO.. Jacq￿lA8 Adusei Bdinda Co)te (c￿￿) (resigngj J￿￿ary 2024) ichael Taylor (resigned Marth 20241 Raymond Pcy (Tfeaswer) Naznin Ali (Yesigned Novttfnber 2023) Andrew Tyson Iresigned Sèpiember2023) Taz GfeOing (appointed April 20231 Kate l¥Jpointed April 20231 Hannah Nelth (apWnt￿ June 20231 Prolessor o￿aId Ridley lapFKJinted Apnl 2023) Paul Sheehan (Chairl (appointed November 20231 Nuha Abdo Lorrain• Hare (¥ppynted March 2￿24) Anne c￿m￿99 {aA)ointwl Marth 20241 IndÈp¢ivknt •xaminer¥ Critd)leys Audit LLP Bgaver House. Hythe Bridgè StreeL Oyfotd. OX12EP Bankers Triodos Bank N.V. Brurol House. 11 The Promenade. Brislol BS8 3NN Refw* ReS￿rCe Annu￿ Rewt Finarcial Ststements Refugoe Resource Truste•s Report for the year ended 31 March 2024 Tru3t¢es are *ased to weserd thtsir report togetherwth Ihp audited Ilnancial $lat¥r￿S for th• year ended 31 Mafth 2024. Background R￿jg•e Re%)urce provldes therapeutic services and speoalist support lor relugees, 8sylJm ¥eeker$, and ¥thnera￿e migrants in Oxlord5hire by uniquety offering a range of complemÈntary servres in support of their psych)logical, emotional, and social wèll-being, and lon*terrn mental heatth no•ds These Include courtselling and psyd)otherapy, rnenloring, thice. athocary. and OLrtr•ach ge￿1¢e8. as well 8& a women's sérvi￿ and therzpeuticfoolball group. R•fvoe8 Resource also helps its dients to heal ftom Ifauma and integrate into Ihe communty by si9nposting them to othw otgani8ations thot help resp￿Se to th85r need5 Around ¢ducabon, employrnent. health, housbng. Refugee Resource 8LsD provid85 Ira￿1r¥a coThsukancy Sen￿￿S to other org8rtisa*ons WOTkirrfJ with reftw ¢ilenls 8n4 Ihose ex￿rI￿ncing tr8um&. T￿ ob￿ctIv￿ of tho chorlty *r•'. 1} To prgvide relief for ro￿9¢¢5, a5￿1m1 seektrts, vulner8bl8 migrants and thwr deperKlants living temFwrily or pern18n8nty in particui•r bLrt not exclLwely H) Oxfordshire who are in conditlons of hardship or dlstre$$. 21 To wese￿ and wotacl the physical and mèntsl hoatth of refugees, asylurn seeker3, ¥U1r￿rat1e migrants and their depend8nts. 31 To advan¢e the education and tsaining of rèfvgees. asOurn seekers, ￿lnerabl8 migRnts and their dependants in no& thereof lo èfthance Iheir emph)yment opp)rtUTFitie$ and assist in iheif Se￿ement a nth¥ communlty 4) To advarKe edu￿titin of the public in gemral atout 18$ues relglng to refvgees. ￿yILM se*rs and vulmr mig￿1$. S} The pro¥i3ion ol kn"litses for recreation or other I￿￿re time ocCUpath￿ for relugèes. aslum seekers and vulnerable migrants vrith the object of wnproving the cOnd￿'0n5 of life trf those persons who need such facilth.es because of th￿[ youlh, oy, infinrity rx dis8bkment, poverty, ow sotial and èconomic c1rwnstan￿5. The semces ott￿ed by Refugee Re5wrce. whth indude Courtselling and p$y¢hothwJpy. mentOriTYd, thice, ad¥oraw, and outreach are uitical in addTes$irg the complex needs of rnigrants arvj refugees, this mdudes Sorv￿e5 to support trauma and PTSD-related issues. personal development. integration and practical thice around housing. èducation, and empwnt for dients In need of support in th*s8 area6 Our di8nts are felerred to us by multiple partn8r5, including the NHS and GPS, Social S•rw¢88, so1￿￿t{x$. and other comrrnjnity orgonisatkn$, as w•ll as by fnends orfamily. and wa 8elf-rèf*rral8. Str•l•gic Ob)•etlv R6frJgee Reswr(x'$ 4 8trategK tsbJ"oCtiWs are.. 1) Qsjality servi￿ Delivery 2) Part￿ershiPS 1 Collabtsralion 31 Sustainabilty 41 Adv Refw R￿vrO Annual Repjrt and FlnarKkil Ststements Refugee Resource Trustees R•port for the year ended 31 March 2024 Overvlow of tho year •ndod 31 IAarch 2024 From Awl 2023 to March 2024. Refvg•• Rasoure• worked ￿ 275 ¢4￿nts whlch Indudè 32 T•e•iving mentoring support. 165 I￿eMr￿j o)vn8elling SUFPOrt, 47 being invow in the woman's str￿¢¢. 66 recthving ao*e and a¢kncacy support. and 21 youro paoplè w*nAng Support through the in-scthool c￿nee)ling pFogr8mme. hl6v ncea Ico oWEcTf￿ ONE_ QUALITY SERVICE DEUVERY To ensuftr R•fuge8 R950urce cons1st•n￿Y dollv•rs o wd• rgnge of funded services Sn lkne wih hs strolegr plan$. the oryJani68lion arnba￿ed on an &xpansion plan. Thr* I￿￿81￿e led lo a 30% Increa80 Nl staffing resourceB. aimed atèxpanding Ind dNerstyng seM¢rf wh￿9 up8krfling our tsam to effectively extcutè stratègy As 8 f•suM, staff chan9•S Ind the introdu¢bon ol seThlces ocojrred throuthout th8 y•or, ro$utttr¥a in reduced r¢tsrral w•itin9 tym•s. 0¢¥sit¢ tt majority of •laff tdrwJ p•rt-Utrn. r•m•h) o)mmrtted lo CrnfjnLKl￿ improvemenl and Coftttn￿ ￿Jr r880urces. Ouring th8 reprytry y••r. • grtywlrvJ d•m#nd for p￿Pty u8 to •Sta￿￿h 8ert• •r88s whtrre vulnerabla asylum $88kgrs oftd r•fv9è*S Inrye88ingly being housed, su¢h ay èanbury. Our dwit C4s8load compri3ed 63% asylum sttk•rs, 26% r•fvw8. and 10% vulnerable migrantj, I￿￿din9 ¥uNivor5 of tr8fncking. domestic viobnce. And lorced merriage. Th• Snfiux of new felerrals. partiojlady In the •¥rty st•ges of¥8ylum pro¢8ssin9. ￿0¢￿a slgnrftant •tr8in on our toam of Cp)uns•llors 8ntl front-lints 8•r¥i￿ 81aff. To delW dwnl-￿ntred ￿T￿¢th. we focu8 on cuRr¥8ting opwtunitles for cfients to inrA•asg sodal ecnnectlons, dovelop skilth and confldenc*, And Improvè m•ntsl and •n¥)￿O￿al w•ll-bthng. ProgramG suth as merrtorfng. women's se￿1¢6$, and lootball llrou￿ •venu￿ for dl•nts to meet now peopkn, strgnwhn $upwt rthot*s, and r•duco fe•llng• of L8oLgtk)n Our counmlllng *nd p8yGh¢)th•rnpy play•d • vital rol• In supportlng clknnts lo bulld ￿llenC• and poslt I•￿1￿)￿￿￿1pB. We cx)thUoUs￿ monitored. evaluoled, And •(Ilustod our pr¢gram8 in pathèrnhlp vhth tyJr diwrts to •n¥ure OLW d•ni8 a￿￿¥0 pooitNe outcorn, I￿lU￿n9. ImprMI wellbeiryJ lthysitsl 8n¢Yor er[￿lOn•1) Decmm in ¥yTnotyns of mental di$tras5 lrnproved Social c￿nectionS (decreased feel1r￿S of i¥c4atKJn} Imwovod tty ￿￿•91 $yYnptom# ofmèntsl heahh dKncAJ Supported in d￿lIng wrth practk81 b8ue$ affectir¥J thetr 81tUOtion Supportod *) *c4s$ir@ 8rroWn•nt. ￿￿￿M￿nts, •dLK*ion. tralnlng or bY>luntsry •mwA*r•d to oddr•ss L$Su￿ affocairg our IN8$ During buthJet y•af, 81% of our d￿nts errfJa9&a in our s¢cial indusion progrnrnrrns raported one or more of the out(￿Me¥ lsted 4ibM. Notsts￿, 89% 01 ￿rwomen'$ gNp ha6 report•d M af thèse INlcator6, lh8 folltJMng proJ*X8 being porbcularty impthctfvl.. Soo* I￿￿Ul10Th w8•kly oppoinlrn8nts and dropin Service for di•nts wrth mU￿PIe compkx ne¢dg, who Sirvgg￿ tts maIn8tr￿M and support ser¥t¢4 du? to PTSO Jrbj oth•r trauma•r￿8fed h•alth The H•allng in oUt¢￿Or6 wojeGI delNered in partw*rship with the lntèmth.onal Tree Fwnd•tiort. Tt•a*th•r have fAxrdinalgd monthty and t4-monthty v6sAs for Refvge•8 and Asylum se•kèrs to lo￿1 n8ture Sites in Oxtrdshife, where Ihey wg8g• in woodlènd acts.￿ty se$5ions and minthlness. Reports thw f¥r indtate impThed physi(¥l and men181 well￿￿9. irKrnas•d a)nfyJènce IA SCU91 interaction8. ￿ a great sense of p8ace th￿l lrnrnerslon In nature. Establl8hM￿l of a Ukraini&n women'8 grcwJp and irKorporatson tnto H•aling in the Outdc4)ts project. CuTatiTrJ sp￿￿1 5e&s¢on3 for Ukrpinianswth Cthet)'s Adv¥￿ Bureau to ar￿Wer qUtr#ions sumiunthng hoysing •n¢J the rul06 nd regul*i¢ns for reTrts￿. Cr¢thn of a FAQ sh••t in Ukraln4anlRus8ian and distribubon to lar9er Vkrdinrdn comrrwnty. Rtr￿rce Annual Re￿ ard Financial Statements Refugee Resource Trustees Report for the yoar endod 31 March 2024 ObJ•cttv• On• contlnwd OurYloffl•n's Group continued io rneel several tymes a we¢k lo ervdag¢ in a rang? of aGtiVit￿$ le.g. English Classes. yoga, workshops. communrty prc¥ectsl thrgugh whi¢h thèy buikd cortfidonce. develop new Connectio￿ and friendships. leam new things. and ¢rucialty prwdè èath other •rnolional supporl. Al ts groLbP'8 reqiwt our women's seNc*8 ec#ydin8tor coordinated a vaW of workshops and ext•mal $￿akeTs, Ifidud￿g. sexual h•allh workshops, run In partnership with the Terrence Higgbns Trusl.. other heamh workshop5 delivered in partnership wrth the NHS.. bgneffts and career support, wlh Asyre., and wo￿$hOp5 on rights. and nLwneraGy and liter skills. Our young mgn's looib•ll group rene** rt8 thernpeubc f￿5 du￿ng the year." a cknse(I group for we onty Kcept ref8rr8J5 (mostly thesg come from scrial servic881, and all the young people aTe ￿fugetss and rnigrants. The group is run in partnorship with our si8t8r chawTty Asylum Welcome 8nd Oxford United in thg Communty prowde 8 eogchl. We Nav• had many Unac¢<>mpanied A$￿￿M.seeking Chiktren IUASCI, and arrivals join gf late. The grotsp has di8ntS to build confidenc8, connecttonl. and a $8nsè of belon9ing for these youry people, Jre oft¢n new to the UK and gre often strLwling mentalty and 8m)twalty. Our mentoring ••p4i¢e cmtMU￿ to pro¥id8 both pfacti¢al and emotronal suyyrt. enaLlkng to fuffil their grAL%, fed less 1501ated, mora confldent. and moro inte9raied into lh8 eDmmurLity. Th8 mentoring Servi￿ is part￿￿k?rfY cwcial In providir¥ a s￿re and supported envinmm8ntwhere cltènts can devebp personal action plans and rno¥e ftsrw8rd tggchieve their goals. Durng the year. 1CQ% of mentee$ rowted feeling less i601ated and 78% feèl mert eMp0￿re￿ to address is8ues affecting th￿r lives. OBJECTfvE TWO- PARTNERSHIPWCOLLAeoRAnON ThroughoLrt the past year, we have Witnessed signific3nt shifts in oui partnernhips, resuMTYJ In the establi5hrT]ent of ne*¥ and T8Wtali38d partners. Actively tsypanding our nets¥ork of Nntracts and partnerships has yi¢lded a positivè response. enabling Refijgee ResowceltseffeGtively 8ddressemerying needs and engaye newditnts. Notably, we have embarked on managing Ser￿2￿ br UkJaifiian IndivKSuals in parthershtp wrth Connedions Support. In tsTrdem with our tornmitment to dient well-being, our womens servtces have organised a series of health and wellbein9 workshops. Theseworkshops have ernptrwtrred 35 refvgee women clients to over￿Me unequ81 a¢£ess to heatth Inforniat￿Tr and Swvi￿, gr8*er awarèn•ss ol c4JmuDity heatth re%)ur￿. Partnemg ￿th Var￿Jus0rganIsabQnS. we have ddivered workshops covering topics Juth 88 nutrilion. menlal heatth fir8t akl. exerose, and diet, cornplementing our regular yoga and rnindfulness classes. Furthering our dedicabon to swal inclusion, we have f8ci1it8ted workshops and discussbns in ¢o118boratK)n with Oxtordshire County C￿r￿lI. Comrnunty Research Network, and other key 5t8keholder8. These inrt1&tive8 have provided platforms for refiw and asylum wkers to voice their exFeriences and addr8S8 h8th inèquaktieB VAthin Oxlortshirn. Ar1dil￿n811y, our meDtcfflng and social indusion $er¥icts have beer instrunwntal in conneGting Glients viral Support fgr hearth is8ue8 and cortctms. from regvdtuiry heallhrAre providers to addTe¥sing l¥)ugng u￿ertaInbes ImtAem2nttng RefrJge8 EmF4oyTrent Support Progr8mme IRESPI in p8rtner5hip wlh A$pirg and EMBS and A$ylum Welcy)me, we aim to &mpower at ￿ast 20 indiwdy81$ on the Syri8n Vulnarable Persons Resettlemenl Sch8m¢ lo enter or 8dv8fi¢è in the place. As ￿ movelcwwd, rarrftsrtsng partn•rship8 and¢ollaboratNeefforts rwrrin$ a primaryfoc¥s. Through lalks. pre£ent#tions. and engagements, we aim to amplty our rne5S8ge and expand our partnership nebvork. Our (Trngoing cAlabordth"on wrth fund¢rs. pat1n8is. stakehoklers. di¢nts, vdunteers. and stxff ahgns wrth 0￿r objective to enhar￿￿ semce provisicm aThJ deliver excellent 5eNcÈs to our current and futur• clients. Refly Re%￿r￿ Annual Report and FlnarKkl stst￿neftts Refugee Resource Trustees Report for the year ended 31 March 2024 Cdlobjrnluig with AspÈr•. AS￿￿￿ Wek*me. atyj EMBS 10 dgvelop im*ment a Refiw Eryloyat41ty Pwojecl. Partrerirrfj ￿ Thè Internati(￿7 Tree FtyJndthn to orwise a Ser￿ of prD9rams b#￿'HealI￿j #i the Wood$,' c￿erall, the ch8rrty fortLW*te to wilh m¥ry partnws, rnt au norn¢d th4$ repyt il 14￿ukI Ske ¢0 eAaend its 0￿ECTIVE THREE- SUSTAINABILITY To achiwè th￿, v* We aetivety th8rsty.ng wr fi￿nd￿9 streams. Wth the r￿*nI additson C+f a He•J ol FUn¢Yra￿￿ng. o the impternentsti￿ of a robuStfi5ndw￿g strHtegy.A key compowrtofthis strai•gy 15 theaxpansion tsfourbesp)ke training In paraHel. we arn intersrfytng our efforts to t4)bter ¢xiffmunty I)dmd￿ fiw*Jrnising initialNe5. Notably. 15 wnntrrs behiTrJ us in the (knrd Haf M*th>n. rti￿Thj an impres$r￿ £11.tXX). This. CXAWed our ¢ywtro o)mmunty fvndraising. has 9**raled £16.255 in total. mo￿Ver. our ￿l￿tr ¢>%*ritth to fvrtdr8tsirYJ eniknavours, Wtth our (knr the past &x rnrths. have ￿￿￿￿ty wusued athlrtthal •¥J trust Iwthg. ￿￿ttn9 in tr* succgssfvl confirrnation oftr* folkywry gtsnts.. £40.CO) Forrester FaNty Trust for ¢m c¥3sts £17,100 fwprn ￿nghany￿1￿rÈ. OxhrdSlb￿e & Berksh￿ West Iwrtew*d CarE Board trts)Un$e￿ng seNieg5 F20,C£Q frorn ￿ CharIt￿e Trust ky ￿re ts)sts £10.Cm &¥ire Charitsblt Trust for c#ye cc4ts £9.LKX) frcrfn NHS Put4ic Health Workforce FuThJ £5,1KKJ from Pye CharitatrJ¢ TFUSt ser¥KM th0￿h Juty 2024 £4.5(Xl Mac Trust for costs £3.¢X(J frDm SL kfKhaefs aNI AJI Sairts. R•lu98¢ Resourre has parknaret1 wlh Oxford Brc4*ss Untvwsrty to deliver cohorts of a Levd 7 rnodube tstl¢d 'Rehumani%ing PoorAe in Extreme Situations, during the year. After SL*xessfiAty ¢je￿¥￿Ing an in.pefson accr•Jrted Course to 31 wofeswnaL8 students ower the past yèar, aim to transit*Jn the ￿li1e ty SÈpiÈmbe. 2024 to r￿h at ast 50 fidd 2025. Refugee Resource Trustses R•port for the year onded 31 March 2024 (IbJe¢d¥e Thrn• contlnued ErbCOUfaghlgly. feedback from modukn tndicaies strorw 5th1￿tiOn. over 90% of partrJpants deeming the course "indiS￿nIabie' t0llxir￿1rk￿1Lfi refv90gs. asyl￿ seekws. and ¥ulw*)le migrants affected bytrauma * ¢ompk8x PTSD. Addltionally, our CEO, Capacty 8uildwy L•ad. •nd Famity Thoropisl hav• provided tmnlngs and wws•Jn to vartous organisats"ons. induthrrfJ s￿Uary Hosling, Urw¥•rsty ¢1 Nwth C•rolina. We51 Oxfofdshire Dist￿ CwThil, Oxltrd$hiro County CiyJKil, AsFir•. and EMBS Cthnmunty Coll•g8. geff￿ a¢kJ￿On41 reven￿ durry thè yw. OurirvJ th•fin•nd* y•¥r. R•fiw fle￿rce has swl*n*ility to ali9n with our bwwtefm or9anisational stiat￿. Thii locu5 in¥oW conducb"rMJ a thort￿h rernf of our ICT systwn3, ￿lding to th¢ implern8ntath)n ol updai•d harth¥are and 8oftw8w•. 88 well a8 a trang￿n to shareP￿r￿ *￿¢3￿0￿811y, a comw•￿￿$1v0 f•wew and upgf•de of our web8ft• to en8ur• rt m••ts higNu•lty SI￿d•r￿1. As p•rt of our $ust¥no￿.hty effort8. trnh•￿ o r¢sourus %ththln the fiJThdr81sirg le•n. aimmg to irwse oui incts￿o by IO% ffj the urthming tscal yèar. In twms ol gov•man¢¥3, Refugee i￿ted tt t•)wd progr•n •ts F•rt ol ow wcceBI￿n Kl•n. Th* I￿￿d•d an open recDJitrn•rt PW85 to apwnt a r*w ch•ir. •SSLrned th8ir fob in Jarwy TM $Lttouful execu11￿ of Ih rtrnent plan en•ufèS th81 the or9anMbon r•mam$ wdwemed •nd finanrialty •ound. FUrt￿rM0￿. Conducted rewew ol key policwls, Indudty Saleguording antj oth¢rn. and mpl¢m•nted a 8urt• of trw'nw and de￿I￿rnent wogrAm8 to $Upp￿ •nd ofour t*)wd TAtykf0￿. Throughout these Oeveknwn￿ts. R•hy R88wrc• ha• act￿ colabrK8ted di￿ts. emplo)w, and partn¢rs to effecth'vety alttat• ￿ourc￿. thereby b•$t SUppo￿n9 tyjr clients maNtsiThng financyal vlabmity. Wo remained commrtt•d lo dali￿￿n9tr￿lnin9to 8tsff an(1 board mernbw¥, with uts9uarthngtr•irirvJf•ilrt*•d by an •h1•mal s•l•guarding ¢M•ullant, alrn to ar￿ pJ•th• mp• W• ar• detsply 9raielul forthecontinu•d ffiTran¢ial SL¥)POrt from t#)th •xisting and fund¥8. Nolably. èxtend ouith8nk8 lo th¢ Nat￿)nal Lottery for th*r c￿rnrt￿￿ftt to an •Jort￿l Iwr Y￿r$ ol fvndtng, glorvJ ¥Ath lonptWKling frJTrl•rs and contnbuton8 from OV•ffve frJnd8rn. Th•irg•r•rosty enat4•8 ￿ tocontirn*tyJrvrt•l*th, w• •xw•81 ourhe•rtf• Mor•¢wor. the cbanty tr08 •XP8nded rts ¢wMellir*J stsffmg te￿ Irrxn 5 10 9 thJdThJ y•ar. W• ¢￿￿Tru• to exph)re n•w incoffle to iupffi our WSts*)abWty ale excit•d abwt buikjiny ￿ ne* inAi#lN•s in th• near ￿lU￿. 0￿ECTIVE FOUR- ADVOCACY Th￿ otPGtsve i• to •nwr• th•t Rel￿￿• ROB￿ Xtr¥ety ervJBgeS in camwgThng to •upport the di•nts tt ￿￿*1. A cNcJal O$Frf of ow mis3v￿ in¥ofves kIentty￿9 •ffecbve mgthtsjs for ad¥cuthn9 rm teh&ll of our ￿￿ts. Refugee R•se￿Ice 18 dedi¢at•d 10 inu••6irg iti effryts and working L*)sety wth thocacy organisation•, wh1ch has Indud•d lh• R￿u￿b0 COU￿11 And aswcjated kjtsby grou￿. T¢tr str•r*Jthen advocaol ca￿>111t￿. R•lwt R••ource wrfll to I￿•rnent rotAwt Fryesses and sysitms to prox*¥ely a¢Jvoc*e lor f•luJ•os and mi9rnnts. In our ¢ommrtmentto e8tab+thing Oursel￿ * •n ￿O￿an49b0￿. ￿ ha¥• eoll•bw#t•d k•y Pa￿1*￿ to amplNy Ihe voic•8 of our dients through vanou$ platfomi Tho indudes wr involwMnt In the K¢•p CampBfidd C￿••￿ ￿lItiOn and lh• l*J￿ rf * ¥kI￿ avwj ￿ twwj aww•rw ofthe ￿paCt olour OA thos• serve. Refugee Resource Trustees Report for the year ended 31 March 2024 Client case study AT is a Pakistsni fBmakn adulitkn first contxted RR in January 2￿4 ty •rrillo our 9enerydl enquirtes email fiknxvAth the sut￿ line'urgent hdp rewirerf. Extradsfrom her efMI in(athd'. I ¥vrfling lo seek urpnt supwt ￿laSs￿r￿ce IrtNn your ory8nizat¥on ABgartling npntal abuse that I have been subisded to by my husband. l Sm cunpntly liwng INJ 8anbury and hav8 been unabh to se8k hèlp due lo to mYhOu￿ being forted to do thtrjgs I do not ifte. My husb8ndhas been at*usingm8 ofadultery8ndh?smade fatse allegalh)ns agwnstme, which ￿￿K￿dIn mypamnts save mybl•. Th8 mgnl81 that I have la￿ has fraumatized and unable to fvnckn n¢)mJolly. I fèarfor my lrfe and am Seekn￿ he￿ to *$¢￿ this ￿ati￿. l am to requestywrsupport and 8SStst8nce In ènsurfng my saf8ty and bw'ng. This sludy not only (knx)n5tr8le5 extremely th811enging $ubj•ct nabJr8 of even routine work at RR such a8 m8intsining the genwd enquiiies i)box. but also hwJhlights a key saleguardiTrJ aroLKKI %thether ¥omec*w is wnmediate darvJer or not. This report vtss kn.mety as tt coinc•Jed wth a r￿raftj"Eyj of the organisation5 Safeguarding pdiry but abo floKharts rerr￿nd u8 to raTeftJlty rwew a sihJal*)n {or at ka%t what infom)atKsn have airdikbk to us) before deterniining Ihe Smmedkacy and extent of fesportse required. In genoral. ar¥ a rofèrring agery rathèrthan a safeguardlng agency. but rfs0m￿ne is in immgdialt dang•r orot rtsk of vnrrin¢nt harm then urwt adiC￿ must be taken in the frmrn gfr£ntXling ￿ &Merg•ncy seTrlces. Imm&Jiatety upon receipt of Ars èrn31l w• replied to her message to try to obtain a nUM￿r and cOr￿ent to rthr h8r to the alrthryity andlcrf Sh? replied almtysl immed*tetyto sty that. l am IDtally safè ￿ my just seasonal fiv. Can you ¢ell me no￿ Trre is na [￿d to L>)nt8rtpolice because I . em th ry fiiend. and 18m totsty s8fe nght r￿. l am say￿￿ fDrft¥nol￿W because can dis￿￿$ evw)thlngin detsrf. Is ,' ok you. A￿ you them l am totally safe can ￿ affange tOmOVOW C8ll$eswp Them is no need to callp¢*s I￿8u$0 l am myhlend its trtèlfy safe. Afterseveral hours of time on cornmuni¢atir¥J b8¢k andfoth AT. and the time oftwrj separate CA7￿)$•110r9 thje to their part time ro18s and the apparent uryJer*ry ofthe sthat*)n. were able tts ccfflplète a referTal Mlh her, invite hgr for an 8ssessmenL and 3￿rtain that the hafm that she fèared wa5 adualty In her county rather Ihan h•r• in the UK. She. n¢)w in coun¥elIK￿ with RR. The ￿se study here to demonstrate the many p￿c￿ed $knlions ofurgèncythal can arBe ￿$$ the btsa￿ in an average ¢Jay at Refvgee Re50UTce, and can tske svJniknnt rgsources, sirnpty to conclude that an indfvidua is salè. Momver, rt hwJhlights the need to avoid assumpts.ons and to daify detw'És Èeforn rushing to condusions att8 cllent• to cw•at• in*) iallor••rykeB to m•ot tholr n•8d$ •ff•ctiv*ly to ¥¢op8 and o>cTr8t• 8•r¥￿* lor our el*nt Impro￿ IT infr8JtDJduro. streamline pro￿89￿5, and artha￿ faalit￿8 ond prernises to lupport SeThI￿ dollvgry. Prior￿.89 $t8ff w•l-baing thfough compeu.live pay. contsnuoui prol•sBional d•vek)prnent opp)rtunrtie5. aThJ o¥Xlve IIBtening. FIMncl•l R•￿•W prf￿aP•1 fvrtdlng •ourc•• prinopal fvndlnq •ource• ltsr th• charity for 2023r24 %Yare gr4nts, kndudlng from th• N&tlon•l Lott•ry. The Herry Smith Chority. LkJyd$ Bank Foundetion, Children in Need, Oxlordshiie Clinical Commi6sioniTrJ G¥oup. Oxlord Cbty c￿jn¢11 •TrJ Oxfordshirè County cl￿ncIl, Bromley Tru$l, Equator Trust, Forrttt•r Family TN81, an¢J olher valuJblè donorn. A￿•￿4•¥ poIKy Our ￿serveS policydthte8 thatwe keep a relatively l•v•l Ofrn8e￿s tts both the natur• ol ourwork and ourrnccffje trycle. Our coun6elliry and psychotherapy work wlth vulnerable and traumalised dlgnts a￿ long-terrn and rt could be un￿1 to end Ihi5 abruply, we. Iherettre, n••d a ¥12-rnonth ￿riOtt to *ind dovm thi8 seryice. Thè nature of th? WOTk 8190 means require prtmi6•S Wth reception and coun8•lling rooms", rnu61 provid• clinlcal supervis￿n lor staff, and Int*￿reterS are naedod for ¥eM¢e u8er8. We are currenuy dependont on 8 few major fvnding sources- if any oflhese were IoBt it c¢yJld place us Ni g precarioiii Situation, ond as our9￿.11fy lo generate unr85th.cted fvnds quickly is1Smrtgd, wo to to ¢¢v¥r a h)st grant until VIP can find 4t•mative $oure•s of funding. Our r•i8tves is 8vAilable on requ?¥l. eharity hold8 £483,607 in fvnd5 on 31 March 202412023 E534.4451, including £nil ir rg¥trkted frJnd812023 £14.230I, £3.115 r8pre5enled by tangible fixed assets Q023 £1,232) with free reseNes of £480.4W212023 £518.9831 The trustee8 have 6&t a tsf9et of £404.79512023 £353,666) gs the level of reserves being 7 rnonth5 budgeted expenditu￿ for2024f2025 and are happy th thelevel ol fr•& roserves in light Df the current erA)nomic sttuation ané tho charty'8 orvJoirLg d•￿ndence uwi grant I￿r￿Ing. io Refu￿ Resource Annual Re￿rt and FlnarKkl Statements Refugee Resource Trusteos Report for the year endod 31 March 2024 Refugee Resource is achantat4e wnpany limrted by yuarantee, Ir￿r[￿te￿J on 9 Odober 2¢J)2 and registèred as a chanty on 5 August 2(X)3. The company was •stsbli5h&Y L￿der a Memranttum of AsstAation which est¥Ni$hèd th• Ob￿Cts and p0￿r5 oflhe ctsrTrt8bleo)mpany and ts govemeoj under rts ￿ti￿eS 0fAss￿ial￿￿. In tr* e¥entof the cornpJny being wound up, m8mb•rs are requThl to ttlAiriW an ￿ourt ey¢•wJing £10. Refv9ee Res￿r￿ was rxevKbusty kno￿ as Refu9eg SupF&Kt Pro￿. whith wa¥ establish&J by 8 Ded8ration Tnjst dated 14 October 1939. On 1 2C¥]3. ttTO TN$tees tW6ferrèd Ihe assèts ha￿.111￿ held uTh￿r the D6d8ration tsfTwst into the cornpany liM￿ted by guaranlee and frtsm Itwt date the ¢XganUsat￿0n'$ have been cOndUd￿ through the Com￿nY lirnite(J by 9[￿rANee. The govemarth of the charity ￿ thg respom"b"lty of the dfr•XOts who ¥so and th• sc4• Members of Ihg company Th8y e￿Ied ar¥J o>opted under Iht lem￿ of the ArtKles of Assooation whth sFrfify that a min1￿uM of thr￿ trkxtees be 8pwnted wth no mwmum nLwthf rec{Ym￿ Ortrthinl oftrustees step drr•m by rtstalitin at each annual goneral rneeting ar*J, rfe4vJ￿e. may offer themsefves for re*Wion. Efforts are rn>Je to recnjtt a raThJe of truste•$ o can wowde the charity with 8 brgad specirurn of relevant experierKe aThl kTh*. There 18 an induction pr￿sS for new trustees d&s￿h￿￿ to hdp ihern under5tsnd charry M¥ks. The trustees tho Se￿ed duritty thè of thi6 report •re 9et OLrt on page 3. The Board of Iwstees delegats the running of ts offjanisali￿ to a Chief ExecutNe offi￿r and marwemenl tèam". the g¢)vemaKe funcbcn SUPPOrtgJ by quartety P&Mrd rrtttir#Js and an annual Strateg￿ pk8nring meeting. as a$ FInar￿ Committee rxryri$ing the Chw"r, the Tr885urer aThJ the V￿Chair. Trust885 w8ceive an LWI er￿ge￿L A pay pc4iy 16 in place and a benchnwkirwj revivwwas c*rr*d out in 2022., $81aiies are sut4eL* to 8n ann rÈthèw procè88 by thè 808rd. In January 2024. lh8 Board of Trustse8 hebj th*'r wnual a*ay day to di8oJss and cofvsthr the annual wiowib"•6 for 202 25. Th¢ Trustees agreed on th• kay ot¥￿try￿ wiwnartsed ￿ tr* 8t*)ve Plam for 202412025. RJ8k m•nI9￿ent TheTtU8tees have ￿kn[￿ the key risks aThJ nw5wes to mtyate th•m li a risk ￿lSter(k￿￿￿￿ith is rnviewed 1￿ce a year at Board meeliry. the main areas of oJrwt foojs a￿ ￿ fol(M8.' Fina￿al su5taMablity." the thaity is ovérfy frun tr￿15 aThl foundatr)rts to maintain ils Operatio￿., a fcrfxjs in Ihe stratt9￿ ￿aft for 2024r25 15 to dNersfy of raising revenue by deyelowng SOCA enterprise trading initbatNes and exter¥Jww Qui (Jjmmunty fundratsing thbes Continfft to wrrt on devekjpbng be8poke traini￿ programme ¥￿th Oxford Bfookes UnNerw is currenty undew. Ir￿reaSed ccmwthn". Ihe thnty lo cJJnsKb8r doser ￿[kI￿j rei*onship5 Mthere sharè a s#nilar ￿l￿t base. This ra an ar¢a of WLYk wll form part d the Organ￿110n'5 51r*egK plan tthvards seeking d06eT li Refugee Resource Responsibilities of th• Trustees for the preparntion of tho financial statements The Tnjstees a￿ responsibbe for preparing the Annual Rewrt and the finanrial staterne￿ in acttJrdarKe With applKable and rewlatiors¥. Company law rwuiwthèlrust••510 prepare finanoal $t8tsrnents for￿ fnanual yoar. Underthat law. the Trustèes have elected to prepare the financial Statem￿lts in ￿COrdan￿ wlh United )Qngdr￿ Generalty A(tepted A(xounting Pracb (Unrted Kiwjom AWOu￿]ng StandaTd5 and appliCa￿e lawl. Under¢ompanyla¥the Trustees rnustnotapprovethe financaal statements unlesslheyare satisfied thatthey gNe 8 true and frdir ofthe state of affairs ththe chanty and ofthe irKomwYJ resour￿ appUcatK)n of resour￿ of thè chanty for that pwiod. In preparwg thèse finanoaj statements. th¢ trustees are requ￿￿ to.. • suir•bk #¢£)￿￿ting polica•s and tr*n appty th•m corksistenty, . m8kejud9ements ac¢ounbng 8Stimates that ao re4sonabk prudent.. • prepare the ffinancaal statern￿ts on a goiTrJ con¢¢m basis unless it is inapproprth to w¢$umè that the comk)w will ccfftOnu• In op•￿tiOn. The trustees are respcnsible for keep￿g adequate *¢wnting r•cords that are suffioent to shryw and eyplain the chariV$ trar￿ath"Ons arnj dISdtr￿ wrth ￿sonable acojrw at any tirne the finarrial F¢Sitix ofth8 company and Èt*blè them to •nsurtr Ihat the ￿nar￿181 statwnents cunply with the Companies Ad 2006. They are also respon$bi le for safegUar￿g Ihe 855ets ofthè thsrity and hence For taking reasonab￿ steps for the P￿vent￿n and detecti￿ offraixl and 0th8r irragularity"es. report has been prepared In accordarKewith the 8m¥ll compan￿ R•gim• under 419(2) ofthe Companw P uThJertake the examinati¢n b￿USe l am a rnemberofthe Instthrte ofCharter•d Accountants in England and Wabs. 15 (x)È of the lisfrd brmlies. I have r￿pleted my wmination. I c￿firM that no matt•r5 have ￿ne to my attendon In conmcbon the examinatipn gi¥ing me to ￿leve." 1) aoxthtng T￿$ ￿tre kept in re¥F*d ofthe Company as rnquired by sedion 386 ofthe Ad.. or Ihe acctyjnts do notaccord wth thos¢ aCcoun￿g records". OT 3> the aC￿Unts do not cornply the acctyJnting ¥eqLuram¢nts of section 396 ofthe 2006 Act other than any requirement that the accounts 9￿* a Irue and fairf view Ithich is Th)t a matter eon&dgrgd as part olan I￿ependent examination, or 4) the atttyjnts have not been prepared in accordan￿￿1th th¢ methods and ￿nciple￿Of¢he Ststement 0fR￿MMended prdIX￿ for actouniir¥J and rèporting by (*aribes ap￿C￿b]e trJ charibes prwring their8¢counts in aC4558542 2024 3.115 39,7 Cash at li hllwxl J.108 18.e84 CURRENT ASSETS 533.213 m￿ASsET8 INCOME FUNDS 483,e￿7 $20,215 14230 TOTAL FUNDS and Signed on its b•h•W by". Chair 15 Refugee Resource ststement of Cash Flows For the year ended 31 March 2024 2024 2023 Not•• C••h lu••d Inl I g•n•Mtsd fyom opvrntlng actlvlti 13 Purcha605 of tangibl¢ tsed a38•18 DNhdendb •nd int•rn•l frryn inve•lmw 13,647> 11,400 2,427 C•¥h 9gn8r8tsd from Inv¥¥tlng octIv￿ets lD•¢r•a8•lfirMa￿ In ￿$h and raih •quiv•l•nt• in th• y•ar (23,7691 13,5481 Cath •nd ￿*h equlvJlwi# at the È49irtnlng ol the year 513,877 517,425 Tol•l wh and wulval8nt6 at th• •nd ol ye•r 490 108 16 Refu9ee Resource Annual Report aThJ FinarKial Statements Refugee Resource Notes to the Accounts For the year ended 31 March 2024 l. *xcountlng Pol•ci •) B*•l• of acc(Amling IFRS 1021. bl Pund *c￿u￿￿n9 ¢} Incoffl• All inc¥)me is irdLtrJ•d in the %t¥tenwJrrt of finarbS* Kt¥lt*$ thi ¢*aiity li to I￿ In￿M0 and th? amount ran • Voluntary inc¢yno ts rec•N•d by way of 9rnnts, arnl 9ffts an¢1 is Indud8d in In St•t•rMrt of Flnandal thryn r•cknblg. Grnnts, where entillement Yd condrtional on t￿ delNery of • porform•w by th• provhJ•d by volunt•ern h8$ not been I￿uded ￿ tlwi attojrts. r*ht 10 rg)nthknrakn by its wrformarKe. dl P•n•l¢¥n 17 Refugee Resource Notes to the Accounts For the year ended 31 March 2024 •) Expèndlturn All •ynditUTe 18 ac¢ount•d for on an 8ecruals b85is and has been list8d under headin9$ that aggre9aie all the cost5 related to that xtiwty VW*re costs ¢anr￿ be dir¢ctly altn"buled, they have been 811oc8t8d to *ivth'g8 orn A bgw's ¢on8i8lent wit the use of the re80LStcas. • Costs of generating fund8 compri¥e the costs asswated with attr%t6ng voluntary . Charltable expenditure comprises tho8e costs it)curred by the d)arity in the delNèry of its ecth¥its¥ and gervin8 for ts nef¢cJari•s. It includes both costs that can all¢)cAi8d dI￿ty to such actNrtle8 and ttN)se cosls of an indlract nature r*¢e68ary lo SUPp￿t tl*m. Govèrnancè costs indude thos8 costs associatèd wlth rneeting eonslrtLth"onal and Statutory reqUlrern￿ts of th• charty and include audit f￿$ and ¢0sts linked to the $trategic management of the charity. • ￿1 are alWt•J baiw•en the expenditu￿ Categor￿8 of the Staten*nt of Fin8nc4al Actiwty on a basls designed 10 refflect the use of the ￿Qure*. Costs relating to a parbcukqr ¥tivty are alhxalod dlrw, othern arè app)TbowJ ￿ an appropriatè basls •.g.. staff nurnbèts. tsme albcalion. fj Fix•d au•l• Fixed a$s?ts a￿ stated at cost l?¥s 8ccurnuknd deprnciation. The costs ofrnlnor additions or those cosing ￿loW£250 ore rKJt capi181ised. Depreaalion is provkled at rates cakulated lovffjte off tho ￿$t Df each asset ovèr its expected useffijl lrfe as folltr•VS". Computers Office Equipfflenl 33% per annum 25% per annum [8 Refugee R￿Urce Annual Report and FIna￿al Stat￿ents Refugee Resource Notes to the Accounts For the year ended 31 March 2024 l Donaiions and Grnnts 2024 2023 Totsl nds Totsl funds funds 8.715 15.911 63.148 15,911 51,656 Oxford Communty FtyJndatKJn OCF Mentoring OCF Fotstball Group M&C Trust Donatk￿$ and FUTrJra￿rlj AB Charitable TTu* IVPA Pol 10,C 4,984 10,117 20,000 20,788 20.788 3.000 25,0 Equator Charii•blts TrpJ8t Lknyds Bank Foundalyon Chlldren in Need Henry Smth Charty Oxfordshire Ctyjnty Cguncil Oxford Cty Council Comm Impact Fund Oxford City Counfil Nation& Lottery Communlty Fund Garfield Westoft Foundation JAPye Paroch￿1 Charfty ofSI Cl￿￿n￿ Swre TN TaMb￿r Foundalion Fofrester TnJst The Bromky Trust 25.C 18.C(K> 27.250 45,CKJO 5,850 5,5C 113.071 20.QJO 16.442 118,5)) 16,442 118.%4) 5,000 4.000 10.DJO 15.000 15,(M)O 157,433 15.000 460,284 Is,￿0 464.112 301851 19 Resryjrce Annual Re[*￿t aTrd FinarKial Statements Refugee Resource Notes to the Accounts For the year ended 31 March 2024 Income from ch•rit•bl• •Gtlwti 2024 2023 Unrn•trlcted fund• R••trfthd lund• Totsl fvnd• Total fund• Oxfordohiro CllnSc81 comm11￿on1t1J Group othor 1￿me 8,550 8.550 12,857 17,1tsJ 9,057 12.857 4. Exwdltur• on r•l•ln9 lund• 2024 2023 Unr••trl¢t fvnd• RMtrlct•d fund• Totsl fund• Totsl fund• Dlroetly attnbutable ￿*t8 Supp)rt ¢08tg alloc•tDd 81,480 73.703 44,808 40,080 13,278 118511 20 Refwe Annual Repjrt arKI Flnanclal Statements Refugee Resource Notes to the Accounts For the year ended 31 March 2024 2024 2Q23 Unrgstri¢tsd funds Restricted funds Totsl funds fvnd$ C¢)uM•lling S•Nlce Di• attritr￿able o)8ts Supp)rt o)sts xl¢xated 37,931 112,931 41.055 150,¥22 1CK),444 1S4,016 225.816 Dlr8diy Hlln"ttht4e e0*¥ suppOrtL￿ ollocthd 11.004 9.817 47.567 17,291 58,591 56.2C 34.517 20.821 Women's S•r¥ieè Diredty attributablts ￿sts Supp(Nt wsts ajlocated 4.749 4.238 11,981 16.730 10.435 Ad¥i¢•, Advowy and 1￿Ch Serwct Dlrèth *thbutthe uJst8 23,675 58.577 33.076 45.839 11.955 89,653 280 115 2024 2023 Supwt CC6ts I￿1(*#¢. Proportitin 9fM￿n09. CEO. Fknance & Adrnln Manager. 22.719 77,152 29.982 40,939 AdmiTr￿￿t0r Consumancy 5,1C Ggneral running cost Rent HR IS Support 18,487 43,081 20,019 8.809 11.554 3,505 1,076 2,145 4.202 275 6,228 1,740 1.923 IndepeTrJent ExxmirWb)i Fee Event T￿Ining Total 523 87.932 109,073 111254 60.015 21 R￿Ur￿ Annual Rewrt and Finandal Stataxents Refugee Resource Notes to the Accounts For the year ended 31 March 2024 6. St•ff ca•ts Z024 2023 W•3•8 and salafies Employerfs Nallon81 Insurance cortnbuti(m¥ Employers pension corrtritMAK￿s 370,059 27,038 284.445 22.52S 410328 2024 2023 FTE CounMMkng WorT￿n,1 S• Athe• and Advocacy Adminiolratson and 8 olf•¢￿1 •nd D*v•k*pn•nt Tot•1 0.8 11.8 No •mpbyg•'• w￿lUments ￿£••0 Ée0,c￿ in th• yw. Th• dwitygythbul•s 4% ol•a*to •n •utO-enroh))•rrt ¢omplknt rk.b•Md r•n$ioi for all ehgth ￿ff. Kty m•rwwrn•nt pe￿r￿ r•Mur￿l￿ Ml•ry. Nathan￿ InwrwK• and •mplo)*fi wilon totsll•d £57,1W212023. £48,552). 22 Refug88 Resource Notes to the Accounts For the year ended 31 March 2024 7. Flx•d A••ets OffJe• Equiprn•nt Comput•rn Tot#1 At 1 Apr 2023 7.7CO 3,201 10,9)1 At 31 March 2024 At 1 2￿23 Char9e for year Al 31 March 2Q4 3.201 At 1 Aw 2023 At 31 Wrch 2024 8, D•btor• 2024 2023 7CIJ s.￿3 12,441 3,603 Otr*r dèbtors 9.248 9. Crnditoy• 2024 2023 1,679 8,614 S,[67 Acuual8 9,441 S,C67 T1￿1¢M ¥nd scd81 ••curty DefeThed tr)ct)m• o repn8•nt8d by or•nts rncelved belore the ￿ar •nd wthere Ihe grart pwhjd does not start unt(1 I fo11ry￿Dg Awil. 8aL4nce brrwht fo￿￿rd Reloa6ed in Ihe year Defeff•d In the year 5,C67 15.06T) S.(67 5,067 Re￿rce Annual Rem ￿nancial Statements Refugee Resource Notes to the Accounts For the year ended 31 March 2024 19. Comml¢m•nts 2024 2023 Expirirwj in Iw than y• 30.710 At 31 Mafth 2024 the (knity a I￿nCell￿ eLYnrnrttT￿t 6 months, TWrt and ser¥ice th￿ of £34,C#)5 (2023 £30.710) 11. PAov•m•rt in fund• A8at1 Apr 2023 Incomi A• at 31 March 2024 520215 194.729 1231.337) 483.ed)7 Restricted fuThJ8.' C¢)ut)sdling. Menloring, Won*n's 14.230 31S.n 1329,9381 S34,445 581.275 483,807 Purpo￿8 of R•strided Fun Th• and psYch￿S(￿al seN¢•s offer tsraF* prniknl a$￿uM seekern, refv0￿5 and vulnèrtht migrants vo psydthrapy. Couns￿lng. ￿ ￿￿￿lted t￿l￿De befrierh* sthme IM•ntLWThJ wvieal. a Wom•n's servi￿ prO￿deS 8 safe and SUPForfve trjr fema• c&onts to tofv Jnd8rtake **Triib8S whth pwomote Iheir psycW"cal, enN)tional and plrysK81 knElkteing. Like all cwr servw, trt aims lo reduce SOCI￿ 1s010 Kl exdwiw and Ij￿ baThers to *Y)men urtegrnb"rvJ ￿10 Ihe local cxMmrNJnty and lrfe in Oxfordshire. Th• Adv¥e•. Athocxy and Outrwth SeThI￿s 5UPP)rt the w(*k ￿ry￿ed out via wr theraF￿￿ Serv￿ by •n8bling scKxal inte9ration as deSCrit￿ abobw. and aLw by woMding a rarpJg of pr*th>l 8$ **ll as SIgnF￿$tsn9 to other wvices. TheGe w￿ude # b•spoke Citizen't Advth BtsrwJJ s•nK•. Support wrfh afttssing tr*r¥r*u. adl￿110￿ And empWTrant. a h8nJ5tw aTrJ ts￿￿¥ry fiJThknJ. These acmies a￿ fijnded wwrorily ty trusts and f￿￿)eb"on$ ndLwJiNJ Chll¢Jren in Need and ty l)xlc*d city CouM*. Cs)re luTvJing h88 been prim•rity by ts N41h￿ Lot*ry Commurty Fund, t)xfDrdshirn Courty Cwnc41. and The Henry Smith Charity. 24 Refugee Resource Notes to the Accounts For the year ended 31 March 2024 Tot*1 TawNè fr