```
REGISTERED COMPANY NUMBER: 08737163 (England and Wales)
REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: 1155207
```
## **`REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES AND`**
## **`FINANCIAL STATEMENTS`**
## **`FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020`**
## **`FOR`**
```
REFUGEE AND MIGRANT FORUM OF
ESSEX AND LONDON (RAMFEL)
(A COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE)
```
```
Hartley Fowler LLP
Chartered Accountants
4th Floor Tuition House
27-37 St George's Road
Wimbledon
London
SW19 4EU
```
```
REFUGEE AND MIGRANT FORUM OF
ESSEX AND LONDON (RAMFEL)
```
```
CONTENTS OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020
```
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Independent Examiner's Report 5
Statement of Financial Activities 6
Balance Sheet 7
Notes to the Financial Statements 8 to 15
Detailed Statement of Financial Activities 16 to 17
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REFUGEE AND MIGRANT FORUM OF
ESSEX AND LONDON (RAMFEL)
```
## `REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES`
## **`FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020`**
```
ThetrusteeswhoarealsodirectorsofthecharityforthepurposesoftheCompaniesAct2006,presenttheirreport with
thefinancialstatementsofthecharityfortheyearended31December2020.Thetrusteeshaveadoptedthe provisions
ofAccountingandReportingbyCharities:StatementofRecommendedPracticeapplicabletocharitiespreparing their
accountsinaccordancewiththeFinancialReportingStandardapplicableintheUKandRepublicofIreland(FRS 102)
(effective 1 January 2019).
```
## **`OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES`**
## **`Objectives and aims`**
```
RAMFELisacharitythatsupportsrefugeesandvulnerablemigrantstoaccessjusticeandthatprovidesvitalsupport in
moments of individual crisis.
```
```
Goal1:ProvideImmigrationadvicetovulnerablemigrants,asylumseekersandRefugeeswheretheycannotaccess legal
aid or afford advice
```
```
Goal2:Provideawelcomingsafespace,destitutionsupportandspecialistadvicetoRefugeesAsylumSeekers and
Vulnerable Migrants experiencing crisis
Goal3:SupportAsylumSeekersandRefugeesintheirjourneythroughtheasylumsystemandassisttheir successful
integration into society
Goal 4: Campaign on the issues our work presents, focusing on the above areas.
```
```
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ESSEX AND LONDON (RAMFEL)
```
## `REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES`
## **`FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020`**
## **`OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES`**
## **`Significant activities`**
```
DespitetheWindrushscandalandcontroversyoverthehostileenvironmentfiguringprominentlyinnationalmedia over
thelastfewyears,inpracticaltermsatanationallevel2019sawlittlechangesto2018.TheHomeOfficemissed the
chancetolearnandengageandtochangetheculturewhichledtothetragiccasesofpeoplebeingmade destitute,
detained and removed through unfair and inhumane policy backed up by institutional administrative incompetency.
Recentlythegovernmenthaslookedtochallengetherightoflegalrepresentativestorepresenttheirclients' best
interestsandaremovingtorestricttherighttochallengegovernmentdecisionsthroughpotentialJudicial Review
changes, so the hostile environment continues seemingly unabated.
```
```
On the frontline, in 2019 RAMFEL's focus remained on;
```
```
- Giving access to justice for those denied it by legal aid and the legal system.
```
- `Providing support to those struggling whilst caught in the immigration system`
- `Helping those recently granted status to successfully transition to their new life`
## **`Immigration advice`**
```
RAMFELfocusedonthosewhohavebeendeniedlegalaidorwhomwereotherwiserestrictedfromaccessing justice.
Undocumentedchildrenandtheirfamiliescontinuedtomakeupthemajorityofourlegalwork.Mayorof London
researchestimatesthatover100,000childrenareinthissituationinLondon.We'reproudofour100%successrate in
2019inrepresentingthem,whichservestoillustratethatmanyyoungpeoplearebeingdeniedcitizenshiporstatus and
forced to live in poverty simply due to legal aid cuts.
```
```
Alongsidetryingtoexpandourreachtoprovidelegaladvice,RAMFELwilllooktouseourexperiencetoinfluence any
potential changes to government policy or law in this area.
```
```
In2019wecontinuedourworkwithRoughSleeperstoprovideimmigrationadviceandhavehadsomesuccess in
securingstatus.Howeverwehavealsofacedverydifficultchallengesingatheringevidencetobeableto submit
applicationsforpeoplewho,duetoroughsleepingandthehostileenvironment,havebeencutoutofvarious services
which would give create official records.
```
```
In 2019 we submitted 266 immigration applications
```
- `we lodged 8 appeals (some of them heard in in 2019, some in 2020, some still pending)`
- `we had 7 appeals heard (some of them lodged in 2018) and 6 of them were successful (the unsuccessful case`
- `subsequently gained status in 2020 through RAMFEL representation)`
- `we had 5 applications rejected - 1 already won on appeal, 2 of them have a pending appeal, 2 have been referred for`
- `JR and 1 we re-lodged another application which has since been granted`
```
Thebarristerswhovolunteeredtorepresentuswonallthecasestheywereinvolvedwith(excepttheonefamily that
subsequently received status).
```
```
We would like to say a massive thanks to them for their hard work and dedication;
```
```
Nicholas Sadeghi (Legis Chambers)
Eleri Griffiths (One Pump Court)
Catherine Jenkins (One Pump Court)
Angelina Nicolaou (One Pump Court)
Ahmed Osman (One Pump Court)
Mark Allison (One Pump Court)
Joseph Byrne (Goldsmith)
```
## **`Destitution Support`**
```
Whilstouradviceservicesaresupportingpeopletoachieveofficialstatusandgetonwiththeirlives,thereisalsoa need
tohelptackledestitutionandtheeffectsofbeingstuckinasylumorimmigrationsystems.Ourweeklyfoodbankand drop
incentreranweeklyproviding3640foodparcelsaswellastoiletriesonceamonth.Thepandemicforcedustoadapt the
way we deliver this service, and the team did an outstanding job is facing up to this challenge innovatively.
```
```
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```
REFUGEE AND MIGRANT FORUM OF
ESSEX AND LONDON (RAMFEL)
```
## `REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES`
## **`FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020`**
## **`OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES Holistic advice services`**
```
Akeypartofourorganisationstrategyistotakeaholisticapproachtotheneedsofindividualsandfamiliescaughtup in
themostchallengingofsituationsandwe'rehappytohavebeenabletomaintainandevenexpandthese circumstances
through one of the most challenging years for our charity and the clients we serve.
```
```
Ourservicesprovidedwraparoundsupportinhousing,asylumsupport,accesstohealthcare,accesstosocial services,
employability and wellbeing.
```
```
Inparticular,theseservicesprovidedendtoendsupporthelpingtoregularisestatusbutalsolookingtosupport the
transition to building a new life in the UK.
```
## **`Public benefit`**
```
ThetrusteeshavebeenmindfuloftheguidanceprovidedbytheCharityCommissionwithregardtopublicbenefit when
planni ng the activities of the charity.
```
## **`FINANCIAL REVIEW`**
## **`Financial position`**
```
RAMFELisinastrongfinancialpositionwithimportantnewrelationshipswithcharitablefundersemergingoverthe last
year.Aseverweseeklongertermfundingandpartnershipsinordertosustainandimprovethelevelofworkwe can
undertake.
```
## **`Principal funding sources`**
```
Assetoutinthenotestotheaccounts,thecharittyisfundedprimarilybygrantsfromLocalAuthoritiesand other
organisations.
```
## **`Reserves policy`**
```
TheBoardhasassessedthecharity'srequirementsforreservesinlightofthemainriskstotheorganisation.Asa result,
thetrusteeshaveestablishedfundraisingstrategywhichincludesensuringamixofrestrictedandunrestricted funding.
Ourreservepolicyisthatunrestrictedfundsnotcommittedshouldbeheldinreserveandmaintainedatalevel which
ensuresthatRAMFEL·scoreactivitiescancontinueduringaperiodofunforeseendifficulty.Thisrepresentsatleast three
months" (13 weeks) expenditure of about £73,500. This will be reviewed annually.
```
## **`STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT Governing document`**
```
Thecharitablecompanyisconstitutedasacompanylimitedbyguaranteeandisgovernedbyitsmemorandum and
articles of association. The company is registered as a charity with the Charity Commission in the UK.
```
## **`REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS`**
## **`Registered Company number`**
```
08737163 (England and Wales)
```
## **`Registered Charity number`**
```
1155207
```
## **`Registered office`**
```
The People's Place,
80-92 Stratford High Street
London
E15 2NE
```
```
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```
REFUGEE AND MIGRANT FORUM OF
ESSEX AND LONDON (RAMFEL)
```
## `REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES`
## **`FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020`**
## **`Trustees`**
```
Ms M Edwards
Mr T S Lee
Mr F Rehren (appointed 27/9/21)
Ms F A Sulaiman (appointed 27/9/21)
Ms J Warr
Ms E Coyne (resigned 3/3/20)
```
```
InadditiontothepersonslistedabovewhoseappointmentasdirectorhadbeenrecordedatCompaniesHouse, the
following persons also acted as trustees in the year:
```
```
Mr R Mukherjee
Mr F Webster
```
## **`Independent Examiner`**
```
Hartley Fowler LLP
Chartered Accountants
4th Floor Tuition House
27-37 St George's Road
Wimbledon
London
SW19 4EU
```
## **`STATEMENT OF TRUSTEES' RESPONSIBILITIES`**
```
Thetrustees(whoarealsothedirectorsofRefugeeandMigrantForumofEssexandLondon(RAMFEL)forthe purposes
ofcompanylaw)areresponsibleforpreparingtheReportoftheTrusteesandthefinancialstatementsinaccordance with
applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).
```
```
Companylawrequiresthetrusteestopreparefinancialstatementsforeachfinancialyearwhichgiveatrueandfair view
ofthestateofaffairsofthecharitablecompanyandoftheincomingresourcesandapplicationofresources,including the
incomeandexpenditure,ofthecharitablecompanyforthatperiod.Inpreparingthosefinancialstatements,the trustees
are required to
```
- `select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;`
- `observe the methods and principles in the Charity SORP;`
- `make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;`
- `prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charitable company will continue in business.`
```
Thetrusteesareresponsibleforkeepingproperaccountingrecordswhichdisclosewithreasonableaccuracyatany time
thefinancialpositionofthecharitablecompanyandtoenablethemtoensurethatthefinancialstatementscomply with
theCompaniesAct2006.Theyarealsoresponsibleforsafeguardingtheassetsofthecharitablecompanyandhence for
taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
```
```
Approved by order of the board of trustees on 19 October 2021 and signed on its behalf by:
```
```
Mr F Rehren - Trustee
```
```
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```
INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF
REFUGEE AND MIGRANT FORUM OF
ESSEX AND LONDON (RAMFEL)
```
## **`Independent examiner's report to the trustees of Refugee and Migrant Forum of Essex and London (RAMFEL) ('the Company')`**
```
IreporttothecharitytrusteesonmyexaminationoftheaccountsoftheCompanyfortheyear ended
31 December 2020.
```
## **`Responsibilities and basis of report`**
```
Asthecharity'strusteesoftheCompany(andalsoitsdirectorsforthepurposesofcompanylaw)youareresponsible for
the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 ('the 2006 Act').
```
```
HavingsatisfiedmyselfthattheaccountsoftheCompanyarenotrequiredtobeauditedunderPart16ofthe2006 Act
andareeligibleforindependentexamination,Ireportinrespectofmyexaminationofyourcharity'saccountsas carried
outundersection145oftheCharitiesAct2011('the2011Act').IncarryingoutmyexaminationIhavefollowed the
Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5) (b) of the 2011 Act.
```
## **`Independent examiner's statement`**
```
Sinceyourcharity'sgrossincomeexceeded£250,000yourexaminermustbeamemberofalistedbody.Ican confirm
thatIamqualifiedtoundertaketheexaminationbecauseIamaregisteredmemberofICAEWwhichisoneofthe listed
bodies.
```
```
Ihavecompletedmyexamination.Iconfirmthatnomattershavecometomyattentioninconnectionwith the
examination giving me cause to believe:
```
`1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the Company as required by section 386 of the 2006 Act; or 2. the accounts do not accord with those records; or`
`3. the accounts do not comply with the accounting requirements of section 396 of the 2006 Act 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; or`
`4. the accounts have not been prepared in accordance with the methods and principles of the Statement of Recommended Practice for accounting and reporting by charities (applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102)).`
```
Ihavenoconcernsandhavecomeacrossnoothermattersinconnectionwiththeexaminationtowhichattention should
be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
```
```
Jonathan Askew
ICAEW
Hartley Fowler LLP
Chartered Accountants
4th Floor Tuition House
27-37 St George's Road
Wimbledon
London
SW19 4EU
```
```
Date: .............................................
```
```
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```
## `REFUGEE AND MIGRANT FORUM OF ESSEX AND LONDON (RAMFEL)`
## `STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES`
## `(INCORPORATING AN INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT)` **`FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020`**
|`Unrestricted`
`fund`
`Restricted`
`Notes`
`£`
`£`
**`INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM`**
`Grants and donations`
`2`
`8,537`
`380,428`
**`Charitable activities`**
`3`
`Charitable activities`
`41,979`
`-`
**`Total`**
`50,516`
`380,428`
**`EXPENDITURE ON`**
**`Charitable activities`**
`4`
`Charitable activities`
`-`
`418,626`
**`NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)`**
`50,516`
`(38,198)`
**`RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS`**
**`Total funds brought forward`**
`72,902`
`63,577`
**`TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD`**
`123,418`
`25,379`|`2020`
`Total`
`funds`
`£`
`388,965`
`41,979`
`430,944`
`418,626`
`12,318`
`136,479`
`148,797`|`2019`
`Total`
`funds`
`£`
`328,089`
`18,117`|
|---|---|---|
|||`346,206`
`294,273`|
|||`51,933`
`84,546`|
|||`136,479`|
```
The notes form part of these financial statements
```
```
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```
## `REFUGEE AND MIGRANT FORUM OF ESSEX AND LONDON (RAMFEL)`
## `BALANCE SHEET`
## **`31 DECEMBER 2020`**
|`Unrestricted`
`fund`
`Restricted`
`Notes`
`£`
`£`
**`FIXED ASSETS`**
`Tangible assets`
`11`
`8,573`
`-`
**`CURRENT ASSETS`**
`Debtors`
`12`
`182,676`
`-`
`Cash at bank and in hand`
`158,826`
`25,379`
`341,502`
`25,379`
**`CREDITORS`**
`Amounts falling due within one year`
`13`
`(222,609)`
`-`
**`NET CURRENT ASSETS`**
`118,893`
`25,379`
**`TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES`**
`127,466`
`25,379`
**`CREDITORS`**
`Amounts falling due after more than one year`
`14`
`(4,048)`
`-`
**`NET ASSETS`**
`123,418`
`25,379`
**`FUNDS`**
`16`
`Unrestricted funds`
`Restricted funds`
**`TOTAL FUNDS`**|`2020`
`Total`
`funds`
`£`
`8,573`
`182,676`
`184,205`
`366,881`
`(222,609)`
`144,272`
`152,845`
`(4,048)`
`148,797`
`123,418`
`25,379`
`148,797`|`2019`
`Total`
`funds`
`£`
`751`
`2,262`
`161,152`
`163,414`
`(5,771)`
`157,643`
`158,394`
`(21,915)`
`136,479`
`72,902`
`63,577`
`136,479`|
|---|---|---|
```
ThecharitablecompanyisentitledtoexemptionfromauditunderSection477oftheCompaniesAct2006forthe year
ended 31 December 2020.
```
```
Themembershavenotrequiredthecompanytoobtainanauditofitsfinancialstatementsfortheyear ended
31 December 2020 in accordance with Section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.
```
```
The trustees acknowledge their responsibilities for
```
- `(a) ensuring that the charitable company keeps accounting records that comply with Sections 386 and 387 of the Companies Act 2006 and`
- `(b) preparing financial statements which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable company as at the end of each financial year and of its surplus or deficit for each financial year in accordance with the requirements of Sections 394 and 395 and which otherwise comply with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 relating to financial statements, so far as applicable to the charitable company.`
```
Thesefinancialstatementshavebeenpreparedinaccordancewiththeprovisionsapplicabletocharitable companies
subject to the small companies regime.
```
```
ThefinancialstatementswereapprovedbytheBoardofTrusteesandauthorisedforissueon19October2021and were
signed on its behalf by:
```
```
Mr F Rehren - Trustee
```
```
The notes form part of these financial statements
```
```
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```
REFUGEE AND MIGRANT FORUM OF
ESSEX AND LONDON (RAMFEL)
```
```
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020
```
## **`1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES`**
## **`Basis of preparing the financial statements`**
```
Thefinancialstatementsofthecharitablecompany,whichisapublicbenefitentityunderFRS102,have been
preparedinaccordancewiththeCharitiesSORP(FRS102)'AccountingandReportingbyCharities:Statement of
RecommendedPracticeapplicabletocharitiespreparingtheiraccountsinaccordancewiththeFinancial Reporting
StandardapplicableintheUKandRepublicofIreland(FRS102)(effective1January2019)',Financial Reporting
Standard102'TheFinancialReportingStandardapplicableintheUKandRepublicofIreland'andthe Companies
Act 2006. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention.
```
## **`Preparation of the financial statements on a going concern basis`**
```
Thefinancialstatementshavebeenpreparedontheassumptionthatthecharityisabletocontinueasa going
concern,whichthetrusteesconsiderappropriatehavingregardtothecurrentlevelofunrestrictedreserves and
theexpectedlevelofincomeandexpenditurefor12monthsfromauthorisingthesefinancialstatements. There
are no material uncertainties about the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.
```
## **`Income`**
```
AllincomeisrecognisedintheStatementofFinancialActivitiesoncethecharityhasentitlementtothefunds,it is
probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably.
```
```
Income from grants is recognised when the charity has entitlement to the funds, any performance conditions
attached to the grants have been met, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be
measuredreliably.Grantincomereceivedthatdoesnotmeettherecognitioncriteriaiscarriedforward as
deferred income.
```
```
Incomeinrespectofservicesprovidedisrecognisedwhen,andtotheextentthat,performanceoccursand is
measured at the fair value of the consideration receivable.
```
## **`Expenditure`**
```
Liabilitiesarerecognisedasexpenditureassoonasthereisalegalorconstructiveobligationcommitting the
charitytothatexpenditure,itisprobablethatatransferofeconomicbenefitswillberequiredinsettlement and
theamountoftheobligationcanbemeasuredreliably.Expenditureisaccountedforonanaccrualsbasisand has
beenclassifiedunderheadingsthataggregateallcostrelatedtothecategory.Wherecostscannotbe directly
attributedtoparticularheadingstheyhavebeenallocatedtoactivitiesonabasisconsistentwiththeuse of
resources.
```
## **`Tangible fixed assets`**
```
Depreciationisprovidedatthefollowingannualratesinordertowriteoffeachassetoveritsestimated useful
life.
```
```
Fixtures and fittings- 20% on reducing balance
```
## **`Taxation`**
```
The charity is exempt from corporation tax on its charitable activities.
```
## **`Fund accounting`**
```
Unrestricted funds can be used in accordance with the charitable objectives at the discretion of the trustees.
```
```
Restrictedfundscanonlybeusedforparticularrestrictedpurposeswithintheobjectsofthecharity. Restrictions
arise when specified by the donor or when funds are raised for particular restricted purposes.
```
```
Further explanation of the nature and purpose of each fund is included in the notes to the financial statements.
```
## **`Pension costs and other post-retirement benefits`**
```
Thecharitablecompanyoperatesadefinedcontributionpensionscheme.Contributionspayabletothe charitable
company's pension scheme are charged to the Statement of Financial Activities in the period to which they relate.
```
```
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REFUGEE AND MIGRANT FORUM OF
ESSEX AND LONDON (RAMFEL)
```
## `NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued`
## **`FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020`**
|**`2.`**
**`GRANTS AND DONATIONS`**
`Donations`
`Gift aid`
`Grants`
`Grants received, included in the above, are as follows:`
`Other grants receivable`
`Redbridge Rough Sleeping Initiative`
`Redbridge Community Project`
`Single Homeless Project`
`Trust for London`
`Reaching Communities BLF`
`RISE`
`Redbridge Catholic Churches`
`Walthamstow Migrant Action Group`
`Timebank (English Classes)`
`Essex Community Foundation`
`RAMP - Legal Advice`
`Walthham Forest SS - Legal Advice`
`Training grants`
`Lloyds Bank Foundation`
`Children in Need`
`The People's Post Code Lottery`
`SEGRO`
`Baring Foundation`
`London Community Foundation - Deutsche Bank`
`Islington Immigration Advice`
`Hackney Rough Sleepers`
`ILPA`
`London Community Response`
`GLA Londoners EU Advice`
`NCIL`
`Leathersellers`
`National Lottery Fund`
`London Community Foundation - Provident`
`GLA Rough Sleepers`
`Paul Hamlyn Foundation`
`Waltham Forest Rough Sleeper Advice`
`Martin Lewis Coronavirus Fund`
`Redbridge Covid Food Fund`
`Redbridge EUSS Project`|`2020`
`£`
`9,834`
`1,269`
`377,862`
`388,965`
`2020`
`£`
`-`
`38,239`
`4,750`
`28,500`
`-`
`14,827`
`8,789`
`7,700`
`6,049`
`-`
`17,115`
`28,771`
`14,446`
`-`
`8,248`
`19,321`
`-`
`3,558`
`7,374`
`2,489`
`7,507`
`7,403`
`3,823`
`8,254`
`4,947`
`2,500`
`1,000`
`58,492`
`2,500`
`29,413`
`9,569`
`14,495`
`6,000`
`3,033`
`8,750`
`377,862`|`2019`
`£`
`4,781`
`-`
`323,308`|
|---|---|---|
|||`328,089`|
|||`2019`
`£`
`20,683`
`55,000`
`19,000`
`28,500`
`15,000`
`14,827`
`8,091`
`7,600`
`2,350`
`360`
`16,363`
`25,380`
`14,446`
`675`
`57,841`
`18,399`
`18,793`
`-`
`-`
`-`
`-`
`-`
`-`
`-`
`-`
`-`
`-`
`-`
`-`
`-`
`-`
`-`
`-`
`-`
`-`|
|||`323,308`|
```
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```
REFUGEE AND MIGRANT FORUM OF
ESSEX AND LONDON (RAMFEL)
```
## `NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued`
## **`FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020`**
```
3.INCOME FROM CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES
```
|`2020`
`Activity`
`£`
`Other income from charitable`
`activities`
`Charitable activities`
`41,979`
**`CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES COSTS`**
`Support`
`Direct`
`costs (see`
`Costs`
`note 5)`
`£`
`£`
`Charitable activities`
`371,205`
`47,421`
**`SUPPORT COSTS`**
`Other`
`Information`
`administrative`
`technology`
`overheads`
`Other`
`£`
`£`
`£`
`Charitable activities`
`9,038`
`36,239`
`2,144`
`Support costs, included in the above, are as follows:`
**`Information technology`**
`2020`
`Charitable`
`activities`
`£`
`IT costs`
`9,038`
**`Other administrative overheads`**
`2020`
`Charitable`
`activities`
`£`
`Rent`
`15,170`
`Insurance`
`910`
`Telephone`
`3,967`
`Other office costs`
`3,820`
`Other staff costs`
`6,520`
`Bank charges`
`542`
`Legal and professional`
`2,478`
`Accountancy`
`832`
`Examiners fees`
`2,000`
`36,239`|`2019`
`£`
`18,117`
`Totals`
`£`
`418,626`
`Totals`
`£`
`47,421`
`2019`
`Total`
`activities`
`£`
`11,875`
`2019`
`Total`
`activities`
`£`
`18,949`
`1,259`
`2,937`
`7,049`
`2,658`
`201`
`1,648`
`4,049`
`2,000`
`40,750`|
|---|---|
## **`4. CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES COSTS`**
## **`5. SUPPORT COSTS`**
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## `NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued`
## **`FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020`**
## **`5. SUPPORT COSTS - continued Other`**
|**`5.`**|**`SUPPORT COSTS - continued`**
**`Other`**|||
|---|---|---|---|
|||`2020`|`2019`|
|||`Charitable`|`Total`|
|||`activities`|`activities`|
|||`£`|`£`|
||`Depreciation of tangible fixed assets`|`2,144`|`250`|
|**`6.`**|**`NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)`**|||
||`Net income/(expenditure) is stated after charging/(crediting):`|||
|||`2020`|`2019`|
|||`£`|`£`|
||`Depreciation - owned assets`|`2,144`|`250`|
## **`7. TRUSTEES' REMUNERATION AND BENEFITS`**
```
Therewerenotrustees'remunerationorotherbenefitsfortheyearended31December2020norforthe year
ended 31 December 2019.
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## **`Trustees' expenses`**
```
Therewerenotrustees'expensespaidfortheyearended31December2020norfortheyear ended
31 December 2019.
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## **`8. STAFF COSTS`**
|`Wages and salaries`
`Social security costs`
`Other pension costs`|`2020`
`£`
`292,103`
`23,788`
`12,743`
`328,634`|`2019`
`£`
`202,323`
`14,275`
`7,215`|
|---|---|---|
|||`223,813`|
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Thekeymanagementpersonnelofthecharitycomprisethetrustees,theChiefExecutiveOfficerand the
ImmigrationsManager.Thetotalremunerationofkeymanagementpersonnelduringtheyearwas£92,804 (2019
- £84,606).
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The average monthly number of employees during the year was as follows:
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||`2020`|`2019`|
|---|---|---|
|`General operations`|`12`|`8`|
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No employees received emoluments in excess of £60,000.
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## `NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued`
## **`FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020`**
## **`9. INDEPENDENT EXAMINERS' REMUNERATION`**
|`2020`
`£`
`Independent examination (net of irrecoverable VAT)`
`1,250`
`Accountancy (net of irrecoverable VAT)`
`750`
`2,000`
**`10.`**
**`COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES`**
`Unrestricted`
`fund`
`Restricted`
`£`
`£`
**`INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM`**
`Grants and donations`
`25,464`
`302,625`
**`Charitable activities`**
`Charitable activities`
`18,117`
`-`
**`Total`**
`43,581`
`302,625`
**`EXPENDITURE ON`**
**`Charitable activities`**
`Charitable activities`
`2,650`
`291,623`
**`NET INCOME`**
`40,931`
`11,002`
**`RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS`**
**`Total funds brought forward`**
`31,971`
`52,575`
**`TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD`**
`72,902`
`63,577`|`2020`||`2019`|
|---|---|---|---|
||`£`||`£`|
||`1,250`||`1,250`|
||`750`||`750`|
|||||
||`2,000`||`2,000`|
|||||
|||`Total`
`funds`
`£`
`328,089`
`18,117`||
|||`346,206`
`294,273`||
|||`51,933`
`84,546`||
|||`136,479`||
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## `NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued`
## **`FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020`**
|**`11.`**|**`TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS`**|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||`Fixtures`||||
|||`and`||`Computer`||
|||`fittings`||`equipment`|`Totals`|
|||`£`||`£`|`£`|
||**`COST`**|||||
||`At 1 January 2020`|`1,198`||`-`|`1,198`|
||`Additions`||`-`|`9,966`|`9,966`|
||`At 31 December 2020`|`1,198`||`9,966`|`11,164`|
||**`DEPRECIATION`**|||||
||`At 1 January 2020`||`447`|`-`|`447`|
||`Charge for year`||`150`|`1,994`|`2,144`|
||`At 31 December 2020`||`597`|`1,994`|`2,591`|
||**`NET BOOK VALUE`**|||||
||`At 31 December 2020`||`601`|`7,972`|`8,573`|
||`At 31 December 2019`||`751`|`-`|`751`|
|**`12.`**|**`DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR`**|||||
|||||`2020`|`2019`|
|||||`£`|`£`|
||`Other debtors`|||`182,676`|`2,262`|
|**`13.`**|**`CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR`**|||||
|||||`2020`|`2019`|
|||||`£`|`£`|
||`Trade creditors`|||`5,971`|`-`|
||`Other creditors`|||`2,813`|`3,371`|
||`Deferred income`|||`209,025`|`-`|
||`Accrued expenses`|||`4,800`|`2,400`|
|||||`222,609`|`5,771`|
|**`14.`**|**`CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE AFTER MORE THAN`**|**`ONE YEAR`**||||
|||||`2020`|`2019`|
|||||`£`|`£`|
||`Other creditors`|||`4,048`|`21,915`|
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## `NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued` **`FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020`**
## **`15. LEASING AGREEMENTS`**
```
Minimum lease payments under non-cancellable operating leases fall due as follows:
```
|`Within one year`
`Between one and five years`|`2020`
`£`
`7,117`
`17,793`
`24,910`|`2019`
`£`
`7,117`
`24,910`|
|---|---|---|
|||`32,027`|
## **`16. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS`**
|**`Unrestricted funds`**
`General fund`
**`Restricted funds`**
`Restricted`
**`TOTAL FUNDS`**
`Net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:`
**`Unrestricted funds`**
`General fund`
**`Restricted funds`**
`Restricted`
**`TOTAL FUNDS`**
**`Comparatives for movement in funds`**
**`Unrestricted funds`**
`General fund`
**`Restricted funds`**
`Restricted`
**`TOTAL FUNDS`**|`Net`
`movement`
`At`
`At 1/1/20`
`in funds`
`31/12/20`
`£`
`£`
`£`
`72,902`
`50,516`
`123,418`
`63,577`
`(38,198)`
`25,379`
`136,479`
`12,318`
`148,797`
`Incoming`
`Resources`
`Movement`
`resources`
`expended`
`in funds`
`£`
`£`
`£`
`50,516`
`-`
`50,516`
`380,428`
`(418,626)`
`(38,198)`
`430,944`
`(418,626)`
`12,318`
`Net`
`movement`
`At`
`At 1/1/19`
`in funds`
`31/12/19`
`£`
`£`
`£`
`31,971`
`40,931`
`72,902`
`52,575`
`11,002`
`63,577`
`84,546`
`51,933`
`136,479`|
|---|---|
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## `NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued` **`FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020`**
## **`16. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS - continued`**
```
Comparative net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:
```
|**`Unrestricted funds`**
`General fund`
**`Restricted funds`**
`Restricted`
**`TOTAL FUNDS`**|`Incoming`
`Resources`
`Movement`
`resources`
`expended`
`in funds`
`£`
`£`
`£`
`43,581`
`(2,650)`
`40,931`
`302,625`
`(291,623)`
`11,002`
`346,206`
`(294,273)`
`51,933`|
|---|---|
## **`17. RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES`**
```
There were no related party transactions for the year ended 31 December 2020.
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## `REFUGEE AND MIGRANT FORUM OF ESSEX AND LONDON (RAMFEL)`
## `DETAILED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES`
## **`FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020`**
|**`INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS`**
**`Grants and donations`**
`Donations`
`Gift aid`
`Grants`
**`Charitable activities`**
`Other income from charitable activities`
**`Total incoming resources`**
**`EXPENDITURE`**
**`Charitable activities`**
`Wages`
`Social security`
`Pensions`
`Volunteer expenses`
`Immigration advice and support`
`ESOL - Time and foodbank`
`Travel`
`Covid support - employees WFH`
**`Support costs`**
**`Information technology`**
`IT costs`
**`Other administrative overheads`**
`Rent`
`Insurance`
`Telephone`
`Other office costs`
`Other staff costs`
`Bank charges`
`Legal and professional`
`Accountancy`
`Examiners fees`
**`Other`**
`Fixtures and fittings`
`Computer equipment`|`2020`
`£`
`9,834`
`1,269`
`377,862`
`388,965`
`41,979`
`430,944`
`292,103`
`23,788`
`12,743`
`478`
`8,105`
`33,004`
`136`
`848`
`371,205`
`9,038`
`15,170`
`910`
`3,967`
`3,820`
`6,520`
`542`
`2,478`
`832`
`2,000`
`36,239`
`150`
`1,994`
`2,144`|`2019`
`£`
`4,781`
`-`
`323,308`|
|---|---|---|
|||`328,089`
`18,117`|
|||`346,206`
`202,323`
`14,275`
`7,215`
`2,191`
`2,363`
`12,007`
`1,024`
`-`|
|||`241,398`
`11,875`
`18,949`
`1,259`
`2,937`
`7,049`
`2,658`
`201`
`1,648`
`4,049`
`2,000`|
|||`40,750`
`250`
`-`|
|||`250`|
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## `DETAILED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES`
## **`FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020`**
|`Total resources expended`
**`Net income`**|`2020`
`£`
`418,626`
`12,318`|`2019`
`£`|
|---|---|---|
|||`294,273`|
|||`51,933`|
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REGISTERED COMPANY NUMBER: 08737163 (England and Wales)
REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: 1155207
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## **`REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES AND`**
## **`FINANCIAL STATEMENTS`**
## **`FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020`**
## **`FOR`**
```
REFUGEE AND MIGRANT FORUM OF
ESSEX AND LONDON (RAMFEL)
(A COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE)
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```
Hartley Fowler LLP
Chartered Accountants
4th Floor Tuition House
27-37 St George's Road
Wimbledon
London
SW19 4EU
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REFUGEE AND MIGRANT FORUM OF
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```
CONTENTS OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020
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Statement of Financial Activities 6
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## `REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES`
## **`FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020`**
```
ThetrusteeswhoarealsodirectorsofthecharityforthepurposesoftheCompaniesAct2006,presenttheirreport with
thefinancialstatementsofthecharityfortheyearended31December2020.Thetrusteeshaveadoptedthe provisions
ofAccountingandReportingbyCharities:StatementofRecommendedPracticeapplicabletocharitiespreparing their
accountsinaccordancewiththeFinancialReportingStandardapplicableintheUKandRepublicofIreland(FRS 102)
(effective 1 January 2019).
```
## **`OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES`**
## **`Objectives and aims`**
```
RAMFELisacharitythatsupportsrefugeesandvulnerablemigrantstoaccessjusticeandthatprovidesvitalsupport in
moments of individual crisis.
```
```
Goal1:ProvideImmigrationadvicetovulnerablemigrants,asylumseekersandRefugeeswheretheycannotaccess legal
aid or afford advice
```
```
Goal2:Provideawelcomingsafespace,destitutionsupportandspecialistadvicetoRefugeesAsylumSeekers and
Vulnerable Migrants experiencing crisis
Goal3:SupportAsylumSeekersandRefugeesintheirjourneythroughtheasylumsystemandassisttheir successful
integration into society
Goal 4: Campaign on the issues our work presents, focusing on the above areas.
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## `REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES`
## **`FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020`**
## **`OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES`**
## **`Significant activities`**
```
DespitetheWindrushscandalandcontroversyoverthehostileenvironmentfiguringprominentlyinnationalmedia over
thelastfewyears,inpracticaltermsatanationallevel2019sawlittlechangesto2018.TheHomeOfficemissed the
chancetolearnandengageandtochangetheculturewhichledtothetragiccasesofpeoplebeingmade destitute,
detained and removed through unfair and inhumane policy backed up by institutional administrative incompetency.
Recentlythegovernmenthaslookedtochallengetherightoflegalrepresentativestorepresenttheirclients' best
interestsandaremovingtorestricttherighttochallengegovernmentdecisionsthroughpotentialJudicial Review
changes, so the hostile environment continues seemingly unabated.
```
```
On the frontline, in 2019 RAMFEL's focus remained on;
```
```
- Giving access to justice for those denied it by legal aid and the legal system.
```
- `Providing support to those struggling whilst caught in the immigration system`
- `Helping those recently granted status to successfully transition to their new life`
## **`Immigration advice`**
```
RAMFELfocusedonthosewhohavebeendeniedlegalaidorwhomwereotherwiserestrictedfromaccessing justice.
Undocumentedchildrenandtheirfamiliescontinuedtomakeupthemajorityofourlegalwork.Mayorof London
researchestimatesthatover100,000childrenareinthissituationinLondon.We'reproudofour100%successrate in
2019inrepresentingthem,whichservestoillustratethatmanyyoungpeoplearebeingdeniedcitizenshiporstatus and
forced to live in poverty simply due to legal aid cuts.
```
```
Alongsidetryingtoexpandourreachtoprovidelegaladvice,RAMFELwilllooktouseourexperiencetoinfluence any
potential changes to government policy or law in this area.
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```
In2019wecontinuedourworkwithRoughSleeperstoprovideimmigrationadviceandhavehadsomesuccess in
securingstatus.Howeverwehavealsofacedverydifficultchallengesingatheringevidencetobeableto submit
applicationsforpeoplewho,duetoroughsleepingandthehostileenvironment,havebeencutoutofvarious services
which would give create official records.
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```
In 2019 we submitted 266 immigration applications
```
- `we lodged 8 appeals (some of them heard in in 2019, some in 2020, some still pending)`
- `we had 7 appeals heard (some of them lodged in 2018) and 6 of them were successful (the unsuccessful case`
- `subsequently gained status in 2020 through RAMFEL representation)`
- `we had 5 applications rejected - 1 already won on appeal, 2 of them have a pending appeal, 2 have been referred for`
- `JR and 1 we re-lodged another application which has since been granted`
```
Thebarristerswhovolunteeredtorepresentuswonallthecasestheywereinvolvedwith(excepttheonefamily that
subsequently received status).
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```
We would like to say a massive thanks to them for their hard work and dedication;
```
```
Nicholas Sadeghi (Legis Chambers)
Eleri Griffiths (One Pump Court)
Catherine Jenkins (One Pump Court)
Angelina Nicolaou (One Pump Court)
Ahmed Osman (One Pump Court)
Mark Allison (One Pump Court)
Joseph Byrne (Goldsmith)
```
## **`Destitution Support`**
```
Whilstouradviceservicesaresupportingpeopletoachieveofficialstatusandgetonwiththeirlives,thereisalsoa need
tohelptackledestitutionandtheeffectsofbeingstuckinasylumorimmigrationsystems.Ourweeklyfoodbankand drop
incentreranweeklyproviding3640foodparcelsaswellastoiletriesonceamonth.Thepandemicforcedustoadapt the
way we deliver this service, and the team did an outstanding job is facing up to this challenge innovatively.
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## `REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES`
## **`FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020`**
## **`OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES Holistic advice services`**
```
Akeypartofourorganisationstrategyistotakeaholisticapproachtotheneedsofindividualsandfamiliescaughtup in
themostchallengingofsituationsandwe'rehappytohavebeenabletomaintainandevenexpandthese circumstances
through one of the most challenging years for our charity and the clients we serve.
```
```
Ourservicesprovidedwraparoundsupportinhousing,asylumsupport,accesstohealthcare,accesstosocial services,
employability and wellbeing.
```
```
Inparticular,theseservicesprovidedendtoendsupporthelpingtoregularisestatusbutalsolookingtosupport the
transition to building a new life in the UK.
```
## **`Public benefit`**
```
ThetrusteeshavebeenmindfuloftheguidanceprovidedbytheCharityCommissionwithregardtopublicbenefit when
planni ng the activities of the charity.
```
## **`FINANCIAL REVIEW`**
## **`Financial position`**
```
RAMFELisinastrongfinancialpositionwithimportantnewrelationshipswithcharitablefundersemergingoverthe last
year.Aseverweseeklongertermfundingandpartnershipsinordertosustainandimprovethelevelofworkwe can
undertake.
```
## **`Principal funding sources`**
```
Assetoutinthenotestotheaccounts,thecharittyisfundedprimarilybygrantsfromLocalAuthoritiesand other
organisations.
```
## **`Reserves policy`**
```
TheBoardhasassessedthecharity'srequirementsforreservesinlightofthemainriskstotheorganisation.Asa result,
thetrusteeshaveestablishedfundraisingstrategywhichincludesensuringamixofrestrictedandunrestricted funding.
Ourreservepolicyisthatunrestrictedfundsnotcommittedshouldbeheldinreserveandmaintainedatalevel which
ensuresthatRAMFEL·scoreactivitiescancontinueduringaperiodofunforeseendifficulty.Thisrepresentsatleast three
months" (13 weeks) expenditure of about £73,500. This will be reviewed annually.
```
## **`STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT Governing document`**
```
Thecharitablecompanyisconstitutedasacompanylimitedbyguaranteeandisgovernedbyitsmemorandum and
articles of association. The company is registered as a charity with the Charity Commission in the UK.
```
## **`REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS`**
## **`Registered Company number`**
```
08737163 (England and Wales)
```
## **`Registered Charity number`**
```
1155207
```
## **`Registered office`**
```
The People's Place,
80-92 Stratford High Street
London
E15 2NE
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## `REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES`
## **`FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020`**
## **`Trustees`**
```
Ms M Edwards
Mr T S Lee
Mr F Rehren (appointed 27/9/21)
Ms F A Sulaiman (appointed 27/9/21)
Ms J Warr
Ms E Coyne (resigned 3/3/20)
```
```
InadditiontothepersonslistedabovewhoseappointmentasdirectorhadbeenrecordedatCompaniesHouse, the
following persons also acted as trustees in the year:
```
```
Mr R Mukherjee
Mr F Webster
```
## **`Independent Examiner`**
```
Hartley Fowler LLP
Chartered Accountants
4th Floor Tuition House
27-37 St George's Road
Wimbledon
London
SW19 4EU
```
## **`STATEMENT OF TRUSTEES' RESPONSIBILITIES`**
```
Thetrustees(whoarealsothedirectorsofRefugeeandMigrantForumofEssexandLondon(RAMFEL)forthe purposes
ofcompanylaw)areresponsibleforpreparingtheReportoftheTrusteesandthefinancialstatementsinaccordance with
applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).
```
```
Companylawrequiresthetrusteestopreparefinancialstatementsforeachfinancialyearwhichgiveatrueandfair view
ofthestateofaffairsofthecharitablecompanyandoftheincomingresourcesandapplicationofresources,including the
incomeandexpenditure,ofthecharitablecompanyforthatperiod.Inpreparingthosefinancialstatements,the trustees
are required to
```
- `select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;`
- `observe the methods and principles in the Charity SORP;`
- `make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;`
- `prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charitable company will continue in business.`
```
Thetrusteesareresponsibleforkeepingproperaccountingrecordswhichdisclosewithreasonableaccuracyatany time
thefinancialpositionofthecharitablecompanyandtoenablethemtoensurethatthefinancialstatementscomply with
theCompaniesAct2006.Theyarealsoresponsibleforsafeguardingtheassetsofthecharitablecompanyandhence for
taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
```
```
Approved by order of the board of trustees on 19 October 2021 and signed on its behalf by:
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```
Mr F Rehren - Trustee
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## **`Independent examiner's report to the trustees of Refugee and Migrant Forum of Essex and London (RAMFEL) ('the Company')`**
```
IreporttothecharitytrusteesonmyexaminationoftheaccountsoftheCompanyfortheyear ended
31 December 2020.
```
## **`Responsibilities and basis of report`**
```
Asthecharity'strusteesoftheCompany(andalsoitsdirectorsforthepurposesofcompanylaw)youareresponsible for
the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 ('the 2006 Act').
```
```
HavingsatisfiedmyselfthattheaccountsoftheCompanyarenotrequiredtobeauditedunderPart16ofthe2006 Act
andareeligibleforindependentexamination,Ireportinrespectofmyexaminationofyourcharity'saccountsas carried
outundersection145oftheCharitiesAct2011('the2011Act').IncarryingoutmyexaminationIhavefollowed the
Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5) (b) of the 2011 Act.
```
## **`Independent examiner's statement`**
```
Sinceyourcharity'sgrossincomeexceeded£250,000yourexaminermustbeamemberofalistedbody.Ican confirm
thatIamqualifiedtoundertaketheexaminationbecauseIamaregisteredmemberofICAEWwhichisoneofthe listed
bodies.
```
```
Ihavecompletedmyexamination.Iconfirmthatnomattershavecometomyattentioninconnectionwith the
examination giving me cause to believe:
```
`1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the Company as required by section 386 of the 2006 Act; or 2. the accounts do not accord with those records; or`
`3. the accounts do not comply with the accounting requirements of section 396 of the 2006 Act 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; or`
`4. the accounts have not been prepared in accordance with the methods and principles of the Statement of Recommended Practice for accounting and reporting by charities (applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102)).`
```
Ihavenoconcernsandhavecomeacrossnoothermattersinconnectionwiththeexaminationtowhichattention should
be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
```
```
Jonathan Askew
ICAEW
Hartley Fowler LLP
Chartered Accountants
4th Floor Tuition House
27-37 St George's Road
Wimbledon
London
SW19 4EU
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## `REFUGEE AND MIGRANT FORUM OF ESSEX AND LONDON (RAMFEL)`
## `STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES`
## `(INCORPORATING AN INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT)` **`FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020`**
|`Unrestricted`
`fund`
`Restricted`
`Notes`
`£`
`£`
**`INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM`**
`Grants and donations`
`2`
`8,537`
`380,428`
**`Charitable activities`**
`3`
`Charitable activities`
`41,979`
`-`
**`Total`**
`50,516`
`380,428`
**`EXPENDITURE ON`**
**`Charitable activities`**
`4`
`Charitable activities`
`-`
`418,626`
**`NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)`**
`50,516`
`(38,198)`
**`RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS`**
**`Total funds brought forward`**
`72,902`
`63,577`
**`TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD`**
`123,418`
`25,379`|`2020`
`Total`
`funds`
`£`
`388,965`
`41,979`
`430,944`
`418,626`
`12,318`
`136,479`
`148,797`|`2019`
`Total`
`funds`
`£`
`328,089`
`18,117`|
|---|---|---|
|||`346,206`
`294,273`|
|||`51,933`
`84,546`|
|||`136,479`|
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The notes form part of these financial statements
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## `REFUGEE AND MIGRANT FORUM OF ESSEX AND LONDON (RAMFEL)`
## `BALANCE SHEET`
## **`31 DECEMBER 2020`**
|`Unrestricted`
`fund`
`Restricted`
`Notes`
`£`
`£`
**`FIXED ASSETS`**
`Tangible assets`
`11`
`8,573`
`-`
**`CURRENT ASSETS`**
`Debtors`
`12`
`182,676`
`-`
`Cash at bank and in hand`
`158,826`
`25,379`
`341,502`
`25,379`
**`CREDITORS`**
`Amounts falling due within one year`
`13`
`(222,609)`
`-`
**`NET CURRENT ASSETS`**
`118,893`
`25,379`
**`TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES`**
`127,466`
`25,379`
**`CREDITORS`**
`Amounts falling due after more than one year`
`14`
`(4,048)`
`-`
**`NET ASSETS`**
`123,418`
`25,379`
**`FUNDS`**
`16`
`Unrestricted funds`
`Restricted funds`
**`TOTAL FUNDS`**|`2020`
`Total`
`funds`
`£`
`8,573`
`182,676`
`184,205`
`366,881`
`(222,609)`
`144,272`
`152,845`
`(4,048)`
`148,797`
`123,418`
`25,379`
`148,797`|`2019`
`Total`
`funds`
`£`
`751`
`2,262`
`161,152`
`163,414`
`(5,771)`
`157,643`
`158,394`
`(21,915)`
`136,479`
`72,902`
`63,577`
`136,479`|
|---|---|---|
```
ThecharitablecompanyisentitledtoexemptionfromauditunderSection477oftheCompaniesAct2006forthe year
ended 31 December 2020.
```
```
Themembershavenotrequiredthecompanytoobtainanauditofitsfinancialstatementsfortheyear ended
31 December 2020 in accordance with Section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.
```
```
The trustees acknowledge their responsibilities for
```
- `(a) ensuring that the charitable company keeps accounting records that comply with Sections 386 and 387 of the Companies Act 2006 and`
- `(b) preparing financial statements which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable company as at the end of each financial year and of its surplus or deficit for each financial year in accordance with the requirements of Sections 394 and 395 and which otherwise comply with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 relating to financial statements, so far as applicable to the charitable company.`
```
Thesefinancialstatementshavebeenpreparedinaccordancewiththeprovisionsapplicabletocharitable companies
subject to the small companies regime.
```
```
ThefinancialstatementswereapprovedbytheBoardofTrusteesandauthorisedforissueon19October2021and were
signed on its behalf by:
```
```
Mr F Rehren - Trustee
```
```
The notes form part of these financial statements
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```
```
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020
```
## **`1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES`**
## **`Basis of preparing the financial statements`**
```
Thefinancialstatementsofthecharitablecompany,whichisapublicbenefitentityunderFRS102,have been
preparedinaccordancewiththeCharitiesSORP(FRS102)'AccountingandReportingbyCharities:Statement of
RecommendedPracticeapplicabletocharitiespreparingtheiraccountsinaccordancewiththeFinancial Reporting
StandardapplicableintheUKandRepublicofIreland(FRS102)(effective1January2019)',Financial Reporting
Standard102'TheFinancialReportingStandardapplicableintheUKandRepublicofIreland'andthe Companies
Act 2006. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention.
```
## **`Preparation of the financial statements on a going concern basis`**
```
Thefinancialstatementshavebeenpreparedontheassumptionthatthecharityisabletocontinueasa going
concern,whichthetrusteesconsiderappropriatehavingregardtothecurrentlevelofunrestrictedreserves and
theexpectedlevelofincomeandexpenditurefor12monthsfromauthorisingthesefinancialstatements. There
are no material uncertainties about the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.
```
## **`Income`**
```
AllincomeisrecognisedintheStatementofFinancialActivitiesoncethecharityhasentitlementtothefunds,it is
probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably.
```
```
Income from grants is recognised when the charity has entitlement to the funds, any performance conditions
attached to the grants have been met, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be
measuredreliably.Grantincomereceivedthatdoesnotmeettherecognitioncriteriaiscarriedforward as
deferred income.
```
```
Incomeinrespectofservicesprovidedisrecognisedwhen,andtotheextentthat,performanceoccursand is
measured at the fair value of the consideration receivable.
```
## **`Expenditure`**
```
Liabilitiesarerecognisedasexpenditureassoonasthereisalegalorconstructiveobligationcommitting the
charitytothatexpenditure,itisprobablethatatransferofeconomicbenefitswillberequiredinsettlement and
theamountoftheobligationcanbemeasuredreliably.Expenditureisaccountedforonanaccrualsbasisand has
beenclassifiedunderheadingsthataggregateallcostrelatedtothecategory.Wherecostscannotbe directly
attributedtoparticularheadingstheyhavebeenallocatedtoactivitiesonabasisconsistentwiththeuse of
resources.
```
## **`Tangible fixed assets`**
```
Depreciationisprovidedatthefollowingannualratesinordertowriteoffeachassetoveritsestimated useful
life.
```
```
Fixtures and fittings- 20% on reducing balance
```
## **`Taxation`**
```
The charity is exempt from corporation tax on its charitable activities.
```
## **`Fund accounting`**
```
Unrestricted funds can be used in accordance with the charitable objectives at the discretion of the trustees.
```
```
Restrictedfundscanonlybeusedforparticularrestrictedpurposeswithintheobjectsofthecharity. Restrictions
arise when specified by the donor or when funds are raised for particular restricted purposes.
```
```
Further explanation of the nature and purpose of each fund is included in the notes to the financial statements.
```
## **`Pension costs and other post-retirement benefits`**
```
Thecharitablecompanyoperatesadefinedcontributionpensionscheme.Contributionspayabletothe charitable
company's pension scheme are charged to the Statement of Financial Activities in the period to which they relate.
```
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```
## `NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued`
## **`FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020`**
|**`2.`**
**`GRANTS AND DONATIONS`**
`Donations`
`Gift aid`
`Grants`
`Grants received, included in the above, are as follows:`
`Other grants receivable`
`Redbridge Rough Sleeping Initiative`
`Redbridge Community Project`
`Single Homeless Project`
`Trust for London`
`Reaching Communities BLF`
`RISE`
`Redbridge Catholic Churches`
`Walthamstow Migrant Action Group`
`Timebank (English Classes)`
`Essex Community Foundation`
`RAMP - Legal Advice`
`Walthham Forest SS - Legal Advice`
`Training grants`
`Lloyds Bank Foundation`
`Children in Need`
`The People's Post Code Lottery`
`SEGRO`
`Baring Foundation`
`London Community Foundation - Deutsche Bank`
`Islington Immigration Advice`
`Hackney Rough Sleepers`
`ILPA`
`London Community Response`
`GLA Londoners EU Advice`
`NCIL`
`Leathersellers`
`National Lottery Fund`
`London Community Foundation - Provident`
`GLA Rough Sleepers`
`Paul Hamlyn Foundation`
`Waltham Forest Rough Sleeper Advice`
`Martin Lewis Coronavirus Fund`
`Redbridge Covid Food Fund`
`Redbridge EUSS Project`|`2020`
`£`
`9,834`
`1,269`
`377,862`
`388,965`
`2020`
`£`
`-`
`38,239`
`4,750`
`28,500`
`-`
`14,827`
`8,789`
`7,700`
`6,049`
`-`
`17,115`
`28,771`
`14,446`
`-`
`8,248`
`19,321`
`-`
`3,558`
`7,374`
`2,489`
`7,507`
`7,403`
`3,823`
`8,254`
`4,947`
`2,500`
`1,000`
`58,492`
`2,500`
`29,413`
`9,569`
`14,495`
`6,000`
`3,033`
`8,750`
`377,862`|`2019`
`£`
`4,781`
`-`
`323,308`|
|---|---|---|
|||`328,089`|
|||`2019`
`£`
`20,683`
`55,000`
`19,000`
`28,500`
`15,000`
`14,827`
`8,091`
`7,600`
`2,350`
`360`
`16,363`
`25,380`
`14,446`
`675`
`57,841`
`18,399`
`18,793`
`-`
`-`
`-`
`-`
`-`
`-`
`-`
`-`
`-`
`-`
`-`
`-`
`-`
`-`
`-`
`-`
`-`
`-`|
|||`323,308`|
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```
## `NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued`
## **`FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020`**
```
3.INCOME FROM CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES
```
|`2020`
`Activity`
`£`
`Other income from charitable`
`activities`
`Charitable activities`
`41,979`
**`CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES COSTS`**
`Support`
`Direct`
`costs (see`
`Costs`
`note 5)`
`£`
`£`
`Charitable activities`
`371,205`
`47,421`
**`SUPPORT COSTS`**
`Other`
`Information`
`administrative`
`technology`
`overheads`
`Other`
`£`
`£`
`£`
`Charitable activities`
`9,038`
`36,239`
`2,144`
`Support costs, included in the above, are as follows:`
**`Information technology`**
`2020`
`Charitable`
`activities`
`£`
`IT costs`
`9,038`
**`Other administrative overheads`**
`2020`
`Charitable`
`activities`
`£`
`Rent`
`15,170`
`Insurance`
`910`
`Telephone`
`3,967`
`Other office costs`
`3,820`
`Other staff costs`
`6,520`
`Bank charges`
`542`
`Legal and professional`
`2,478`
`Accountancy`
`832`
`Examiners fees`
`2,000`
`36,239`|`2019`
`£`
`18,117`
`Totals`
`£`
`418,626`
`Totals`
`£`
`47,421`
`2019`
`Total`
`activities`
`£`
`11,875`
`2019`
`Total`
`activities`
`£`
`18,949`
`1,259`
`2,937`
`7,049`
`2,658`
`201`
`1,648`
`4,049`
`2,000`
`40,750`|
|---|---|
## **`4. CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES COSTS`**
## **`5. SUPPORT COSTS`**
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```
## `NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued`
## **`FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020`**
## **`5. SUPPORT COSTS - continued Other`**
|**`5.`**|**`SUPPORT COSTS - continued`**
**`Other`**|||
|---|---|---|---|
|||`2020`|`2019`|
|||`Charitable`|`Total`|
|||`activities`|`activities`|
|||`£`|`£`|
||`Depreciation of tangible fixed assets`|`2,144`|`250`|
|**`6.`**|**`NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)`**|||
||`Net income/(expenditure) is stated after charging/(crediting):`|||
|||`2020`|`2019`|
|||`£`|`£`|
||`Depreciation - owned assets`|`2,144`|`250`|
## **`7. TRUSTEES' REMUNERATION AND BENEFITS`**
```
Therewerenotrustees'remunerationorotherbenefitsfortheyearended31December2020norforthe year
ended 31 December 2019.
```
## **`Trustees' expenses`**
```
Therewerenotrustees'expensespaidfortheyearended31December2020norfortheyear ended
31 December 2019.
```
## **`8. STAFF COSTS`**
|`Wages and salaries`
`Social security costs`
`Other pension costs`|`2020`
`£`
`292,103`
`23,788`
`12,743`
`328,634`|`2019`
`£`
`202,323`
`14,275`
`7,215`|
|---|---|---|
|||`223,813`|
```
Thekeymanagementpersonnelofthecharitycomprisethetrustees,theChiefExecutiveOfficerand the
ImmigrationsManager.Thetotalremunerationofkeymanagementpersonnelduringtheyearwas£92,804 (2019
- £84,606).
```
```
The average monthly number of employees during the year was as follows:
```
||`2020`|`2019`|
|---|---|---|
|`General operations`|`12`|`8`|
```
No employees received emoluments in excess of £60,000.
```
```
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ESSEX AND LONDON (RAMFEL)
```
## `NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued`
## **`FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020`**
## **`9. INDEPENDENT EXAMINERS' REMUNERATION`**
|`2020`
`£`
`Independent examination (net of irrecoverable VAT)`
`1,250`
`Accountancy (net of irrecoverable VAT)`
`750`
`2,000`
**`10.`**
**`COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES`**
`Unrestricted`
`fund`
`Restricted`
`£`
`£`
**`INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM`**
`Grants and donations`
`25,464`
`302,625`
**`Charitable activities`**
`Charitable activities`
`18,117`
`-`
**`Total`**
`43,581`
`302,625`
**`EXPENDITURE ON`**
**`Charitable activities`**
`Charitable activities`
`2,650`
`291,623`
**`NET INCOME`**
`40,931`
`11,002`
**`RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS`**
**`Total funds brought forward`**
`31,971`
`52,575`
**`TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD`**
`72,902`
`63,577`|`2020`||`2019`|
|---|---|---|---|
||`£`||`£`|
||`1,250`||`1,250`|
||`750`||`750`|
|||||
||`2,000`||`2,000`|
|||||
|||`Total`
`funds`
`£`
`328,089`
`18,117`||
|||`346,206`
`294,273`||
|||`51,933`
`84,546`||
|||`136,479`||
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ESSEX AND LONDON (RAMFEL)
```
## `NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued`
## **`FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020`**
|**`11.`**|**`TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS`**|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||`Fixtures`||||
|||`and`||`Computer`||
|||`fittings`||`equipment`|`Totals`|
|||`£`||`£`|`£`|
||**`COST`**|||||
||`At 1 January 2020`|`1,198`||`-`|`1,198`|
||`Additions`||`-`|`9,966`|`9,966`|
||`At 31 December 2020`|`1,198`||`9,966`|`11,164`|
||**`DEPRECIATION`**|||||
||`At 1 January 2020`||`447`|`-`|`447`|
||`Charge for year`||`150`|`1,994`|`2,144`|
||`At 31 December 2020`||`597`|`1,994`|`2,591`|
||**`NET BOOK VALUE`**|||||
||`At 31 December 2020`||`601`|`7,972`|`8,573`|
||`At 31 December 2019`||`751`|`-`|`751`|
|**`12.`**|**`DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR`**|||||
|||||`2020`|`2019`|
|||||`£`|`£`|
||`Other debtors`|||`182,676`|`2,262`|
|**`13.`**|**`CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR`**|||||
|||||`2020`|`2019`|
|||||`£`|`£`|
||`Trade creditors`|||`5,971`|`-`|
||`Other creditors`|||`2,813`|`3,371`|
||`Deferred income`|||`209,025`|`-`|
||`Accrued expenses`|||`4,800`|`2,400`|
|||||`222,609`|`5,771`|
|**`14.`**|**`CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE AFTER MORE THAN`**|**`ONE YEAR`**||||
|||||`2020`|`2019`|
|||||`£`|`£`|
||`Other creditors`|||`4,048`|`21,915`|
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ESSEX AND LONDON (RAMFEL)
```
## `NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued` **`FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020`**
## **`15. LEASING AGREEMENTS`**
```
Minimum lease payments under non-cancellable operating leases fall due as follows:
```
|`Within one year`
`Between one and five years`|`2020`
`£`
`7,117`
`17,793`
`24,910`|`2019`
`£`
`7,117`
`24,910`|
|---|---|---|
|||`32,027`|
## **`16. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS`**
|**`Unrestricted funds`**
`General fund`
**`Restricted funds`**
`Restricted`
**`TOTAL FUNDS`**
`Net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:`
**`Unrestricted funds`**
`General fund`
**`Restricted funds`**
`Restricted`
**`TOTAL FUNDS`**
**`Comparatives for movement in funds`**
**`Unrestricted funds`**
`General fund`
**`Restricted funds`**
`Restricted`
**`TOTAL FUNDS`**|`Net`
`movement`
`At`
`At 1/1/20`
`in funds`
`31/12/20`
`£`
`£`
`£`
`72,902`
`50,516`
`123,418`
`63,577`
`(38,198)`
`25,379`
`136,479`
`12,318`
`148,797`
`Incoming`
`Resources`
`Movement`
`resources`
`expended`
`in funds`
`£`
`£`
`£`
`50,516`
`-`
`50,516`
`380,428`
`(418,626)`
`(38,198)`
`430,944`
`(418,626)`
`12,318`
`Net`
`movement`
`At`
`At 1/1/19`
`in funds`
`31/12/19`
`£`
`£`
`£`
`31,971`
`40,931`
`72,902`
`52,575`
`11,002`
`63,577`
`84,546`
`51,933`
`136,479`|
|---|---|
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ESSEX AND LONDON (RAMFEL)
```
## `NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued` **`FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020`**
## **`16. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS - continued`**
```
Comparative net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:
```
|**`Unrestricted funds`**
`General fund`
**`Restricted funds`**
`Restricted`
**`TOTAL FUNDS`**|`Incoming`
`Resources`
`Movement`
`resources`
`expended`
`in funds`
`£`
`£`
`£`
`43,581`
`(2,650)`
`40,931`
`302,625`
`(291,623)`
`11,002`
`346,206`
`(294,273)`
`51,933`|
|---|---|
## **`17. RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES`**
```
There were no related party transactions for the year ended 31 December 2020.
```
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## `REFUGEE AND MIGRANT FORUM OF ESSEX AND LONDON (RAMFEL)`
## `DETAILED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES`
## **`FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020`**
|**`INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS`**
**`Grants and donations`**
`Donations`
`Gift aid`
`Grants`
**`Charitable activities`**
`Other income from charitable activities`
**`Total incoming resources`**
**`EXPENDITURE`**
**`Charitable activities`**
`Wages`
`Social security`
`Pensions`
`Volunteer expenses`
`Immigration advice and support`
`ESOL - Time and foodbank`
`Travel`
`Covid support - employees WFH`
**`Support costs`**
**`Information technology`**
`IT costs`
**`Other administrative overheads`**
`Rent`
`Insurance`
`Telephone`
`Other office costs`
`Other staff costs`
`Bank charges`
`Legal and professional`
`Accountancy`
`Examiners fees`
**`Other`**
`Fixtures and fittings`
`Computer equipment`|`2020`
`£`
`9,834`
`1,269`
`377,862`
`388,965`
`41,979`
`430,944`
`292,103`
`23,788`
`12,743`
`478`
`8,105`
`33,004`
`136`
`848`
`371,205`
`9,038`
`15,170`
`910`
`3,967`
`3,820`
`6,520`
`542`
`2,478`
`832`
`2,000`
`36,239`
`150`
`1,994`
`2,144`|`2019`
`£`
`4,781`
`-`
`323,308`|
|---|---|---|
|||`328,089`
`18,117`|
|||`346,206`
`202,323`
`14,275`
`7,215`
`2,191`
`2,363`
`12,007`
`1,024`
`-`|
|||`241,398`
`11,875`
`18,949`
`1,259`
`2,937`
`7,049`
`2,658`
`201`
`1,648`
`4,049`
`2,000`|
|||`40,750`
`250`
`-`|
|||`250`|
```
This page does not form part of the statutory financial statements
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ESSEX AND LONDON (RAMFEL)
```
## `DETAILED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES`
## **`FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020`**
|`Total resources expended`
**`Net income`**|`2020`
`£`
`418,626`
`12,318`|`2019`
`£`|
|---|---|---|
|||`294,273`|
|||`51,933`|
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This page does not form part of the statutory financial statements
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REGISTERED COMPANY NUMBER: 08737163 (England and Wales)
REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: 1155207
```
## **`REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES AND`**
## **`FINANCIAL STATEMENTS`**
## **`FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020`**
## **`FOR`**
```
REFUGEE AND MIGRANT FORUM OF
ESSEX AND LONDON (RAMFEL)
(A COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE)
```
```
Hartley Fowler LLP
Chartered Accountants
4th Floor Tuition House
27-37 St George's Road
Wimbledon
London
SW19 4EU
```
```
REFUGEE AND MIGRANT FORUM OF
ESSEX AND LONDON (RAMFEL)
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```
CONTENTS OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020
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Independent Examiner's Report 5
Statement of Financial Activities 6
Balance Sheet 7
Notes to the Financial Statements 8 to 15
Detailed Statement of Financial Activities 16 to 17
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REFUGEE AND MIGRANT FORUM OF
ESSEX AND LONDON (RAMFEL)
```
## `REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES`
## **`FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020`**
```
ThetrusteeswhoarealsodirectorsofthecharityforthepurposesoftheCompaniesAct2006,presenttheirreport with
thefinancialstatementsofthecharityfortheyearended31December2020.Thetrusteeshaveadoptedthe provisions
ofAccountingandReportingbyCharities:StatementofRecommendedPracticeapplicabletocharitiespreparing their
accountsinaccordancewiththeFinancialReportingStandardapplicableintheUKandRepublicofIreland(FRS 102)
(effective 1 January 2019).
```
## **`OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES`**
## **`Objectives and aims`**
```
RAMFELisacharitythatsupportsrefugeesandvulnerablemigrantstoaccessjusticeandthatprovidesvitalsupport in
moments of individual crisis.
```
```
Goal1:ProvideImmigrationadvicetovulnerablemigrants,asylumseekersandRefugeeswheretheycannotaccess legal
aid or afford advice
```
```
Goal2:Provideawelcomingsafespace,destitutionsupportandspecialistadvicetoRefugeesAsylumSeekers and
Vulnerable Migrants experiencing crisis
Goal3:SupportAsylumSeekersandRefugeesintheirjourneythroughtheasylumsystemandassisttheir successful
integration into society
Goal 4: Campaign on the issues our work presents, focusing on the above areas.
```
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REFUGEE AND MIGRANT FORUM OF
ESSEX AND LONDON (RAMFEL)
```
## `REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES`
## **`FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020`**
## **`OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES`**
## **`Significant activities`**
```
DespitetheWindrushscandalandcontroversyoverthehostileenvironmentfiguringprominentlyinnationalmedia over
thelastfewyears,inpracticaltermsatanationallevel2019sawlittlechangesto2018.TheHomeOfficemissed the
chancetolearnandengageandtochangetheculturewhichledtothetragiccasesofpeoplebeingmade destitute,
detained and removed through unfair and inhumane policy backed up by institutional administrative incompetency.
Recentlythegovernmenthaslookedtochallengetherightoflegalrepresentativestorepresenttheirclients' best
interestsandaremovingtorestricttherighttochallengegovernmentdecisionsthroughpotentialJudicial Review
changes, so the hostile environment continues seemingly unabated.
```
```
On the frontline, in 2019 RAMFEL's focus remained on;
```
```
- Giving access to justice for those denied it by legal aid and the legal system.
```
- `Providing support to those struggling whilst caught in the immigration system`
- `Helping those recently granted status to successfully transition to their new life`
## **`Immigration advice`**
```
RAMFELfocusedonthosewhohavebeendeniedlegalaidorwhomwereotherwiserestrictedfromaccessing justice.
Undocumentedchildrenandtheirfamiliescontinuedtomakeupthemajorityofourlegalwork.Mayorof London
researchestimatesthatover100,000childrenareinthissituationinLondon.We'reproudofour100%successrate in
2019inrepresentingthem,whichservestoillustratethatmanyyoungpeoplearebeingdeniedcitizenshiporstatus and
forced to live in poverty simply due to legal aid cuts.
```
```
Alongsidetryingtoexpandourreachtoprovidelegaladvice,RAMFELwilllooktouseourexperiencetoinfluence any
potential changes to government policy or law in this area.
```
```
In2019wecontinuedourworkwithRoughSleeperstoprovideimmigrationadviceandhavehadsomesuccess in
securingstatus.Howeverwehavealsofacedverydifficultchallengesingatheringevidencetobeableto submit
applicationsforpeoplewho,duetoroughsleepingandthehostileenvironment,havebeencutoutofvarious services
which would give create official records.
```
```
In 2019 we submitted 266 immigration applications
```
- `we lodged 8 appeals (some of them heard in in 2019, some in 2020, some still pending)`
- `we had 7 appeals heard (some of them lodged in 2018) and 6 of them were successful (the unsuccessful case`
- `subsequently gained status in 2020 through RAMFEL representation)`
- `we had 5 applications rejected - 1 already won on appeal, 2 of them have a pending appeal, 2 have been referred for`
- `JR and 1 we re-lodged another application which has since been granted`
```
Thebarristerswhovolunteeredtorepresentuswonallthecasestheywereinvolvedwith(excepttheonefamily that
subsequently received status).
```
```
We would like to say a massive thanks to them for their hard work and dedication;
```
```
Nicholas Sadeghi (Legis Chambers)
Eleri Griffiths (One Pump Court)
Catherine Jenkins (One Pump Court)
Angelina Nicolaou (One Pump Court)
Ahmed Osman (One Pump Court)
Mark Allison (One Pump Court)
Joseph Byrne (Goldsmith)
```
## **`Destitution Support`**
```
Whilstouradviceservicesaresupportingpeopletoachieveofficialstatusandgetonwiththeirlives,thereisalsoa need
tohelptackledestitutionandtheeffectsofbeingstuckinasylumorimmigrationsystems.Ourweeklyfoodbankand drop
incentreranweeklyproviding3640foodparcelsaswellastoiletriesonceamonth.Thepandemicforcedustoadapt the
way we deliver this service, and the team did an outstanding job is facing up to this challenge innovatively.
```
```
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```
REFUGEE AND MIGRANT FORUM OF
ESSEX AND LONDON (RAMFEL)
```
## `REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES`
## **`FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020`**
## **`OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES Holistic advice services`**
```
Akeypartofourorganisationstrategyistotakeaholisticapproachtotheneedsofindividualsandfamiliescaughtup in
themostchallengingofsituationsandwe'rehappytohavebeenabletomaintainandevenexpandthese circumstances
through one of the most challenging years for our charity and the clients we serve.
```
```
Ourservicesprovidedwraparoundsupportinhousing,asylumsupport,accesstohealthcare,accesstosocial services,
employability and wellbeing.
```
```
Inparticular,theseservicesprovidedendtoendsupporthelpingtoregularisestatusbutalsolookingtosupport the
transition to building a new life in the UK.
```
## **`Public benefit`**
```
ThetrusteeshavebeenmindfuloftheguidanceprovidedbytheCharityCommissionwithregardtopublicbenefit when
planni ng the activities of the charity.
```
## **`FINANCIAL REVIEW`**
## **`Financial position`**
```
RAMFELisinastrongfinancialpositionwithimportantnewrelationshipswithcharitablefundersemergingoverthe last
year.Aseverweseeklongertermfundingandpartnershipsinordertosustainandimprovethelevelofworkwe can
undertake.
```
## **`Principal funding sources`**
```
Assetoutinthenotestotheaccounts,thecharittyisfundedprimarilybygrantsfromLocalAuthoritiesand other
organisations.
```
## **`Reserves policy`**
```
TheBoardhasassessedthecharity'srequirementsforreservesinlightofthemainriskstotheorganisation.Asa result,
thetrusteeshaveestablishedfundraisingstrategywhichincludesensuringamixofrestrictedandunrestricted funding.
Ourreservepolicyisthatunrestrictedfundsnotcommittedshouldbeheldinreserveandmaintainedatalevel which
ensuresthatRAMFEL·scoreactivitiescancontinueduringaperiodofunforeseendifficulty.Thisrepresentsatleast three
months" (13 weeks) expenditure of about £73,500. This will be reviewed annually.
```
## **`STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT Governing document`**
```
Thecharitablecompanyisconstitutedasacompanylimitedbyguaranteeandisgovernedbyitsmemorandum and
articles of association. The company is registered as a charity with the Charity Commission in the UK.
```
## **`REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS`**
## **`Registered Company number`**
```
08737163 (England and Wales)
```
## **`Registered Charity number`**
```
1155207
```
## **`Registered office`**
```
The People's Place,
80-92 Stratford High Street
London
E15 2NE
```
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```
REFUGEE AND MIGRANT FORUM OF
ESSEX AND LONDON (RAMFEL)
```
## `REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES`
## **`FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020`**
## **`Trustees`**
```
Ms M Edwards
Mr T S Lee
Mr F Rehren (appointed 27/9/21)
Ms F A Sulaiman (appointed 27/9/21)
Ms J Warr
Ms E Coyne (resigned 3/3/20)
```
```
InadditiontothepersonslistedabovewhoseappointmentasdirectorhadbeenrecordedatCompaniesHouse, the
following persons also acted as trustees in the year:
```
```
Mr R Mukherjee
Mr F Webster
```
## **`Independent Examiner`**
```
Hartley Fowler LLP
Chartered Accountants
4th Floor Tuition House
27-37 St George's Road
Wimbledon
London
SW19 4EU
```
## **`STATEMENT OF TRUSTEES' RESPONSIBILITIES`**
```
Thetrustees(whoarealsothedirectorsofRefugeeandMigrantForumofEssexandLondon(RAMFEL)forthe purposes
ofcompanylaw)areresponsibleforpreparingtheReportoftheTrusteesandthefinancialstatementsinaccordance with
applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).
```
```
Companylawrequiresthetrusteestopreparefinancialstatementsforeachfinancialyearwhichgiveatrueandfair view
ofthestateofaffairsofthecharitablecompanyandoftheincomingresourcesandapplicationofresources,including the
incomeandexpenditure,ofthecharitablecompanyforthatperiod.Inpreparingthosefinancialstatements,the trustees
are required to
```
- `select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;`
- `observe the methods and principles in the Charity SORP;`
- `make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;`
- `prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charitable company will continue in business.`
```
Thetrusteesareresponsibleforkeepingproperaccountingrecordswhichdisclosewithreasonableaccuracyatany time
thefinancialpositionofthecharitablecompanyandtoenablethemtoensurethatthefinancialstatementscomply with
theCompaniesAct2006.Theyarealsoresponsibleforsafeguardingtheassetsofthecharitablecompanyandhence for
taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
```
```
Approved by order of the board of trustees on 19 October 2021 and signed on its behalf by:
```
```
Mr F Rehren - Trustee
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```
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```
INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF
REFUGEE AND MIGRANT FORUM OF
ESSEX AND LONDON (RAMFEL)
```
## **`Independent examiner's report to the trustees of Refugee and Migrant Forum of Essex and London (RAMFEL) ('the Company')`**
```
IreporttothecharitytrusteesonmyexaminationoftheaccountsoftheCompanyfortheyear ended
31 December 2020.
```
## **`Responsibilities and basis of report`**
```
Asthecharity'strusteesoftheCompany(andalsoitsdirectorsforthepurposesofcompanylaw)youareresponsible for
the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 ('the 2006 Act').
```
```
HavingsatisfiedmyselfthattheaccountsoftheCompanyarenotrequiredtobeauditedunderPart16ofthe2006 Act
andareeligibleforindependentexamination,Ireportinrespectofmyexaminationofyourcharity'saccountsas carried
outundersection145oftheCharitiesAct2011('the2011Act').IncarryingoutmyexaminationIhavefollowed the
Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5) (b) of the 2011 Act.
```
## **`Independent examiner's statement`**
```
Sinceyourcharity'sgrossincomeexceeded£250,000yourexaminermustbeamemberofalistedbody.Ican confirm
thatIamqualifiedtoundertaketheexaminationbecauseIamaregisteredmemberofICAEWwhichisoneofthe listed
bodies.
```
```
Ihavecompletedmyexamination.Iconfirmthatnomattershavecometomyattentioninconnectionwith the
examination giving me cause to believe:
```
`1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the Company as required by section 386 of the 2006 Act; or 2. the accounts do not accord with those records; or`
`3. the accounts do not comply with the accounting requirements of section 396 of the 2006 Act 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; or`
`4. the accounts have not been prepared in accordance with the methods and principles of the Statement of Recommended Practice for accounting and reporting by charities (applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102)).`
```
Ihavenoconcernsandhavecomeacrossnoothermattersinconnectionwiththeexaminationtowhichattention should
be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
```
```
Jonathan Askew
ICAEW
Hartley Fowler LLP
Chartered Accountants
4th Floor Tuition House
27-37 St George's Road
Wimbledon
London
SW19 4EU
```
```
Date: .............................................
```
```
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## `REFUGEE AND MIGRANT FORUM OF ESSEX AND LONDON (RAMFEL)`
## `STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES`
## `(INCORPORATING AN INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT)` **`FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020`**
|`Unrestricted`
`fund`
`Restricted`
`Notes`
`£`
`£`
**`INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM`**
`Grants and donations`
`2`
`8,537`
`380,428`
**`Charitable activities`**
`3`
`Charitable activities`
`41,979`
`-`
**`Total`**
`50,516`
`380,428`
**`EXPENDITURE ON`**
**`Charitable activities`**
`4`
`Charitable activities`
`-`
`418,626`
**`NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)`**
`50,516`
`(38,198)`
**`RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS`**
**`Total funds brought forward`**
`72,902`
`63,577`
**`TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD`**
`123,418`
`25,379`|`2020`
`Total`
`funds`
`£`
`388,965`
`41,979`
`430,944`
`418,626`
`12,318`
`136,479`
`148,797`|`2019`
`Total`
`funds`
`£`
`328,089`
`18,117`|
|---|---|---|
|||`346,206`
`294,273`|
|||`51,933`
`84,546`|
|||`136,479`|
```
The notes form part of these financial statements
```
```
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```
## `REFUGEE AND MIGRANT FORUM OF ESSEX AND LONDON (RAMFEL)`
## `BALANCE SHEET`
## **`31 DECEMBER 2020`**
|`Unrestricted`
`fund`
`Restricted`
`Notes`
`£`
`£`
**`FIXED ASSETS`**
`Tangible assets`
`11`
`8,573`
`-`
**`CURRENT ASSETS`**
`Debtors`
`12`
`182,676`
`-`
`Cash at bank and in hand`
`158,826`
`25,379`
`341,502`
`25,379`
**`CREDITORS`**
`Amounts falling due within one year`
`13`
`(222,609)`
`-`
**`NET CURRENT ASSETS`**
`118,893`
`25,379`
**`TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES`**
`127,466`
`25,379`
**`CREDITORS`**
`Amounts falling due after more than one year`
`14`
`(4,048)`
`-`
**`NET ASSETS`**
`123,418`
`25,379`
**`FUNDS`**
`16`
`Unrestricted funds`
`Restricted funds`
**`TOTAL FUNDS`**|`2020`
`Total`
`funds`
`£`
`8,573`
`182,676`
`184,205`
`366,881`
`(222,609)`
`144,272`
`152,845`
`(4,048)`
`148,797`
`123,418`
`25,379`
`148,797`|`2019`
`Total`
`funds`
`£`
`751`
`2,262`
`161,152`
`163,414`
`(5,771)`
`157,643`
`158,394`
`(21,915)`
`136,479`
`72,902`
`63,577`
`136,479`|
|---|---|---|
```
ThecharitablecompanyisentitledtoexemptionfromauditunderSection477oftheCompaniesAct2006forthe year
ended 31 December 2020.
```
```
Themembershavenotrequiredthecompanytoobtainanauditofitsfinancialstatementsfortheyear ended
31 December 2020 in accordance with Section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.
```
```
The trustees acknowledge their responsibilities for
```
- `(a) ensuring that the charitable company keeps accounting records that comply with Sections 386 and 387 of the Companies Act 2006 and`
- `(b) preparing financial statements which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable company as at the end of each financial year and of its surplus or deficit for each financial year in accordance with the requirements of Sections 394 and 395 and which otherwise comply with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 relating to financial statements, so far as applicable to the charitable company.`
```
Thesefinancialstatementshavebeenpreparedinaccordancewiththeprovisionsapplicabletocharitable companies
subject to the small companies regime.
```
```
ThefinancialstatementswereapprovedbytheBoardofTrusteesandauthorisedforissueon19October2021and were
signed on its behalf by:
```
```
Mr F Rehren - Trustee
```
```
The notes form part of these financial statements
```
```
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```
REFUGEE AND MIGRANT FORUM OF
ESSEX AND LONDON (RAMFEL)
```
```
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020
```
## **`1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES`**
## **`Basis of preparing the financial statements`**
```
Thefinancialstatementsofthecharitablecompany,whichisapublicbenefitentityunderFRS102,have been
preparedinaccordancewiththeCharitiesSORP(FRS102)'AccountingandReportingbyCharities:Statement of
RecommendedPracticeapplicabletocharitiespreparingtheiraccountsinaccordancewiththeFinancial Reporting
StandardapplicableintheUKandRepublicofIreland(FRS102)(effective1January2019)',Financial Reporting
Standard102'TheFinancialReportingStandardapplicableintheUKandRepublicofIreland'andthe Companies
Act 2006. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention.
```
## **`Preparation of the financial statements on a going concern basis`**
```
Thefinancialstatementshavebeenpreparedontheassumptionthatthecharityisabletocontinueasa going
concern,whichthetrusteesconsiderappropriatehavingregardtothecurrentlevelofunrestrictedreserves and
theexpectedlevelofincomeandexpenditurefor12monthsfromauthorisingthesefinancialstatements. There
are no material uncertainties about the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.
```
## **`Income`**
```
AllincomeisrecognisedintheStatementofFinancialActivitiesoncethecharityhasentitlementtothefunds,it is
probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably.
```
```
Income from grants is recognised when the charity has entitlement to the funds, any performance conditions
attached to the grants have been met, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be
measuredreliably.Grantincomereceivedthatdoesnotmeettherecognitioncriteriaiscarriedforward as
deferred income.
```
```
Incomeinrespectofservicesprovidedisrecognisedwhen,andtotheextentthat,performanceoccursand is
measured at the fair value of the consideration receivable.
```
## **`Expenditure`**
```
Liabilitiesarerecognisedasexpenditureassoonasthereisalegalorconstructiveobligationcommitting the
charitytothatexpenditure,itisprobablethatatransferofeconomicbenefitswillberequiredinsettlement and
theamountoftheobligationcanbemeasuredreliably.Expenditureisaccountedforonanaccrualsbasisand has
beenclassifiedunderheadingsthataggregateallcostrelatedtothecategory.Wherecostscannotbe directly
attributedtoparticularheadingstheyhavebeenallocatedtoactivitiesonabasisconsistentwiththeuse of
resources.
```
## **`Tangible fixed assets`**
```
Depreciationisprovidedatthefollowingannualratesinordertowriteoffeachassetoveritsestimated useful
life.
```
```
Fixtures and fittings- 20% on reducing balance
```
## **`Taxation`**
```
The charity is exempt from corporation tax on its charitable activities.
```
## **`Fund accounting`**
```
Unrestricted funds can be used in accordance with the charitable objectives at the discretion of the trustees.
```
```
Restrictedfundscanonlybeusedforparticularrestrictedpurposeswithintheobjectsofthecharity. Restrictions
arise when specified by the donor or when funds are raised for particular restricted purposes.
```
```
Further explanation of the nature and purpose of each fund is included in the notes to the financial statements.
```
## **`Pension costs and other post-retirement benefits`**
```
Thecharitablecompanyoperatesadefinedcontributionpensionscheme.Contributionspayabletothe charitable
company's pension scheme are charged to the Statement of Financial Activities in the period to which they relate.
```
```
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```
REFUGEE AND MIGRANT FORUM OF
ESSEX AND LONDON (RAMFEL)
```
## `NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued`
## **`FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020`**
|**`2.`**
**`GRANTS AND DONATIONS`**
`Donations`
`Gift aid`
`Grants`
`Grants received, included in the above, are as follows:`
`Other grants receivable`
`Redbridge Rough Sleeping Initiative`
`Redbridge Community Project`
`Single Homeless Project`
`Trust for London`
`Reaching Communities BLF`
`RISE`
`Redbridge Catholic Churches`
`Walthamstow Migrant Action Group`
`Timebank (English Classes)`
`Essex Community Foundation`
`RAMP - Legal Advice`
`Walthham Forest SS - Legal Advice`
`Training grants`
`Lloyds Bank Foundation`
`Children in Need`
`The People's Post Code Lottery`
`SEGRO`
`Baring Foundation`
`London Community Foundation - Deutsche Bank`
`Islington Immigration Advice`
`Hackney Rough Sleepers`
`ILPA`
`London Community Response`
`GLA Londoners EU Advice`
`NCIL`
`Leathersellers`
`National Lottery Fund`
`London Community Foundation - Provident`
`GLA Rough Sleepers`
`Paul Hamlyn Foundation`
`Waltham Forest Rough Sleeper Advice`
`Martin Lewis Coronavirus Fund`
`Redbridge Covid Food Fund`
`Redbridge EUSS Project`|`2020`
`£`
`9,834`
`1,269`
`377,862`
`388,965`
`2020`
`£`
`-`
`38,239`
`4,750`
`28,500`
`-`
`14,827`
`8,789`
`7,700`
`6,049`
`-`
`17,115`
`28,771`
`14,446`
`-`
`8,248`
`19,321`
`-`
`3,558`
`7,374`
`2,489`
`7,507`
`7,403`
`3,823`
`8,254`
`4,947`
`2,500`
`1,000`
`58,492`
`2,500`
`29,413`
`9,569`
`14,495`
`6,000`
`3,033`
`8,750`
`377,862`|`2019`
`£`
`4,781`
`-`
`323,308`|
|---|---|---|
|||`328,089`|
|||`2019`
`£`
`20,683`
`55,000`
`19,000`
`28,500`
`15,000`
`14,827`
`8,091`
`7,600`
`2,350`
`360`
`16,363`
`25,380`
`14,446`
`675`
`57,841`
`18,399`
`18,793`
`-`
`-`
`-`
`-`
`-`
`-`
`-`
`-`
`-`
`-`
`-`
`-`
`-`
`-`
`-`
`-`
`-`
`-`|
|||`323,308`|
```
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```
REFUGEE AND MIGRANT FORUM OF
ESSEX AND LONDON (RAMFEL)
```
## `NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued`
## **`FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020`**
```
3.INCOME FROM CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES
```
|`2020`
`Activity`
`£`
`Other income from charitable`
`activities`
`Charitable activities`
`41,979`
**`CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES COSTS`**
`Support`
`Direct`
`costs (see`
`Costs`
`note 5)`
`£`
`£`
`Charitable activities`
`371,205`
`47,421`
**`SUPPORT COSTS`**
`Other`
`Information`
`administrative`
`technology`
`overheads`
`Other`
`£`
`£`
`£`
`Charitable activities`
`9,038`
`36,239`
`2,144`
`Support costs, included in the above, are as follows:`
**`Information technology`**
`2020`
`Charitable`
`activities`
`£`
`IT costs`
`9,038`
**`Other administrative overheads`**
`2020`
`Charitable`
`activities`
`£`
`Rent`
`15,170`
`Insurance`
`910`
`Telephone`
`3,967`
`Other office costs`
`3,820`
`Other staff costs`
`6,520`
`Bank charges`
`542`
`Legal and professional`
`2,478`
`Accountancy`
`832`
`Examiners fees`
`2,000`
`36,239`|`2019`
`£`
`18,117`
`Totals`
`£`
`418,626`
`Totals`
`£`
`47,421`
`2019`
`Total`
`activities`
`£`
`11,875`
`2019`
`Total`
`activities`
`£`
`18,949`
`1,259`
`2,937`
`7,049`
`2,658`
`201`
`1,648`
`4,049`
`2,000`
`40,750`|
|---|---|
## **`4. CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES COSTS`**
## **`5. SUPPORT COSTS`**
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```
## `NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued`
## **`FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020`**
## **`5. SUPPORT COSTS - continued Other`**
|**`5.`**|**`SUPPORT COSTS - continued`**
**`Other`**|||
|---|---|---|---|
|||`2020`|`2019`|
|||`Charitable`|`Total`|
|||`activities`|`activities`|
|||`£`|`£`|
||`Depreciation of tangible fixed assets`|`2,144`|`250`|
|**`6.`**|**`NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)`**|||
||`Net income/(expenditure) is stated after charging/(crediting):`|||
|||`2020`|`2019`|
|||`£`|`£`|
||`Depreciation - owned assets`|`2,144`|`250`|
## **`7. TRUSTEES' REMUNERATION AND BENEFITS`**
```
Therewerenotrustees'remunerationorotherbenefitsfortheyearended31December2020norforthe year
ended 31 December 2019.
```
## **`Trustees' expenses`**
```
Therewerenotrustees'expensespaidfortheyearended31December2020norfortheyear ended
31 December 2019.
```
## **`8. STAFF COSTS`**
|`Wages and salaries`
`Social security costs`
`Other pension costs`|`2020`
`£`
`292,103`
`23,788`
`12,743`
`328,634`|`2019`
`£`
`202,323`
`14,275`
`7,215`|
|---|---|---|
|||`223,813`|
```
Thekeymanagementpersonnelofthecharitycomprisethetrustees,theChiefExecutiveOfficerand the
ImmigrationsManager.Thetotalremunerationofkeymanagementpersonnelduringtheyearwas£92,804 (2019
- £84,606).
```
```
The average monthly number of employees during the year was as follows:
```
||`2020`|`2019`|
|---|---|---|
|`General operations`|`12`|`8`|
```
No employees received emoluments in excess of £60,000.
```
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```
## `NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued`
## **`FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020`**
## **`9. INDEPENDENT EXAMINERS' REMUNERATION`**
|`2020`
`£`
`Independent examination (net of irrecoverable VAT)`
`1,250`
`Accountancy (net of irrecoverable VAT)`
`750`
`2,000`
**`10.`**
**`COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES`**
`Unrestricted`
`fund`
`Restricted`
`£`
`£`
**`INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM`**
`Grants and donations`
`25,464`
`302,625`
**`Charitable activities`**
`Charitable activities`
`18,117`
`-`
**`Total`**
`43,581`
`302,625`
**`EXPENDITURE ON`**
**`Charitable activities`**
`Charitable activities`
`2,650`
`291,623`
**`NET INCOME`**
`40,931`
`11,002`
**`RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS`**
**`Total funds brought forward`**
`31,971`
`52,575`
**`TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD`**
`72,902`
`63,577`|`2020`||`2019`|
|---|---|---|---|
||`£`||`£`|
||`1,250`||`1,250`|
||`750`||`750`|
|||||
||`2,000`||`2,000`|
|||||
|||`Total`
`funds`
`£`
`328,089`
`18,117`||
|||`346,206`
`294,273`||
|||`51,933`
`84,546`||
|||`136,479`||
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```
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```
## `NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued`
## **`FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020`**
|**`11.`**|**`TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS`**|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||`Fixtures`||||
|||`and`||`Computer`||
|||`fittings`||`equipment`|`Totals`|
|||`£`||`£`|`£`|
||**`COST`**|||||
||`At 1 January 2020`|`1,198`||`-`|`1,198`|
||`Additions`||`-`|`9,966`|`9,966`|
||`At 31 December 2020`|`1,198`||`9,966`|`11,164`|
||**`DEPRECIATION`**|||||
||`At 1 January 2020`||`447`|`-`|`447`|
||`Charge for year`||`150`|`1,994`|`2,144`|
||`At 31 December 2020`||`597`|`1,994`|`2,591`|
||**`NET BOOK VALUE`**|||||
||`At 31 December 2020`||`601`|`7,972`|`8,573`|
||`At 31 December 2019`||`751`|`-`|`751`|
|**`12.`**|**`DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR`**|||||
|||||`2020`|`2019`|
|||||`£`|`£`|
||`Other debtors`|||`182,676`|`2,262`|
|**`13.`**|**`CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR`**|||||
|||||`2020`|`2019`|
|||||`£`|`£`|
||`Trade creditors`|||`5,971`|`-`|
||`Other creditors`|||`2,813`|`3,371`|
||`Deferred income`|||`209,025`|`-`|
||`Accrued expenses`|||`4,800`|`2,400`|
|||||`222,609`|`5,771`|
|**`14.`**|**`CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE AFTER MORE THAN`**|**`ONE YEAR`**||||
|||||`2020`|`2019`|
|||||`£`|`£`|
||`Other creditors`|||`4,048`|`21,915`|
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```
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```
## `NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued` **`FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020`**
## **`15. LEASING AGREEMENTS`**
```
Minimum lease payments under non-cancellable operating leases fall due as follows:
```
|`Within one year`
`Between one and five years`|`2020`
`£`
`7,117`
`17,793`
`24,910`|`2019`
`£`
`7,117`
`24,910`|
|---|---|---|
|||`32,027`|
## **`16. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS`**
|**`Unrestricted funds`**
`General fund`
**`Restricted funds`**
`Restricted`
**`TOTAL FUNDS`**
`Net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:`
**`Unrestricted funds`**
`General fund`
**`Restricted funds`**
`Restricted`
**`TOTAL FUNDS`**
**`Comparatives for movement in funds`**
**`Unrestricted funds`**
`General fund`
**`Restricted funds`**
`Restricted`
**`TOTAL FUNDS`**|`Net`
`movement`
`At`
`At 1/1/20`
`in funds`
`31/12/20`
`£`
`£`
`£`
`72,902`
`50,516`
`123,418`
`63,577`
`(38,198)`
`25,379`
`136,479`
`12,318`
`148,797`
`Incoming`
`Resources`
`Movement`
`resources`
`expended`
`in funds`
`£`
`£`
`£`
`50,516`
`-`
`50,516`
`380,428`
`(418,626)`
`(38,198)`
`430,944`
`(418,626)`
`12,318`
`Net`
`movement`
`At`
`At 1/1/19`
`in funds`
`31/12/19`
`£`
`£`
`£`
`31,971`
`40,931`
`72,902`
`52,575`
`11,002`
`63,577`
`84,546`
`51,933`
`136,479`|
|---|---|
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```
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```
## `NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued` **`FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020`**
## **`16. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS - continued`**
```
Comparative net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:
```
|**`Unrestricted funds`**
`General fund`
**`Restricted funds`**
`Restricted`
**`TOTAL FUNDS`**|`Incoming`
`Resources`
`Movement`
`resources`
`expended`
`in funds`
`£`
`£`
`£`
`43,581`
`(2,650)`
`40,931`
`302,625`
`(291,623)`
`11,002`
`346,206`
`(294,273)`
`51,933`|
|---|---|
## **`17. RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES`**
```
There were no related party transactions for the year ended 31 December 2020.
```
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## `REFUGEE AND MIGRANT FORUM OF ESSEX AND LONDON (RAMFEL)`
## `DETAILED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES`
## **`FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020`**
|**`INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS`**
**`Grants and donations`**
`Donations`
`Gift aid`
`Grants`
**`Charitable activities`**
`Other income from charitable activities`
**`Total incoming resources`**
**`EXPENDITURE`**
**`Charitable activities`**
`Wages`
`Social security`
`Pensions`
`Volunteer expenses`
`Immigration advice and support`
`ESOL - Time and foodbank`
`Travel`
`Covid support - employees WFH`
**`Support costs`**
**`Information technology`**
`IT costs`
**`Other administrative overheads`**
`Rent`
`Insurance`
`Telephone`
`Other office costs`
`Other staff costs`
`Bank charges`
`Legal and professional`
`Accountancy`
`Examiners fees`
**`Other`**
`Fixtures and fittings`
`Computer equipment`|`2020`
`£`
`9,834`
`1,269`
`377,862`
`388,965`
`41,979`
`430,944`
`292,103`
`23,788`
`12,743`
`478`
`8,105`
`33,004`
`136`
`848`
`371,205`
`9,038`
`15,170`
`910`
`3,967`
`3,820`
`6,520`
`542`
`2,478`
`832`
`2,000`
`36,239`
`150`
`1,994`
`2,144`|`2019`
`£`
`4,781`
`-`
`323,308`|
|---|---|---|
|||`328,089`
`18,117`|
|||`346,206`
`202,323`
`14,275`
`7,215`
`2,191`
`2,363`
`12,007`
`1,024`
`-`|
|||`241,398`
`11,875`
`18,949`
`1,259`
`2,937`
`7,049`
`2,658`
`201`
`1,648`
`4,049`
`2,000`|
|||`40,750`
`250`
`-`|
|||`250`|
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```
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```
## `DETAILED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES`
## **`FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020`**
|`Total resources expended`
**`Net income`**|`2020`
`£`
`418,626`
`12,318`|`2019`
`£`|
|---|---|---|
|||`294,273`|
|||`51,933`|
```
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```
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