West Berks Ac�on for Refugees Trustee Annual Report for year ending 22 September 2025 


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Charity Name<br>Charity Reg No<br>Principal Address<br>Names of Trustees  Fiona Coulam (Chair)<br>Moyra Blake (Secretary)<br>Claire McCorquodale (Treasurer)<br>Patricia Jeffery (Trustee)<br>Bank name  Coopera�ve Bank<br>**----- End of picture text -----**<br>


## **Charitable Objec�ves:** 

The charity aims to support refugees and asylum seekers in West Berkshire. 

## **Principal Ac�vi�es** 

The charity employs a part-�me caseworker who is supported by a team of 18 volunteers. The team deliver support in the areas of housing, employment and informa�on on finances, also help in other areas where there is a need to interact with local organisa�ons such as arranging school places and accessing medical and dental care. 

Over 30 individuals and some 40 families have been supported in this year – a total of over 200 people. 

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employment and to understand how benefits will support those on low pay.  In addi�on, the caseworker supports asylum seekers who are awai�ng a decision on their case from the Home Office.  Both groups need help in accessing medical care, dental treatment and support with issues in their accommoda�on. The caseworker, supported by 2 to 4 volunteers, runs a drop-in session once a week for those who need support.  Regular English classes and ad hoc 121 English classes are offered by volunteers. 

Collec�ons and fundraising enable the charity to provide refugees and asylum seekers with basic items such as clothing, household essen�als and hygiene products. 

## **Financial review ( Reserves Held & reserves policy)** 

September 2024.  However, the process of recrui�ng a caseworker took �me.  Employing a part-�me member of staff has created an ongoing need to fundraise for salary costs. This challenge is priori�sed by the charity.  We currently have sufficient funds to pay the 



caseworker un�l April 2027 and are ac�vely fundraising to pay the salary costs to November 2027. 

Outside of the salary costs for the caseworker the charity has very low costs as there is a strong team of  volunteers and good support for calls for dona�ons locally. 

The charity holds just over £6,000 in unrestricted reserves which is ample to cover the very low running costs for several years. 

## **Plans for Next Financial Year to September 2026** 

The charity plans to con�nue delivering support via the caseworker and will fundraise to ensure that this is possible. 

Claire McCorquodale 

Treasurer 

West Berks Ac�on for Refugees 



## **West Berks Action for Refugees** 

## **Balance Sheet at 22/9/25 Balance brought Forward 38250.33** 

|**Restricted Income**|at 23/09/2024||Income|Expenditure at 22/09/2025|Expenditure at 22/09/2025|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Grants & Donations||||||
|Caseworker||24,031.49|5,330.00|14,840.41|14,521.08|
|Asylum Seeker/Refugee S||4,323.99|50.00|2,079.54|2,294.45|
|Mental Health||2,000.00|||2,000.00|
|Household Support Fund|||5,000.00|453.86|4,546.14|
|**Unrestricted Income**||7,894.85||1,118.11|6,776.74|
|totals||**38,250.33**|**10,380.00**|**18,491.92**||
|**Balance carried forward**|||||**30,138.41**|



|**WBAR Income and Expenditure for 2024-2025**|||
|---|---|---|
|**Income in year**|||
|Donations|380.00||
|Grants|||
|Caseworker|5,000.00||
|Household Suport Fund|5,000.00||
|**Total Income**||**10,380.00**|



## **Expenditure in year** 

|**Expenditure in year**|||
|---|---|---|
|Celebrations and Outings|88.01||
|Direct Support|2,367.12||
|Skills and Learning|28.07||
|Charity Running Costs|867.55||
|Volunteer Costs|300.76||
|Employment costs|14,840.41||
|**Total Expenditure**||**18,491.92**|



There were no payments to Trustees as benefits or remuneration in the year. There were no payments for Trustee expenses during the year.