# CHARIS (CHRISTIAN HELP & ACTION FOR REFUGEES IN SOMERSET)

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1169400
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** Sept. 28, 2016
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1169400


## Contact

- **Address:** 16/17 Hammet Street, TAUNTON, Somerset
- **Postcode:** TA1 1RZ
- **Phone:** 01823299012
- **Email:** info@charisrefugees.co.uk
- **Website:** www.charisrefugees.co.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE: FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES,TO PROVIDE RELIEF TO THOSE GRANTED REFUGEE STATUS AND THEIR DEPENDANTS BEING RESETTLED IN TAUNTON, SOMERSET AND THROUGHOUT THE UK BY PROVIDING SUPPORT SERVICES SO AS TO ADVANCE THEM IN LIFE AND ASSIST THEM WITH THE ADAPTION WITHIN A NEW COMMUNITY, WITH THE OBJECTS OF: - 1.PRESERVING AND PROTECTING THEIR PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH 2.ADVANCING THEIR EDUCATION AND TRAINING; AND 3.RELIEVING THEM FROM FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND UNEMPLOYMENT.

**Activities:** CHARIS works to resettle refugees in Somerset and the surrounding area providing for them the opportunity of a new life. These refugees are drawn from the most vulnerable groups and are identified through the UNHCR programs and arrive in the UK via the UK Governments Community Sponsorship Scheme.

**Area of benefit:** TAUNTON, SOMERSET AND THROUGHOUT THE UK




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Other Finance, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Disability, Economic/community Development/employment, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin, Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Bristol City
- Cornwall
- Devon
- Dorset
- Somerset



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £991530 | £828986 | £444963 | 12 |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £742938 | £732520 | £220711 | 11 |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £371625 | £254110 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £72476 | £54116 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £52637 | £38015 | — | — |



## Trustees

- Adrian Richard Mitchell Austin — appointed Oct. 29, 2019
- Anne Caroline Maw — appointed Jan. 1, 2023
- GORDON ROBIN EAST — appointed Sept. 28, 2016
- PHILIP MATTHEW HINDLE — appointed Sept. 28, 2016
- Ralph Thomas Mitford Bullock — appointed Feb. 27, 2018