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Bath Welcomes Refugees

Country
England & Wales
Charity number
1171442
Status
Registered
Registered
Feb. 2, 2017
Legal form
Charitable company

Address

Address
The Island House
Midsomer Norton
Radstock
BA3 2DZ

Activities

Bath Welcomes Refugees has one simple aim: to bring to safety and security in the UK those people persecuted and in danger in their own countries and homelands, and in particular to help them settle in Bath or the surrounding area. Our activities include: locating and preparing housing, fundraising, befriending/resettlement support, English language teaching, providing social activities and more.

Objects: 4.1 To relieve the needs of refugees, asylum seekers, or those displaced from their home country by reason of war, persecution, oppression, discrimination, natural disasters or other like causes, and their dependents, in particular but not exclusively seeking refuge within Bath and North East Somerset and the surrounding area (the “Beneficiaries”) who are in conditions of need, hardship, or distress in particular but without limitation by: (a) Providing or arranging for their education and training and the provision of support services including guidance, representation, translation and interpretation and other assistance to enable them to live independently, improve their life chances and settle into and participate fully in community life; (b) The relief of financial hardship; (c) Providing activities to preserve and protect their physical and mental health; 4.2 The provision of facilities for recreation or other leisure time occupation with the object of improving the conditions of life of the Beneficiaries by reason of their social and economic circumstances; and 4.3 To advance the education of the general public about issues relating to migration, refugees and those seeking asylum."

Classification

How
Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
What
General Charitable Purposes, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Economic/community Development/employment, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
Who
Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind

Areas of operation

Local Authority
Bath And North East Somerset

Finances

Period end Income Expenditure
June 30, 2025 £124,631 £111,441
June 30, 2024 £117,636 £103,993
June 30, 2023 £112,101 £75,451
June 30, 2022 £124,390 £52,881
June 30, 2021 £19,151 £33,405

Trustees

Name Appointed
Stephen Charles Whittle (Chair) July 13, 2023
Clare Louise Rickitt June 23, 2023
Kathryn Anna Kyle Aug. 8, 2023
Nafees Daradia March 27, 2025
Osamah Mohamed Qaid Alshoabi Sept. 18, 2025
Violet Jensen June 6, 2019
Yaaseir Ahrafarth Jan. 9, 2026