Annual report and accounts | 2021/22 Dignity knows no borders
Contents
| Contents | |
|---|---|
| A strong year and ready for growth | 4 |
| Strategy: A year of change and renewed focus | 5 |
| We want to be a volunteer organisation | 5 |
| Providing essential items for people on the move | 6 |
| And all with dignity at its heart | 6 |
| Our activities and impact: Centres of Dignity | 7 |
| 1 Nicosia Dignity Centre |
7 |
| 2 Ioannina Dignity Centre |
8 |
| 3 Chișinău Dignity Centre |
9 |
| 4 Family resettlement |
10 |
| 5 Campaigning |
11 |
| Accounts | 12 |
| Trustees | 14 |
Refugee Support Europe Annual Report and Accounts 2021/22 Dignity and Solidarity
3
A strong year and ready for growth
2021/22 was a very successful year. Like a lot of charities and organisations across the world, the previous years had been challenging but the relaxation of restrictions in 21/22 allowed us to drive our fundraising and support more people.
The horrific war in Ukraine has brought the refugee crisis to the forefront of the public imagination, which had an undoubted impact on our fundraising. This war also showed how nimble and dynamic our organisation can be: within 10 days of arriving in Moldova, Refugee Support had carried out a detailed analysis of what support was required and opened a Centre that not only continues to support upward of 1000 Ukrainian refugees per week but also operates in a manner that aligns with our core values, holding dignity at its core. Whilst reacting quickly to the conflict in Ukraine, the operational team managed to continue to deliver
services to a very high standard at the Dignity Centre in Cyprus. This is testament to the hard work in the background, driving systems and processes which puts the organisation in a strong position to continue to grow.
There is no hiding the fact that fundraising will be difficult in 2023. However, the CEO has spent
considerable time developing a small core team and working with consultants to design and implement a fundraising strategy that will allow continued growth. When you couple this with very low administration costs and a culture that questions every penny spent, we are in a strong position to support more people than ever through 2023.
Chris Goodson | Chair of Trustees
4 Refugee Support Europe Annual Report and Accounts 2021/22 Dignity and Solidarity
Strategy: A year of change and renewed focus
The Covid-19 pandemic forced us to reprioritise. As we emerged from international lockdowns in this year, we reviewed our existing activities and decided we need to make a change .
We want to be a volunteer organisation
We’ve always tried to focus on the people we are supporting but volunteers are what makes our service great and there’s a selfish pay-off from altruism . This isn’t voluntourism. Many volunteers have discovered a way to help and continue helping, and found great, like-minded friends.
We decided to both celebrate and reflect on that with our new podcast called The Selfsh Atruist and we released 8 insightful episodes in Season 1. Volunteers also added to our growing collection of Volunteer Stories .
In this year, 58 volunteers from 12 nations gave 1,500 days of their time to help in our Centres. And the organisation was supported by 25 volunteers with communications, volunteer management, finance and governance.
5 Refugee Support Europe Annual Report and Accounts 2021/22 Dignity and Solidarity
Providing essential items for people on the move
Essentially, if we are going to be a volunteer organisation that can provide help quickly, we need to be about distributing basics and essentials. The need for that kind of
aid is huge and it means anyone who joins us will be able to start making a difference immediately.
It’s also how we started. We know that we can work more flexibly than large organisations and more consistently than other volunteer organisations. We’re good at being quick and caring .
And all with dignity at its heart
In addition to being able to do set up and start helping quickly, our other unique difference is being able to do it with dignity .
When everything is chaotic and people can feel abandoned or with no control, our way of working offers people a sense of normality, solidarity and agency .
Basics and essentials can only ever be a short-term fix or we will undermine people’s independence. After a short period of time, it feels like a handout.
And if we are going to stick to what we do well, we need to work on building
partnerships so we signpost people to other organisations that can help with other needs and take over when we leave.
6 Refugee Support Europe Annual Report and Accounts 2021/22 Dignity and Solidarity
We want a world where all refugees can lead a life with dignity.
We support refugees by giving people who care the opportunity to show solidarity in dignified, meaningful ways.
7 Refugee Support Europe Annual Report and Accounts 2021/22 Dignity and Solidarity
Our activities and impact: Centres of Dignity
~~1~~ Nicosia Dignity Centre
In August 2021 we were running a Food bank, Hygiene packs for women, Baby welcome packs, Showers, Laundry, Barbershop, CV writing, English, Greek and Arabic classes, Mobile digital skills classes and the Refumade Sewing Cooperative. It was too much for a volunteer team .
In September, we stopped all those services and over the course of a week we created a Dignity Market where we could offer people who had just arrived in Nicosia a welcome
pack service. This was designed as a short-term service at a time when asylum seekers were most vulnerable and no other help was available.
From September 2021 to March 2022:
-
Over 1,500 people received 5 weekly baskets of food and hygiene items that they chose for themselves
-
We helped 1,200 people through the complex online process to secure a Labour Card (compulsory to secure employment)
-
We wrote 200 CVs to help with their job search
-
Our Barber members gave 360 haircuts
8 Refugee Support Europe Annual Report and Accounts 2021/22 Dignity and Solidarity
After 3 years in Cyprus we are now deeply embedded in the support structure of Nicosia and cooperate closely with Caritas Cyprus, Cyprus Refugee Council, UNHCR and others. That cooperation means less duplication and better support—and this year it certainly saved lives .
We worked in partnership with Caritas, the CRC and the Ministry of Health to create a communications and registration campaign that enabled asylum seekers access COVID vaccinations. We achieved 3,000 vaccinations in just 6 weeks .
~~2~~ Ioannina Dignity Centre
We revived the Community Centre in Ioannina city centre which had been closed for 2 years. We spent 2 months renovating it from November 2021 and opened in February 2022 .
From 2016 to 2018, the Centre was a bustling place for refugees and asylum seekers to receive critical services. It was the ideal location for us to restore that lifeline on our return to Greece. At that time, support was withdrawn from a large group of
refugees , and they had next to no prospect of employment. The IRC estimated that over one-third of refugees in camps were going hungry.
We started offering very similar services to our Dignity Centre in Cyprus with the potential for many other services to operate there.
From February to March 2022, we had 700 visits to our Dignity Market and served a total of 2,000 people with an essential basket of items that they chose for themselves.
Half were from Afghanistan, a third from the Middle East and the rest from 15 other nations.
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~~3~~ Chișinău Dignity Centre
On 24 February 2022, Russia invaded
Ukraine and hundreds of thousands fled for their lives. Two weeks later, a Refugee Support team went to the Moldovan capital , Chișinău, to see how we could support the Ukrainians who had fled there—as well as the local community, which was also rallying to help the new arrivals.
Within 12 days , we had identified an essential need we could fill, formed partnerships, found a location and set up a new Dignity Centre .
In Chișinău, our friends at another grassroots group, Moldova for Peace , refer Ukrainian people who are living in Moldovan homes to the Dignity Centre. We created the same Dignity Market model where every family has a budget of points to choose what they want.
It also has a play area for the children.
In our first week we served 570 people and in our second week reached our capacity of serving 1,100 every week with products people want all sourced locally from Moldovan companies.
As well as providing essentials to Ukrainian people and supporting the generous Moldovans who have welcomed them, the Dignity Centre offers choice, shows solidarity and creates a small sense of normality .
10 Refugee Support Europe Annual Report and Accounts 2021/22 Dignity and Solidarity
~~4~~ Family resettlement
We resettled a refugee family from Sudan as part of the government’s Community Sponsorship scheme. After spending years in a refugee camp in Jordan, Salih and Eiman together their four children began a new life in Birmingham, UK and the long process of integrating into British society. John Sloan, Liz Bates and a team of volunteers helped with housing, doctors, schools, training and accessing all the local services.
Even with the hugely supportive Birmingham community this has been a huge amount of work. The one area that really needs reform is Universal Credit – the system is hard to access and hostile to deal with.
We need to focus on providing short-term essentials, so we will not be involved in resettling any more families in the UK . Thankfully, there are many other organisations that can act as Lead Sponsor to local groups.
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~~5~~ Campaigning
We have a responsibility to raise awareness of the wider issues faced by refugees and asylum seekers, to call out inhumane or undignified practices and to demand change .
This year, we organised a human heart on Brighton beach as part of the ‘Together with Refugees’ that. We also spoke to a range of local groups and organisations in the UK about our work.
Fundraising is also an important way to raise awareness as well as critical funds. Volunteers, regular donors and one-off donations from individuals and grass-roots organisations provide the foundation of our support. Each request for funds is a call to pay attention and do something.
We are also dependent on events. Our Dignify 2021 event raised over £60,000, in large part thanks to Talon Outdoor. And some of our supporters challenge themselves to achieve amazing things at the same time as raising critical funds.
12 Refugee Support Europe Annual Report and Accounts 2021/22 Dignity and Solidarity
Annual accounts
Profit and Loss | Refugee Support Europe CIO For the 12 months ended 31 March 2022
| Mar-22 Mar-21 Income Donations via Individuals £105,965 £114,056 Donations via website £40,463 £6,367 Grants and Company Donations £138,790 £34,061 Interest Income £8 £59 RSE fundraising event £100,152 £12,414 Total Income £385,378 £166,957 Less Cost of Sales Advertising Costs £2,943 £5,426 Bike workshop Materials £0 £36 Childrens activities Materials £273 £0 Clothes and Misc Purchases for Refugees £9,107 £1,195 Cost of Misc. Activities for Refugees £12,466 £12,118 Country Specifc Personnel £23,401 £32,736 Donation to another Charity £0 £2,796 Food for Refugees £83,868 £21,428 General Camp Expenses inc. Building Costs £69,573 £41,200 Legal expenses £23 £2,139 Sewing Room Materials - not for items to be sold £18 £778 Total Cost of Sales £201,672 £119,852 Gross Proft £183,706 £47,105 |
Mar-22 Mar-21 |
|---|---|
| Plus Other Income | |
| 2. Cost of sale -£1,881 -£4,731 |
|
| 3. Cost of Stock -£13,187 -£35,115 |
|
| 1. Sales | |
| Postage income £0 £206 |
|
| Sales - Other books £218 £1,013 |
|
| Sales - Other crafts £3,966 £507 |
|
| Sales - Recipe books £2,198 £7,190 |
|
| Sales - Sewing shop £5,496 £19,475 |
|
| Sales - T-shirts £0 £56 |
|
| Total 1. Sales £11,878 £28,447 |
|
| Total Other Income -£3,190 -£11,399 |
|
| Less Operating Expenses | |
| Banking costs £645 £1,062 |
|
| Consulting & Accounting £1,449 £2,147 |
|
| Cost of Personnel £31,235 £30,951 |
|
| Depreciation £18 £384 |
|
| Foreign Currency Gains and Losses £1,210 £2,606 |
|
| General Admin Costs £7,808 £5,063 |
|
| Printing & Stationery £1,882 £1,571 |
|
| Staf training & Development £160 £0 |
|
| Total Operating Expenses £44,407 £43,784 |
|
| Net Proft £136,109 -£8,078 |
| Less Operating Expenses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Banking costs | £645 | £1,062 |
| Consulting & Accounting | £1,449 | £2,147 |
| Cost of Personnel | £31,235 | £30,951 |
| Depreciation | £18 | £384 |
| Foreign Currency Gains and Losses | £1,210 |
£2,606 |
| General Admin Costs | £7,808 | £5,063 |
| Printing & Stationery | £1,882 | £1,571 |
| Staf training & Development | £160 | £0 |
| Total Operating Expenses | £44,407 | £43,784 |
| Net Proft | £136,109 | -£8,078 |
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Balance Sheet | Refugee Support Europe CIO As at 31 March 2022
| 31 Mar-22 31 Mar-21 Note Assets Bank Barclays Current £5,138 £4,504 Barclays Deposit £185,097 £82,090 Cash Account Moldova Leu £977 £0 1 Chase Debit (JS) £9,454 £0 Greek Bank Account £29 £30 1 Paul Cash EUR £0 -£8 2 Paypal USD £175 £580 1 Strang Payments -£879 -£366 Total of all cash accounts -£2,470 -£6,474 1 Total Bank £197,521 £80,356 Current Assets Accounts Receivable £21,243 -£231 1 Prepayments £681 £0 Stock £2,000 £5,000 Total Current Assets £23,924 £4,769 Fixed Assets Fixed Assets £1,780 £237 Total Fixed Assets £1,780 £237 Total Assets £223,225 £85,362 |
31 Mar-22 31 Mar-21 Note |
|---|---|
| Liabilities | |
| Current Liabilities | |
| Accounts Payable £1,695 -£723 1 |
|
| Chase Moldova Leu £11 £0 1 |
|
| Credit Card -£1,109 £1,413 1 |
|
| Currency Adjustments -£447 -£217 |
|
| Salaries & HMRC to be paid £7,822 £6,111 |
|
| Suspense Paypal reconciliation -£145 £0 |
|
| Total Current Liabilities £7,827 £6,584 |
|
| Non-Current Liabilities | |
| Employee Loan (Cycle to work) -£1,491 -£2,002 |
|
| Total Non-Current Liabilities -£1,491 -£2,002 |
|
| Total Liabilities £6,336 £4,582 |
|
| Net Assets £216,889 £80,780 |
|
| Equity | |
| Current Year Earnings £136,109 -£8,078 |
|
| Retained Earnings £80,780 £88,858 |
|
| Total Equity £216,889 £80,780 |
|
Notes
1: Figures converted into British Pound using the following rates:
1.18712 EUR Euro per GBP. Rate provided by XE.com on 31 Mar 2022.
24.0532 MDL Moldovan Leu per GBP. Rate provided by XE.com on 31 Mar 2022.
1.31385 USD United States Dollar per GBP. Rate provided by XE.com on 31 Mar 2022.
2: Figures converted into British Pound using the following rates:
1.17517 EUR Euro per GBP. Rate provided by XE.com on 31 Mar 2021.
1.37832 USD United States Dollar per GBP. Rate provided by XE.com on 31 Mar 2021.
Audited by Independent Examiner Shane Kaye, Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, Member 1-H3FT
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Trustees
The organisation is run by Chief Executive Paul Hutchings and governed by a Board of Trustees who oversee all the operations. It is supported by a large number of volunteers who help with communications and volunteer management.
Chris Goodson (Chair)
Serra Cinar
Dina Nayeri
Eve Linieres
Gulwali Passarlay
Michael Thompson
Trustees are recruited to oversee specific activities of the charity following a search and interview.
Refugee Support Europe
14 Hollingbury Park Avenue, Brighton, BN1 7JF
Registered with the Charity Commission of England & Wales No 1174070
report design: bn3design.co.uk
Annual report and accounts | 2021/22 Dignity knows no borders
Contents
| Contents | |
|---|---|
| A strong year and ready for growth | 4 |
| Strategy: A year of change and renewed focus | 5 |
| We want to be a volunteer organisation | 5 |
| Providing essential items for people on the move | 6 |
| And all with dignity at its heart | 6 |
| Our activities and impact: Centres of Dignity | 7 |
| 1 Nicosia Dignity Centre |
7 |
| 2 Ioannina Dignity Centre |
8 |
| 3 Chișinău Dignity Centre |
9 |
| 4 Family resettlement |
10 |
| 5 Campaigning |
11 |
| Accounts | 12 |
| Trustees | 14 |
Refugee Support Europe Annual Report and Accounts 2021/22 Dignity and Solidarity
3
A strong year and ready for growth
2021/22 was a very successful year. Like a lot of charities and organisations across the world, the previous years had been challenging but the relaxation of restrictions in 21/22 allowed us to drive our fundraising and support more people.
The horrific war in Ukraine has brought the refugee crisis to the forefront of the public imagination, which had an undoubted impact on our fundraising. This war also showed how nimble and dynamic our organisation can be: within 10 days of arriving in Moldova, Refugee Support had carried out a detailed analysis of what support was required and opened a Centre that not only continues to support upward of 1000 Ukrainian refugees per week but also operates in a manner that aligns with our core values, holding dignity at its core. Whilst reacting quickly to the conflict in Ukraine, the operational team managed to continue to deliver
services to a very high standard at the Dignity Centre in Cyprus. This is testament to the hard work in the background, driving systems and processes which puts the organisation in a strong position to continue to grow.
There is no hiding the fact that fundraising will be difficult in 2023. However, the CEO has spent
considerable time developing a small core team and working with consultants to design and implement a fundraising strategy that will allow continued growth. When you couple this with very low administration costs and a culture that questions every penny spent, we are in a strong position to support more people than ever through 2023.
Chris Goodson | Chair of Trustees
4 Refugee Support Europe Annual Report and Accounts 2021/22 Dignity and Solidarity
Strategy: A year of change and renewed focus
The Covid-19 pandemic forced us to reprioritise. As we emerged from international lockdowns in this year, we reviewed our existing activities and decided we need to make a change .
We want to be a volunteer organisation
We’ve always tried to focus on the people we are supporting but volunteers are what makes our service great and there’s a selfish pay-off from altruism . This isn’t voluntourism. Many volunteers have discovered a way to help and continue helping, and found great, like-minded friends.
We decided to both celebrate and reflect on that with our new podcast called The Selfsh Atruist and we released 8 insightful episodes in Season 1. Volunteers also added to our growing collection of Volunteer Stories .
In this year, 58 volunteers from 12 nations gave 1,500 days of their time to help in our Centres. And the organisation was supported by 25 volunteers with communications, volunteer management, finance and governance.
5 Refugee Support Europe Annual Report and Accounts 2021/22 Dignity and Solidarity
Providing essential items for people on the move
Essentially, if we are going to be a volunteer organisation that can provide help quickly, we need to be about distributing basics and essentials. The need for that kind of
aid is huge and it means anyone who joins us will be able to start making a difference immediately.
It’s also how we started. We know that we can work more flexibly than large organisations and more consistently than other volunteer organisations. We’re good at being quick and caring .
And all with dignity at its heart
In addition to being able to do set up and start helping quickly, our other unique difference is being able to do it with dignity .
When everything is chaotic and people can feel abandoned or with no control, our way of working offers people a sense of normality, solidarity and agency .
Basics and essentials can only ever be a short-term fix or we will undermine people’s independence. After a short period of time, it feels like a handout.
And if we are going to stick to what we do well, we need to work on building
partnerships so we signpost people to other organisations that can help with other needs and take over when we leave.
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We want a world where all refugees can lead a life with dignity.
We support refugees by giving people who care the opportunity to show solidarity in dignified, meaningful ways.
7 Refugee Support Europe Annual Report and Accounts 2021/22 Dignity and Solidarity
Our activities and impact: Centres of Dignity
~~1~~ Nicosia Dignity Centre
In August 2021 we were running a Food bank, Hygiene packs for women, Baby welcome packs, Showers, Laundry, Barbershop, CV writing, English, Greek and Arabic classes, Mobile digital skills classes and the Refumade Sewing Cooperative. It was too much for a volunteer team .
In September, we stopped all those services and over the course of a week we created a Dignity Market where we could offer people who had just arrived in Nicosia a welcome
pack service. This was designed as a short-term service at a time when asylum seekers were most vulnerable and no other help was available.
From September 2021 to March 2022:
-
Over 1,500 people received 5 weekly baskets of food and hygiene items that they chose for themselves
-
We helped 1,200 people through the complex online process to secure a Labour Card (compulsory to secure employment)
-
We wrote 200 CVs to help with their job search
-
Our Barber members gave 360 haircuts
8 Refugee Support Europe Annual Report and Accounts 2021/22 Dignity and Solidarity
After 3 years in Cyprus we are now deeply embedded in the support structure of Nicosia and cooperate closely with Caritas Cyprus, Cyprus Refugee Council, UNHCR and others. That cooperation means less duplication and better support—and this year it certainly saved lives .
We worked in partnership with Caritas, the CRC and the Ministry of Health to create a communications and registration campaign that enabled asylum seekers access COVID vaccinations. We achieved 3,000 vaccinations in just 6 weeks .
~~2~~ Ioannina Dignity Centre
We revived the Community Centre in Ioannina city centre which had been closed for 2 years. We spent 2 months renovating it from November 2021 and opened in February 2022 .
From 2016 to 2018, the Centre was a bustling place for refugees and asylum seekers to receive critical services. It was the ideal location for us to restore that lifeline on our return to Greece. At that time, support was withdrawn from a large group of
refugees , and they had next to no prospect of employment. The IRC estimated that over one-third of refugees in camps were going hungry.
We started offering very similar services to our Dignity Centre in Cyprus with the potential for many other services to operate there.
From February to March 2022, we had 700 visits to our Dignity Market and served a total of 2,000 people with an essential basket of items that they chose for themselves.
Half were from Afghanistan, a third from the Middle East and the rest from 15 other nations.
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~~3~~ Chișinău Dignity Centre
On 24 February 2022, Russia invaded
Ukraine and hundreds of thousands fled for their lives. Two weeks later, a Refugee Support team went to the Moldovan capital , Chișinău, to see how we could support the Ukrainians who had fled there—as well as the local community, which was also rallying to help the new arrivals.
Within 12 days , we had identified an essential need we could fill, formed partnerships, found a location and set up a new Dignity Centre .
In Chișinău, our friends at another grassroots group, Moldova for Peace , refer Ukrainian people who are living in Moldovan homes to the Dignity Centre. We created the same Dignity Market model where every family has a budget of points to choose what they want.
It also has a play area for the children.
In our first week we served 570 people and in our second week reached our capacity of serving 1,100 every week with products people want all sourced locally from Moldovan companies.
As well as providing essentials to Ukrainian people and supporting the generous Moldovans who have welcomed them, the Dignity Centre offers choice, shows solidarity and creates a small sense of normality .
10 Refugee Support Europe Annual Report and Accounts 2021/22 Dignity and Solidarity
~~4~~ Family resettlement
We resettled a refugee family from Sudan as part of the government’s Community Sponsorship scheme. After spending years in a refugee camp in Jordan, Salih and Eiman together their four children began a new life in Birmingham, UK and the long process of integrating into British society. John Sloan, Liz Bates and a team of volunteers helped with housing, doctors, schools, training and accessing all the local services.
Even with the hugely supportive Birmingham community this has been a huge amount of work. The one area that really needs reform is Universal Credit – the system is hard to access and hostile to deal with.
We need to focus on providing short-term essentials, so we will not be involved in resettling any more families in the UK . Thankfully, there are many other organisations that can act as Lead Sponsor to local groups.
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~~5~~ Campaigning
We have a responsibility to raise awareness of the wider issues faced by refugees and asylum seekers, to call out inhumane or undignified practices and to demand change .
This year, we organised a human heart on Brighton beach as part of the ‘Together with Refugees’ that. We also spoke to a range of local groups and organisations in the UK about our work.
Fundraising is also an important way to raise awareness as well as critical funds. Volunteers, regular donors and one-off donations from individuals and grass-roots organisations provide the foundation of our support. Each request for funds is a call to pay attention and do something.
We are also dependent on events. Our Dignify 2021 event raised over £60,000, in large part thanks to Talon Outdoor. And some of our supporters challenge themselves to achieve amazing things at the same time as raising critical funds.
12 Refugee Support Europe Annual Report and Accounts 2021/22 Dignity and Solidarity
Annual accounts
Profit and Loss | Refugee Support Europe CIO For the 12 months ended 31 March 2022
| Mar-22 Mar-21 Income Donations via Individuals £105,965 £114,056 Donations via website £40,463 £6,367 Grants and Company Donations £138,790 £34,061 Interest Income £8 £59 RSE fundraising event £100,152 £12,414 Total Income £385,378 £166,957 Less Cost of Sales Advertising Costs £2,943 £5,426 Bike workshop Materials £0 £36 Childrens activities Materials £273 £0 Clothes and Misc Purchases for Refugees £9,107 £1,195 Cost of Misc. Activities for Refugees £12,466 £12,118 Country Specifc Personnel £23,401 £32,736 Donation to another Charity £0 £2,796 Food for Refugees £83,868 £21,428 General Camp Expenses inc. Building Costs £69,573 £41,200 Legal expenses £23 £2,139 Sewing Room Materials - not for items to be sold £18 £778 Total Cost of Sales £201,672 £119,852 Gross Proft £183,706 £47,105 |
Mar-22 Mar-21 |
|---|---|
| Plus Other Income | |
| 2. Cost of sale -£1,881 -£4,731 |
|
| 3. Cost of Stock -£13,187 -£35,115 |
|
| 1. Sales | |
| Postage income £0 £206 |
|
| Sales - Other books £218 £1,013 |
|
| Sales - Other crafts £3,966 £507 |
|
| Sales - Recipe books £2,198 £7,190 |
|
| Sales - Sewing shop £5,496 £19,475 |
|
| Sales - T-shirts £0 £56 |
|
| Total 1. Sales £11,878 £28,447 |
|
| Total Other Income -£3,190 -£11,399 |
|
| Less Operating Expenses | |
| Banking costs £645 £1,062 |
|
| Consulting & Accounting £1,449 £2,147 |
|
| Cost of Personnel £31,235 £30,951 |
|
| Depreciation £18 £384 |
|
| Foreign Currency Gains and Losses £1,210 £2,606 |
|
| General Admin Costs £7,808 £5,063 |
|
| Printing & Stationery £1,882 £1,571 |
|
| Staf training & Development £160 £0 |
|
| Total Operating Expenses £44,407 £43,784 |
|
| Net Proft £136,109 -£8,078 |
| Less Operating Expenses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Banking costs | £645 | £1,062 |
| Consulting & Accounting | £1,449 | £2,147 |
| Cost of Personnel | £31,235 | £30,951 |
| Depreciation | £18 | £384 |
| Foreign Currency Gains and Losses | £1,210 |
£2,606 |
| General Admin Costs | £7,808 | £5,063 |
| Printing & Stationery | £1,882 | £1,571 |
| Staf training & Development | £160 | £0 |
| Total Operating Expenses | £44,407 | £43,784 |
| Net Proft | £136,109 | -£8,078 |
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Balance Sheet | Refugee Support Europe CIO As at 31 March 2022
| 31 Mar-22 31 Mar-21 Note Assets Bank Barclays Current £5,138 £4,504 Barclays Deposit £185,097 £82,090 Cash Account Moldova Leu £977 £0 1 Chase Debit (JS) £9,454 £0 Greek Bank Account £29 £30 1 Paul Cash EUR £0 -£8 2 Paypal USD £175 £580 1 Strang Payments -£879 -£366 Total of all cash accounts -£2,470 -£6,474 1 Total Bank £197,521 £80,356 Current Assets Accounts Receivable £21,243 -£231 1 Prepayments £681 £0 Stock £2,000 £5,000 Total Current Assets £23,924 £4,769 Fixed Assets Fixed Assets £1,780 £237 Total Fixed Assets £1,780 £237 Total Assets £223,225 £85,362 |
31 Mar-22 31 Mar-21 Note |
|---|---|
| Liabilities | |
| Current Liabilities | |
| Accounts Payable £1,695 -£723 1 |
|
| Chase Moldova Leu £11 £0 1 |
|
| Credit Card -£1,109 £1,413 1 |
|
| Currency Adjustments -£447 -£217 |
|
| Salaries & HMRC to be paid £7,822 £6,111 |
|
| Suspense Paypal reconciliation -£145 £0 |
|
| Total Current Liabilities £7,827 £6,584 |
|
| Non-Current Liabilities | |
| Employee Loan (Cycle to work) -£1,491 -£2,002 |
|
| Total Non-Current Liabilities -£1,491 -£2,002 |
|
| Total Liabilities £6,336 £4,582 |
|
| Net Assets £216,889 £80,780 |
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| Equity | |
| Current Year Earnings £136,109 -£8,078 |
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| Retained Earnings £80,780 £88,858 |
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| Total Equity £216,889 £80,780 |
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Notes
1: Figures converted into British Pound using the following rates:
1.18712 EUR Euro per GBP. Rate provided by XE.com on 31 Mar 2022.
24.0532 MDL Moldovan Leu per GBP. Rate provided by XE.com on 31 Mar 2022.
1.31385 USD United States Dollar per GBP. Rate provided by XE.com on 31 Mar 2022.
2: Figures converted into British Pound using the following rates:
1.17517 EUR Euro per GBP. Rate provided by XE.com on 31 Mar 2021.
1.37832 USD United States Dollar per GBP. Rate provided by XE.com on 31 Mar 2021.
Audited by Independent Examiner Shane Kaye, Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, Member 1-H3FT
14 Refugee Support Europe Annual Report and Accounts 2021/22 Dignity and Solidarity
Trustees
The organisation is run by Chief Executive Paul Hutchings and governed by a Board of Trustees who oversee all the operations. It is supported by a large number of volunteers who help with communications and volunteer management.
Chris Goodson (Chair)
Serra Cinar
Dina Nayeri
Eve Linieres
Gulwali Passarlay
Michael Thompson
Trustees are recruited to oversee specific activities of the charity following a search and interview.
Refugee Support Europe
14 Hollingbury Park Avenue, Brighton, BN1 7JF
Registered with the Charity Commission of England & Wales No 1174070
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CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trusteesl members of Refugee Support Europe CIO On accounts for the year ended March 2022 Charity no {if any) 1174070 Set out on pages I report lo the trustees on my examination of the accounls of the above charity {°Ihe Trust.) for the year ended 3110312020. Responsibilities and As the charily trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the basis of report accounts in accordance with Ihe Charities Act 2011 {'the Act"). I réport in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 14515)(b) of the AGI. Independent he charity's gross income exceeded £250,000 and l am qualified to examiner's statement undertake the examination by being a qualified member of Chartered lfistituttrof-ManagementrAcc I have completed my examination. I confimi that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect,. the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act,. or the accounts did not accord with tha accounting records-, or the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and Gonlent of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a 'lrue and fair, view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with th8 examination lo which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper undèrstanding of the accounts lo be reached. Signed: Date: IoL3 Name: Shane Kaye Relevant professional qualificationls) or body (if any): Chartered Institute of Management Accountants Member No: 1-H3FT IER October 2018
Address: 6 Hangleton Manor Close Hove. East Sussex BN3 8AJ Section B Disclosure Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of conc8rn (see CC32. Independent examination of Charity accounts: directions and guidanGe for examiners). Glve here detalls of any Items that the exarniner wishes to disclose. IER October 2018