**Charity Name No (if any) CANTERBURY WELCOMES REFUGEES 1181225 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period** Period start date Period end date **To from** 1-Apr-23 31-Mar-24
|**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|**A1 Receipts**
Donations
**2,157**
Fund raising
**-**
Grant
**-**
Gift aid
**-**
Refund from HO
**-**
Repayment due 2024
**-**
Rent refund
**-**
**-**
**2,157**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**_Total receipts_ 2,157**
**A3 Payments**
Familyexpenses
**363**
Insurance
**271**
Interpreters
**-**
Welcome café
**-**
DBS
**10**
Workshops
**-**
Grantpayments
**-**
IT
**1,081**
Event costs
**615**
**_Sub total_ 2,340**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**_Total payments_ 2,340**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_ - 183**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**-**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**16,667**
**_Cash funds this year end_ 16,484**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest**
**£**
**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_
**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**
**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**|**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**2,000**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**2,000**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**2,000**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**461**
**-**
**-**
**461**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**461**
**1,539**
**-**
**7,148**
**8,687**
**Restricted**
**funds**|**to the nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**2,157**
**-**
**2,000**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**4,157**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**4,157**
**363**
**271**
**-**
**-**
**10**
**-**
**461**
**1,081**
**615**
**2,801**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**2,801**
**1,356**
**-**
**23,815**
**25,171**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**|
|||**-**|**2,157**|**4,150**|
|||**-**|**-**|**-**|
|||**-**|**2,000**|**400**|
|||**-**|**-**|**-**|
|||**-**|**-**|**1,600**|
|||**-**|**-**|**676**|
|||**-**|**-**|**2,144**|
|||**-**|**-**|**-**|
|||**-**|**4,157**|**8,970**|
||||||
|||**-**|**-**||
|||**-**|**-**|**-**|
|||**-**|**-**|**-**|
||||||
|||**-**|**4,157**|**8,970**|
||||||
|||**-**|**363**|**957**|
|||**-**|**271**|**306**|
|||**-**|**-**|**66**|
|||**-**|**-**|**3,000**|
|||**-**|**10**|**48**|
|||**-**|**-**|**166**|
|||**-**|**461**|**-**|
|||**-**|**1,081**|**-**|
|||**-**|**615**|**-**|
|||**-**|**2,801**|**4,543**|
||||||
|||**-**|**-**||
|||**-**|**-**||
|||**-**|**-**|**-**|
||||||
|||**-**|**2,801**|**4,543**|
||||||
||**1,539**|**-**|**1,356**|**4,427**|
||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|
||**7,148**|**-**|**23,815**|**19,388**|
||**8,687**|**-**|**25,171**|**23,815**|
## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**
|**Categories**
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**|**Details**
Lloyds bank
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))|**to nearest £**
**16,484**
**-**
**-**
**16,484**
OK
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**|**to nearest £**
**8,687**
**-**
**-**
**8,687**
OK
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**|**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||OK|
|||||**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**Current value**
**(optional)**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**Current value**
**(optional)**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**When due**
**(optional)**|
||||**-**||
||||**-**||
||||**-**||
||||**-**||
||||**-**||
Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees
Signature
Date of Print Name approval C Powell
## **Trustees’ annual report (including Directors’ report) for the period**
**From: 01.04.2023 To: 31.03.2024**
**Charity name: Canterbury Welcomes Refugees**
**Charity registration number: 1181225**
**Company number: N/A**
## **Objectives and activities**
||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**The purposes of CWR are**
**to relieve financial hardship,**
**support education, training and**
**employment related activities,**
**preserve physical and mental health,**
**promote social inclusion,**
**improve conditions of life**
**amongst refugees and displaced people**
**and their dependants in the Canterbury**
**area to their benefit and that of the**
**community. These aims are to be**
**achieved through supporting people to**
**access housing, providing loans and**
**grants, practical support, English**
**language support, support to access**
**services and advice.**|
|Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or services
identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|**CWR has provided practical assistance to**
**support people seeking asylum, refugees**
**resettling in Canterbury and other**
**displaced peoples to relieve financial**
**hardship and encourage community**
**integration. The number of people**
**requiring assistance has increased as**
**more individuals and families are placed**
**in Canterbury by the Home Office.**
**Support continues for families displaced**
**by the Afghanistan conflict and the**
**ongoing war in Ukraine. CWR is**
**increasingly providing caseworker**
**support to individuals and families**
**placed in Canterbury who are waiting for**
**their asylum application to be assessed**
**and those who have been granted**
**asylum. CWR continues to partner with**
**Canterbury Diocese and other**
**organisations to support families through**
**projects, such as the Welcome Cafe that**
**provide space for social contact and**
**increasingly support to navigate the**|
**housing, benefits and health systems. CWR volunteers support a women only English language and social group organised by the Social Justice Network of Canterbury Diocese. CWR has continued some online English language support, and re-started in-person language support by volunteers. Volunteers meet weekly with individuals for language conversation on a one-toone basis or in very small family groups. CWR works in partnership with Canterbury Diocese and Canterbury City Council to run an English class for those who have progressed in their English. A new beginners English language class has been started due to the lack of statutory provision in this area. English lessons are provided in a small group by a qualified teacher of English as Second or Other Language (ESOL). The Welcome Café project also includes support for employability training sessions, which are run in cooperation with staff seconded from the Job Centre. The weekly sessions support participants to seek and secure employment, including CV writing skills, writing job applications and volunteering opportunities. CWR volunteers have supported young adults to study towards and apply for university studies. If appropriate, CWR supports beneficiaries in applying for grants from other organisations and may in some cases administer such grants on behalf of other grant-making organisations. In addition, CWR organised community events, including A Shared Harvest, raising awareness of employment and self-employment issues faced by refugees and how the community can offer support to and benefit from the contribution of refugees and asylum seekers; and a family fun day to create a space where local children and families and those of newcomers to the community can enjoy entertainment and theatre together, celebrating what we have in common. CWR participated in events celebrating Refugee Week.** Statement confirming Para 1.18 **The Trustees of CWR are aware of and** whether the trustees have **have regard to the Charity Commission’s** had regard to the guidance **rules and guidelines on the public benefit** issued by the Charity **of the work that is carried out by CWR.** Commission on public **This work has benefit for vulnerable** benefit **refugees and asylum seekers as well as the wider community by aiming to support and facilitate social integration.**
**Additional information (optional)**
## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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SORP reference
CWR has an agreed Grant-funding Policy.
Para 1.38
Policy on grant making
Para 1.38
Policy on social investment
including program related
investment
All activities by CWR are carried out by or
supported by volunteers from the local
Para 1.38
Contribution made by community. The majority of volunteer
volunteers time is spent in individual conversation
time with refugees and supporting the
projects run with local partner
organisations. Helping in this way has
provided many hours of much valued
support to the beneficiaries. We believe
engagement of local volunteers
contributes to greater community
cohesion. Community engagement for
the volunteers helps towards a sense of
achievement and making a contribution
to society. It can relieve isolation and
build lasting friendships.
Other
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## **Achievements and performance**
|Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|**Continued resettlement of refugee**
**families under the UK Government’s**
**Community Sponsorship programme.**
**Ongoing support to the families CWR has**
**helped to resettle in Canterbury,**
**including help to find work and study**
**opportunities. Support to access health**
**services, including specialist**
**appointments as required. In partnership**
**with others, offering English teaching at**
**various levels of competency. Weekly**
**English conversation sessions for**
**individuals or small groups, that enable**
**learners to practice their English skills in**
**a safe environment. Supporting young**
**adults to achieve English and other**
**GCSE levels that facilitate access to**
**further and higher education and**
**employment. Support young adults to**
**apply for further and higher education.**
**Support the Ladies Only Club for English**
**learning, arts and crafts as well as life**
**skills, such as first aid etc run by our**
**partner organisation. Working with**
**partner organisations to run a family fun**|
|---|---|---|
**day for refugee families and other displaced people in Canterbury. Community engagement through events that raise awareness of the difficulties faced by refugees trying to access employment and self-employment and how providing support is beneficial to the community and those seeking work. Provide support and practical assistance to Ukrainian families hosted under the Homes for Ukraine scheme.**
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
Para 1.41 Achievements against objectives set Para 1.41 Performance of fundraising activities against objectives set Para 1.41 Investment performance against objectives Other
## **Financial review**
|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**CWR has sufficient funds to cover**
**expenses of the first and second**
**sponsored family and the support of**
**other resettled families. It has funds**
**ringfenced to support the sponsorship of**
**a third family in the coming year. Any**
**surplus will be used to create and**
**support partnership community projects,**
**including the Welcome Café for English**
**lessons and employment support as well**
**as individual and family casework. CWR**|
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has built reserves and this will put the
charity in a good position to support the
increasing number of displaced people in
the Canterbury area.
Statement explaining the Para 1.22 The charity builds up reserves as these
policy for holding reserves are required for an application to the
stating why they are held Home Office sponsor another refugee
family. A minimum of £9,000 is required
for Community Sponsorship of a refugee
family. CWR holds sufficient reserves to
cover the sponsored family’s expenses,
insurance payment and other liabilities.
Reserves will be carried forward and
used towards sponsorship of another
refugee family, families and individuals in
need and to work with partner
organisations to run and develop
community projects, including
employability training and funding
towards training to improve employability
and English learning and further family
fun days and creative projects aimed at
improving mental health. Some reserves
are also being carried forward to facilitate
volunteer training.
Amount of reserves held Para 1.22 £ 25,170.44
Reasons for holding zero Para 1.22 N/A
reserves
Details of fund materially in Para 1.24 N/A
deficit
Explanation of any Para 1.23 N/A
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern
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**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
|The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|**Individual donations, including those**
**made through the website. Donations by**
**other organisations, including schools,**
**towards the work of CWR. Fundraising**
**events when required.**|
|---|---|---|
|Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46||
|A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46||
|Other|||
## **Structure, governance and management**
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Description of charity’s
trusts:
Type of governing document: Para 1.25 CIO Foundation
for example, trust deed,
memorandum and articles of
association etc
How is the charity Para 1.25 CIO
constituted?
for example limited company,
unincorporated association,
CIO
Trustee selection methods Para 1.25 Selected for skills set and subject to
including details of any approval by Board of Trustees.
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees
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## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
|Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees|Para 1.51|**Safeguarding Policy and individual**
**meeting of each new volunteer with the**
**Designated Safeguarding Lead. Volunteer**
**events including updates on**
**safeguarding and other training. Online**
**safeguarding training.**|
|---|---|---|
|The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|**Refugee families are supported by the**
**CWR board of trustees, active volunteers**
**and a larger group of supporters,**
**including financial donors.**
**CWR works in partnership with**
**Canterbury City Council and Canterbury**
**Diocese’ Social Justice Network as well**
**as other groups who provide support for**
**refugees and displaced people in the**
**Canterbury area.**
**CWR received advice and support from**
**RESET, an organisation funded to**
**support Community Sponsorship groups.**|
|Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51||
|Other|||
## **Reference and administrative details**
Charity name **Canterbury Welcomes Refugees** Other name the charity uses Registered charity number **1181225** Charity’s principal address **Withheld**
## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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Dates acted if not for whole Name of person (or body) entitled
Trustee name Office (if any)
year to appoint trustee (if any)
1 Dr C Powell Lead Sponsor Board of Trustees
2 S Powell Project Lead Board of Trustees
N Watson-Cutts Chair of Trustees, Board of Trustees
3 Designated
Safeguarding Lead
4 D Pecoraro Welfare Lead Board of Trustees
Hilary Adams Treasurer Board of Trustees
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6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
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18
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– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved
## **Director name**
Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
**Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year**
## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
Description of the assets held in this capacity Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets
## **Additional information (optional)**
## **Names and addresses of advisers (optional information)**
|**Type of**|**Name**|**Address**|
|---|---|---|
|**adviser**|||
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|**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (optional information)**|||
## **Exemptions from disclosure**
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
**The Charity’s principal address is withheld due to threats being received by those opposed to the work of Canterbury Welcomes Refugees. Police reference number available.**
## **Other optional information**
## **Declarations**
**The company has taken advantage of the small companies’ exemption in preparing the report above.**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report (including directors’ report) above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees/directors**
**Signature(s)** C D Powell **Full name(s)** Dr C D Powell **Position (for example** Trustee **Secretary, Chair, etc)**
**Date**