## **Trustees’ annual report (including Directors’ report) for the period**
**From: 01.04.2024 To: 31.03.2025**
**Charity name: Canterbury Welcomes Refugees**
**Charity registration number: 1181225**
**Company number: N/A**
## **Objectives and activities**
||SORP reference||
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|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 and by**
**other local authorities. 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’s social**
**Justice Network and other organisations**
**to support families through projects,**
**such as the Welcome Cafe that provide**
**space for social contact and support to**|
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navigate the housing, benefits, education
and health systems. CWR volunteers
support a women only English language
and social group organised by the Social
Justice Network. CWR has online English
language support, and in-person
language support by volunteers.
Volunteers meet weekly with individuals
for language conversation on a one-to-
one basis or in very small family groups.
CWR works in partnership with
Canterbury Diocese and Canterbury City
Council to run English classes for
beginners and those who have
progressed in their English. English
lessons are provided 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.
CWR has also partnered with Migrant
Help to provide assistance with eVisa
applications at Welcome Café. 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.
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## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
SORP reference **CWR has an agreed Grant-funding Policy.** Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Para 1.38
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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, benefit
mental health and build lasting
friendships. Former beneficiaries have
also gone to become volunteers in the
community themselves.
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.**
**Partnership working with the local**
**Quaker meeting to prepare a house for a**
**community sponsorship family in the**
**coming year. 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. Provide support**
**and practical assistance to Ukrainian**
**families hosted under the Homes for**
**Ukraine scheme.**|
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**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 second sponsored**
**family, support the preparation of a**
**house for a third community sponsorship**
**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 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.**|
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|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**The charity builds up reserves as these**
**are required for an application to the**
**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.**|
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|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£ 22,748.89**|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**N/A**|
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**N/A**|
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**N/A**|
## **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, towards the work of**
**CWR. Fundraising events when required.**|
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|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.
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constitutional provisions e.g. election to post or name of any person or body entitled to appoint one or more trustees
## **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.**|
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|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, such as Canterbury 4**
**Ukraine, Job Centre, Migrant Help and**
**Kent Refugee Action Network (KRAN).**
**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**|
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|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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**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**|
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||Dr C Powell|Lead Sponsor||Board of Trustees|
||S Powell|Project Lead||Board of Trustees|
||N Watson-Cutts|Chair of Trustees,
Designated
SafeguardingLead||Board of Trustees|
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4 D Pecoraro Welfare Lead Board of Trustees
Hilary Adams Treasurer Board of Trustees
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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**
**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** 28.5.25
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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 01-Apr-24 31-Mar-25
Section A Receipts and payments
Unrestricted Restricted Endowment
Total funds Last year
funds funds funds
to the nearest
to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £
£
A1 Receipts
Donations 350 - - 350 2,157
Grant - - - - 2,000
Sub total (Gross income for
AR) [ 350 ] - - 350 4,157
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
- - - -
- - - - -
Sub total - - - - -
Total receipts 350 - - 350 4,157
A3 Payments
Family expenses 550 - - 550 363
Insurance 274 - - 274 271
Interpreters 229 - - 229 -
DBS 19 - - 19 10
Grant payments - 1,549 - 1,549 461
IT - - - 1,081
Event costs 151 - - 151 615
Sub total [ 1,223 ] 1,549 - 2,772 2,801
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
- - - -
- - - -
Sub total [ - ] - - - -
Total payments 1,223 1,549 - 2,772 2,801
Net of receipts/(payments) - 873 - 1,549 - - 2,422 1,356
A5 Transfers between funds - - - - -
A6 Cash funds last year end 16,484 8,687 - 25,171 23,815
Cash funds this year end 15,611 7,138 - 22,749 25,171
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CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
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|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**||
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|**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B1 Cash funds**|**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
Lloyds bank
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
Signature|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**15,611**
**7,138**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**15,611**
**7,138**
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**funds**
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**funds**
**to nearest £**
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**liability relates**
**Amount due**
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**-**
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Print Name
C Powell|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
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**funds**
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Date of
approval|
CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
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