## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From** 01/04/2021 **Period start date To** 31/12/2021 **Period end date** **Charity name:** REFEO (Refugee Education For Equal Employment Opportunities) **Charity registration number:** 1182800 ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|REFEO
aims
to
improve
refugees’
integration within British society and support
their financial independence.
To achieve this change, REFEO:
● Give access to online accredited
courses and mentoring to Refugees
and Asylum seekers
● Give used laptops that are in good
working condition to refugees and
asylum seekers to help them with
their educational and employment
needs.| |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|●Identification and purchase of online
courses through our training
providers to prepare refugees for
employment and/or access to
university
●Deliver laptops to refugees and
asylum seekers
●Creation of online platforms
(LinkedIN, Facebook and Twitter
page) to share opportunities with
refugees.| |---|---|---| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|The trustees confirm that they have had
regard to the guidance issued by the Charity
Commission on public benefit.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|This year, we focused on giving access to
online accredited courses to refugees and
asylum seekers, distributing laptops to them
to ensure they could take these courses,
pursue their studies and/or have a laptop to
support their search for jobs, this was
particularly essential during the pandemic.
We have delivered the following:
● 15 refugees took online accredited
courses and benefited from| |||mentoring to help them with their
courses and support other
needs/challenges they faced
● 67 laptops were distributed to
refugees and asylum seekers
nationwide| |---|---|---| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|N/A| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|Our volunteers are involved in all the areas
of our work: fundraising, partnership, IT,
communications, mentoring. Their input is
huge and means that we have increased
capacity to service our client group.| |Other||| ## **Achievements and Performance** SORP reference |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|REFEO contributed to closing the digital gap
for refugees and asylum seekers by
donating laptops to 67 refugees and asylum
seekers nationwide who used them to study
online, obtained their diploma which brought
them one step closer to employment. They
also used the laptops to prepare their CV,
cover letters and applied for jobs.
By supporting 15 refugees to get access to
online accredited courses and our mentoring
programme, they gain a certificate/diploma
recognised in the UK which brought them
one step closer to employment.| |---|---|---| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|| |---|---|---| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|£4369| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|Holding reserves enables REFEO to
continue operating when funding is scarce.| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|Trustees are in the process of deciding the
amount of reserves that should be held in
the reserves.| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|REFEO recognises the importance of
holding reserves. As such we will set a
specific amount based on the size of our
charity.| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|None| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|We have no concerns and have increased
our income which now reads £30,368 for the
financial year 01/01/2022-31/12/2022| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: Fundraising from Trusts and Foundations The charity’s principal sources of funds (including Para 1.47 any fundraising) Investment policy and objectives including any Para 1.46 social investment policy |adopted||| |---|---|---| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|REFEO’s governing document is a
Constitution of a Charitable Incorporated
Organisation whose only voting members
are its charity trustees-Foundation| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|REFEO has been constituted as a CIO.| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|Selection method for the new trustee was
conducted in line with the governing
document, indicating that any new individual
appointment will be according to their skills,
knowledge and experience and how they fit
with what is needed for an effective
administration of the CIO.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: Policies and procedures adopted for the induction and Para 1.51 training of trustees The charity’s organisational structure and any wider Para 1.51 network with which the charity works |||| |---|---|---| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|REFEO (Refugee Education For Equal Employment
Opportunities)| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|| |Registered charity number|1182800| |Charity’s principal address|83 St Paul's Way
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**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Mariam Diakite|||All trustees| ||Tiphaine
Emmanuelle
Camille Valois|||| ||Axelle Hanae
Alyssa Fidelin|||| ||Natalia Equihua|||| ||Mohamed Fagiri|||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| – 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 N/A held in this capacity Name and objects of the N/A charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for N/A safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** |**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**| |---|---|---| |**Type of**
**adviser**
**Name**
**Address**||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**||| |||| ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details **Other optional information** ## **Declarations** ## **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **----- Start of picture text -----**
Signature(s)
Natalia Equihua
Full name(s) Mariam Diakite
Position (eg Secretary, Chair Co-chair
Chair, etc)
Date
06.01.2023
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|**REFEO**
**Accounts**|All figure sin GBP|Total|
Apr-2021|May-2021|Jun-2021|Jul-2021|Aug-2021|Sep-2021|Oct-2021|Nov-2021|Dec-2021| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**Income**|||||||||||| |1|Public Donation / Online Campaign|296.16|-|-|96.16|-|-|
-|-|200.00|-| |2|Matrix|873.00|-|-|873.00|-|-|
-|-|-|-| |3|EECF|3,200.00|-|-|-|-|-|
-|-|3,200.00|-| ||Total|**4,369.16**|**-**|**-**|**969.16**|**-**|**-**|
**-**|**-**|**3,400.00**|**-**| |**Expenses**|||||||||||| |1|Bank Fee|(72.00)|(8.00)|(8.00)|(8.00)|(8.00)|(8.00)|(8.00)|(8.00)|(8.00)|(8.00)| |5|Insurance|(100.80)|-|-|-|-|-|
-|-|-|(100.80)| |6|IT|(412.89)|-|-|-|(41.32)|(61.87)|(29.96)|(265.38)|-|(14.36)| |14|Training|(162.45)|-|-|-|(59.95)|-|
-|-|(10.00)|(92.50)| |17|Volunteer Expense|(43.91)|-|-|-|-|-|
-|-|-|(43.91)| ||**Total**|**(792.05)**|**(8.00)**|**(8.00)**|**(8.00)**|**(109.27)**|**(69.87)**|**(37.96)**|**(273.38)**|**(18.00)**|**(259.57)**|