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Sevenoaks Welcomes Refugees

Country
England & Wales
Charity number
1184120
Status
Registered
Reporting
Up to date Last filed Sept. 2, 2025. Filing history
Registered
June 27, 2019
Legal form
CIO

Address

Address
Vine Evangelical Church
Hitchen Hatch Lane
Sevenoaks
TN13 3AT

Activities

Sevenoaks Welcomes Refugees welcomes and supports refugees and those seeking refugee status, in the Sevenoaks area.

Objects: 1. The relief of financial hardship amongst those granted and seeking refugee statusand their dependents living (temporarily or permanently) in Sevenoaks and thesurrounding area, and previous beneficiaries who remain in need of support.2. To advance the education and training of those granted and seeking refugee statusand their dependents, and previous beneficiaries in need thereof, so as to advance them in life and assist them to adapt within a new community.3. To advance the education of the public in general, including landlords and localauthorities, on the issues relating to refugees and those seeking asylum4. The provision of facilities for recreation or other leisure time occupation with theobject of improving the conditions of life of those granted and seeking refugee status who have need of such facilities by reason of their youth, age, infirmity or disablement, financial hardship or social and economic circumstances5. To develop the capacity and skills of the members of the socially and economicallydisadvantaged refugee community and those seeking refugees status within Sevenoaks and the surrounding area, and previous beneficiaries who remain in need of support, in such a way that they are better able to participate more fully in society including through gainful employment.

Classification

How
Makes Grants To Individuals, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
What
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Disability, Economic/community Development/employment
Who
Other Defined Groups

Geography

Local Authority
Kent

Finances

Period end Filed Income Expenditure
March 31, 2025 Sept. 2, 2025On time £51,313 £45,570
March 31, 2024 Jan. 23, 2025On time £71,618 £77,426
March 31, 2023 March 28, 202457 days late £62,682 £59,243
March 31, 2022 Jan. 28, 2023On time £41,964 £32,063
March 31, 2021 Jan. 23, 2022On time £12,257 £15,921

Trustees

Name Appointed
Andrew Phillip Cates Oct. 16, 2025
Christine Salmon Percival March 7, 2024
David Michael Skinner March 15, 2023
Gayathri Palaniappan Rajarathinam May 14, 2025
Tim James Williams March 7, 2024
William George Donald Fleming Dec. 6, 2023