# BRIGHTON EXILED/REFUGEE TRAUMA SERVICE (BERTS)

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1188586
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** March 17, 2020
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1188586


## Contact

- **Address:** Brighton Exiled/Refugee Trauma Service BERTS, C/O COMMUNITY BASE, 113 QUEENS ROAD, BRIGHTON
- **Postcode:** BN1 3XG
- **Phone:** 07961779010
- **Email:** information@brightonandhove.com
- **Website:** http://brightonandhovecbt.com/index.html



## Activities

**Objects:** TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE MENTAL HEALTH OF REFUGEES, ASYLUM SEEKERS AND DESTITUTE MIGRANTS WHO SUFFERING FROM (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER (PTSD), DEPRESSION AND/OR ANXIETY AS A RESULT OF TRAUMA, THROUGH THE PROVISION OF FREE SPECIALIST COGNITIVE BEHAVIOURAL THERAPY, EYE MOVEMENT DESENSITISATION AND REPROCESSING (EMDR) THERAPY, TRAUMA COUNSELLING AND PSYCHOTHERAPY.

**Activities:** Brighton Exiled/Refugee Trauma Service (BERTS) provides mental health treatment and support to refugees, asylum seekers and destitute migrants in the city of Brighton & Hove




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, Other Defined Groups



## Areas of operation

- Brighton And Hove
- East Sussex



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £31640 | £17612 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £50 | £24638 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £59892 | £28830 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £15400 | £3981 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £135 | £135 | — | — |



## Trustees

- Colin Michael Blowers — appointed Jan. 1, 2020
- Dr Mehran Rezaei Toroghi — appointed Sept. 1, 2025
- Dr Sally Rowena Munt — appointed Jan. 1, 2020
- Itziar Aldecoa Tamayo — appointed Jan. 14, 2026
- Reem Ali Abushawareb — appointed Jan. 1, 2020
- Tessa Louise Axelrod — appointed Jan. 1, 2020