## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From Period start date 01/09/24 To Period end date 31/08/25** **Charity name: Rochdale Action with Destitute Asylum Seekers and Refugees Charity registration number: 1195518** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**The relief of poverty amongst desttute**
**asylum seekers and refugees by the**
**provision of temporary accommodaton**
**and support.**| |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|**Provision of temporary accommodation**
**and financial support to destitute**
**asylum seekers (by way of cash grants)**
**and provision of holistic support.**| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**The trustees have had regard to the**
**Charity Commission Guidance on**
**public benefit with regard to the**
**objective of relief of poverty. The people**
**the charity has helped are destitute,**
**they have No Recourse to Public Funds,**
**without the help of the charity they**
**would have no means of supporting**
**themselves, they have no other source**
**of income. In some cases they would be**
**homeless.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||
SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|**Grants are only given to people who**
**have No Recourse to Public Funds.**| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|| |||**All the charity’s activities are**
**undertaken by volunteers, there are no**| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**paid staff.**| |---|---|---| |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|**The charity has an agreement with the**
**Catholic Diocese of Salford whereby the**
**charity has been given a licence to**
**occupy an empty church property for**
**the purpose of providing temporary**
**housing for 3 destitute asylum seekers**
**The charity continues to maintain this**
**property and meets the full running**
**costs of the property.**
**There have been 3 guests**
**accommodated during this period.**
**One has been awarded Section 4**
**support following the submission of a**
**fresh claim for asylum and has very**
**recently moved out into Home Office**
**(Serco) accommodation.**
**Another has very recently moved out**
**into alternative accommodation.**
**Both will be replaced by other guests**
**once some urgent refurbishment work**
**on the property has been completed.**
**Another guest has received his**
**paperwork from the Home Office**
**following a Subject Access Request and**
**is currently seeking legal representation**
**to pursue a fresh claim for asylum.**
**All guests have been supplied with a**
**weekly cash grant and have taken part**
**in well-being activities.**
**All the asylum seekers supported by the**
**charity would otherwise have been**
**street homeless and without funds.**
**RADAR was nominated for an award by**
**Forever Manchester at their annual**
**awards ceremony in the “For Everyone”**
**category.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
Achievements against
objectives set|
Para 1.41|
**Our objectives were to equip the**
**property and house three destitute**
**asylum seekers. The house is fully**
**equipped and we have housed 3 asylum**
**seekers throughout the year**| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|**Grants totalling £4091 were received**
**from NACCOM (The No Accommodation**
**Network) and the Catholic Diocese of**
**Salford.**| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**The charity had funds of £12,196 at the**
**end of the financial year**| |---|---|---| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**The charity intends to hold in reserve**
**funds equivalent to four months**
**operating costs, to cover unforeseen**
**costs, uncertainties about inflation and**
**possible shortfalls in expected income.**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£4000**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|| ## **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|
**The charity’s principal sources of**
**funding were donations from individuals**
**and organisations, fund-raising events,**
**sponsorships and grants**| |---|---|---| |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|**The uncertainties about future inflation**
**may mean that the running costs of the**
**property are higher than the charity has**
**budgeted for.**
**The prolonged “cost of living crisis”**
**may lead to lower donations than the**
**charity has budgeted for.**| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Constitution**| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**Charitable Incorporated Organisation**| |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|**All trustees are appointed by the**
**members. There are no ex-officio or**
**nominated 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|
**Trustees have attended a number of**
**training events including NACCOM**
**Summer Northern Hub, knowledge**
**exchange events and regular meetings**
**of Rochdale Refugee and Asylum**
**Seekers Multi Agency Forum.**| |---|---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|**Charitable Incorporated Organisation,**
**Association Model i.e. with a voting**
**membership other than its charity**
**trustees.**
**The charity is a member of NACCOM**
**(the No Accommodation Network) and**
**Action Together (a network linking local**
**charities and community groups)**| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|| |Other||**There are concerns about security in**
**the current climate of hostility towards**
**refugees and asylum seekers. This has**
**led to the charity being more**
**circumspect about publicising its**
**activities and the location of its**
**property.**|| |---|---|---|---| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Rochdale Action with Destitute Asylum seekers and
Refugees| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|RADAR| |Registered charity number|1195518| |Charity’s principal address|13 Linnell Drive
Rochdale
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**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Barbara Mary
Redmond|Secretary||| ||Derek White|Treasurer||| ||Christine Mary
Mathewson|||| ||Janice Hicks|Chair||| ||William Mark
Sheerin|||| ||John Wigley|||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| – 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 ## **Other optional information** **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s) Full name(s)** Janice Hicks Barbara Mary Redmond **Position (eg Secretary,** Chair Secretary **Chair, etc) Date** 8 Oct 2025 CHARITY COMMISSION Foli E￿LA￿D AND WALES Nolrfwry) 1195518 sBek•rs and Refugees IRADARI Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the pgriod To 0110¥2024 31￿￿￿2$ Section A Receipts and payments Unrestrietsd fund¥ Rèstricted funds Endgwm•nt fund6 Totsl fund8 Last yèar tolhE rth1r¢51£ kntho t0th•h￿reStE to th¢ ￿&r*st£ A1 R•e8lpts Donayons Gr2nts Fund taising events Spow8h".p &ttAid rebgte 4091 13.032 9D7 ub tOtal(G￿56 incom& for AR) 9.3ti 5.311 19,742 A2 As8et and Snve$trngnt Sub total 9,311 gR11 19,742 AJP rn•nts Grdntstosetvw uge Piopety CoutKil Tax Prop8rty mainl8na Property LAililie5 Vdun&rse Insurar Evenl¥ApenspB & publtity Fu8s& Tviieér Bank(*arps Postag?, ststi￿ry& oxp8nge 957 1,778 3,291 633 3,291 653 3,299 3&2 35Q 350 220 12Q 3&1 zzo 12Q 47 Sub totsl A4 Ass•t and Inv•8knent purGhage$, l$ee tsblel Furnis￿.￿ng$ & krLchen eq￿￿2rrt 10D 100 Sub total 1QO f1,443 11A43 12,976 Net of rec8lptsl{paymonts) AS Tronsfvrs b•tw••n Yunds A6 Cash funds last year end Cash funds thA$ y•ar end 1132 1132 6,766 14328 11196 14328 t1196 7,562 14,328 CCXX R1 8ecounts ISS) 04111Q025 Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Unre8trl¢tsd funds bj rt2wt£ RgStrictsd fund6 to nBamt£ Endowmont fund$ Catogories O¢t2il% to nearest£ Bl Cash funds Bank 11.803 363 Cash in hand Pay pal awJuDI Total cash funds 30 cvJqs)I ft#trl¢tsd lunds Endowment funds to nvr•st£ fund¥ DetaiL% CLWI@wJn&ll Curvortvalu• Detsi18 P￿￿t•￿Tr*h Oetslls Furnishings eic for prwrty cc•tI￿onJ1) 2.000 on• B4 Assets rntslned for the charty's own use ￿n￿strided 2,000 Fur•Jtovrt Vll*n dL onal on•1 B5 Llabllltles Sgn8d byonoorknD trustees on behal of 811 th•tru$*e$ &unatsJre Print Name Date of rov Derek White E4 Barbaia M Reémond CXX R2 accounls ISSI 0411112Q25