Charity registration number 1202052 (England and Wales)
Company registration number CE031480
REFUGEE WOMEN CONNECT
CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATION
ANNUAL REPORT AND UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
REFUGEE WOMEN CONNECT CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATION LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
| Trustees | P Harrison |
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| S Goodwin | |
| P Lyott | |
| P Uwamaliya | |
| Charity number (England and Wales) | 1202052 |
| Company number | CE031480 |
| Registered office | Cotton Exchange |
| Suite 111H | |
| Bixteth Street | |
| L3 9LQ | |
| Accountants | Mitchell Charlesworth |
| Suites C,D,E, & F | |
| 14th Floor The Plaza | |
| 100 Old Hall Street | |
| Liverpool | |
| L3 9QJ |
REFUGEE WOMEN CONNECT CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATION CONTENTS
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| Trustees' report | 1 - 2 |
| Statement of trustees' responsibilities | 3 |
| Accountants' report | 4 |
| Statement of financial activities | 5 |
| Balance sheet | 6 |
| Notes to the financial statements | 7 |
REFUGEE WOMEN CONNECT CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATION TRUSTEES' REPORT (INCLUDING DIRECTORS' REPORT)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
The trustees present their annual report and financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2025.
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the accounting policies set out in note 1 to the financial statements and comply with the Charity's governing document, the Companies Act 2006, FRS 102 "The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland" and the Charities SORP "Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102)".
Objectives and activities
Public benefit
This charity was dormant for the period under review and has been set up as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) to continue the work of the unincorporated organisation, Refugee Women Connect (charitable number 1165320). It is the intention to transfer the operations from the unincorporated charity to this newly formed CIO in 2026.
The aims of Refugee Women Connect are to promote social inclusion for the public benefit by preventing asylum seeking and refugee women in the north west of England from becoming socially excluded, and relieving the needs of those women within the north west of England who are socially excluded by reason of their refugee or asylum seekers status and assisting them to integrate into society. The preservation and protection of good health in particular but not exclusively by providing or assisting in the provision of healthcare services including mental health support for women asylum seekers and refugees.
The trustees have paid due regard to guidance issued by the Charity Commission in deciding what activities the Charity should undertake.
Achievements and performance
Significant activities and achievements against objectives
The charity has been set up with a goal of taking over for Refugee Women Connect (1113574). The charity has put a plan in place to merge when an appropriate time is available.
Financial review
Reserves policy
As the charity is dormant it did not hold, or need to hold any reserves at the year end date.,
Structure, governance and management
The Charity is a company limited by guarantee.
The trustees, who are also the directors for the purpose of company law, and who served during the year and up to the date of signature of the financial statements were:
P Harrison
S Goodwin
P Lyott
P Uwamaliya
None of the trustees has any beneficial interest in the company. All of the trustees are members of the company and guarantee to contribute £1 in the event of a winding up.
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REFUGEE WOMEN CONNECT CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATION STATEMENT OF TRUSTEES' RESPONSIBILITIES
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
The trustees, who are also the directors of Refugee Women Connect for the purpose of company law, are responsible for preparing the Trustees' Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).
Company law requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Charity and of the incoming resources and application of resources, including the income and expenditure, of the charitable company for that year.
In preparing these financial statements, the trustees are required to:
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select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
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observe the methods and principles in the Charities SORP;
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make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
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state whether applicable UK Accounting Standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements; and
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prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the Charity will continue in operation.
The trustees are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the Charity and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the Charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
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REFUGEE WOMEN CONNECT CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATION ACCOUNTANTS' REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES ON THE PREPARATION OF THE UNAUDITED STATUTORY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF REFUGEE WOMEN CONNECT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
In order to assist you to fulfil your duties under the Companies Act 2006, we have prepared for your approval the financial statements of Refugee Women Connect for the year ended 31 March 2025, which comprise the statement of financial activities and the related notes from the charity’s accounting records and from information and explanations you have given us.
As a practising member firm of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, we are subject to its ethical and other professional requirements which are detailed at https://www.icaew.com/regulation.
This report is made to the charity's trustees, as a body, in accordance with the terms of our engagement letter. Our work has been undertaken solely to prepare for your approval the financial statements of Refugee Women Connect and state those matters that we have agreed to state to the charity's trustees, as a body, in this report in accordance with ICAEW Technical Release 07/16 AAF. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than Refugee Women Connect and the charity's trustees as a body, for our work or for this report.
It is your duty to ensure that Refugee Women Connect has kept adequate accounting records and to prepare statutory financial statements that give a true and fair view of the assets, liabilities, financial position and deficit of Refugee Women Connect. You consider that Refugee Women Connect is exempt from the statutory audit requirement for the year, and is not required to obtain an independent examiner's report.
We have not been instructed to carry out an audit or a review of the financial statements of Refugee Women Connect. For this reason, we have not verified the accuracy or completeness of the accounting records or information and explanations you have given to us and we do not, therefore, express any opinion on the statutory financial statements.
Mitchell Charlesworth
Accountants Suites C,D,E, & F 14th Floor The Plaza 100 Old Hall Street Liverpool L3 9QJ 9 January 2026
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REFUGEE WOMEN CONNECT CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATION STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES INCLUDING INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
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Net income and movement in funds
Reconciliation of funds:
Fund balances at 1 April 2024
Fund balances at 31 March 2025
The statement of financial activities includes all gains and losses recognised in the year. All income and expenditure derive from continuing activities.
The charity has remained dormant for the period and as such has no income or expenditure to report.
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REFUGEE WOMEN CONNECT CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATION NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
1 Accounting policies
Charity information
Refugee Women Connect is a private company limited by guarantee incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office is Cotton Exchange, Suite 111H, Bixteth Street, L3 9LQ.
1.1 Accounting convention
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the Charity's governing document, the Companies Act 2006, FRS 102 “The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland” (“FRS 102”) and the Charities SORP "Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102)" (effective 1 January 2019). The Charity is a Public Benefit Entity as defined by FRS 102.
The financial statements are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the Charity. Monetary amounts in these financial statements are rounded to the nearest £.
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention. The principal accounting policies adopted are set out below.
The Charity has taken advantage of the provisions in the SORP for Charities applying FRS 102 Update Bulletin 1 not to prepare a Statement of Cash Flows.
2 Trustees
None of the trustees (or any persons connected with them) received any remuneration or benefits from the Charity during the year.
3 Employees
The average monthly number of employees during the year was:
| 2025 | 2024 | |
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| Number | Number | |
| Total | - | - |
There were no employees whose annual remuneration was more than £60,000.
4 Taxation
The charity is exempt from taxation on its activities because all its income is applied for charitable purposes.
5 Related party transactions
There were no disclosable related party transactions during the year.
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