Charity number: 12044282 Date: 2025-01-20 # **Refugees Welcome in Richmond (RWinR) Annual Return and Financial Statements For the period 9[th] August 2023 to 31[st] March 2024** ## **Registered office:** 9 LICHFIELD ROAD RICHMOND TW9 3JR **Contact number:** 02089402931 **Email address:** charity@refugeeswelcomeinrichmond.org ## Structure and management Refugees Welcome in Richmond (RWinR) started in November 2015 as a group of concerned local people, initially seeking to support Syrian refugees arriving in Richmond upon Thames through the Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme. We have since broadened our support for sanctuary seekers from all countries, UK government refugee schemes, and people seeking asylum in and around the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. ## Charitable status Since becoming a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO) in August 2023, RWinR has operated with a Board of Trustees, together with one non-trustee board observer as our Nominated Safeguarding Lead. Our trustees carry out multiple roles, including administration, befriending, communications, liaison with the Council and other local organisations. The Board meets regularly every six to eight weeks and communicates regularly in between minuted meetings of the Board. 1 Date: 2025-01-20 ## Governing documents, policies and procedures RWinR operates according to its Constitution, Business Plan, and the public policies and procedures as detailed on the Charity Commission home page. ## Board of Trustees The RWinR Board of Trustees from 9th August 2023 to 31 March 2024 was chaired by **Valerie Booth** with **Susan Murray** as Vice Chair. Other trustees are listed in alphabetical order by surname: 1. **Alistair Blunt** (Housing Officer) 2. **Sarah Collett** (Events and Deputy Safeguarding Officer) 3. **Jon Fayle** (Outreach Officer) 4. **Alexis Hatto** (Admin and Comms Manager) 5. **Olga Pomazan** (Volunteer Manager) 6. **Juliet Thompson** (Treasurer) **Susan Attwood** observed the Board as RWinR’s Nominated Safeguarding Lead. **Marie-Louise Le Hur** also observed the Board as RWinR’s Marketing and Social Media Officer. ## Objectives and activities Our main activities during the year include befriending approximately seven individual sanctuary seekers with varied support in relation to housing, asylum requests, access to legal advice and employment opportunities. We have run a weekly social hub for Ukrainians and other clients at the Vineyard Community Centre. We also operate two WhatsApp groups, one in Ukrainian for local refugees and the other in English for their sponsors. We work closely with the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames providing information and support for anyone arriving in the Borough in need of sanctuary. The trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit. For an overview of our latest impacts to date, please visit our website at: - https://refugeeswelcomeinrichmond.org/our impacts/ 2 Date: 2025-01-20 ## Financial statements ## Review of financial position at the end of the period RWinR has £3810 in cash at 31.3.2024 and the Trustees believe this is sufficient to carry out the charity’s purposes in 2024/ 2025. ## Statement explaining the policy for holding reserves stating ## why they are held RWinR holds reserves of £500 which is sufficient to cover one year’s administration costs ## Amount of reserves held £500 ## Reasons for holding zero reserves N/A ## Details of fund materially in deficit N/A ## Explanation of any uncertainties about the charity continuing as a going concern N/A 3 ||**Refugees Welcome in Richmond CIO**|**Refugees Welcome in Richmond CIO**|**Refugees Welcome in Richmond CIO**|**No (if any)**|**No (if any)**|**No (if any)**|**CC16a**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**For the period**
**from**|Period start date
9th August 2023|**To**||Period end date
31st March 2024||| ||||||||| |**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||||| |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**300**
**3**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**303**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**303**
**349**
**214**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**563**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**563**
**- 260**
**-**
**2,148**
**1,888**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**180**
**230**
**274**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**684**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**684**
**- 684**
**-**
**1,904**
**1,220**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**||**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**300**
**3**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**303**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**303**
**529**
**230**
**274**
**214**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**1,247**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**1,247**
**- 944**||**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |Donations|**300**||||||**-**| |Bank interest|**3**||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**303**||||||**-**| ||||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**|||||||| ||**-**||||||| ||**-**||||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**||||||**-**| |**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**|||||||| ||||||||**-**| ||||||||| |Materialgoods for sanctuaryseekers|**349**||||||**-**| |Interpretation/translation services|||||||**-**| |Events|||||||**-**| |Administration expenses|**214**||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||**-**| |**_Sub total_ **|**563**||||||**-**| ||||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**|||||||| ||**-**||||||| ||**-**||||||| |**_Sub total_ **|**-**||||||**-**| |**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds at 9th Aug 2023**
**_Cash funds this year end_**|||||||| ||||||||**-**| ||||||||| ||**- 260**|**- 684**|**-**||**- 944**||**-**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**2,148**|**1,904**|**-**||**4,052**||**-**| ||**1,888**|**1,220**|**-**||**3,108**||**-**| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 20/01/2025 1 ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B1 Cash funds**|**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
CAF Current Account
(restricted fund is for Ukrainian refugees)
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
Signature
~~Valerie Booth~~
~~Juliet Thompson~~|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
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**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**1,888**
**1,220**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**1,888**
**1,220**
OK
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
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Print Name
Valerie Booth
Juliet Thompson|**Endowment**
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**to nearest £**| |---|---|---|---| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||OK| ||||**Endowment**
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**to nearest £**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
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approval| ||~~Valerie Booth~~
|Valerie Booth|20/01/2025| ||~~Juliet Thompson~~|Juliet Thompson|**20/01/2025**| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 20/01/2025 2