THE REFUGEE AND MIGRANT CENTRE LIMITED

Charity number: 1104779
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

RMC provides free, impartial & confidential advice to all asylum seekers, refugees and migrants living in the Black Country and Birmingham. Our broad approach covers many issues related to reception, settlement, integration and voluntary return. We will help anyone, regardless of country of origin, ethnicity, legal status, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age or disability.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 March 2024

Total income: £161,370
Total expenditure: £4,385,067

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • General Charitable Purposes
Who the charity helps:
  • Other Defined Groups
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
Where the charity operates:
  • Birmingham City
  • Walsall
  • Wolverhampton

Governance

Registration history:
  • 06 July 2004: Standard registration
  • 17 September 2024: Funds received from 1159888 ASYLUM SUPPORT AND IMMIGRATION RESOURCE TEAM
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:
  • WARS (Working name)
  • WOLVERHAMPTON ASYLUM SEEKER AND REFUGEE SERVICES LIMITED (Previous name)
Company number:
Gift aid:
Not recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

7 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
MARTIN JOHN CARTWRIGHT Chair
None on record
Sarah Jane Walters Trustee 04 September 2024
None on record
Emma Cairns Trustee 08 March 2023
None on record
Yusuf Shafi Trustee 16 December 2020
HEATHFIELD PARK COMMUNITY ACTION NETWORK
Received: On time
DAVID OLIVER Trustee 01 May 2019
None on record
Anne-Marie Powell Trustee 15 October 2015
None on record
RICHARD ASHWELL Trustee
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/03/2020 31/03/2021 31/03/2022 31/03/2023 31/03/2024
Total gross income £2.58m £2.50m £2.73m £3.80m £4.69m
Total expenditure £2.41m £2.50m £2.81m £3.73m £4.39m
Income from government contracts £1.63m £1.24m £546.87k £1.68m £3.56m
Income from government grants N/A N/A £1.79m £700.27k N/A
Income - Donations and legacies £42.36k £26.41k £24.20k £47.15k £67.19k
Income - Other trading activities £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Income - Charitable activities £2.53m £2.47m £2.70m £3.75m £92.19k
Income - Endowments £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Income - Investment £620 £202 £0 £797 £1.99k
Income - Other £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Income - Legacies £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Expenditure - Charitable activities £2.40m £2.49m £2.81m £3.71m £4.38m
Expenditure - Raising funds £9.85k £4.10k £2.00k £12.41k £520
Expenditure - Governance £0 £5.10k £5.25k £0 £0
Expenditure - Grants institution £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Expenditure - Investment management £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Expenditure - Other £0 £0 £0 £0 £0

Assets and liabilities

Definitions for assets and liabilities
Own use assets

These are assets, other than investments, which are held for more than 12 months and used to run and administer the charity such as buildings, offices, exhibits and fixtures and fittings.

Long term Investments

Investments are assets held by the charity with the sole aim of generating income which will be used for their charitable purposes such as deposit accounts, shares, rental property and unit trusts.
Investment assets are re-valued every year and included in the balance sheet at their current market value.
Long term investments are held for more than 12 months.

Other assets

These are assets held generally for less than 12 months such as cash and bank balances, debtors, investments to be sold within the coming year and trading stock.

Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability

This is a surplus or deficit in any defined benefit pension scheme operated and represents a potential long-term asset or liability.

Total liabilities

These are all the amounts owed by the charity at the balance sheet date to third parties such as bills due but not yet paid, bank overdrafts and loans and mortgages.

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Asset / Liability 31/03/2020 31/03/2021 31/03/2022 31/03/2023 31/03/2024
Own use assets £12.07k £37.42k £20.91k £13.81k £17.55k
Long-term investments £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Other assets £1.32m £1.32m £1.41m £1.42m £1.80m
Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Total liabilities £79.83k £105.90k £272.86k £193.46k £284.26k

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 March 2024 15 January 2025 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2024 15 January 2025 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2023 11 January 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2023 11 January 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2022 09 January 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2022 09 January 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2021 24 January 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2021 24 January 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2020 26 January 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2020 26 January 2021 On Time Download Open in new window
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Contact information

Address:
1ST FLOOR
ROMA PARVA
9
WATERLOO ROAD
WOLVERHAMPTON
Phone:
01902311554