THE REFUGEE AND MIGRANT CENTRE LIMITED

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 includes £3,557,890 from 32 government contract(s)
People

118 Employee(s)
7 Trustee(s)
60 Volunteer(s)
Employees with total benefits over £60,000
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£60k to £70k | 3 |
Fundraising
Trading
Trustee payments
What, who, how, where
- General Charitable Purposes
- Other Defined Groups
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Birmingham City
- Walsall
- Wolverhampton
Governance
- 06 July 2004: Standard registration
- 17 September 2024: Funds received from 1159888 ASYLUM SUPPORT AND IMMIGRATION RESOURCE TEAM
- WARS (Working name)
- WOLVERHAMPTON ASYLUM SEEKER AND REFUGEE SERVICES LIMITED (Previous name)
- 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
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)
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MARTIN JOHN CARTWRIGHT | Chair |
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Sarah Jane Walters | Trustee | 04 September 2024 |
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Emma Cairns | Trustee | 08 March 2023 |
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Yusuf Shafi | Trustee | 16 December 2020 |
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DAVID OLIVER | Trustee | 01 May 2019 |
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Anne-Marie Powell | Trustee | 15 October 2015 |
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RICHARD ASHWELL | Trustee |
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Financial history
Financial period end date
Income / Expenditure | 31/03/2020 | 31/03/2021 | 31/03/2022 | 31/03/2023 | 31/03/2024 | ||
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Total gross income | £2.58m | £2.50m | £2.73m | £3.80m | £4.69m | |
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Total expenditure | £2.41m | £2.50m | £2.81m | £3.73m | £4.39m | |
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Income from government contracts | £1.63m | £1.24m | £546.87k | £1.68m | £3.56m | |
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Income from government grants | N/A | N/A | £1.79m | £700.27k | N/A | |
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Income - Donations and legacies | £42.36k | £26.41k | £24.20k | £47.15k | £67.19k | |
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Income - Other trading activities | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Income - Charitable activities | £2.53m | £2.47m | £2.70m | £3.75m | £92.19k | |
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Income - Endowments | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Income - Investment | £620 | £202 | £0 | £797 | £1.99k | |
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Income - Other | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Income - Legacies | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Expenditure - Charitable activities | £2.40m | £2.49m | £2.81m | £3.71m | £4.38m | |
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Expenditure - Raising funds | £9.85k | £4.10k | £2.00k | £12.41k | £520 | |
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Expenditure - Governance | £0 | £5.10k | £5.25k | £0 | £0 | |
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Expenditure - Grants institution | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Expenditure - Investment management | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Expenditure - Other | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
Assets and liabilities
Definitions for assets and liabilities
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 InvestmentsInvestments 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.
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 liabilityThis is a surplus or deficit in any defined benefit pension scheme operated and represents a potential long-term asset or liability.
Total liabilitiesThese 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.
Asset / Liability | 31/03/2020 | 31/03/2021 | 31/03/2022 | 31/03/2023 | 31/03/2024 | ||
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Own use assets | £12.07k | £37.42k | £20.91k | £13.81k | £17.55k | |
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Long-term investments | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Other assets | £1.32m | £1.32m | £1.41m | £1.42m | £1.80m | |
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Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Total liabilities | £79.83k | £105.90k | £272.86k | £193.46k | £284.26k |
Accounts and annual returns
Title | Reporting year | Date received | Received | Download |
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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 |
Governing document
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 20 NOVEMBER 2003 AND AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS DATED 15 JUNE 2004 AND 5 NOVEMBER 2007 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 29 JUL 2020
Charitable objects
TO RELIEVE HARDSHIP AMONG MIGRANTS, THOSE SEEKING ASYLUM AND THOSE GRANTED REFUGEE STATUS PARTICULARLY BY THE PROVISION OF INFORMATION, LEGAL AND OTHER ADVICE, ADVOCACY AND SUPPORT. · TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF MIGRANTS, THOSE SEEKING ASYLUM AND THOSE GRANTED REFUGEE STATUS AND THEIR DEPENDANTS. · TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF MIGRANTS, THOSE SEEKING ASYLUM AND THOSE GRANTED REFUGEE STATUS AND THEIR DEPENDANTS SO AS TO ADVANCE THEM IN LIFE AND ASSIST THEM TO ADAPT WITHIN A NEW COMMUNITY. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL ABOUT THE ISSUES RELATING TO MIGRATION, REFUGEES AND THOSE SEEKING ASYLUM. TO RELIEVE THE UNEMPLOYMENT OF MIGRANTS AND THOSE GRANTED REFUGEE STATUS BY THE PROVISION OF VOCATIONAL AND SKILLS TRAINING, ADVICE AND SUPPORT.
Area of benefit
WOLVERHAMPTON
Contact information
- Address:
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1ST FLOOR
ROMA PARVA
9
WATERLOO ROAD
WOLVERHAMPTON
- Phone:
- 01902311554
- Email:
- info@rmcentre.org.uk
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