TRAUMA FOUNDATION SOUTH WEST
Charity overview
Activities - how the charity spends its money
provision of counselling and psychotherapy to anyone who suffers traumatically from torture, oppression and war. We also hope to educate the public about the impact/effect on mental health when people are exposed to political violence.
Income and expenditure
Data for financial year ending 28 February 2025
People
11 Trustee(s)
3 Volunteer(s)
Employees with total benefits over £60,000
No employees have total benefits over £60k for this charityFundraising
Trading
Trustee payments
What, who, how, where
- Education/training
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
- People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
- Other Defined Groups
- Provides Services
- Bath And North East Somerset
- Bristol City
- Devon
- North Somerset
- Somerset
- South Gloucestershire
Governance
- 16 April 2012: Standard registration
- TFSW (Working name)
- Complaints handling
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Conflicting interests
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Paying staff
- Risk management
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- 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
11 Trustee(s)
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| Erin Caseley | Chair | 25 April 2023 |
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| Giulia Teresa Tranchina | Trustee | 01 December 2025 |
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| Lisa Ballam | Trustee | 01 December 2025 |
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| Hannah Sophia Wedderkopp | Trustee | 01 December 2025 |
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| Sayedeh Elham Mousavian Ghahferokhi | Trustee | 01 December 2025 |
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| Victor Ofori Asante | Trustee | 01 December 2025 |
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| Dr JUDY RYDE | Trustee | 25 April 2023 |
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| Eleanor Alison Palmer | Trustee | 25 April 2023 |
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| Dr Elizabeth Mary Murphy | Trustee | 28 February 2019 |
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| MIRIAM Hannah Carrie NYE | Trustee | 16 April 2014 |
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| SARAH FAIRBAIRNS | Trustee | 11 April 2012 |
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Financial history
Financial period end date
| Income / Expenditure | 28/02/2021 | 28/02/2022 | 28/02/2023 | 29/02/2024 | 28/02/2025 | ||
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Total gross income | £90.49k | £83.58k | £114.48k | £155.82k | £129.24k | |
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Total expenditure | £64.88k | £76.95k | £102.90k | £114.74k | £136.34k | |
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Income from government contracts | N/A | N/A | £40.00k | N/A | N/A | |
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Income from government grants | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Accounts and annual returns
| Title | Reporting year | Date received | Received | Download |
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| Annual return | 28 February 2025 | 23 July 2025 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 28 February 2025 | 23 July 2025 | On time | |
| Annual return | 29 February 2024 | 09 December 2024 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 29 February 2024 | 09 December 2024 | On time | |
| Annual return | 28 February 2023 | 18 October 2023 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 28 February 2023 | 09 January 2024 | 12 days late | |
| Annual return | 28 February 2022 | 15 June 2022 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 28 February 2022 | 15 June 2022 | On time | |
| Annual return | 28 February 2021 | 22 September 2021 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 28 February 2021 | 22 September 2021 | On time |
Governing document
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 20 FEB 2012 AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 07 JUN 2016 as amended on 22 Sept 2025
Charitable objects
(I) THE RELIEF OF MENTAL DISTRESS IN THOSE WHO HAVE SUFFERED PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA THROUGH EXPERIENCES SUCH AS WITNESSING TRAUMATIC EVENTS AND LOSS OF FAMILY AND COMMUNITY, AS A RESULT OF OPPRESSION, ARMED CONFLICT, AND TORTURE, AND IN PARTICULAR THOUGH NOT EXCLUSIVELY TO MEET SUCH NEEDS AMONG ASYLUM SEEKERS AND REFUGEES THROUGH THE PROVISION OF COUNSELLING AND PSYCHOTHERAPY, TO BE CARRIED OUT INDIVIDUALLY AND IN GROUPS, IN THE SOUTH-WEST OF ENGLAND (II) THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC, TO IMPROVE THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF THE MENTAL DISTRESS SUFFERED BY ASYLUM SEEKERS, REFUGEES AND OTHERS WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED OPPRESSION OR ARMED CONFLICT; AND TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF COUNSELLORS, PSYCHOTHERAPISTS AND OTHER HELPING PROFESSIONALS WORKING WITH SIMILAR CLIENT GROUPS, IN ORDER TO IMPROVE THEIR SKILLS AND PRACTICE, AND ADVANCE AND IMPROVE THEIR SUPERVISION.
Contact information
- Address:
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St. Pauls Learning Centre
94 Grosvenor Road
BRISTOL
BS2 8XJ
- Phone:
- 07762165324
- Email:
- tfsw@tfsw.co.uk
- Website:
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