REFUGEE CONNECTION

Charity number: 1167122

Removed charity

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

We invite local Londoners and refugees to join our network and get to know each other, outside of the traditional charitable dynamic of volunteers and service users, at our cafe garden socials, table tennis, walks and more.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 May 2018

Total income: £15,548

Total expenditure: £38,534

Fundraising

This charity raises funds from the public but does not work with professional fundraisers or commercial participators.

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:

Education/training
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

Who the charity helps:

Other Defined Groups

How the charity helps:

Provides Human Resources

Where the charity operates:

Throughout London

Governance

Registration history:

16 May 2016: CIO registration
17 October 2019: Removed (Removed by application)
17 October 2019: Funds transferred to

Organisation type:

CIO

Other names:

No other names

Gift aid:

Recognised by HMRC for gift aid

Other regulators:

No information available

Policies:

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Land and property:

This charity does not own and/or lease land or property

Financial history

Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure	31/05/2017	31/05/2018
Total gross income	£40.01k	£15.55k
Total expenditure	£9.34k	£38.53k
Income from government contracts	£0	N/A
Income from government grants	£0	N/A

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
Annual return	31 May 2019	Not submitted
Accounts and TAR	31 May 2019	Not submitted
Annual return	31 May 2018	10 March 2019	On Time
Accounts and TAR	31 May 2018	10 March 2019	On Time
Annual return	31 May 2017	12 October 2017	On Time
Accounts and TAR	31 May 2017 (These accounts have been qualified)	27 September 2017	On Time

Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

CIO - FOUNDATION REGISTERED 16 MAY 2016 AMENDED ON 27 FEB 2018

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION AMONGST PEOPLE GRANTED REFUGEE STATUS (AND ASYLUM SEEKERS AND DISPLACED PERSONS) AGED OVER 18 IN LONDON WHO DO NOT REGULARLY PARTICIPATE IN COMMUNITY LIFE AS THEY DO NOT HAVE LARGE OR STRONG NETWORKS OF FRIENDS AND FAMILY AROUND THEM; WHO ARE LONELY OR ISOLATED AND WHO ARE HAVING DIFFICULTY ACCESSING STATUTORY AND NON-STATUTORY SERVICES BECAUSE THEY ARE SUFFERING MENTAL AND PHYSICAL EFFECTS OF FORCED MIGRATION BY THE PROVISION OF: A. HOSTING, ORGANISING AND SIGNPOSTING TO EVENTS AND SOCIAL MEET-UPS WHICH BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER TO SHARE NEW EXPERIENCES AND BUILD FRIENDSHIPS. B. RUNNING AN ADVOCACY AND ADVICE SERVICE TO HELP REFUGEES, ASYLUM SEEKERS AND MIGRANTS ACCESS THEIR RIGHTS AND EASE THE BURDEN OF FORCED MIGRATION. C. SUCH OTHER ACTIVITIES AND/OR PROGRAMMES DEEMED APPROPRIATE AND VIABLE BY THE CHARITY’S LEADERSHIP. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL ABOUT THE ISSUES RELATING TO REFUGEES AND THOSE SEEKING ASYLUM.