NOTRE DAME REFUGEE CENTRE

Charity Number: 1177990
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Supporting people seeking asylum and those granted refugee status and their dependants through: Legal and other advice Relieving financial hardship Preserving and protecting physical and mental health Advancing education and training including language skills Educating the public

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 August 2024

Total income: £394,779
Total expenditure: £374,856

People

9 Trustee(s)

40 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No employees have total benefits over £60k for this charity

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:
  • Education/training
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
  • Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
  • Other Charitable Purposes
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • Elderly/old People
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
  • Provides Services
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
  • Other Charitable Activities
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout England And Wales

Governance

Registration history:
  • 17 April 2018: CIO registration
  • 21 August 2019: Funds received from 1122110 NOTRE DAME REFUGEE CENTRE
Organisation type:
CIO
Other names:

No other names

Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses 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

9 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
ALESSANDRA RAJA Chair 21 June 2024
None on record
KATE DAVIS Trustee 21 June 2024
None on record
Zoe VERHASSELT LEONARD Trustee 21 June 2024
None on record
Fr Martin Mcananey Trustee 29 September 2023
None on record
ELODIE BRIAN Trustee 29 September 2023
NOTRE DAME DE FRANCE – SOCIETY OF MARY
Received: On time
Elizabeth MILLAR Trustee 08 March 2019
CAMDEN GARDEN CENTRE CHARITABLE TRUST
Received: On time
SCHOOL OF CIVIC EDUCATION
Received: On time
Rev Hubert Marie Bruno Bonnet-Eymard Trustee 01 September 2018
NOTRE DAME DE FRANCE – SOCIETY OF MARY
Received: On time
REV Des HANRAHAN Trustee 22 June 2018
THE SOCIETY OF MARY (MARIST FATHERS) CIO
Received: On time
NOTRE DAME DE FRANCE – SOCIETY OF MARY
Received: On time
Rev Alan Stephen Williams sm Trustee 17 April 2018
NOTRE DAME DE FRANCE – SOCIETY OF MARY
Received: On time
BRENTWOOD DIOCESEAN CATHEDRAL AND CHORAL TRUST FUND
Received: 90 days late
THE REVEREND CANON FRANCIS WALTER GILBERT FOR THE CHURCH OF OUR LADY OF LOURDES AND ST JOSEPH, LEIGH-ON-SEA
Charity reporting is overdue by 100 days
FORMATIO
Received: On time
THE SOCIETY OF MARY (MARIST FATHERS) CIO
Received: On time

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/08/2020 31/08/2021 31/08/2022 31/08/2023 31/08/2024
Total gross income £308.65k £430.52k £379.52k £415.66k £394.78k
Total expenditure £308.04k £313.02k £384.25k £399.78k £374.86k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants £4.40k £11.39k N/A N/A 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 Download
Annual return 31 August 2024 04 April 2025 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 August 2024 04 April 2025 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 August 2023 16 April 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 August 2023 16 April 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 August 2022 15 May 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 August 2022 15 May 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 August 2021 27 May 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 August 2021 27 May 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 August 2020 27 May 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 August 2020 27 May 2021 On Time Download Open in new window
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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 17 Apr 2018

Charitable objects

A) ADVANCING EDUCATION AND RELIEVING FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AMONGST THOSE SEEKING ASYLUM AND THOSE GRANTED REFUGEE STATUS PARTICULARLY BY THE PROVISION OF LEGAL AND OTHER ADVICE. B) RELIEVING FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AMONGST THOSE GRANTED REFUGEE STATUS AND THEIR DEPENDANTS LIVING (TEMPORARILY OR PERMANENTLY) IN THE UNITED KINGDOM. C) PRESERVING AND PROTECTING THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF THOSE GRANTED REFUGEE STATUS AND THEIR DEPENDANTS. D) ADVANCING THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF THOSE GRANTED REFUGEE STATUS AND THEIR DEPENDANTS IN NEED THEREOF SO AS TO ADVANCE THEM IN LIFE AND ASSIST THEM TO ADAPT WITHIN A NEW COMMUNITY. E) ADVANCING THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL ABOUT THE ISSUES RELATING TO REFUGEES AND THOSE SEEKING ASYLUM. F) RELIEVING SICKNESS AND FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AMONGST THOSE SEEKING ASYLUM IN THE UNITED KINGDOM OR WHO ARE REFUGEES, AND WHO RESIDE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM. G) RELIEVING FINANCIAL HARDSHIP BY THE PROVISION OF FREE LEGAL ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE TO PERSONS WHO, THROUGH LACK OF MEANS, WOULD OTHERWISE BE UNABLE TO OBTAIN SUCH ADVICE; AND H) PROVIDING GENERAL EDUCATION INCLUDING LANGUAGE SKILLS TO ENABLE ACCESS TO THE WIDER COMMUNITY.

Contact information

Address:
NOTRE DAME REFUGEE CENTRE
5 LEICESTER PLACE
LONDON
WC2H 7BX
Phone:
02074402642
Email:
info@notredamerc.org.uk
Website:

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