BRIGHTON EXILED/REFUGEE TRAUMA SERVICE (BERTS)

Charity Number: 1188586
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Brighton Exiled/Refugee Trauma Service (BERTS) provides mental health treatment and support to refugees, asylum seekers and destitute migrants in the city of Brighton & Hove

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 December 2023

Total income: £50
Total expenditure: £24,638

People

5 Trustee(s)

30 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

One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity.

What, who, how, where

Main way of carrying out purposes is grant making
What the charity does:
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
  • Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • Elderly/old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Services
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
Where the charity operates:
  • Brighton And Hove
  • East Sussex

Governance

Registration history:
  • 17 March 2020: CIO registration
Organisation type:
CIO
Other names:

No other names

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
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • 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

5 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Dr Sally Rowena Munt Chair 01 January 2020
None on record
Elizabeth West Trustee 20 October 2023
None on record
Reem Ali Abushawareb Trustee 01 January 2020
None on record
Colin Michael Blowers Trustee 01 January 2020
BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR BEHAVIOURAL AND COGNITIVE PSYCHOTHERAPIES
Received: On time
Tessa Louise Axelrod Trustee 01 January 2020
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/12/2020 31/12/2021 31/12/2022 31/12/2023
Total gross income £135 £15.40k £59.89k £50
Total expenditure £135 £3.98k £28.83k £24.64k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A 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 December 2023 11 March 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2023 11 March 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2022 21 February 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2022 21 February 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2021 12 March 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2021 12 March 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2020 08 September 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2020 08 September 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 Mar 2020

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE MENTAL HEALTH OF REFUGEES, ASYLUM SEEKERS AND DESTITUTE MIGRANTS WHO SUFFERING FROM (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER (PTSD), DEPRESSION AND/OR ANXIETY AS A RESULT OF TRAUMA, THROUGH THE PROVISION OF FREE SPECIALIST COGNITIVE BEHAVIOURAL THERAPY, EYE MOVEMENT DESENSITISATION AND REPROCESSING (EMDR) THERAPY, TRAUMA COUNSELLING AND PSYCHOTHERAPY.

Contact information

Address:
Brighton Exiled/Refugee Trauma Service BERTS
C/O COMMUNITY BASE
113 QUEENS ROAD
BRIGHTON
BN1 3XG
Phone:
07961779010
Email:
information@brightonandhove.com
Website:

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