UK WELCOMES REFUGEES

Charity number: 1195770
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

UK Welcomes Refugees has established the charity alongside refugee organisations accompanying displaced and resettled refugees within our communities who are in need of support and integration.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 30 June 2025

Total income: £256,377
Total expenditure: £233,094

Total income includes £21,500 from 5 government grant(s)

People

5 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:
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Disability
  • Economic/community Development/employment
Who the charity helps:
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
  • Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout England And Wales
  • Northern Ireland
  • Scotland

Governance

Registration history:
  • 09 September 2021: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:

No other names

Company number:
12679315 Open in new window
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
  • 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
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting 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
Mark Anthony Wiggin Chair 30 June 2021
None on record
Meriel Davies Trustee 08 July 2025
None on record
Rev Molly Chitokwindo Trustee 03 October 2024
BIRMINGHAM METHODIST CIRCUIT
Received: On time
Anthony Brown Trustee 02 February 2024
None on record
Rabbi DANIEL RICH Trustee 25 June 2021
BRITISH FRIENDS OF RABBIS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
Charity reporting is overdue by 155 days
THE RABBI'S DISCRETIONARY FUND
Received: On time
THE FINCHLEY CHARITIES
Received: On time
FRIENDS OF PROGRESSIVE JUDAISM IN ISRAEL AND EUROPE
Charity reporting is overdue by 886 days
BARNET CARERS CENTRE
Received: On time
BRITS FOR PEACE NOW CHARITABLE TRUST
Charity reporting is overdue by 1616 days

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 30/06/2021 30/06/2022 30/06/2023 30/06/2024 30/06/2025
Total gross income £197.60k £156.00k £145.00k £225.86k £256.38k
Total expenditure £158.56k £135.23k £95.95k £208.39k £233.09k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A N/A N/A N/A £21.50k

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 30 June 2025 04 February 2026 On time
Accounts and TAR 30 June 2025 04 February 2026 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 30 June 2024 18 December 2024 On time
Accounts and TAR 30 June 2024 18 December 2024 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 30 June 2023 19 February 2024 On time
Accounts and TAR 30 June 2023 19 February 2024 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 30 June 2022 09 March 2023 On time
Accounts and TAR 30 June 2022 09 March 2023 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 30 June 2021 14 March 2022 On time
Accounts and TAR 30 June 2021 14 March 2022 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.

MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 18 JUN 2020 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 14 SEP 2021

Charitable objects

1. TO DEVELOP THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF THE MEMBERS OF SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES IN SUCH A WAY THAT SUCH MEMBERS ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY AND HELP MEET THEIR NEEDS AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY; 2. TO PROMOTE THE EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF COMMUNITY CAPACITY BUILDING CHARITIES BY GROWING, EMBEDDING GOOD PRACTICE IN AND SUPPORTING SUCH ORGANISATIONS; 3. THE PROMOTION OF THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT; THE “VOLUNTARY SECTOR” MEANS CHARITIES AND VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS. CHARITIES ARE ORGANISATIONS, WHICH ARE ESTABLISHED FOR EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES. VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS ARE INDEPENDENT ORGANISATIONS, WHICH ARE ESTABLISHED FOR PURPOSES THAT ADD VALUE TO THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE, OR A SIGNIFICANT SECTION OF THE COMMUNITY, AND WHICH ARE NOT PERMITTED BY THEIR CONSTITUTION TO MAKE A PROFIT FOR PRIVATE DISTRIBUTION. VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS DO NOT INCLUDE LOCAL GOVERNMENT OR OTHER STATUTORY AUTHORITIES. 4. TO RELIEVE POVERTY AND SICKNESS AMONG PERSONS WHO ARE INTERNALLY DISPLACED OR IN MIGRATION OR WHO ARE ASYLUM SEEKERS OR REFUGEES FLEEING SITUATIONS INCLUDING (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) WAR, PERSECUTION, AND CLIMATE CHANGE; 5. TO FURTHER SUCH EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE OBJECTS ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

Contact information

Address:
85 Waddington Road
CLITHEROE
BB7 2HN
Phone:
01200427396
Email:
info@ukwelcomesrefugees.org
Website:

https://ukwelcomesrefugees.org/ Open in new window