OUR SECOND HOME

Charity number: 1197551

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Youth activities - in particular residential programmes and leadership training - for refugees and people seeking asylum in the UK.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 December 2024

Total income: £245,239
Total expenditure: £232,866

People

5 Trustee(s)

80 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:
  • Economic/community Development/employment
  • Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
Who the charity helps:
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Services
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout England
  • Scotland

Governance

Registration history:
  • 18 January 2022: CIO registration
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
  • 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
  • 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
Nicholas David Schlagman Chair 18 January 2022
None on record
Dr Robyn Smith Trustee 16 July 2025
None on record
Hannah May Briony Spark Trustee 07 May 2025
None on record
Ezio Fabricio Silva Trustee 26 July 2023
None on record
Raymond Simonson Trustee 26 July 2023
BNJC
Received: 149 days late

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/12/2022 31/12/2023 31/12/2024
Total gross income £164.03k £178.13k £245.24k
Total expenditure £89.68k £214.73k £232.87k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants 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 2024 24 October 2025 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2024 24 October 2025 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2023 17 July 2024 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2023 17 July 2024 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2022 15 May 2023 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2022 15 May 2023 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 18 Jan 2022

Charitable objects

THE FOLLOWING OBJECTS ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:- (1) THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED, BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH OR THEIR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC SITUATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THROUGH THE PROVISION OF SUCH INFORMATION AND ADVICE AS THE TRUSTEES DEEM APPROPRIATE; (2) TO ADVANCE YOUNG PEOPLE UNDER THE AGE OF 26 IN LIFE BY PROVIDING ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE AND ORGANISING PROGRAMMES OF PHYSICAL, EDUCATIONAL AND OTHER ACTIVITIES AS A MEANS OF ADVANCING IN LIFE AND HELPING SUCH PEOPLE BY DEVELOPING THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS INDEPENDENT, MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS; (3) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL ABOUT THE ISSUES RELATING TO MIGRANTS, ESPECIALLY REFUGEES AND THOSE SEEKING ASYLUM; AND (4) TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION AMONG PEOPLE WHO ARE REFUGEES, ASYLUM SEEKERS AND MIGRANTS WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED ON THE GROUNDS OF THEIR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC POSITION. IN FURTHERANCE OF THOSE OBJECTS, BUT NOT OTHERWISE, THE TRUSTEES SHALL HAVE POWER TO ENGAGE IN POLITICAL ACTIVITY PROVIDED THAT THE TRUSTEES ARE SATISFIED THAT THE PROPOSED ACTIVITIES WILL FURTHER THE PURPOSES OF THE CHARITY TO AN EXTENT JUSTIFIED BY THE RESOURCES COMMITTED AND THE ACTIVITY IS NOT THE DOMINANT MEANS BY WHICH THE CHARITY CARRIES OUT ITS OBJECTS. NOTHING IN THIS CONSTITUTION SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CIO FOR THE PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005.

Contact information

Address:
OUR SECOND HOME
c/o Noam Masorti Youth
ALEXANDER HOUSE
3 SHAKESPEARE ROAD
LONDON
N3 1XE
Phone:
07906481402
Email:
info@oursecondhome.org.uk
Website:

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