Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 12
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Deficit latest year: -2
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteer base +5
  • Overall weighted support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 18 ?

HERTS WELCOMES REFUGEES

Herts Welcomes Refugees is set up to welcome, provide support and help for refugees and asylum seekers in Hertfordshire.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income was significantly lower than spending in the latest year
  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/12/23£71£97£-26n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/22£106£96£10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/21£87£64£23n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/20£63£47£17n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/19£27£27£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/18£42£31£12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/17£15£13£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 8 years

hertswelcomes.org.uk

chair@hwsf.org.uk

07463486048

Charity Commission for England and WalesX
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Support for refugees & asylum seekers
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Hertfordshire,
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Hertfordshire Community Foundation£35,000
National Lottery Community Fund£34,000
Postcode Places Trust£21,379
DCMS£5,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Hertfordshire Community Foundation - Financial Support for vulnerable refugees and asylum seekers
£10,000 18/01/2023
5
Grant to Herts Welcomes Refugees
Hertfordshire Community Foundation - Bikes for Refugees and Asylum Seekers
£10,000 21/07/2022
11
Grant to Herts Welcomes Refugees
Postcode Places Trust - Staff Salary
£21,379 27/06/2022
Funds enabled us to recruit a Charity Administrator, enabling us to enhance our support for refugees & asylum seekers across Hertfordshire.
Hertfordshire Community Foundation - Welcoming & supporting Afghan nationals
£10,000 09/12/2021
Grant to Herts Welcomes Refugees
National Lottery Community Fund - Refugee Support Network 2021/2
£34,000 29/03/2021
24
The funding will provide continued support for refugees and asylum seekers across Hertfordshire who are resettled as part of the various government Vulnerable Persons Resettlement schemes (mainly Syrian) as well as a smaller number of other ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£5,000 14/09/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
Hertfordshire Community Foundation - Herts Welcomes Refugees Covid 19 support
£5,000 20/07/2020
Grant to Herts Welcomes Refugees
The Funding Network - Supporting integration through Language Support
£5,202 08/10/2019
Develop our volunteer network to increase opportunities for refugees to practise English and build confidence in functioning in their communities. Countywide co-ordination and training of volunteers is essential for this.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 7/8 persons

  • ADRIAN PETER JAMES BALL MR Appointed: 2022
  • AMANI ESMAIL AL-SHAMI Appointed: 2024
  • ANDY GREGG Appointed: 2023
  • IRENE CHRISANTHI AUSTIN (Chair) Appointed: 2017
  • JOHN BORTON Appointed: 2018
  • KATHLEEN SCOTT Appointed: 2019
  • SAMAH ALRAHABI Appointed: 2017
  • VERONICA ANN RAYMOND Appointed: 2019
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 24/04/2017, number: 1172687
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Campaigns and political activity 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
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
7 returns made; all on time
Main office

3 Newmarket Court
Goldsmith Way
ST. ALBANS
ST. ALBANS
AL3 5LN

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:1. THE RELIEF OF REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS, IN PARTICULAR SYRIAN REFUGEES, BY OPERATING AS A COORDINATION AND ACTION NETWORK WHICH WILL:(A) ENCOURAGE LOCAL COUNCILS AND THE COUNTY COUNCIL TO CONTINUE TO ACCEPT REFUGEES UNDER THE SYRIAN VULNERABLE PERSONS RESETTLEMENT (VPR) SCHEME;(B) WORK WITH LOCAL COUNCILS, THE COUNTY COUNCIL AND RELEVANT ORGANISATIONS TO ENSURE THAT REFUGEES ARRIVING UNDER THE VPR SCHEME AND OTHER REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS HAVE ACCESS TO AND ARE PROVIDED WITH THE APPROPRIATE SERVICES;(C) WELCOME REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS TO HERTFORDSHIRE AND OFFER ONGOING PRACTICAL SUPPORT;(D) CONNECT ORGANISATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS WHO WISH TO SUPPORT REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS IN ORDER TO ENABLE THEIR INTEGRATION INTO THE LOCAL COMMUNITY THROUGH THE CREATION OF A SUPPORTIVE AND ENABLING ENVIRONMENT.2. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN ALL ASPECTS OF THE REFUGEE SITUATION, IN PARTICULAR, WITH REFERENCE TO REFUGEES OF SYRIAN ORIGIN.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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