Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 0

No PartB

Gender balanced board: +3

No supporters identified

Overall GiG Score: 3

WEST END REFUGEE SERVICE

Drop-in and telephone support work giving advice, advocacy and signposting;Befriending scheme linking local people with asylum seekers and refugees;Volunteering opportunities for locals and clients, both in-house and externally with full support;Provision of material support to those in need;Regular hardship payments to destitute clients;Awareness raising talks in the local community.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Financial issues to consider:

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	Spending	Surplus/ Deficit	Volun- teers
31/03/23		£100	£0	£100	0
31/03/22	*	£0	£0	£0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 3 years

www.wers.org.uk

info@wers.org.uk

01912737482

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Economic/Community Development/Employment
Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Philanthropic intermediaries and voluntarism promotion

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides services

Where it operates

Gateshead, Newcastle Upon Tyne City, North Tyneside, South Tyneside,

Who it helps

Other Defined Groups

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 6/7 persons

BRIDGET WIGHAM Appointed: 2023

GHADA SAEED Appointed: 2024, Other trusteeship: WEST END REFUGEE SERVICE (WERS),

CHARITY MWAURA Appointed: 2023, Other trusteeship: WEST END REFUGEE SERVICE (WERS),

CHRISTOPHER MILLMAN Appointed: 2020, Other trusteeship: WEST END REFUGEE SERVICE (WERS),

GEORGINA WRIGHT Appointed: 2023, Other trusteeship: WEST END REFUGEE SERVICE (WERS),

NADIA IGSIZ Appointed: 2024, Other trusteeship: WEST END REFUGEE SERVICE (WERS),

REV JOHN CHARLES HOWARD-NORMAN Appointed: 2023, Other trusteeship: WEST END REFUGEE SERVICE (WERS),

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 07/12/2020, number: 1192667

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

2 returns made; AR22: 9 days late,

Main office

THE VICARAGE
ST. PHILIPS CLOSE
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
NE4 5JE

Objectives

1 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL, ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTH OF ENGLAND, ABOUT THE ISSUES RELATING TO REFUGEES AND TO PEOPLE SEEKING ASYLUM OR SANCTUARY.2 TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND RELIEVE POVERTY AND FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AMONGST REFUGEES, PEOPLE SEEKING SANCTUARY AND PEOPLE REFUSED ASYLUM IN THE UK, AND THEIR DEPENDENTS.3 TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR TRAINING, RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THOSE PERSONS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES.4 THE PROMOTION OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PROMOTING ACTIVITIES TO FOSTER UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN PEOPLE FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS.

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