Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 14
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +11
Overall GiG Score: 20 ?

REFUGEE SUPPORT (DEVON) LTD

We support refugees and their families to ensure they are given the protection they need, are able to settle successfully in the local community,rebuild their lives in safety and dignity and be treated with respect and understanding. A well-led volunteer team work with 8 staff members to undertake case-work, mentoring for clients, fundraising and awareness raising in the local community.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

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
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£261£230£32n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£205£196£10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£217£183£34n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£213£184£29n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£198£216£-18n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£199£125£75n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£159£111£48n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£98£69£29n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£70£69£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£41£57£-16n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 13 years

http://refugeesupportdevon.org.uk/

info@refugeesupportdevon.org.uk

01392682185

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Support for refugees & asylum seekers
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides other finance
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Devon,
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • The General Public/Mankind

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
National Lottery Community Fund£138,010
Access to Justice Foundation£106,900
Lloyds Bank Foundation£52,250
AB Charitable Trust£35,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£20,000
Barrow Cadbury Trust£9,250
Devon Community Foundation£6,900
DCMS£5,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000 24/08/2023
Drop-in service for refugees and asylum seekers living in Devon
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Refugee Support Devon
£20,000 04/07/2023
An unrestricted grant of £20,000. Refugee Support Devon provides support to people seeking asylum and refugees in Exeter through immigration advice clinics, drop-in sessions and English language classes.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Refugee Support (Devon) Ltd
£50,000 07/12/2022
24
Unrestricted grant over two years towards the core costs of Refugee Support (Devon) Ltd
Lloyds Bank Foundation - One off gift towards cost of living crisis to Refugee Support (Devon) Ltd
£2,250 07/12/2022
One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis
Access to Justice Foundation - Help Accessing Legal Support (HALS)
£45,000 13/09/2022
Help Accessing Legal Support (HALS) is a programme of The Access to Justice Foundation with the Ministry of Justice. We are working with organisations to sustain and improve access to early social welfare and family legal advice, to enable users ....more
Devon Community Foundation - Initial Acommodation Asylum Hotel Tiverton
£1,900 12/04/2022
Volunteer and interpretation expenses for emergency support of asylum seekers in Tiverton
Access to Justice Foundation - Joint Initiative Flexible COVID-19 Grant
£41,900 09/08/2021
A flexible grant as part of wave 2 of the Community Justice Fund. A pooled fund to support the specialist legal welfare advice sector in its response to COVID58
National Lottery Community Fund - Education for Integration
£105,570 29/07/2021
The organisation will use the funding to continue to provide relief protection and education for refugees asylum seekers and their families living in Devon.
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Refugee Support Devon
£15,000 21/01/2021
An unrestricted grant of £15,000. Refugee Support Devon provides support to people seeking asylum, refugees, and vulnerable people with complex immigration matters from a wide range of backgrounds, living in Devon
Access to Justice Foundation - Joint Initiative Flexible COVID-19 Grant
£20,000 05/10/2020
A flexible grant as part of wave 1 of the Community Justice Fund. A pooled fund to support the specialist legal welfare advice sector in its response to COVID19
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£5,000 24/09/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots and small organisations who can provide an ....more
Devon Community Foundation - COVID19 Core Cost Support
£5,000 23/09/2020
Grant to Refugee Support Devon
Barrow Cadbury Trust - COVID-19 - Refugee Support (Devon) Ltd
£9,250 21/09/2020
7
To provide staffing, training and IT equipment to enable RDS to continue its Education and Employability project for refugees and asylum seekers across Devon.
National Lottery Community Fund - Supporting Refugees in Devon
£22,500 18/06/2020
5
The funding will be used to support refugees and asylum seekers through the Covid-19 crisis ensuring they are receiving appropriate and reliable information about the crisis their welfare needs and immigration issues. The project is a small ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Devon Refugee Women's Network
£9,940 23/03/2020
11
The funding will provide support groups and activities for refugee women and children, with the aim of reducing isolation and strengthening relations with the wider community.
National Lottery Community Fund - Devon Refugee Women's Network
£9,600 14/03/2018
12
The funding will be used to run support groups for refugee women and children, enabling them to improve their skills and develop positive relationships in the wider community.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Refugee Support Devon (RSD)
£2,729 29/11/2017
Help pay the costs to equip refugees/asylum seekers in Devon, especially women, with skills and confidence for improved social integration.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 27-77
  • ANNA CAMILLERI Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Communications Officer
  • DAVID WILLIAM MEZZETTI Appointed: 2004, Occupation: School Adminstrator
  • EMMA MARSHALL Appointed: 2024, Occupation: University Lecturer
  • JENNIFER LONGFORD (Chair) Appointed: 2005, Occupation: Retired
  • JURY AREVALO Appointed: 2024
  • ROBERT ANDREW MYCOCK Appointed: 2010, Occupation: College Manager
  • RUTH GROVE-WHITE Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Consultant
  • SHEHANY WARNAKULASURIYA Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Administrator
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 21/09/2011, number: 1143884
  • Registered at Companies House on 08/08/2011, number: 07731995
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • 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
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
12 returns made; all on time
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from NEWTON CRISIS AID on 24/10/2024
Main office

Exeter Community Centre
17 St Davids Hill
EXETER
EX4 3RG

Objectives

(1) TO PROVIDE RELIEF FOR REFUGEES AND THEIR DEPENDANTS LIVING (TEMPORARILY OR PERMANENTLY) IN DEVON AND THE SURROUNDING AREA WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS.(2) TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF REFUGEES AND THEIR DEPENDANTS.(3) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF REFUGEES AND THEIR DEPENDANTS IN NEED THEREOF SO AS TO ADVANCE THEM IN LIFE AND ASSIST THEM TO SETTLE SUCCESSFULLY INTO A NEW COMMUNITY.(4) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL ABOUT ISSUES RELATING TO REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS.(5) TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATIONS WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THOSE PERSONS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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