Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 8

No PartB

Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteer base +5
Overall weighted support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 14

TAUNTON WELCOMES REFUGEES

The Objects of Taunton Welcomes Refugees (TWR) are the promotion of social inclusion for the public benefit among refugees and their dependents in Taunton, Wellington and surrounding areas.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
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 gender 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	Spending	Surplus/ Deficit	Volun- teers
31/03/24	£31	£32	£0	n/a
31/03/23	£25	£23	£2	n/a
31/03/22	£15	£12	£3	n/a
31/03/21	£13	£2	£11	n/a
31/03/20	£4	£1	£3	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 5 years

www.tauntonwelcomesrefugees.co.uk

chair@tauntonwelcomesrefugees.co.uk

07876775401

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

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

GiG Classification

Outpatient support services

How it operates

Makes grants to individuals
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Somerset,

Who it helps

Other Defined Groups
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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£5,000	13/10/2023	Building Refugee Resilience
Somerset Community Foundation - English sessions to help integrate refugees in Taunton
£3,000	03/05/2022	Supporting refugees arriving in the UK building on ESOL lessons and integrate into the community

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 6/7 persons

ALISON RENATA BACHELOR Appointed: 2021

BOZENA WIERZCHLEYSKA Appointed: 2023

EDMUND DAVID EAST Appointed: 2022

ESTHER PENELOPE CHECKETTS Appointed: 2020

KATHARINE ELIZABETH MARY MURDOCH Appointed: 2020

ROBIN PEELER Appointed: 2019

SIMON FORRESTER (Chair) Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Retired

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 17/06/2019, number: 1183921

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

5 returns made; all on time

Main office

Quakers Friends Meeting House
Bath Place
TAUNTON
Somerset
TA1 4EP

Objectives

(A) THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AMONG REFUGEES AND THEIR DEPENDENTS IN TAUNTON, WELLINGTON AND SURROUNDING AREAS, WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED ON THE GROUNDS OF THEIR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC POSITION, BY PROVIDING A CIRCLE OF VOLUNTEERS TO HELP MEET THEIR NEEDS TO ASSIST THEM SETTLE AND INTEGRATE INTO THE AREA AND ADAPT TO THEIR NEW LIFE BECOMING INDEPENDENT SELF-RELIANT MEMBERS OF SOCIETY.(B) TO FURTHER SUCH OTHER PURPOSES AS ARE CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL THINK FIT WITH A VIEW TO RELIEVING THE CHARITABLE NEEDS OF REFUGEES AND SUPPORTING THEIR INTEGRATION INTO THEIR COMMUNITY AND BECOMING INDEPENDENT.

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