CCEW Charity Commission profile

KENT REFUGEE ACTION NETWORK

Registered charity 1097886 · organisation 3991668

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status
Registered
Reporting status
Submission Received Late
Charity type
Charitable company
Registered
9 June 2003
Removed
Not supplied
Company number supplied
04738880
Financial period
1 April 2024 – 31 March 2025
Latest income
£928,713
Latest expenditure
£858,211
Gift Aid
Yes
Owns or uses land
Yes
In administration
No
Insolvent
No
CIO
No

Public contact address: Unit 1, Wincheap Industrial Estate, 34 Simmonds Road, Canterbury, Kent

Website recorded by the regulator: kran.org.uk (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

To promote the benefit of refugees,asylum seekers and ethnic minorities and to promote racial harmony in the wider community, particularly in Kent, but elsewhere when appropriate, by supporting voluntary groups working with such persons and by liaising with statutory agencies, local authorities and other interested parties.

03 Official extract

Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date
1 April 2024
Fin Period End Date
31 March 2025
Ar Cycle Reference
AR25
Reporting Due Date
31 January 2026
Date Annual Return Received
9 January 2026
Date Accounts Received
9 January 2026
Total Gross Income
£928,713
Total Gross Expenditure
£858,211
Fin Period Start Date
1 April 2023
Fin Period End Date
31 March 2024
Ar Cycle Reference
AR24
Reporting Due Date
31 January 2025
Date Annual Return Received
20 December 2024
Date Accounts Received
20 December 2024
Total Gross Income
£624,187
Total Gross Expenditure
£732,313
Fin Period Start Date
1 April 2022
Fin Period End Date
31 March 2023
Ar Cycle Reference
AR23
Reporting Due Date
31 January 2024
Date Annual Return Received
2 January 2024
Date Accounts Received
2 January 2024
Total Gross Income
£732,499
Total Gross Expenditure
£637,621
Fin Period Start Date
1 April 2021
Fin Period End Date
31 March 2022
Ar Cycle Reference
AR22
Reporting Due Date
31 January 2023
Date Annual Return Received
30 January 2023
Date Accounts Received
30 January 2023
Total Gross Income
£557,699
Total Gross Expenditure
£547,396
Fin Period Start Date
1 April 2020
Fin Period End Date
31 March 2021
Ar Cycle Reference
AR21
Reporting Due Date
31 January 2022
Date Annual Return Received
28 January 2022
Date Accounts Received
28 January 2022
Total Gross Income
£620,253
Total Gross Expenditure
£469,010

04 Official extract

Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
Yes
Fin Period Order Number
1
Ar Cycle Reference
AR25
Fin Period Start Date
1 April 2024
Fin Period End Date
31 March 2025
Ar Due Date
31 January 2026
Ar Received Date
9 January 2026
Total Gross Income
£928,713
Total Gross Expenditure
£858,211
Grant Making Is Main Activity
Yes
Count Govt Contracts
3
Count Govt Grants
£0
Income From Government Contracts
160362
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
No
Trustee Receives Payments Services
No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit
No
Trustee Resigned Employment
No
Employees Salary Over 60k
No
Count Volunteers
54
Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
No
Fin Period Order Number
2
Ar Cycle Reference
AR24
Fin Period Start Date
1 April 2023
Fin Period End Date
31 March 2024
Ar Due Date
31 January 2025
Ar Received Date
20 December 2024
Total Gross Income
£624,187
Total Gross Expenditure
£732,313
Grant Making Is Main Activity
Yes
Count Govt Contracts
4
Count Govt Grants
£1
Income From Government Contracts
134965
Income From Government Grants
£9,918
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
No
Trustee Receives Payments Services
No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit
No
Trustee Resigned Employment
No
Employees Salary Over 60k
No
Count Volunteers
65
Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
No
Fin Period Order Number
3
Ar Cycle Reference
AR23
Fin Period Start Date
1 April 2022
Fin Period End Date
31 March 2023
Ar Due Date
31 January 2024
Ar Received Date
2 January 2024
Total Gross Income
£732,499
Total Gross Expenditure
£637,621
Grant Making Is Main Activity
Yes
Count Govt Contracts
0
Count Govt Grants
£0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
No
Trustee Receives Payments Services
No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit
No
Trustee Resigned Employment
No
Employees Salary Over 60k
No
Count Volunteers
65
Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
No
Fin Period Order Number
4
Ar Cycle Reference
AR22
Fin Period Start Date
1 April 2021
Fin Period End Date
31 March 2022
Ar Due Date
31 January 2023
Ar Received Date
30 January 2023
Total Gross Income
£557,699
Total Gross Expenditure
£547,396
Charity Raises Funds From Public
Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser
No
Charity Commercial Participator
No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
Yes
Count Govt Grants
£1
Income From Government Grants
£2,114
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
No
Trustee Resigned Employment
No
Employees Salary Over 60k
No
Count Volunteers
50
Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
No
Fin Period Order Number
5
Ar Cycle Reference
AR21
Fin Period Start Date
1 April 2020
Fin Period End Date
31 March 2021
Ar Due Date
31 January 2022
Ar Received Date
28 January 2022
Total Gross Income
£620,253
Total Gross Expenditure
£469,010
Charity Raises Funds From Public
Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser
No
Charity Commercial Participator
No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
Yes
Count Govt Contracts
1
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
Yes
Count Govt Grants
£1
Income From Government Contracts
43127
Income From Government Grants
£46,850
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
No
Trustee Resigned Employment
No
Employees Salary Over 60k
No
Count Volunteers
53

05 Official extract

Charity Annual Return Partb

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
Yes
Fin Period Order Number
1
Ar Cycle Reference
AR25
Fin Period Start Date
1 April 2024
Fin Period End Date
31 March 2025
Ar Due Date
31 January 2026
Ar Received Date
9 January 2026
Income Donations And Legacies
85472
Income Other Trading Activities
3835
Income Charitable Activities
160362
Income Investments
13340
Income Other
665704
Income Total Income And Endowments
928713
Income Legacies
0
Income Endowments
0
Expenditure Raising Funds
£15,375
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
£842,836
Expenditure Other
0
Expenditure Total
858211
Expenditure Investment Management
0
Expenditure Grants Institution
0
Expenditure Governance
0
Expenditure Support Costs
0
Expenditure Depreciation
1167
Gain Loss Investment
0
Gain Loss Pension Fund
0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
2219
Gain Loss Other
0
Reserves
£31,844
Assets Total Fixed
2219
Assets Own Use
2219
Assets Long Term Investment
0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
0
Assets Other Assets
£492,044
Assets Total Liabilities
£27,112
Assets Current Investment
157881
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
£467,151
Creditors One Year Total Current
27112
Creditors Falling Due After One Year
0
Assets Cash
£333,206
Funds Endowment
0
Funds Unrestricted
235938
Funds Restricted
231213
Funds Total
467151
Count Employees
32
Charity Only Accounts
Yes
Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
No
Fin Period Order Number
2
Ar Cycle Reference
AR24
Fin Period Start Date
1 April 2023
Fin Period End Date
31 March 2024
Ar Due Date
31 January 2025
Ar Received Date
20 December 2024
Income Donations And Legacies
84329
Income Other Trading Activities
0
Income Charitable Activities
132918
Income Investments
5429
Income Other
401511
Income Total Income And Endowments
624187
Income Legacies
0
Income Endowments
0
Expenditure Raising Funds
£15,989
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
£716,324
Expenditure Other
0
Expenditure Total
732313
Expenditure Investment Management
0
Expenditure Grants Institution
0
Expenditure Governance
3600
Expenditure Support Costs
69732
Expenditure Depreciation
116
Gain Loss Investment
0
Gain Loss Pension Fund
0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
230
Gain Loss Other
0
Reserves
£41,608
Assets Total Fixed
230
Assets Own Use
230
Assets Long Term Investment
0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
0
Assets Other Assets
£414,155
Assets Total Liabilities
£17,736
Assets Current Investment
0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
£396,649
Creditors One Year Total Current
17736
Creditors Falling Due After One Year
0
Assets Cash
£364,157
Funds Endowment
0
Funds Unrestricted
199064
Funds Restricted
197585
Funds Total
396649
Count Employees
25
Charity Only Accounts
Yes
Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
No
Fin Period Order Number
3
Ar Cycle Reference
AR23
Fin Period Start Date
1 April 2022
Fin Period End Date
31 March 2023
Ar Due Date
31 January 2024
Ar Received Date
2 January 2024
Income Donations And Legacies
650549
Income Other Trading Activities
0
Income Charitable Activities
76884
Income Investments
861
Income Other
4205
Income Total Income And Endowments
732499
Income Legacies
0
Income Endowments
0
Expenditure Raising Funds
£16,290
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
£621,331
Expenditure Other
0
Expenditure Total
637621
Expenditure Investment Management
0
Expenditure Grants Institution
0
Expenditure Governance
0
Expenditure Support Costs
0
Expenditure Depreciation
424
Gain Loss Investment
0
Gain Loss Pension Fund
0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
1
Gain Loss Other
0
Reserves
£23,194
Assets Total Fixed
1
Assets Own Use
1
Assets Long Term Investment
0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
0
Assets Other Assets
£539,905
Assets Total Liabilities
£35,131
Assets Current Investment
0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
£504,775
Creditors One Year Total Current
35131
Creditors Falling Due After One Year
0
Assets Cash
£511,285
Funds Endowment
0
Funds Unrestricted
224635
Funds Restricted
280140
Funds Total
504775
Count Employees
23
Charity Only Accounts
Yes
Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
No
Fin Period Order Number
4
Ar Cycle Reference
AR22
Fin Period Start Date
1 April 2021
Fin Period End Date
31 March 2022
Ar Due Date
31 January 2023
Ar Received Date
30 January 2023
Income Donations And Legacies
475798
Income Other Trading Activities
30
Income Charitable Activities
81828
Income Investments
43
Income Other
0
Income Total Income And Endowments
557699
Income Legacies
5000
Income Endowments
0
Expenditure Raising Funds
£4,298
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
£543,098
Expenditure Other
0
Expenditure Total
547396
Expenditure Investment Management
0
Expenditure Grants Institution
0
Expenditure Governance
3000
Expenditure Support Costs
0
Expenditure Depreciation
491
Gain Loss Investment
0
Gain Loss Pension Fund
0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
0
Gain Loss Other
0
Reserves
£37,758
Assets Total Fixed
425
Assets Own Use
425
Assets Long Term Investment
0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
0
Assets Other Assets
£418,334
Assets Total Liabilities
£8,862
Assets Current Investment
0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
£409,897
Creditors One Year Total Current
8862
Creditors Falling Due After One Year
0
Assets Cash
£392,027
Funds Endowment
0
Funds Unrestricted
215405
Funds Restricted
194492
Funds Total
409897
Count Employees
19
Charity Only Accounts
Yes
Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
No
Fin Period Order Number
5
Ar Cycle Reference
AR21
Fin Period Start Date
1 April 2020
Fin Period End Date
31 March 2021
Ar Due Date
31 January 2022
Ar Received Date
28 January 2022
Income Donations And Legacies
557294
Income Other Trading Activities
62760
Income Charitable Activities
0
Income Investments
209
Income Other
0
Income Total Income And Endowments
620263
Income Legacies
0
Income Endowments
0
Expenditure Raising Funds
£397,494
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
£71,516
Expenditure Other
0
Expenditure Total
469010
Expenditure Investment Management
0
Expenditure Grants Institution
0
Expenditure Governance
71516
Expenditure Support Costs
0
Expenditure Depreciation
2768
Gain Loss Investment
0
Gain Loss Pension Fund
0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
916
Gain Loss Other
0
Reserves
£90,000
Assets Total Fixed
916
Assets Own Use
916
Assets Long Term Investment
0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
0
Assets Other Assets
£408,631
Assets Total Liabilities
£9,953
Assets Current Investment
0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
£399,594
Creditors One Year Total Current
9953
Creditors Falling Due After One Year
0
Assets Cash
£252,774
Funds Endowment
0
Funds Unrestricted
143048
Funds Restricted
256546
Funds Total
399594
Count Employees
17
Charity Only Accounts
Yes

06 Official extract

Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type
Local Authority
Geographic Area Description
Kent
Welsh Ind
No

07 Official extract

Charity Classification

Classification Code
306
Classification Type
How
Classification Description
Provides Services
Classification Code
307
Classification Type
How
Classification Description
Provides Advocacy/advice/information
Classification Code
308
Classification Type
How
Classification Description
Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
Classification Code
309
Classification Type
How
Classification Description
Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
Classification Code
115
Classification Type
What
Classification Description
Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
Classification Code
102
Classification Type
What
Classification Description
Education/training
Classification Code
206
Classification Type
Who
Classification Description
Other Defined Groups

08 Official extract

Charity Event History

Charity Name
KENT REFUGEE ACTION NETWORK
Charity Event Order
1
Event Type
Standard registration
Date Of Event
2003-06-09T00:00:00
Charity Name
KENT REFUGEE ACTION NETWORK
Charity Event Order
2
Event Type
Asset transfer in
Date Of Event
2026-09-19T00:00:00
Reason
Removed by application
Assoc Organisation Number
5082725
Assoc Registered Charity Number
1167921
Assoc Charity Name
KENT KINDNESS

09 Official extract

Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 17 APRIL 2003 AS AMENDED 8 JUNE 2005 as amended on 18 Feb 2021 as amended on 01 Sep 2023
Charitable Objects
a. To support and relieve the needs of refugees, asylum seekers, displaced persons and ethnic minorities principally in Kent, particularly by (a) providing advice and information; (b) providing education and life skills training and (c) offering support for wellbeing. b. The promotion of human rights, through improving racial harmony, equality and diversity in our local communities by (a) using our position, experience and knowledge to amplify the voices of people with lived experience (b) promoting awareness, informing policy and influencing practice for public benefit and for the refugees and asylum seekers we seek to support and serve.
Area Of Benefit
KENT

10 Official extract

Charity Policy

Policy Name
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Policy Name
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Policy Name
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Policy Name
Paying staff
Policy Name
Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Policy Name
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Policy Name
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Policy Name
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Policy Name
Risk management
Policy Name
Complaints handling
Policy Name
Complaints policy and procedures
Policy Name
Conflicting interests
Policy Name
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Policy Name
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Policy Name
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Policy Name
Volunteer management
Policy Name
Social media policy and procedures