ASYLUM AND REFUGEE COMMUNITY, BLACKBURN — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: CIO
Registered: 6 April 2020
Removed: Not supplied
Financial period: 1 September 2024 – 31 August 2025
Latest income: £243,098
Latest expenditure: £197,128
Gift Aid: No
Owns or uses land: No
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: Yes

Public contact address: Wesley Hall Methodist Church, Feilden Street, BLACKBURN, BB2 1LQ

Website recorded by the regulator: www.ARCProjectBlackburn.com (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

Help provided in various forms to those who are seeking asylum or have been granted refugee status so they can live productive lives in their new country of residence

03 Official extract

Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 1 September 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 August 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 30 June 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 15 June 2026
Date Accounts Received: 15 June 2026
Total Gross Income: £243,098
Total Gross Expenditure: £197,128

Fin Period Start Date: 1 September 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 August 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 30 June 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 7 June 2025
Date Accounts Received: 7 June 2025
Total Gross Income: £205,943
Total Gross Expenditure: £173,836

Fin Period Start Date: 1 September 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 August 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 30 June 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 22 May 2024
Date Accounts Received: 22 May 2024
Total Gross Income: £70,120
Total Gross Expenditure: £144,235

Fin Period Start Date: 1 September 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 August 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 30 June 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 9 March 2023
Date Accounts Received: 9 March 2023
Total Gross Income: £133,365
Total Gross Expenditure: £80,540

Fin Period Start Date: 6 April 2020
Fin Period End Date: 31 August 2021
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Reporting Due Date: 30 June 2022
Date Annual Return Received: 1 June 2022
Date Accounts Received: 1 June 2022
Total Gross Income: £154,450
Total Gross Expenditure: £137,704

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Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 1 September 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 August 2025
Ar Due Date: 30 June 2026
Ar Received Date: 15 June 2026
Total Gross Income: £243,098
Total Gross Expenditure: £197,128
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 1
Count Govt Grants: £0
Income From Government Contracts: 40000
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: Yes
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 41

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 September 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 August 2024
Ar Due Date: 30 June 2025
Ar Received Date: 7 June 2025
Total Gross Income: £205,943
Total Gross Expenditure: £173,836
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 2
Count Govt Grants: £0
Income From Government Contracts: 46973
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: 45

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 September 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 August 2023
Ar Due Date: 30 June 2024
Ar Received Date: 22 May 2024
Total Gross Income: £70,120
Total Gross Expenditure: £144,235
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
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: 45

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 September 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 August 2022
Ar Due Date: 30 June 2023
Ar Received Date: 9 March 2023
Total Gross Income: £133,365
Total Gross Expenditure: £80,540
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: Yes
Charity Agreement Professional Fundraiser: Yes
Charity Commercial Participator: No
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 35

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 6 April 2020
Fin Period End Date: 31 August 2021
Ar Due Date: 30 June 2022
Ar Received Date: 1 June 2022
Total Gross Income: £154,450
Total Gross Expenditure: £137,704
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: Yes
Charity Agreement Professional Fundraiser: Yes
Charity Commercial Participator: No
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: Yes
Count Govt Grants: £1
Income From Government Grants: £21,161
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 25

05 Official extract

Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Blackburn With Darwen
Welsh Ind: No

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Charity Classification

Classification Code: 307
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Advocacy/advice/information

Classification Code: 104
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Disability

Classification Code: 102
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Education/training

Classification Code: 105
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

Classification Code: 203
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: People With Disabilities

Classification Code: 201
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Children/young People

Classification Code: 107
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Accommodation/housing

Classification Code: 202
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Elderly/old People

Classification Code: 306
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Services

Classification Code: 309
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Classification Code: 301
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Makes Grants To Individuals

Classification Code: 305
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space

Classification Code: 116
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Recreation

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Charity Event History

Charity Name: ASYLUM AND REFUGEE COMMUNITY, BLACKBURN
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: CIO registration
Date Of Event: 2020-04-06T00:00:00

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Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 06 Apr 2020 as amended on 13 Sep 2021
Charitable Objects: 1. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING AND RELIEVE FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AMONGST THOSE SEEKING ASYLUM AND THOSE GRANTED REFUGEE STATUS AND THEIR DEPENDENTS, PRIMARILY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY WITHIN THE DISTRICT OF BLACKBURN WITH DARWEN, PARTICULARLY BY THE PROVISION OF CLASSES, SIGNPOSTING TO LEGAL AND OTHER ADVICE SO AS TO ADVANCE THEM IN LIFE AND ASSIST THEM TO ADAPT AND INTEGRATE WITHIN A NEW COMMUNITY.2. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL ABOUT THE ISSUES RELATING TO REFUGEES AND THOSE SEEKING ASYLUM.3. THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION 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, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES.4. TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF THOSE GRANTED REFUGEE STATUS OR SEEKING ASYLUM AND THEIR DEPENDENTS BY WHATEVER CHARITABLE MEANS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES THINK FIT.

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Charity Other Names

Charity Name Id: 628077
Charity Name Type: Working name
Charity Name: ARC (BLACKBURN)

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Charity Policy

Policy Name: Paying staff

Policy Name: Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Policy Name: Volunteer management

Policy Name: Risk management

Policy Name: Complaints policy and procedures

Policy Name: Financial reserves policy and procedures

Policy Name: Social media policy and procedures

Policy Name: Bullying and harassment policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures

Policy Name: Conflicting interests

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints handling

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries