BRIDPORT REFUGEE SUPPORT CAMPAIGN — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: CIO
Registered: 29 October 2020
Removed: Not supplied
Financial period: 1 April 2024 – 31 March 2025
Latest income: £28,539
Latest expenditure: £27,456
Gift Aid: Yes
Owns or uses land: No
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: Yes

Public contact address: 6 NEW ZEALAND FARM CLOSE, BRIDPORT, DORSET, DT6 3FR

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

02 Activities

What the charity does

Supporting refugees and their dependents in Bridport and the surrounding area in West Dorset, including those resettled under the Government's Community Sponsorship scheme. This includes securing housing, helping refugees to access services and providing such other support as is needed to help refugees to integrate into the community. Advancing public understanding of issues facing refugees.

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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: 26 January 2026
Date Accounts Received: 26 January 2026
Total Gross Income: £28,539
Total Gross Expenditure: £27,456

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: 21 January 2025
Date Accounts Received: 21 January 2025
Total Gross Income: £4,271
Total Gross Expenditure: £4,597

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: 16 January 2024
Date Accounts Received: 16 January 2024
Total Gross Income: £8,163
Total Gross Expenditure: £7,504

Fin Period Start Date: 29 October 2020
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 19 January 2023
Date Accounts Received: 19 January 2023
Total Gross Income: £33,802
Total Gross Expenditure: £17,220

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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 April 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2025
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2026
Ar Received Date: 26 January 2026
Total Gross Income: £28,539
Total Gross Expenditure: £27,456
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
Count Volunteers: 20

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: 21 January 2025
Total Gross Income: £4,271
Total Gross Expenditure: £4,597
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
Count Volunteers: 9

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: 16 January 2024
Total Gross Income: £8,163
Total Gross Expenditure: £7,504
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £1
Income From Government Grants: £1,700
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
Count Volunteers: 17

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 29 October 2020
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2022
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2023
Ar Received Date: 19 January 2023
Total Gross Income: £33,802
Total Gross Expenditure: £17,220
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: £500
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 14

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Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Dorset
Welsh Ind: No

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Charity Classification

Classification Code: 206
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Other Defined Groups

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

Classification Code: 115
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity

Classification Code: 101
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: General Charitable Purposes

Classification Code: 207
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: The General Public/mankind

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

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

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Charity Event History

Charity Name: BRIDPORT REFUGEE SUPPORT CAMPAIGN
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: CIO registration
Date Of Event: 2020-10-29T00:00:00

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Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 29 Oct 2020
Charitable Objects: THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:(1)TO RELIEVE ?NANCIAL OR OTHER HARDSHIP AMONGST THOSE SEEKING ASYLUM AND THOSE GRANTED REFUGEE STATUS AND THEIR DEPENDANTS, IN PARTICULAR THOSE LIVING (TEMPORARILY OR PERMANENTLY) IN BRIDPORT AND THE SURROUNDING AREA WITHIN WEST DORSET, BY PROVIDING HOUSING, ADVICE AND PRACTICAL SUPPORT (INCLUDING GRANTS OR LOANS) TO MEET IDENTI?ED NEEDS. AND, IN RELATION TO THOSE PEOPLE AS ARE MENTIONED IN SUB-CLAUSE (1) OF THIS CLAUSE:(A) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF THOSE IN NEED THEREOF SO AS TO ADVANCE THEM IN LIFE AND ASSIST THEM TO ADAPT WITHIN A NEW COMMUNITY.(B) TO RELIEVE UNEMPLOYMENT BY THE PROVISION OF VOCATIONAL AND SKILLS TRAINING, ADVICE AND SUPPORT.(C) TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH.(D) TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENE?T AMONGST THOSE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED ON THE GROUNDS OF THEIR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC POSITION, BY PROVIDING EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND BY ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY.(E) TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE ME OCCUPATION WITH THE AIM OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THOSE WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, IN?RMITY OR DISABLEMENT, ?NANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES.(F) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION (INCLUDING THROUGH CULTURAL ACTIVITIES) OF THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL, AND FOR THE PUBLIC BENE?T, ABOUT ISSUES RELATING TO THOSE SEEKING ASYLUM AND THOSE GRANTED REFUGEE STATUS AND THEIR DEPENDANTS.

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Charity Other Names

Charity Name Id: 635093
Charity Name Type: Working name
Charity Name: BRSC

Charity Name Id: 635095
Charity Name Type: Working name
Charity Name: BRIDPORT RSG

Charity Name Id: 635092
Charity Name Type: Working name
Charity Name: BRIDPORT RSC

Charity Name Id: 635094
Charity Name Type: Working name
Charity Name: BRIDPORT REFUGEE SUPPORT GROUP (THIS IS THE ORIGINAL NAME OF THE ORGANISATION)

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Charity Policy

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints handling

Policy Name: Complaints policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures