NAPIER FRIENDS — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received Late
Charity type: CIO
Registered: 18 February 2022
Removed: Not supplied
Financial period: 1 April 2024 – 31 March 2025
Latest income: £80,338
Latest expenditure: £100,418
Gift Aid: No
Owns or uses land: No
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: Yes

Public contact address: Napier Friends, The Workshop, 32-40 Tontine Street, FOLKESTONE, Kent, CT20 1JU

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

02 Activities

What the charity does

We support refugees and people seeking asylum to settle into the local community in East Kent. We build links between refugees, people seeking asylum and other local people, and nurture a supportive and empowering community for people to understand and integrate into British society.

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: 17 February 2026
Date Accounts Received: 26 June 2026
Total Gross Income: £80,338
Total Gross Expenditure: £100,418

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: 24 January 2025
Date Accounts Received: 24 January 2025
Total Gross Income: £65,609
Total Gross Expenditure: £51,161

Fin Period Start Date: 18 February 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 2 November 2023
Date Accounts Received: 2 November 2023
Total Gross Income: £34,989
Total Gross Expenditure: £24,848

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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: 17 February 2026
Total Gross Income: £80,338
Total Gross Expenditure: £100,418
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: 65

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: 24 January 2025
Total Gross Income: £65,609
Total Gross Expenditure: £51,161
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £1
Income From Government Grants: £300
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: 150

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 18 February 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2023
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2024
Ar Received Date: 2 November 2023
Total Gross Income: £34,989
Total Gross Expenditure: £24,848
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: 145

05 Official extract

Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Region
Geographic Area Description: Throughout England And Wales
Welsh Ind: No

06 Official extract

Charity Classification

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

Classification Code: 113
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Economic/community Development/employment

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

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

07 Official extract

Charity Event History

Charity Name: NAPIER FRIENDS
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

Charity Name: NAPIER FRIENDS
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: CIO registration
Date Of Event: 2022-02-18T00:00:00

08 Official extract

Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 18 Feb 2022
Charitable Objects: THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:TO PROVIDE RELIEF TO ASYLUM SEEKERS WHO ARE IN NEED AND HAVE BEEN ACCOMMODATED AT NAPIER BARRACKS OR OTHER INSTITUTIONAL ASYLUM ACCOMMODATION THROUGH THE PROVISION OF A SUPPORT NETWORK TO PROVIDE EDUCATION, VOLUNTEERING OPPORTUNITIES AND SUCH OTHER SUPPORT AND SERVICES AS THE TRUSTEES DEEM APPROPRIATE IN ORDER TO ADVANCE THEM IN LIFE AND ASSIST THEM WITH THE ADAPTION WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.NOTHING IN THIS CONSTITUTION SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CIO FOR THE PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005 AND SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008.

09 Official extract

Charity Policy

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Policy Name: Complaints handling

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures

Policy Name: Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal risk management policy and procedures

Policy Name: Risk management

Policy Name: Complaints policy and procedures

Policy Name: Volunteer management

Policy Name: Social media policy and procedures

Policy Name: Paying staff

Policy Name: Financial reserves policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Policy Name: Bullying and harassment policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures