01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- Submission Received
- Charity type
- CIO
- Registered
- 4 February 2025
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Financial period
- 4 February 2025 – 30 March 2026
- Latest income
- £28,897
- Latest expenditure
- £15,220
- Gift Aid
- Yes
- Owns or uses land
- No
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- Yes
Public contact address: The Old Post Office, 1533 Pershore Road, Birmingham, B30 2JH
Website recorded by the regulator: https://journeylgbtasylumgroup.co.uk (displayed as text)
02 Activities
What the charity does
The Journey LGBT Asylum Group is a support group for asylum seekers and refugees in the West Midlands. We are based in Birmingham and offer our members a range of support, group meetings, social activities, one to one support, advocacy and awareness raising about the issues faced by our members. We also have a buddy scheme, a peer support scheme to enhance our support offer to new members.
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Charity Annual Return History
- Fin Period Start Date
- 4 February 2025
- Fin Period End Date
- 30 March 2026
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR26
- Reporting Due Date
- 30 January 2027
- Date Annual Return Received
- 1 September 2026
- Date Accounts Received
- 1 September 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £28,897
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £15,220
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Charity Annual Return Parta
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR26
- Fin Period Start Date
- 4 February 2025
- Fin Period End Date
- 30 March 2026
- Ar Due Date
- 30 January 2027
- Ar Received Date
- 1 September 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £28,897
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £15,220
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Grants
- £1
- Income From Government Grants
- £7,420
- 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
- 15
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Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Birmingham City
- Parent Geographic Area Type
- Metropolitan Counties
- Parent Geographic Area Description
- West Midlands
- Welsh Ind
- No
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Charity Classification
- Classification Code
- 101
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- General Charitable Purposes
- Classification Code
- 307
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Classification Code
- 306
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Services
- Classification Code
- 204
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
- Classification Code
- 115
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
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Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- JOURNEY LGBT+ ASYLUM GROUP
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- CIO registration
- Date Of Event
- 2025-02-04T00:00:00
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Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 04 Feb 2025
- Charitable Objects
- THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:1. TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF LGBT+ ASYLUM SEEKERS AND THOSE GRANTED REFUGEE STATUS AND THEIR DEPENDANTS IN THE WEST MIDLANDS IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY: (I) CREATING SAFE AND WELCOMING SPACES FOR CONNECTION AND COMMUNITY, (II) PROVIDING BEFRIENDING, MENTORING AND ONE-TO-ONE SUPPORT, (III) COORDINATING GROUP ACTIVITIES AND IMPROVING ACCESS TO COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES TO FACILITATE INTEGRATION, (IV) PROVIDING SUPPORT, INFORMATION AND SIGNPOSTING THROUGH THE ASYLUM PROCESS AND BEYOND.2. TO ADVANCE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL ABOUT THE ISSUES RELATING TO LGBT+ ASYLUM SEEKERS AND REFUGEES.
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Charity Policy
- Policy Name
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Volunteer management
- Policy Name
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Policy Name
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Complaints handling
- Policy Name
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures