FAMILY REFUGEE SUPPORT PROJECT

Registered charity 1098825 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FRSP

We work with parents and other adults who have suffered the traumatising effects of war, torture and displacement. Through our work with refugees and people seeking asylum, we seek to improve their life chances and their mental health and wellbeing. We provide therapy, often with horticulture. We also offer practical support with benefits, education and housing matters.

Objects

TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE MENTAL HEALTH OF REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS IN MERSEYSIDE WHO ARE SUFFERING THE EFFECTS OF EXILE AND PERSECUTION IN PARTICULAR ALTHOUGH NOT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH THE THERAPEUTIC USE OF HORTICULTURE.

Area of benefit: MERSEYSIDE

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Registered contact address: Liverpool, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit on revenue activities of £39,274 for the year ended 30 September 2025, resulting in a decrease in total reserves to £193,343. Despite the deficit, the trustees confirm that finances have been secure and free unrestricted liquid reserves increased to £129,656. The trustees are satisfied that the charity remains a going concern for a period in excess of twelve months.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• NHS — “An NHS commissioned service under the Ashton, Wigan and Leigh CCG for individual refugee and asylum seeking clients, offering long term ther…” (source page)
• Ashton, Wigan and Leigh CCG — “An NHS commissioned service under the Ashton, Wigan and Leigh CCG for individual refugee and asylum seeking clients, offering long term ther…” (source page)

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

• ERIC PETER FELLchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr HELEN MARGARET McKENDRICK
• Dr Kit Oi Chung
• Emily Ross · trustee of 1 other charity
• KAREN JONASON
• ROBERT LESLIE WAUGH
• Ruth Alice Buchanan

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Knowsley · Liverpool City · Sefton · Wigan · Wirral

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with REFUGEE ACTION.

• REFUGEE ACTION income £6.9m
• HUMANITY CONCERN PROJECTS income £83k
• ForRefugees income £567k
• REFUGEE SUPPORT EUROPE income £383k
• REFUGEES AT HOME income £924k
• REFUGEASE income £289k

Side by side with its peers

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