Refugee Women Connect

Registered charity 1113574 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MERSEYSIDE ASYLUM SEEKERS AND REFUGEES PRE AND POST-NATAL SUPPORT GROUP

Refugee Women Connect, previously known as MRANG, is set up to support women asylum-seekers, refugees and survivors of trafficking. We run an extensive outreach programme with weekly drop-ins where women can access a range of emotional and practical support and activities. We run an additional support group for perinatal women and a self-esteem support group. We also offer one-to-one casework.

Objects

1. TO RELIEVE POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS AMONGST PRE AND POST-NATAL ASYLUM SEEKERS AND REFUGEES AND THEIR FAMILIES, PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF ADVICE, REPRESENTATION, ADVOCACY AND OTHER SUCH SERVICES AS THE GROUP SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE.2. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC, OTHER STATUTORY AND VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND ASYLUM SEEKERS IN ORDER TO ASSIST THEIR INCLUSION INTO THE WIDER COMMUNITY.3. TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF EDUCATIONAL, RECREATIONAL AND SUPPORT FACILITIES FOR PRE AND POST-NATAL ASYLUM SEEKERS AND REFUGEES AND THEIR FAMILIES.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE MERSEYSIDE.

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

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 generated a surplus of £116,997 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total reserves of £355,691. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted free reserves of £215,335 exceed the stated policy target of covering four months' running costs and other commitments. The trustees confirm adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• 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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Refugee Women Connect (matched by registered charity number).

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~6.5 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (89% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• PHILOMENE UWAMALIYAchair · trustee of 4 other charities
• Paul Joseph Lynott
• Philomena Harrison · trustee of 2 other charities
• Sarah Goodwin · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Halton · Knowsley · Liverpool City · Sefton · St Helens · Warrington

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MIGRANTS' RIGHTS NETWORK.

• MIGRANTS' RIGHTS NETWORK income £374k
• REFUGE income £32.0m
• RECONNECT income £123k
• WHAG income £3.7m
• WOMEN FOR REFUGEE WOMEN income £771k
• THE WOMEN & FAMILIES RESOURCE CENTRE income £85k

Side by side with its peers

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