ENTRAIDE (MUTUAL AID)

Registered charity 1142919 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ENTRAIDE

Entraide (Mutual Aid) supports asylum seekers and refugees in Solihull and the West Midlands. We help them to access benefits, housing, education, training and employment as well as providing befriending and other social activities. We also work to reduce poverty in Africa (especially in Dem Rep of Congo) in the fields of education, health, livelihoods, agriculture, etc.

Objects

(1) TO RELIEVE POVERTY, SICKNESS, DISTRESS, UNEMPLOYMENT AND FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AMONG REFUGEES, ASYLUM SEEKERS, MIGRANT WORKERS AND THEIR DEPENDANTS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, ESPECIALLY THOSE LIVING IN SOLIHULL AND THE SURROUNDING AREA, BY PROVIDING ADVOCACY, SUPPORT, TRAINING, INTERPRETING, TRANSLATING AND ADVICE ON HEALTH, WELFARE BENEFITS, HOUSING, DEBT, EDUCATION, TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT, ETC. (2) TO PROMOTE THE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AMONG PEOPLE WHO ARE REFUGEES, ASYLUM SEEKERS AND MIGRANT WORKERS AND THEIR DEPENDANTS WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED ON THE GROUNDS OF THEIR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC POSITION, BY PROVIDING TRAINING IN VOCATIONAL SKILLS, SOCIAL AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES AND EVENTS INVOLVING THE COMMUNITY AND BY ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY. (3) TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY IN AFRICA AND PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY: (A) PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION, TRAINING, HEALTHCARE, INFRASTRUCTURE OR OTHER PROJECTS AND ALL THE NECESSARY SUPPORT DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE IN SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES OF AFRICA AND ENABLE INDIVIDUALS TO GENERATE A SUSTAINABLE INCOME AND BE SELF-SUFFICIENT; (B) UNDERTAKING RESEARCH INTO FACTORS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO POVERTY AND THE MOST APPROPRIATE WAYS TO MITIGATE THESE; (C) THE PRESERVATION, CONSERVATION AND THE PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE PRUDENT USE OF RESOURCES AND (D) THE PROMOTION OF SUSTAINABLE MEANS OF ACHIEVING ECONOMIC GROWTH AND REGENERATION. BY SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, WE MEAN DEVELOPMENT WHICH MEETS THE NEEDS OF THE PRESENT WITHOUT COMPROMISING THE ABILITY OF FUTURE GENERATIONS TO MEET THEIR OWN NEEDS. (4) SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL DETERMINE.

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 · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Solihull, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £74,966 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total funds of £390,208. Per the trustees' report, the organization has secured extended funding from Solihull Council and joined the Migrant Help commissioning framework, which the trustees believe provides additional resources and increases financial sustainability.

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What the accounts disclose

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Policies the charity declares

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• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

• FELIX KUPAYchair
• Helen Guizani
• Sophia Nasreisfahany
• Thenain Coulibaly

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

Operates in: Congo (Democratic Republic) · Throughout England And Wales

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with TONBRIDGE WELCOMES REFUGEES.

• TONBRIDGE WELCOMES REFUGEES income £11k
• Integration Support income £345k
• MIGRATEFUL income £1.2m
• MIDLAND INTERNATIONAL AID TRUST (UK) income £977k
• CENTRAL AFRICA REFUGEE LINK, WEST MIDLANDS income £113k
• WELCOME income £931k

Side by side with its peers

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