Beyond Detention

Registered charity 1143160 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as YARL'S WOOD BEFRIENDERS, YWB

We visit those held in Yarl's Wood IRC aiming to affirm human dignity and restore self-esteem by listening and offering befriending support.

Objects

The Charity’s objects are specifically restricted to the charitable relief of those detained in, and who have left, Yarl’s Wood Immigration Removal Centre (YWIRC).

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: Bedford, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted funds of £91,689 at the end of the financial year, which exceeds its stated reserves policy target of £72,000. The trustees confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, adopting the going concern basis of accounting.

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 4 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
• 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)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Beyond Detention (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• KINGA SIMONY
• Kristen Hope Burchill
• Robina Pelham Burn · trustee of 1 other charity
• Sarah Grahame
• Stella Maureen Shyanguya
• Wozani Chida

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

Operates in: Bedford · Central Bedfordshire

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CENTRE FOR SPIRITUALITY AND CULTURAL ADVANCEMENT.

• CENTRE FOR SPIRITUALITY AND CULTURAL ADVANCEMENT income £47k
• Human Rights Protection Fund income £441k
• BELBROUGHTON RECREATION CENTRE income £32k
• CENTRE FOR ANIMALS AND SOCIAL JUSTICE income £162k
• BEYOND LIMITS income £193k
• TAILS ANIMAL RESCUE income £24k

Side by side with its peers

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