SOUTHWARK DAY CENTRE FOR ASYLUM SEEKERS

Registered charity 1143912 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SDCAS

SDCAS seeks to help relieve poverty & distress, & to promote health & further education for asylum seekers & refugees. We aim to provide a wide range of holistic services which support, promote & secure the rights of asylum seekers & refugees in the London Borough of Southwark. Current services include ESOL classes, advice sessions, counselling, & a range of creative & therapeutic activities.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £151,302 for the year, causing unrestricted reserves to deplete from £520,720 to £305,396. While the trustees note that current unrestricted reserves remain above their calculated target of £254,211, they warn that reserves are depleting fast and may reach minimum requirements by the end of the next financial year. Consequently, the charity has embarked on a cost-saving exercise and launched a fundraising campaign to maintain operations amid reduced funding streams.

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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Southwark Day Centre for Asylum Seekers (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2023)

Reported reserves equal ~13.6 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (13/02/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (21/03/2013) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Chun Hei Lau
• Gay Barry
• Mariane Victoria Lisboa De Paula
• Ojie Sarah Ajoke
• SIMON TAYLOR
• Sally Inman
• Shayane Lacey
• Tod Heyda

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

Operates in: Southwark

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).