THE HARBOUR PROJECT FOR SWINDON REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS

Registered charity 1171368 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To provide relief for asylum seekers and refugees and their dependants who are in conditions of hardship or distress;To preserve and protect the physical and mental health of such people;To provide facilities for such people for education, recreation or other leisure time occupation with the object of improving their conditions of life and assisting their inclusion into the wider community

Causes: Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£424k

Latest spending

£409k

Registered

2017

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £204,203, which is above the stated policy target of holding reserves for a minimum of six months. The charity reported a net surplus of £14,858 for the year and confirmed it is continuing as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none

“Anonymous/other grants 97,016” — page 12

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £204k)

“The trustees’ policy is to hold reserves at an appropriate level to continue core activities for a minimum of six months and a maximum of 12” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

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

Register events

Received assets from another charity (20/04/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (10/01/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (27/04/2018) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Emma Charlotte Grahamchair
Abdulaziz Gulay
DAVID MICHAEL ROWLANDS
Dr Mari Elen Wyn Williams
Farzin Rahmini-Shirazi
Gurpreet Nijjar
Hadiza Saddik Mahuta
IAN WEIR ROBERTSON · trustee of 1 other charity
Julie Linter

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

Operates in: Swindon

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£424k	£409k
31/03/2024	£355k	£340k
31/03/2023	£341k	£321k
31/03/2022	£335k	£297k
31/03/2021	£272k	£262k

Common questions

Is THE HARBOUR PROJECT FOR SWINDON REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £204,203, which is above the stated policy target of holding reserves for a minimum of six months. The charity reported a net surplus of £14,858 for the year and confirmed it is continuing as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THE HARBOUR PROJECT FOR SWINDON REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE HARBOUR PROJECT FOR SWINDON REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS as a grant recipient include COLEFAX CHARITABLE TRUST, THE A B CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
COLEFAX CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£45k
THE A B CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£15k	Migrants and Refugees

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
A B Charitable Trust	16/10/2025	£30k	A grant to The Harbour Project
The National Lottery Community Fund	09/05/2024	£13k	Football Sessions
A B Charitable Trust	21/04/2022	£15k	A grant to The Harbour Project for Swindon Refugees and Asylum Seekers
The National Lottery Community Fund	20/04/2022	£198k	Advice and support for Asylum Seekers and Refugees in Swindon
Barrow Cadbury Trust	30/09/2020	£20k	COVID-19 - The Harbour Project
A B Charitable Trust	26/06/2015	£10k	Support for refugees and asylum seekers
The National Lottery Community Fund	12/10/2011	£197k	Advisory and Community Support Project
The National Lottery Community Fund	15/03/2005	£84k	Drop-In Centre