DOST CENTRE FOR YOUNG REFUGEES AND MIGRANTS

Registered charity 1173622 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Sports and social activities and one to one and group support for young refugees and migrants.

Objects

TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE, IN PARTICULAR MIGRANTS,REFUGEES AND THOSE SEEKING ASYLUM, BY PROVIDING INFORMATION AND ADVICE.TO ACT AS A RESOURCE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE UP TO THE AGE OF 25 LIVING IN THE UK BY PROVIDING ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE AND ORGANISING PROGRAMMES OF PHYSICAL, EDUCATIONAL AND OTHER ACTIVITIES AS A MEANS OF ADVANCING IN LIFE AND HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE BY DEVELOPING THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS INDEPENDENT, MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS.TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL ABOUT THE ISSUES RELATING TO MIGRANTS, ESPECIALLY REFUGEES AND THOSE SEEKING ASYLUM.TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF YOUNG MIGRANTS, ESPECIALLY THOSE SEEKING ASYLUM.THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AMONG PEOPLE WHO ARE REFUGEES, ASYLUM SEEKERS AND MIGRANTS WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED ON THE GROUNDS OF THEIR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC POSITION, BY PROVIDING SOCIAL AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES AND EVENTS INVOLVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITY.

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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Latest income
£77k
Latest spending
£100k
Registered
2017
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity is in a position of financial security despite income being considerably less than the previous year. Reserves at year-end were £92,802, comprising £72,905 in unrestricted funds, which the trustees note are used to provide short-term protection against revenue fluctuations. The charity does not hold any endowment or guarantor funding and must raise all income annually.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: short term protection against downward fluctuations in annual revenues (held: £73k)
“Dost's reserves policy balances the need to build up long term reserves against the need for short term spending on core activities. The Charity's reserves exist to provide short term protection against downward fluctuations in annual revenues.” — page 50
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£77k£100k
31/03/2024£155k£104k
31/03/2023£109k£118k
31/03/2022£83k£80k
31/03/2021£75k£56k

Common questions

Is DOST CENTRE FOR YOUNG REFUGEES AND MIGRANTS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity is in a position of financial security despite income being considerably less than the previous year. Reserves at year-end were £92,802, comprising £72,905 in unrestricted funds, which the trustees note are used to provide short-term protection against revenue fluctuations. The charity does not hold any endowment or guarantor funding and must raise all income annually. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund07/07/2023£10kDost Centre for Young Refugees and Migrants
Greater London Authority01/11/2020£5kSport Project for Young Refugees
UK government28/02/2020£5kUK Youth Fund YAF