TONBRIDGE WELCOMES REFUGEES

Registered charity 1173758 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We support refugees and their dependents, or those seeking asylum, in Kent, by the relief of financial hardship, befriending, assisting with English language learning, and generally helping them to adapt within a new community. We also aim to advance the education of the public about the rights and needs of refugees and asylum seekers through outreach work.

Objects

THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS ARE:1) FOR THE RELIEF OF THOSE GRANTED REFUGEE STATUS AND THEIR DEPENDENTS, OR THOSE SEEKING ASYLUM (TEMPORARILY OR PERMANENTLY) IN KENT:• THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP;• THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF THEIR PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH;• THE ADVANCEMENT OF THEIR EDUCATION AND TRAINING SO AS TO ADVANCE THEM IN LIFE AND ASSIST THEM TO ADAPT WITHIN A NEW COMMUNITY.2) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL ABOUT THE RIGHTS AND NEEDS OF REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS.

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: Tonbridge and Malling, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported total income of £29,802 and total expenditure of £23,774 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a surplus. The trustees note that the charity remains viable but faces sustainability risks due to a lack of new refugee arrivals and a high burden on remaining trustees, prompting a strategic shift in activities.

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 5 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.

• Complaints handling
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• 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

• Kefaia Alfahsi
• Lee Robert Mead
• Sarah Veronica Pratten

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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

• UK WELCOMES REFUGEES income £256k
• Migrant Help income £69.8m
• REFUGEES AT HOME income £924k
• KENT REFUGEE ACTION NETWORK income £929k
• WELCOME CHURCHES income £321k
• WELSH REFUGEE COUNCIL income £1.9m

Side by side with its peers

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