NNLS DESTITUTE ASYLUM SEEKERS DROP IN

Registered charity 1177599 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

A Drop In service event held at London school on first Sunday of every month where it seeks to help relieve hardship amongst those seeking asylum and those granted or refused refugee status, particularly by the provision of some financial support, social support, friendship, food, clothing, furniture and equipment, interpreting, translating, advocacy, legal advice, immigration advice and advocacy.

Objects

(1) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, PRESERVATION OF HEALTH, ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF REFUGEES, ASYLUM SEEKERS AND THEIR DEPENDANTS IN THE UK BY THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL SUPPORT, FOOD, CLOTHING, FURNITURE AND EQUIPMENT, INTERPRETING, TRANSLATING, ADVOCACY, LEGAL ADVICE, IMMIGRATION ADVICE, MEDICAL ASSISTANCE, HOUSING AND OTHER ADVICE AND SUPPORT AS THE TRUSTEE SEE FIT. (2) TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST WITH THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME ACTIVITY FOR REFUGEES, ASYLUM SEEKERS AND THEIR DEPENDANTS WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE AND ASSISTING THEIR INCLUSION INTO THE WIDER COMMUNITY, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF A DROP-IN CENTRE.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net deficit of £84,024 for the year, reducing its unrestricted reserves from £265,939 to £181,915. The trustees confirm that the remaining reserves are sufficient to maintain current activity levels despite the deficit. The charity remains dependent on donations and has adopted the going concern basis, expressing reasonable expectation of continued operational existence.

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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — NNLS Destitute Asylum Seekers Drop in (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• IAN KARETchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Catherine Thome
• Charles Gluckman
• James Edward Elliott
• Jocelyn Meira Blumberg
• Jonathan Michael Lachmann
• Madeleine Forster
• Michael Henry Samuel Leifer
• Roma Felstein

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

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Known funders

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