DERBYSHIRE REFUGEE SOLIDARITY

Registered charity 1179384 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as Derbyshire Refugee Solidarity ( previously DE Solidarity )

Supporting refugees and asylum seekers in Derbyshire and overseasThe relief and assistance of refugees and those seeking asylum in any part of the world who are the victims of war or natural disaster, trouble, or catastrophe in particular by the supply of aid to such persons through providing: grants, items and services to individuals in need and/or charities and organisations with shared aims

Objects

1. THE RELIEF AND ASSISTANCE OF REFUGEES AND THOSE SEEKING ASYLUM IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD WHO ARE THE VICTIMS OF WAR OR NATURAL DISASTER, TROUBLE, OR CATASTROPHE IN PARTICULAR BY THE SUPPLY OF AID TO SUCH PERSONS THROUGH PROVIDING: GRANTS, ITEMS AND SERVICES TO CHARITIES AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS WITH SIMILAR OBJECTIVES.2. THE RELIEF AND ASSISTANCE OF ASYLUM SEEKERS AND REFUGEES AND THEIR DEPENDENTS LIVING (TEMPORARILY OR PERMANENTLY) IN DERBY AND DERBYSHIRE BY PROVIDING ITEMS, SERVICES AND PRACTICAL SUPPORT.3. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL ABOUT ISSUES RELATING TO REFUGEES AND THOSE SEEKING ASYLUM BY PROMOTING AND PROVIDING ACTIVITIES WHICH FOSTER UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN PEOPLE FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS.

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 · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Derby, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's reserves policy is to maintain approximately £2,000 to cover main overheads for one year, with any surplus cash donated to other refugee organizations. Per the trustees' report, the charity generated £65,043 in total receipts against £61,319 in expenses, resulting in a net positive cash flow for the period. The filing confirms there are no financial investments and no funds materially in deficit.

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

What the accounts disclose

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
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Derbyshire Refugee Solidarity (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• The National Lottery community fund — “MASSIVE thanks to @TNLCommunityFund for their generous £7000 to help improve our Education provision, to Charlie Stevens for writing the suc…” (source page)
• Foundation Derbyshire — “WE ARE HUGELY GRATEFUL TO FOUNDATION DERBYSHIRE FOR AWARDING US A GRANT TO HELP US DEVELOP AS A CHARITY, BOTH IN 2018 AND 2019! IN JUNE 2020…” (source page)

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Aso Gabare
• Charles Robert West Stevens
• Coral Jane MacDonnell
• Steven John Cooke
• Taran Cheema

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

Operates in: Derby City · Derbyshire

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Charities like this

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

• REFUGEES WELCOME income £39k
• REFUGEE RESOURCE income £631k
• REFUGEES AT HOME income £924k
• SHROPSHIRE SUPPORTS REFUGEES income £474k
• DERBYSHIRE VOLUNTARY ACTION income £691k
• REFUGEES IN EFFECTIVE AND ACTIVE PARTNERSHIP income £84k

Side by side with its peers

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