HOSTNATION

Registered charity 1180004 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Bespoke 1:1 befriending service for refugees, asylum seekers and migrants

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:1. THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AMONG THOSE WHO ARE REFUGEES, ASYLUM SEEKERS OR MIGRANTS WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED ON THE GROUNDS OF THEIR IMMIGRATION STATUS AND SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC POSITION BY PROVIDING:I) A LOCAL 1:1 BEFRIENDING SERVICE THAT OFFERS FRIENDSHIP, SOCIAL OPPORTUNITIES, COMMUNITY CONNECTION AND SUPPORT IN ORDER TO ADDRESS SOCIAL ISOLATION AMONGST ASYLUM SEEKERS, REFUGEES AND MIGRANTS.II) A SERVICE THAT FACILITATES INTER-CULTURAL RELATIONSHIPS TO HELP PREVENT THE SELF-EXCLUSION OF MIGRANT COMMUNITIES FROM THE WIDER COMMUNITY.III) INCREASED OPPORTUNITIES FOR SOCIAL INTEGRATION AND ENGAGEMENT IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY TO ENABLE ASYLUM SEEKERS, REFUGEES AND MIGRANTS TO POSITIVELY PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY.IV) INCREASED OPPORTUNITIES TO PRACTISE AND IMPROVE THE ENGLISH SKILLS OF ASYLUM SEEKERS, REFUGEES AND MIGRANTS IN COMMUNITIES IN THE UK THROUGH FRIENDSHIP WITH NATIVE ENGLISH SPEAKERS IN ORDER TO PROMOTE GREATER SOCIAL INTEGRATION.V) OPPORTUNITIES FOR POSITIVE ACTION BY CITIZENS TO CHANGE THE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT HAVE LED TO SOCIAL EXCLUSION AMONGST ASYLUM SEEKERS, REFUGEES AND MIGRANTS.2. THE PROMOTION OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AMONG THOSE WHO ARE ASYLUM SEEKERS, REFUGEES AND MIGRANTS WITH A VIEW TO TACKLING DISCRIMINATION, INEQUALITY AND SOCIAL DISADVANTAGE BY PROVIDING:I) CONNECTION AND RELATIONSHIPS WITH UK CITIZENS AND RESIDENTS WHO CAN TREAT THEM EQUALLY, IDENTIFY OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM AND HELP BUILD THEIR SENSE OF SELF-WORTH.II) MEANINGFUL SOCIAL INTERACTION AND INTER-CULTURAL RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN BRITISH CITIZENS AND ASYLUM SEEKERS, REFUGEES AND MIGRANTS IN ORDER TO ENCOURAGE GREATER SOCIAL COHESION AND CULTURAL DIVERSITY IN COMMUNITIES IN THE UKIII) A MEANS BY WHICH THE PUBLIC CAN ENGAGE WITH ASYLUM SEEKERS, REFUGEES AND MIGRANTS AS INDIVIDUALS AND PEOPLE WITH NEEDS, NOT SIMPLY STATISTICS.

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 · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Tower Hamlets, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a surplus of £7,735 and unrestricted cash reserves of £95,565, which exceeds the trustees' agreed minimum policy target of £30,000. However, the trustees note significant challenges in securing future funding, as several major grants have ended and competition for new grants is intense, placing the 'insufficient resources' risk on amber.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• 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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — HostNation (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Anni Heinrich
• Aoise Keogan-Nooshabadi
• Daniel Silverstone
• Dostyar Dost
• Gulsom Gohar
• Lucy Vidal
• Olivia Alice Petie

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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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ASYLUM AND REFUGEE COMMUNITY, BLACKBURN.

• ASYLUM AND REFUGEE COMMUNITY, BLACKBURN income £243k
• REFUGEES AT HOME income £924k
• Migrant Help income £69.8m
• BIRMINGHAM COMMUNITY HOSTING NETWORK income £93k
• MIGRANT ACTION income £338k
• FIRST CHOICE HOUSING income £913k

Side by side with its peers

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