SEVENOAKS WELCOMES REFUGEES

Registered charity 1184120 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Sevenoaks Welcomes Refugees welcomes and supports refugees and those seeking refugee status, in the Sevenoaks area.

Objects

1. The relief of financial hardship amongst those granted and seeking refugee statusand their dependents living (temporarily or permanently) in Sevenoaks and thesurrounding area, and previous beneficiaries who remain in need of support.2. To advance the education and training of those granted and seeking refugee statusand their dependents, and previous beneficiaries in need thereof, so as to advance them in life and assist them to adapt within a new community.3. To advance the education of the public in general, including landlords and localauthorities, on the issues relating to refugees and those seeking asylum4. The provision of facilities for recreation or other leisure time occupation with theobject of improving the conditions of life of those granted and seeking refugee status who have need of such facilities by reason of their youth, age, infirmity or disablement, financial hardship or social and economic circumstances5. To develop the capacity and skills of the members of the socially and economicallydisadvantaged refugee community and those seeking refugees status within Sevenoaks and the surrounding area, and previous beneficiaries who remain in need of support, in such a way that they are better able to participate more fully in society including through gainful employment.

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: Sevenoaks, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds total net assets of £24,823.90 as of 31 March 2026, comprising current year earnings of £1,496.89 and retained earnings of £23,327.01. The filing confirms that the accounting records were kept in accordance with the Charities Act and that the accounts comply with applicable regulations, with no material matters coming to the examiner's attention.

Automated summary of the FY2026 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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest 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.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2023 (received 28/03/2024, 57 days after the 31/01/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Sevenoaks Welcomes Refugees (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrew Phillip Cates
• Christine Salmon Percival
• David Michael Skinner
• Gayathri Palaniappan Rajarathinam
• Tim James Williams · trustee of 1 other charity
• William George Donald Fleming

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

Operates in: Kent

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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
• Herts Welcomes Refugees income £156k
• TONBRIDGE WELCOMES REFUGEES income £11k
• REFUGEES AT HOME income £924k
• THE SEVENOAKS ALMSHOUSE CHARITY income £230k
• Refugee Education UK income £1.6m

Side by side with its peers

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