REFUGEE ADVOCACY, INFORMATION AND SUPPORT, LANCASTER (RAIS)

Registered charity 1193811 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We provide advocacy, information and support to refugees and asylum seekers in the Lancaster and Morecambe area.

Objects

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE RELIEF AND ASSISTANCE OF PEOPLE IN NEED IN THE LANCASTER AND MORECAMBE AREA, BY REASON OF THEIR STATUS AS ASYLUM SEEKERS OR REFUGEES, AND THEIR DEPENDANTS, PRINCIPALLY BY PROVIDING ADVOCACY, ADVICE AND SUPPORT.

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

Causes: Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £20,637 at the year end, exceeding the stated policy target of £7,000. The charity reported a surplus for the year, with income of £115,068 against expenses of £66,845. The trustees have a plan to further double the reserves over the next twelve months.

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
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — REFUGEE ADVOCACY, INFORMATION AND SUPPORT, LANCASTER (RAIS) (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Matthew MacDonaldchair
• Anas Radwan Allababedy
• Andrew Nicholson · trustee of 1 other charity
• Jennifer Maclennan · trustee of 1 other charity
• John Chell

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

Operates in: Lancashire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Refugee Support Group.

• Refugee Support Group income £973k
• THE RAISE UP FOUNDATION income £108k
• POSITIVE ACTION FOR REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS income £688k
• RESET COMMUNITIES AND REFUGEES LTD income £504k
• R.I.S.E. (REFUGE, INFORMATION, SUPPORT AND EDUCATION) income £907k
• REFUGEE ACTION KINGSTON income £580k

Side by side with its peers

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