CHELTENHAM WELCOMES REFUGEES

Registered charity 1195256 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CWR

CWR is a volunteer-led charity making sure refugee families and asylum seekers in Cheltenham are supported from the moment they move in. We work to raise awareness and understanding of the issues faced by refugees in the UK and throughout the world. We also arrange community events and host a weekly support hub for for those seeking asylum to access support, advice and a sense of community.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARETO PROVIDE RELIEF TO REFUGEES AND THEIR DEPENDANTS AND ASYLUM SEEKERS AND THEIR DEPENDANTS, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THOSE COMING TO THE CHELTENHAM AREA BY THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT SERVICES SO AS TO ADVANCE THEM IN LIFE AND ASSIST THEM WITH THE ADAPTION WITHIN A NEW COMMUNITY, WITH THE OBJECTS OF: • PRESERVING AND PROTECTING THEIR PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH;• ADVANCING THEIR EDUCATION AND TRAINING AND TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL ABOUT THE ISSUES RELATING TO REFUGEES AND THOSE SEEKING ASYLUM;• RELIEVING THEM FROM FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND UNEMPLOYMENT; AND• ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THOSE PERSONS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCESNOTHING IN THIS CONSTITUTION SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CIO FOR THE PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005 AND SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008.

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Cheltenham, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £26,211 at the year end, which exceeds its stated reserves policy target of £6,000. The trustees report a stable financial position with cash on hand of £46,807 and confirm there are no uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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.

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• Safeguarding policy and procedures

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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Oliver Edward Gadsbychair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Deborah Sarah Kahn
• Emily Madeline Lois Webb
• Guy Stephen Routh
• MARGARET ANN POWELL
• Mohammad Nasir Shansab
• Patrick George Davie

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

Operates in: Gloucestershire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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

• TAUNTON WELCOMES REFUGEES income £40k
• WELSH REFUGEE COUNCIL income £1.9m
• WORTHING 4 REFUGEES income £17k
• Herts Welcomes Refugees income £156k
• CAMBRIDGE REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT CAMPAIGN income £108k
• THE COVENTRY REFUGEE AND MIGRANT CENTRE income £2.5m

Side by side with its peers

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