PENRITH AND EDEN REFUGEE NETWORK

Registered charity 1202270 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PERN

We promote social inclusion, equality and diversity and prevent or relieve poverty for those excluded from society, or parts of society, as a result of discrimination or disadvantage on the grounds of race or ethnic origin, including those with refugee or immigrant status. We operate in Penrith, Cumbria and the surrounding area.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO TO BE CARRIED OUT IN PENRITH, CUMBRIA AND THE SURROUNDING AREA ARE: (A) TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE, AND THEIR DEPENDANTS, FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ‘SOCIALLY EXCLUDED’ MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF DISCRIMINATION OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DISADVANTAGE ON THE GROUNDS OF RACE OR ETHNIC ORIGIN, INCLUDING THOSE WITH REFUGEE OR IMMIGRANT STATUS. (B) THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY AMONG INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF DISCRIMINATION OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DISADVANTAGE ON THE GROUNDS OF RACE OR ETHNIC ORIGIN, INCLUDING THOSE WITH REFUGEE OR IMMIGRANT STATUS, THROUGH THE PROVISION OF EMERGENCY GRANTS OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. (C) THE PROMOTION OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PROMOTING ACTIVITIES TO FOSTER UNDERSTANDING AND GOOD RELATIONS BETWEEN THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT RACES AND ETHNICITIES, INCLUDING THOSE WITH REFUGEE OR IMMIGRANT STATUS.

Area of benefit: LOCAL

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

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

Registered contact address: Westmorland and Furness, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity is in a stable financial position with total net assets of £267,369. The trustees report having enough committed funding to secure most essential services for part of the year ahead, though they note uncertainty regarding local authority and grant funding. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £36,080.

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 policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee conflicts of interest 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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — PERN (Penrith and Eden Refugee Network) (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).

• SPB Computers (Penrith) — “We are very grateful for the support of SPB Computers (Penrith)” (source page)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• ALISON MARY ROSS
• EMMA ELIZABETH DOROTHEA GRAY
• Robert Postlethwaite LLB
• SAIT KUZU

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

Operates in: Cumbria

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with KENT REFUGEE ACTION NETWORK.

• KENT REFUGEE ACTION NETWORK income £929k
• Refugee and Migrant Justice income £1.9m
• THE CENTRE FOR EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY income £37k
• REFUGEE AND MIGRANT NETWORK SUTTON income £106k
• REFUGEES AT HOME income £924k
• RURAL REFUGEE NETWORK income £101k

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.