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Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 8
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +5
  • Overall weighted support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 14 ?

TAUNTON WELCOMES REFUGEES

The Objects of Taunton Welcomes Refugees (TWR) are the promotion of social inclusion for the public benefit among refugees and their dependents in Taunton, Wellington and surrounding areas.
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Positives:

  • This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income Spending Surplus/
Deficit		 Volun-
teers
31/03/24£31£32£0
31/03/23£25£23£2
31/03/22£15£12£3
31/03/21£13£2£11
31/03/20£4£1£3
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 5 years

www.tauntonwelcomesrefugees.co.uk

chair@tauntonwelcomesrefugees.co.uk

07876775401

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Outpatient support services
How it operates
  • Makes grants to individuals
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Somerset,
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£5,000 13/10/2023
Building Refugee Resilience
Somerset Community Foundation - English sessions to help integrate refugees in Taunton
£3,000 03/05/2022
Supporting refugees arriving in the UK building on ESOL lessons and integrate into the community

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 6/7 persons

  • ALISON RENATA BACHELOR Appointed: 2021
  • BOZENA WIERZCHLEYSKA Appointed: 2023
  • EDMUND DAVID EAST Appointed: 2022
  • ESTHER PENELOPE CHECKETTS Appointed: 2020
  • KATHARINE ELIZABETH MARY MURDOCH Appointed: 2020
  • ROBIN PEELER Appointed: 2019
  • SIMON FORRESTER (Chair) Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Retired
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 17/06/2019, number: 1183921
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
5 returns made; all on time
Main office

Quakers Friends Meeting House
Bath Place
TAUNTON
Somerset
TA1 4EP

Objectives

(A) THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AMONG REFUGEES AND THEIR DEPENDENTS IN TAUNTON, WELLINGTON AND SURROUNDING AREAS, WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED ON THE GROUNDS OF THEIR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC POSITION, BY PROVIDING A CIRCLE OF VOLUNTEERS TO HELP MEET THEIR NEEDS TO ASSIST THEM SETTLE AND INTEGRATE INTO THE AREA AND ADAPT TO THEIR NEW LIFE BECOMING INDEPENDENT SELF-RELIANT MEMBERS OF SOCIETY.(B) TO FURTHER SUCH OTHER PURPOSES AS ARE CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL THINK FIT WITH A VIEW TO RELIEVING THE CHARITABLE NEEDS OF REFUGEES AND SUPPORTING THEIR INTEGRATION INTO THEIR COMMUNITY AND BECOMING INDEPENDENT.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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