Registered charity · Whitstable
Kent Refugee Help
- 4 trustees
- Income £42k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- Throughout England
- Website
- www.kentrefugeehelp.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2007
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£42k£33k
- 2024£22k£36k
- 2023£29k£37k
Earlier years
- 2022£36k£37k
- 2021£52k£26k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
3. THE OBJECTS THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS (THE OBJECTS) ARE 1. TO PROVIDE RELIEF FOR REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS AND OTHER IMMIGRATION DETAINEES AND THEIR DEPENDANTS IN KENT WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS WHETHER IN IMMIGRATION DETENTION OR IN THE COMMUNITY.2. TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF POOR PERSONS IN IMMIGRATION DETENTION OR IN DANGER OF IMMIGRATION DETENTION BY PROVIDING SUCH PERSONS WITH SERVICES SUCH AS FINDING SURETIES AND SOLICITORS WILLING TO PROVIDE SERVICES UNDER LEGAL SERVICES COMMISSION IN PARTICULAR IN RELATION TO ACTUAL OR POTENTIAL APPLICATION FOR BAIL TO THE IMMIGRATION APPELLATE AUTHORITY OR THE IMMIGRATION SERVICE OR SUCH OTHER STATUTORY BODIES WHICH MAY BE EXPECTED TO CONSIDER BAIL APPLICATIONS UNDER ANY IMMIGRATION LEGISLATION OR THE IMMIGRATION SERVICE OR IN RELATION TO RELEASE FROM IMMIGRATION DETENTION. 3. TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF SUCH REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS AND OTHER MIGRANTS AND THEIR DEPENDANTS THROUGH COUNSELLING AND REFERRAL TO APPROPRIATE AGENCIES. ADDITIONALLY TO ADVANCE THEIR EDUCATION AND TRAINING AND THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF THEIR DEPENDANTS WHO IN ORDER TO ASSIST THEIR INCLUSION INTO THE WIDER COMMUNITY.1. TO PROVIDE RELIEF FOR REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS AND OTHER IMMIGRATION DETAINEES AND THEIR DEPENDANTS IN KENT WHO ARE IN
Grants received
7 grants · £78,564 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- Access to Justice Foundation · £32,196 (2 grants)
- Henry Smith Foundation · £22,000 (2 grants)
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £19,368 (2 grants)
- Allen Lane Foundation · £5,000
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
4 trustees on the board
- Andrew Jordan since 2019
- Christine Perks since 2013
- DR Bahriye Kemal since 2015
- Patricia Enfield since 2026
Trustees past 6 years
- Andrew Jordan since 2019
- Christine Perks since 2013
- DR Bahriye Kemal since 2015
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Andrew Jordan since 2019
- Christine Perks since 2013
- DR Bahriye Kemal since 2015
- Patricia Enfield since 2026
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1120185
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 19 FEBRUARY 2007.
- Contact on the register
- 07703788773 · info@kentrefugeehelp.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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