Registered charity (CIO) · Swindon
The Harbour Project for Swindon Refugees and Asylum Seekers
The objects of the CIO are:1.To provide relief for asylum seekers and refugees and their dependants who are in conditions of hardship or distress;2.To preserve and protect the physical and mental health of such people;3.To provide facilities for...
- 9 trustees
- Income £424k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Emma Charlotte GrahamChair · since 2024
- Abdulaziz GulayTrustee · since 2025
- David Michael RowlandsTrustee · since 2021
- Dr Mari Elen Wyn WilliamsTrustee · since 2022
- Farzin Rahmini-ShiraziTrustee · since 2023
- Gurpreet NijjarTrustee · since 2023
- Hadiza Saddik MahutaTrustee · since 2017
- IAN Weir RobertsonTrustee · since 2021
- Julie LinterTrustee · since 2025
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Economic/community Development/employment and 2 more
- Where
- Swindon
- Website
- harbourproject.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2017
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£424k£409k
- 2024£355k£340k
- 2023£341k£321k
Earlier years
- 2022£335k£297k
- 2021£272k£262k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 14% · Government grants 3%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
The objects of the CIO are:1.To provide relief for asylum seekers and refugees and their dependants who are in conditions of hardship or distress;2.To preserve and protect the physical and mental health of such people;3.To provide facilities for asylum seekers and refugees for education, employment, volunteering, recreation or other leisure time occupations with the object of improving their conditions of life and assisting their inclusion into the wider community.4.To support the needs of asylum seekers and refugees with appropriate information, advice and guidance.
Grants received
27 grants · £434,534 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
- Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales · £184,569 (4 grants)
- Wiltshire and Swindon Community Foundation · £92,515 (15 grants)
- A B Charitable Trust · £45,000 (2 grants)
- The Fore · £29,721
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £25,000
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.
9 trustees on the board
- Emma Charlotte Graham Chair since 2024
- Abdulaziz Gulay since 2025
- David Michael Rowlands since 2021
- Dr Mari Elen Wyn Williams since 2022
- Farzin Rahmini-Shirazi since 2023
- Gurpreet Nijjar since 2023
- Hadiza Saddik Mahuta since 2017
- IAN Weir Robertson since 2021
- Julie Linter since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- Hadiza Saddik Mahuta since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Emma Charlotte Graham Chair since 2024
- Abdulaziz Gulay since 2025
- David Michael Rowlands since 2021
- Dr Mari Elen Wyn Williams since 2022
- Farzin Rahmini-Shirazi since 2023
- Gurpreet Nijjar since 2023
- Hadiza Saddik Mahuta since 2017
- Julie Linter since 2025
Portfolio (1)
- IAN Weir Robertson since 2021
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
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
- 1171368
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 30 Jan 2017 as amended on 30 May 2022
- Contact on the register
- 01793611682 · info@harbourproject.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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