Registered charity (CIO) · Newcastle upon Tyne
West END Refugee Service
- 12 trustees
- Income £192k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Rev John Charles Howard-NormanChair · since 2023
- Anzor VedzizhevTrustee · since 2026
- Christopher MillmanTrustee · since 2020
- Dorathy AnozieTrustee · since 2026
- Ghada SaeedTrustee · since 2024
- Inna RatsebarskaTrustee · since 2026
- Kingsley Ampomah BoatengTrustee · since 2026
- Morlai KargboTrustee · since 2025
- Nadia IgsizTrustee · since 2024
- Sally Anne YoungTrustee · since 2025
- Silvia PasquettiTrustee · since 2025
- Simon ElliottTrustee · since 2024
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Economic/community Development/employment, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
- Where
- Northumberland, Gateshead, Newcastle Upon Tyne City, North Tyneside and more
- Website
- www.wers.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2020
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£192k£1k
- 2024£0£0
- 2023£100£0
Earlier years
- 2022£0£0
Income trend, 2022 to 2025.
Charitable objects
1 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL, ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTH OF ENGLAND, ABOUT THE ISSUES RELATING TO REFUGEES AND TO PEOPLE SEEKING ASYLUM OR SANCTUARY.2 TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND RELIEVE POVERTY AND FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AMONGST REFUGEES, PEOPLE SEEKING SANCTUARY AND PEOPLE REFUSED ASYLUM IN THE UK, AND THEIR DEPENDENTS.3 TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR TRAINING, RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THOSE PERSONS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES.4 THE PROMOTION OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PROMOTING ACTIVITIES TO FOSTER UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN PEOPLE FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS.
Grants received
6 grants · £46,879 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
- Community Foundation North East · £46,879 (6 grants)
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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.
12 trustees on the board
- Rev John Charles Howard-Norman Chair since 2023
- Anzor Vedzizhev since 2026
- Christopher Millman since 2020
- Dorathy Anozie since 2026
- Ghada Saeed since 2024
- Inna Ratsebarska since 2026
- Kingsley Ampomah Boateng since 2026
- Morlai Kargbo since 2025
- Nadia Igsiz since 2024
- Sally Anne Young since 2025
- Silvia Pasquetti since 2025
- Simon Elliott since 2024
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (11)
- Rev John Charles Howard-Norman Chair since 2023
- Anzor Vedzizhev since 2026
- Christopher Millman since 2020
- Dorathy Anozie since 2026
- Ghada Saeed since 2024
- Inna Ratsebarska since 2026
- Kingsley Ampomah Boateng since 2026
- Morlai Kargbo since 2025
- Nadia Igsiz since 2024
- Silvia Pasquetti since 2025
- Simon Elliott since 2024
Portfolio (1)
- Sally Anne Young since 2025
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
- Mostly recent joiners - limited long-term continuity
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
- 1192667
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 07 Dec 2020
- Contact on the register
- 01912737482 · info@wers.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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