Registered charity (CIO) · Cumbria
Penrith and Eden Refugee Network
Penrith and Eden Refugee Network is a registered charity (number 1202270) based in Cumbria, governed by 4 trustees. Latest income £278k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
Also known as Pern (Charity Commission)
- 4 trustees
- Income £278k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 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
- Education/training, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Economic/community Development/employment and 1 more
- Where
- Cumbria
- Website
- www.penrithandedenrefugeenetwork.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2023
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£278k£151k
- 2024£225k£112k
Income trend, 2024 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 67%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable 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.
Grants received
1 grant · £11,000 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
- Cumbria Community Foundation · £11,000
Most recent
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
- Alison Mary Ross since 2019
- Emma Elizabeth Dorothea Gray since 2020
- Robert Postlethwaite since 2021
- Sait Kuzu since 2022
Trustees past 6 years
- Alison Mary Ross since 2019
- Emma Elizabeth Dorothea Gray since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Alison Mary Ross since 2019
- Emma Elizabeth Dorothea Gray since 2020
- Robert Postlethwaite since 2021
- Sait Kuzu since 2022
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
- 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
- 1202270
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 09 Mar 2023
- Contact on the register
- 07775750054 · hello@pern.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 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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