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BRITISH REFUGEE COUNCIL

Registered charity 1014576 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as REFUGEE COUNCIL, THE REFUGEE COUNCIL

Latest income
£14.9m
Latest spending
£19.6m
Registered
1992

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£14.9m
Total spending
£19.6m
Cost of raising funds
£2.7m
Reserves (reported)
£1.2m
Employees
349

Reported reserves equal ~0.8 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£14.9m£19.6m
31/03/2024£20.7m£19.4m
31/03/2023£19.1m£17.1m
31/03/2022£15.8m£12.9m
31/03/2021£12.6m£11.6m

Common questions

Who funds BRITISH REFUGEE COUNCIL?

Funders whose own accounts filings name BRITISH REFUGEE COUNCIL as a grant recipient include THE CENTRAL BRITISH FUND FOR WORLD JEWISH RELIEF, This Day Foundation, THE LINBURY TRUST, DAVID & RUTH LEWIS FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST, BERNARD LEWIS FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmount
THE CENTRAL BRITISH FUND FOR WORLD JEWISH RELIEFFY2024£222k
This Day FoundationFY2024£212k
THE LINBURY TRUSTFY2025£170k
DAVID & RUTH LEWIS FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£85k
BERNARD LEWIS FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£72k
THE LINBURY TRUSTFY2024£70k
THE LINBURY TRUSTFY2023£70k
DAVID & RUTH LEWIS FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£50k
This Day FoundationFY2025£50k
THE AURUM CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£45k
The Cranswick Charitable TrustFY2024£30k
THE PWC FOUNDATIONFY2023£20k
WEST HACKNEY PAROCHIAL CHARITYFY2025£20k
GLOBAL DIALOGUEFY2022£20k
The Cranswick Charitable TrustFY2025£18k
TRUST FOR LONDONFY2024£12k
THE BOLTINI TRUSTFY2025£10k
THE EVAN CORNISH FOUNDATIONFY2025£10k
THE EVAN CORNISH FOUNDATIONFY2022£10k
THE BOLTINI TRUSTFY2024£10k
THE BOLTINI TRUSTFY2023£10k
THE FRENCH HUGUENOT CHURCH OF LONDON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£6k
THE ROBIN MACLEOD CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£5k
WEST HACKNEY PAROCHIAL CHARITYFY2022£5k
THE ROBIN MACLEOD CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£5k
THE BOLTINI TRUSTFY2023£5k
THE EVAN CORNISH FOUNDATIONFY2022£5k
THE EVAN CORNISH FOUNDATIONFY2022£5k
THE FRENCH HUGUENOT CHURCH OF LONDON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£5k
THE BATCHWORTH TRUSTFY2023£5k
THE GUNTER CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£2k
THE GUNTER CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£2k
THE GUNTER CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£2k
THE GUNTER CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£2k
THE GUNTER CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£2k
THE PWC FOUNDATIONFY2023£2k
THE LEACH FOURTEENTH TRUSTFY2025£1k
MICHAEL GUEST CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2024£1k
THE LEACH FOURTEENTH TRUSTFY2024£1k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY'S PRESCOTFY2022£600
THE JOHN MACLEOD CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£500
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF NOTTINGHAM SAINT PETER AND ALL SAINTSFY2022£50
THE JONATHAN TOWLER FOUNDATIONFY2023£0

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund29/05/2002£45k"Heritage / Refugee Week"