BRITISH REFUGEE COUNCIL

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

The Refugee Council is one of the leading charities in the UK working directly with refugees, and supporting them to rebuild their lives. We also speak up for refugees using our direct work as an evidence base, ensuring refugees have a stronger and more influential voice in decisions that will affect them. We work with a range of partners and in collaboration to ensure we best support our clients.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Economic/community Development/employment · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income decreased to £14.9m from £20.7m in the prior year, largely due to the absence of a significant one-off legacy received in 2023/24. Despite this drop, the charity maintained its unrestricted general reserves at £6.1m, which remains above the trustees' stated policy target range of £3.5m to £4.5m.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Sayer Vincent LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 02727514

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Refugee Council (matched by registered charity number).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• BROWN, Nicola Claire — director, appointed 01/08/2025not on trustee list
• PATEL, Kavish — director, appointed 01/08/2025not on trustee list
• FAWCETT, Diana Sarah — director, appointed 30/11/2023not on trustee list
• HANHAM, Ian David — director, appointed 29/09/2022not on trustee list
• OPPENHEIMER, Harriet Ruth — director, appointed 29/09/2022not on trustee list
• ORR, Rachael Marion — director, appointed 26/05/2016not on trustee list

Official officers record.

Public-sector contracts awarded

From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.

Property (HM Land Registry)

3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

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

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 18.1% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 3.8%) (benchmarks).

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

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

Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WELSH REFUGEE COUNCIL.

• WELSH REFUGEE COUNCIL income £1.9m
• Refugee Education UK income £1.6m
• Refugee Support Group income £973k
• REFUGEES AT HOME income £1.2m
• REFUGEASE income £300k
• CAMBRIDGE REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT CAMPAIGN income £108k

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.