LEWISHAM REFUGEE AND MIGRANT NETWORK
Registered charity 1058631 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LEWISHAM REFUGEE NETWORK, LRN
Information and advice on asylum, immigration, welfare benefits, housing, employment, access to health, education and employment. Counselling and therapeutic activities for vulnerable asylum seeking, migrant and refugee women who survived gender based violence, ESOL provision and other integration activities, mental health prevention and policy campaign and advocacy.
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that total income increased to £1,286,004 from £1,116,667 in the prior year, while total expenditure rose to £1,225,765 from £1,078,805. Per the trustees' report, the charity ended the year with a surplus of £36,292, resulting in an increase in total funds held. The unrestricted reserves were reported at £703,998, which the trustees consider to be in line with their policy of holding three to nine months of expenditure.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: three to nine months of annual expenditure (held: £704k)
“The Trustees have a policy whereby the unrestricted funds not committed or invested in tangible fixed assets (the free reserves) held by LRMN should be between three and nine months of annual expenditure.” — page 20
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Warner Wilde Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Lewisham Refugee and Migrant Network (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.
- HOLMER, Hannah Lucy Charlotte — director, appointed 28/07/2026on trustee list
- LOPEZ PRIETO, Claudia — director, appointed 28/07/2026not on trustee list
- ALLEN, Melissa Phelps — director, appointed 03/03/2026on trustee list
- SMITH, Catherine — director, appointed 29/07/2025on trustee list
- GIBBS, Joanna Urszula — director, appointed 03/09/2024on trustee list
- NCHE, Joan — director, appointed 13/02/2024on trustee list
- ELAHI, Fazle — director, appointed 13/02/2024on trustee list
- PANESAR, Jagdev — director, appointed 24/09/2021on trustee list
- PACRAMI, Aferdita — director, appointed 13/09/2021on trustee list
- NAMIREMBE, Drucilla — director, appointed 27/04/2020on trustee list
- MORRIS, Claire Mary — director, appointed 28/01/2020on trustee list
Official officers record.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~6.9 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (98% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.3% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
- Aferdita Pacrami
- Catherine Smith
- Claire Morris
- Claudia Lopez Prieto
- Drucilla Namirembe
- Fazle Elahi
- Hannah Holmer
- Jagdev Panesar
- Joan Nche
- Joanna Urszula Gibbs
- Melissa Phelps Allen · trustee of 1 other charity
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Throughout London
Income and spending
Common questions
Is LEWISHAM REFUGEE AND MIGRANT NETWORK financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income increased to £1,286,004 from £1,116,667 in the prior year, while total expenditure rose to £1,225,765 from £1,078,805. Per the trustees' report, the charity ended the year with a surplus of £36,292, resulting in an increase in total funds held. The unrestricted reserves were reported at £703,998, which the trustees consider to be in line with their policy of holding three to nine months of expenditure. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Warner Wilde Limited.
Who funds LEWISHAM REFUGEE AND MIGRANT NETWORK?
Funders whose own accounts filings name LEWISHAM REFUGEE AND MIGRANT NETWORK as a grant recipient include LONDON LEGAL SUPPORT TRUST, LLOYDS BANK FOUNDATION FOR ENGLAND & WALES, THE ACCESS TO JUSTICE FOUNDATION, THE ALLEN OVERY SHEARMAN STERLING FOUNDATION, THE AUSTIN AND HOPE PILKINGTON TRUST.
Known funders
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