CROYDON REFUGEE DAY CENTRE

Registered charity 1064465 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as REFUGEE DAY CENTRE WEST CROYDON

Halls at West Croydon Baptist Church are available on Tuesday mornings for a 'drop in' service and for socialising on Wednesday mornings. Food, clothes, footwear, toiletries and household goods are distributed to local asylum seekers and refugees. A help desk is available to assist with administrative queries. Children of asylum seeker families are assisted in obtaining places in local schools.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£158k
Latest spending
£110k
Registered
1997
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £59,346 and total funds reached £121,607 by year-end, supported by a significant rise in grant income. The trustees confirm adequate resources for the foreseeable future, with no material uncertainties identified regarding the charity's ability to continue operating.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Croydon Refugee Day Centre (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Croydon

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£158k£110k
31/03/2024£92k£47k
31/03/2023£42k£52k
31/03/2022£63k£39k
31/03/2021£29k£21k

Common questions

Is CROYDON REFUGEE DAY CENTRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £59,346 and total funds reached £121,607 by year-end, supported by a significant rise in grant income. The trustees confirm adequate resources for the foreseeable future, with no material uncertainties identified regarding the charity's ability to continue operating. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Postcode Lottery31/03/2025£20kUnrestricted Funding
Postcode Lottery29/09/2023£10kUnrestricted Funding
The National Lottery Community Fund15/09/2023£10kConnection; interaction; integration

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE SACHS FOUNDATION1£383k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WEST CROYDON BAPTIST CHURCH.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CROYDON REFUGEE DAY CENTRE£158k0unclearno doubt
WEST CROYDON BAPTIST CHURCH FY2024£199k0aboveno doubt
NEW LIFE CHRISTIAN CENTRE (CROYDON) FY2025£1.3mUnder £60,0000above0.0%no doubt
CENTRAL UNITED REFORMED CHURCH SHEFFIELD CHARITY FY2024£176k0unclearno doubt
CROYDON CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAUX LIMITED FY2025£615k£60,001 - £70,0001aboveno doubt
FAITH&VICTORY CHURCH FY2025£397k0unclearno doubt

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