SUFFOLK REFUGEE SUPPORT

Registered charity 1078794 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SUFFOLK REFUGEE SUPPORT FORUM

Advice and Advocacy Service for refugees and asylum seekers in Suffolk, including health, employment, housing, education.International Women's GroupESOL and English conversation classesYoung refugees' sports, academic and conversation groupsRefugee Skills Exchange GroupImmigration legal advice surgeryTalks and Publicity re. refugee issues to host population

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net expenditure of £36,724 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £455,510 to £418,786. Unrestricted reserves stood at £322,483, which the trustees state is in line with their policy of retaining reserves equivalent to three months of contract costs and six months of other running costs. The charity remains solvent with cash at bank of £422,232, though it notes a financial risk regarding significant reductions in future funding.

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 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

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

Reported reserves equal ~4.8 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (88% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Felicity Jane Szesnatchair
• Carolyn Eugene Crabb
• Emma Louise Sheppard
• James Dermot Wellesley Wesley
• Lauren Jayne Smith
• Lisa Hilson
• Olena Kushakovska
• Robert Stuart McWhinnie Gordon

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

Operates in: Suffolk

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).