THE NORTH OF ENGLAND REFUGEE SERVICE LIMITED

Registered charity 1091200 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

NERS supports and is committed to the work of the Regional Refugee Forum and the North East Strategic Migration Partnership. Ners highlights the need to carry out further research in areas of communities' relations and issues of citizenship and the feeling of belonging. NERS has developed to meet the current government policies of dispersing asylum seekers to the various regions of the UK.

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

Latest income
£529k
Latest spending
£616k
Registered
2002
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £86,615 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £174,708 to £88,093. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £67,100, which is below the stated policy target of maintaining three months of running costs. The trustees acknowledge the need to regain the three-month reserve position as a business plan priority.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £67k)
“The trustees are committed to maintaining at all times at least the equivalent of three months running costs as advised by the Charity Commission and, whenever we fall below that level, to make it a business plan priority to regain the three month position.” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — North of England Refugee Service (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title 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.

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

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

Total income
£529k
Total spending
£616k
Reserves (reported)
£88k
Employees
12

Reported reserves equal ~1.7 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (97% 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

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

Operates in: Gateshead · Middlesbrough · Newcastle Upon Tyne City · North Tyneside · South Tyneside · Stockton-on-tees · Sunderland

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£529k£616k
31/03/2024£617k£624k
31/03/2023£695k£683k
31/03/2022£532k£527k
31/03/2021£600k£492k

Common questions

Is THE NORTH OF ENGLAND REFUGEE SERVICE LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £86,615 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £174,708 to £88,093. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £67,100, which is below the stated policy target of maintaining three months of running costs. The trustees acknowledge the need to regain the three-month reserve position as a business plan priority. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THE NORTH OF ENGLAND REFUGEE SERVICE LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE NORTH OF ENGLAND REFUGEE SERVICE LIMITED as a grant recipient include THE ALAN AND BABETTE SAINSBURY CHARITABLE FUND, THE A B CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE ALAN AND BABETTE SAINSBURY CHARITABLE FUNDFY2023£30kSalary costs and its destitution fund.
THE A B CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£20k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
A B Charitable Trust13/01/2026£30kA grant to North of England Refugee Service
Community Foundation North East04/12/2025£500Grant to North of England Refugee Service
A B Charitable Trust23/01/2025£30kA grant to North of England Refugee Service
Community Foundation North East19/12/2024£10kGrant to North of England Refugee Service
Community Foundation North East05/12/2024£500Grant to North of England Refugee Service
Community Foundation North East30/03/2023£3kGrant to North of England Refugee Service
Community Foundation North East02/02/2023£500Grant to North of England Refugee Service
A B Charitable Trust30/06/2022£20kA grant to North of England Refugee Service
Community Foundation North East17/03/2022£10kA grant to North of England Refugee Service
Community Foundation North East16/12/2021£500A grant to North of England Refugee Service
Barrow Cadbury Trust25/08/2020£50kCOVID-19 - North of England Refugee Service
UK government19/08/2020£60kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund03/09/2019£10kFocused English classes( ESOL)
A B Charitable Trust27/06/2019£20kA grant to North of England Refugee Service
The National Lottery Community Fund24/05/2018£9kMeeting expectations among ESOL students
A B Charitable Trust23/01/2018£20kA grant to North of England Refugee Service
Community Foundation North East01/04/2017£46kRunning costs of an integration and employment service for asylum seekers and refugees: continuation (Year 3)
Community Foundation North East04/01/2017£23kRunning costs of an integration and employment service for asylum seekers and refugees: continuation (Year 3)
Community Foundation North East01/04/2016£45kTowards Running costs of an integration and employment service for asylum seekers and refugees: continuation (Year 2)
Community Foundation North East15/01/2016£44kTowards Running costs of an integration and employment service for asylum seekers and refugees: continuation (Year 1)
A B Charitable Trust26/06/2015£10kAdvice and Support for Refugees
Northern Rock Foundation18/10/2013£3kGrant awarded to North of England Refugee Service (Tyne & Wear)
Northern Rock Foundation05/03/2013£50kGrant awarded to North of England Refugee Service (North East)
The National Lottery Community Fund06/10/2011£10kManifesto Project
Northern Rock Foundation12/10/2010£100kGrant awarded to North of England Refugee Service (North East)

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with NOTTINGHAM AND NOTTINGHAMSHIRE REFUGEE FORUM.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE NORTH OF ENGLAND REFUGEE SERVICE LIMITED£529k—0unclear—no doubt
NOTTINGHAM AND NOTTINGHAMSHIRE REFUGEE FORUM FY2025£1.5m—0within—no doubt
LEEDS ASYLUM SEEKERS SUPPORT NETWORK FY2025£319k—0unclear—no doubt
GLOUCESTERSHIRE ACTION FOR REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS FY2025£1.4m—0above—no doubt
BELONG NOTTINGHAM FY2025£604k—0unclear—no doubt
Refugee Support Group FY2025£973k—0unclear—no doubt

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