REFUGEE RESOURCE

Registered charity 1098876 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To relieve distress, improve well-being and facilitate the integration of refugees, asylum seekers and vulnerable migrants primarily in Oxfordshire, through the provision of practical, social and psychological support.

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Latest income

£631k

Latest spending

£748k

Registered

2003

Accounts read

FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity operated through a planned deficit of £75,688, reducing total expenditure from £748,057 to £596,302 through cost efficiencies. Per the trustees' report, the charity maintained sufficient reserves of £289,372 to ensure short-term resilience despite the challenging funding environment.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 3.6 months budgeted expenditure (held: £289k)

“The trustees have set a target of £300,000 (2025 £300,000) as the level of reserves being 3.6 months budgeted expenditure for 2026/2027”

Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

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

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

Total income

£631k

Total spending

£748k

Cost of raising funds

£163k

Reserves (reported)

£364k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~5.8 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 25.8% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Antonia Ansell
Baljit Soraya
Hannah Newth
Ian Grout · trustee of 1 other charity
Katharine Harris
Lorraine Hare
Paul Sheehan
Professor Donald Ridley
Raymond James Pope · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Oxfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£631k	£748k
31/03/2024	£510k	£561k
31/03/2023	£502k	£461k
31/03/2022	£497k	£467k
31/03/2021	£504k	£449k

Common questions

Is REFUGEE RESOURCE financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The accounts state that the charity operated through a planned deficit of £75,688, reducing total expenditure from £748,057 to £596,302 through cost efficiencies. Per the trustees' report, the charity maintained sufficient reserves of £289,372 to ensure short-term resilience despite the challenging funding environment. Its FY2026 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds REFUGEE RESOURCE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name REFUGEE RESOURCE as a grant recipient include THE FORRESTER FAMILY TRUST, Charity of Thomas Dawson, SOCIETY OF THE HOLY CHILD JESUS CIO, THE A B CHARITABLE TRUST, THE BROMLEY TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE FORRESTER FAMILY TRUST	FY2023	£40k	Theme of the Year
Charity of Thomas Dawson	FY2025	£30k
SOCIETY OF THE HOLY CHILD JESUS CIO	FY2021	£25k	Grants
THE A B CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£20k
SOCIETY OF THE HOLY CHILD JESUS CIO	FY2022	£15k	Refugees
THE BROMLEY TRUST	FY2025	£15k
THE BROMLEY TRUST	FY2024	£15k	Human Rights
THE BROMLEY TRUST	FY2023	£15k	Human Rights
SOCIETY OF THE HOLY CHILD JESUS CIO	FY2025	£10k	Grants
THE BROMLEY TRUST	FY2022	£10k	Human Rights
M AND C TRUST	FY2024	£9k
Charity of Thomas Dawson	FY2024	£6k
MR AND MRS J A PYE'S CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT	FY2023	£5k
THE ST MICHAELS AND ALL SAINTS CHARITY	FY2021	£5k	Relief of poverty/hardship
M AND C TRUST	FY2022	£5k
M AND C TRUST	FY2023	£5k
M AND C TRUST	FY2025	£3k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY-LE-MORE AND ALL HALLOWS WITH ST LEONARD AND ST PETER, WALLINGFORD	FY2022	£2k	Local charity support
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY-LE-MORE AND ALL HALLOWS WITH ST LEONARD AND ST PETER, WALLINGFORD	FY2021	£1k
THE AUSTIN AND HOPE PILKINGTON TRUST	FY2024	£1k	Round Three - Food Poverty
THE AUSTIN AND HOPE PILKINGTON TRUST	FY2021	£1k

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
A B Charitable Trust	01/12/2025	£25k	A grant to Refugee Resource
The National Lottery Community Fund	16/09/2025	£20k	Supporting Mental Health for Refugees Asylum Seekers and Vulnerable Migrants
A B Charitable Trust	23/01/2025	£25k	A grant to Refugee Resource
A B Charitable Trust	18/11/2024	£4k	A grant to Refugee Resource
The National Lottery Community Fund	02/05/2024	£20k	Phoenix Football Club: reaching refugees
A B Charitable Trust	12/10/2023	£20k	A grant to Refugee Resource
The National Lottery Community Fund	01/02/2023	£397k	Rebuilding Lives
A B Charitable Trust	21/01/2021	£20k	A grant to Refugee Resource
The National Lottery Community Fund	01/02/2019	£494k	Refugee Resource
The National Lottery Community Fund	24/02/2016	£416k	From alienation to inclusion
The National Lottery Community Fund	12/07/2012	£266k	Exile to Integration
The National Lottery Community Fund	12/11/2008	£617k	Pathways To Integration Plus
The National Lottery Community Fund	08/11/2005	£300k	Pathways to Integration Project

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
JUSTICE COLLABORATIONS	2	£1.2m
THE TOLKIEN TRUST	2	£426k
TRUST FOR LONDON	2	£180k
THE SIMMONS AND SIMMONS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	2	£73k
THE SAM AND BELLA SEBBA CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	2	£62k
LANDAID CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED	2	£33k
THE ALLEN OVERY SHEARMAN STERLING FOUNDATION	2	£30k
THE REED FOUNDATION	2	£11k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Refugee Support Group.

Refugee Support Group income £973k
ASYLUM WELCOME income £1.6m
GLOUCESTERSHIRE ACTION FOR REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS income £1.4m
REFUGEASE income £300k
Refugee and Migrant Justice income £1.6m
REFUGEE LEGAL SUPPORT income £879k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
REFUGEE RESOURCE	£631k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
Refugee Support Group FY2025	£973k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ASYLUM WELCOME FY2025	£1.6m	Under £60,000	0	above	—	no doubt
GLOUCESTERSHIRE ACTION FOR REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS FY2025	£1.4m	—	0	above	—	no doubt
REFUGEASE FY2024	£300k	—	0	below	75.5%	noted
Refugee and Migrant Justice FY2024	£1.6m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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