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.

Objects

1. TO PROVIDE RELIEF FOR REFUGEES, ASYLUM SEEKERS AND THEIR DEPENDANTS LIVING (TEMPORARILY OR PERMANENTLY) IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY INOXFORDSHIRE WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS;2. TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF REFUGEES, ASYLUM SEEKERS AND THEIR DEPENDANTS;3. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF REFUGEES, ASYLUM SEEKERS AND THEIR DEPENDANTS IN NEED THEREOF SO AS TO ENHANCE THEIR EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND ASSIST IN THEIR SETTLEMENT WITHIN A NEW COMMUNITY;4. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL ABOUT THE ISSUES RELATING TO REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS; AND5. THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION FOR REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THOSE PERSONS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIESBY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE OXFORDSHIRE

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Oxford, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

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

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

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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

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

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

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with REFUGEES IN EFFECTIVE AND ACTIVE PARTNERSHIP.

• REFUGEES IN EFFECTIVE AND ACTIVE PARTNERSHIP income £84k
• REFUGEES AT HOME income £924k
• ASYLUM WELCOME income £1.6m
• FAMILY REFUGEE SUPPORT PROJECT income £255k
• Migrant Help income £69.8m
• REFUGEE ACTION income £6.9m

Side by side with its peers

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