SOUTH LONDON REFUGEE ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1102814 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MERTON AND WANDSWORTH ASYLUM WELCOME

Providing services for asylum seekers, refugees and migrants at risk or in crisis in the South London Area.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total resources increased to £310,752, up from £297,965 in the previous year, with unrestricted funds rising to £291,724. The charity reported a net income of £12,787 for the year, supported by incoming resources of £933,667 against total expenditure of £920,880. The independent examiner confirmed that the accounts comply with accounting records and statutory requirements.

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 3 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — South London Refugee Association (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Paul Hamlyn Foundation — “Our Early Intervention Project, funded by Paul Hamlyn Foundation, sees us developing a collaborative approach to meeting the needs of young …” (source page)

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~3.4 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (98% 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: 0.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Lulsegged Abebe
• Habtom Okube
• Joe Gordon
• Maria Abdul Rahman Tanko
• Murali Prathaban Mahendran
• Sarah Neblett-Lindo

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

Operates in: Croydon · Lambeth · Merton · Wandsworth

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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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 LEWISHAM REFUGEE AND MIGRANT NETWORK.

• LEWISHAM REFUGEE AND MIGRANT NETWORK income £1.3m
• REFUGEE RESOURCE income £631k
• SOUTHWARK LAW CENTRE income £2.7m
• GREATER LONDON, SOUTH WEST COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL income £202k
• AFGHAN ASSOCIATION OF LONDON (HARROW) income £153k
• REFUGEE ACTION KINGSTON income £580k

Side by side with its peers

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