RMC CHARITY

Registered charity 1104779 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE REFUGEE AND MIGRANT CENTRE LIMITED, WARS, WOLVERHAMPTON ASYLUM SEEKER AND REFUGEE SERVICES LIMITED

RMC provides free, impartial & confidential advice to all asylum seekers, refugees and migrants living in the Black Country and Birmingham. Our broad approach covers many issues related to reception, settlement, integration and voluntary return.We will help anyone, regardless of country of origin, ethnicity, legal status, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age or disability.

Objects

TO RELIEVE HARDSHIP AMONG MIGRANTS, THOSE SEEKING ASYLUM AND THOSE GRANTED REFUGEE STATUS PARTICULARLY BY THE PROVISION OF INFORMATION, LEGAL AND OTHER ADVICE, ADVOCACY AND SUPPORT. ·TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF MIGRANTS, THOSE SEEKING ASYLUM AND THOSE GRANTED REFUGEE STATUS AND THEIR DEPENDANTS. ·TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF MIGRANTS, THOSE SEEKING ASYLUM AND THOSE GRANTED REFUGEE STATUS AND THEIR DEPENDANTS SO AS TO ADVANCE THEM IN LIFE AND ASSIST THEM TO ADAPT WITHIN A NEW COMMUNITY.TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL ABOUT THE ISSUES RELATING TO MIGRATION, REFUGEES AND THOSE SEEKING ASYLUM.TO RELIEVE THE UNEMPLOYMENT OF MIGRANTS AND THOSE GRANTED REFUGEE STATUS BY THE PROVISION OF VOCATIONAL AND SKILLS TRAINING, ADVICE AND SUPPORT.

Area of benefit: WOLVERHAMPTON

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

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Registered contact address: Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£4.4m

Latest spending

£4.3m

Registered

2004

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total incoming resources decreased by 7% to £4,356,771, while total expenditure decreased by 3% to £4,262,187. The charity holds unrestricted free reserves of £632,255, which the trustees consider sufficient to continue as a going concern, though they note that funding for core work is hard to access.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: more than £60,000 — below the median for charities its size (£70k)

“Three employees received employee benefits of more than £60,000 during the year” — page 30

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Employees paid over £60,000: 3

“Three employees received employee benefits of more than £60,000 during the year” — page 30

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: three months of expenditure (reserves figure: £632k)

“The Board would ideally consider three months of expenditure to be the minimum level of free reserves and this remains the long-term objective.” — page 11

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Muras Baker Jones Limited. Discloses 6 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
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

Volunteers: 132
Government income: £4,203,058 — contracts £2,979,688 (25), grants £1,223,370 (21); 96% of the £4,356,771 total gross income on the same return
Employees paid over £60,000: 3 (£80,001–£90,000: 2; £90,001–£100,000: 1)

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

Volunteers: 60
Government income: £3,557,890 — contracts £3,557,890 (32); 76% of the £4,685,384 total gross income on the same return
Employees paid over £60,000: 3 (£60,001–£70,000: 3)

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

Volunteers: 77
Government income: £2,375,423 — contracts £1,675,152 (10), grants £700,271 (10); 63% of the £3,800,003 total gross income on the same return
Employees paid over £60,000: 2 (£60,001–£70,000: 1; £70,001–£80,000: 1)

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

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 04971299

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Refugee and Migrant Centre (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Pam Gill — Deputy CEO (source)
Danai Papachristopoulou — Immigration Department Manager (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Funders the charity credits

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

Home Office — “Our Afghan project began in 2020 and is funded by the Home Office to resettle those currently or formerly employed by British forces Afghani…” (source page)
Justice Together Initiative — “The West Midlands Immigration Network is a project funded by the Justice Together Initiative (JTI) designed to build the quality and provisi…” (source page)

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

RASUL, Modasar — director, appointed 10/10/2025on trustee list
AGANOVIC, Alma — director, appointed 10/10/2025on trustee list
WALTERS, Sarah Jane — director, appointed 04/09/2024on trustee list
CAIRNS, Emma Louise — director, appointed 08/03/2023on trustee list
SHAFI, Yusuf — director, appointed 16/12/2020on trustee list
OLIVER, David Melvyn — director, appointed 01/05/2019on trustee list
ASHWELL, Richard James — director, appointed 16/06/2008on trustee list
CARTWRIGHT, Martin John — director, appointed 20/11/2003on trustee list

Official officers record.

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

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

Total income

£4.4m

Total spending

£4.3m

Cost of raising funds

£200

Reserves (reported)

£1.1m

Employees

108

Reported reserves equal ~3.2 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.7 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (17/09/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

MARTIN JOHN CARTWRIGHTchair
Alma Aganovic
DAVID OLIVER · trustee of 1 other charity
Emma Cairns
Modasar Rasul
RICHARD ASHWELL
Sarah Jane Walters
Yusuf Shafi · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Birmingham City · Walsall · Wolverhampton

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£4.4m	£4.3m
31/03/2024	£4.7m	£4.4m
31/03/2023	£3.8m	£3.7m
31/03/2022	£2.7m	£2.8m
31/03/2021	£2.5m	£2.5m

Common questions

Is RMC CHARITY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total incoming resources decreased by 7% to £4,356,771, while total expenditure decreased by 3% to £4,262,187. The charity holds unrestricted free reserves of £632,255, which the trustees consider sufficient to continue as a going concern, though they note that funding for core work is hard to access. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Muras Baker Jones Limited.

What does the highest-paid employee of RMC CHARITY earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the more than £60,000 band, and 3 employees earned over £60,000.

Who funds RMC CHARITY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name RMC CHARITY as a grant recipient include JUSTICE COLLABORATIONS, THE BARROW CADBURY TRUST, GLOBAL DIALOGUE, RELIGIOUS OF THE ASSUMPTION, WILLIAM ADLINGTON CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
JUSTICE COLLABORATIONS	FY2025	£63k	Advice and Representation
THE BARROW CADBURY TRUST	FY2025	£60k	Core funding for RMC 2024-2026
GLOBAL DIALOGUE	FY2021	£54k	General Grant-Making
RELIGIOUS OF THE ASSUMPTION	FY2025	£25k	Grants to Institutions
WILLIAM ADLINGTON CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£20k	Grant
THE SAINTBURY TRUST	FY2025	£9k	Advancement of Education
GEORGE FENTHAM BIRMINGHAM CHARITY	FY2025	£5k
GOWLING WLG (UK) CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£1k
THE MICHAEL MARSH CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£500
IRWIN MITCHELL CHARITIES FOUNDATION	FY2024	£14
THE MICHAEL MARSH CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2026	amount not stated	Relief of Poverty

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	26/02/2026	£379k	Addressing Poor Health and Health Inequalities of Marginalised Migrants
UK government	01/04/2024	£17k	Transition to eVisa Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund	25/01/2024	£423k	Supporting the integration of refugees and other marginalised migrants
UK government	20/10/2023	£55k	HMRC Grant Funding Programme
UK government	29/09/2023	£33k	EU Settlement Grant Scheme Funding
UK government	29/09/2023	£72k	EU Settlement Grant Scheme Funding
The National Lottery Community Fund	25/11/2022	£300k	Facilitating the integration of new communities
UK government	25/06/2020	£30k	Coronavirus Community Support Fund
UK government	01/04/2020	£27k	HMRC Grant Funding
UK government	01/04/2019	£191k	EU Settlement Grant Scheme Funding 2019-20
UK government	01/04/2019	£27k	HMRC Grant Funding
A B Charitable Trust	15/10/2018	£20k	A grant to Refugee and Migrant Centre
The National Lottery Community Fund	27/07/2018	£500k	Enabling the integration of new and emerging communities
UK government	01/04/2018	£30k	HMRC Grant Funding
A B Charitable Trust	31/10/2017	£20k	A grant to Refugee and Migrant Centre
The National Lottery Community Fund	25/01/2017	£499k	Assisting and empowering New Communities in times of crisis and beyond
A B Charitable Trust	25/10/2016	£10k	Assistance to destitute asylum seekers and vulnerable migrants
A B Charitable Trust	20/10/2015	£10k	Assistance to destitute asylum seekers and vulnerable migrants
A B Charitable Trust	21/10/2014	£10k	Support destitute asylum seekers in vulnerable situations
The National Lottery Community Fund	02/06/2014	£400k	Supporting the integration of new communities
A B Charitable Trust	29/10/2013	£10k	Assistance to destitute asylum seekers and vulnerable migrants
The National Lottery Community Fund	20/08/2007	£10k	WARS Relocation Project
The National Lottery Community Fund	30/05/2007	£399k	Advice and Guidance Project
The National Lottery Community Fund	07/09/2004	£4k	Training
UK government	—	£30k	HMRC Grant Funding

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
TRUST FOR LONDON	2	£243k
MIND (THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH)	1	£297k
DISRUPT FOUNDATION	1	£172k
PAUL HAMLYN FOUNDATION	1	£145k
CHARITY OF SIR RICHARD WHITTINGTON	1	£73k
THE EDWARD AND DOROTHY CADBURY TRUST	1	£16k
SISTERS OF THE HOLY CROSS CIO	1	£16k
ESSEX COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	1	£13k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE COVENTRY REFUGEE AND MIGRANT CENTRE.

THE COVENTRY REFUGEE AND MIGRANT CENTRE income £2.5m
BIRMINGHAM ASIAN RESOURCE CENTRE income £119k
Refugee and Migrant Justice income £1.9m
BIRMINGHAM DISABILITY RESOURCE CENTRE income £1.6m
HARINGEY MIGRANT SUPPORT CENTRE income £408k
CARING AND SHARING -ROCHDALE income £241k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
RMC CHARITY	£4.4m	more than £60,000	3	unclear	—	no doubt
THE COVENTRY REFUGEE AND MIGRANT CENTRE FY2025	£2.5m	—	0	above	—	no doubt
BIRMINGHAM ASIAN RESOURCE CENTRE FY2025	£119k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
Refugee and Migrant Justice FY2025	£1.9m	—	—	within	—	no doubt
BIRMINGHAM DISABILITY RESOURCE CENTRE FY2025	£1.6m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
HARINGEY MIGRANT SUPPORT CENTRE FY2025	£408k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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