ART REFUGE

Registered charity 1114353 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ART REFUGE - UK

We support people who have been displaced due to conflict, persecution and poverty, in the UK and internationally, through socially engaged art, art therapy, training, education and research. We also engage the public in issues relating to refugees, trafficked people, those seeking asylum and other displaced persons through research dissemination, exhibitions and other activities.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£106k
Latest spending
£109k
Registered
2006
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that total funds decreased to £27,648 at year-end, with unrestricted reserves of £17,335. The trustees report that this balance is higher than the policy target of approximately £10,600, which is designed to cover three months of running costs. The charity operated with a net expenditure of £3,197 for the year, relying on a mix of restricted and unrestricted income.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £17k)
“The reserve policy is designed to cover 3 months' running costs. Looking at the commitments as at the year-end, the charity requires approx £10,600 in reserves.”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Art Refuge (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Bristol City · France · Hackney · Kent · Nepal

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£106k£109k
31/12/2023£108k£97k
31/12/2022£71k£88k
31/12/2021£94k£67k
31/12/2020£32k£39k

Common questions

Is ART REFUGE financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that total funds decreased to £27,648 at year-end, with unrestricted reserves of £17,335. The trustees report that this balance is higher than the policy target of approximately £10,600, which is designed to cover three months of running costs. The charity operated with a net expenditure of £3,197 for the year, relying on a mix of restricted and unrestricted income. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds ART REFUGE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name ART REFUGE as a grant recipient include PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST COLUMBA, CROSSPOOL.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST COLUMBA, CROSSPOOLFY2022£150

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund05/09/2025£20kExtending The Community Table

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 REFUGEASE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ART REFUGE£106k—0above—no doubt
REFUGEASE FY2024£300k—0below75.5%noted
REFUGEES AT HOME FY2024£1.2m——above—no doubt
REFUGEE RESOURCE FY2026£631k—0unclear—no doubt
DIGARTREF CYF FY2025£1.7m£60,001 - £70,0001within—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.