ACTION FOR REFUGEES IN LEWISHAM
Registered charity 1116344 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
AFRIL aims to relieve the poverty of refugees, asylum-seekers and vulnerable migrants, advance their education and advocate for their rights. We work with our service users by providing them with the tools they need to improve their own lives and fulfil their potential as members of the community and society.
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £51,064 for the year ended 31 May 2025, reversing a previous deficit. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £142,879, which the trustees consider sufficient to maintain operations for three to six months of expenditure in the event of a funding drop.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: three and six month’s expenditure (held: £143k)
“It is the policy of the charity that unrestricted funds which have not been designated for a specific use should be maintained at a level equivalent to between three and six month’s expenditure.” — page 16
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Action for Refugees in Lewisham (matched by registered charity number).
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/05/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£120
Reported reserves equal ~2.7 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (76% 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (01/08/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Gareth Redmond-Kingchair
- Divaughn Burnett
- HASAN KHALIFAH
- Karleen Richards
- Kathleen Anne Bride Commons · trustee of 1 other charity
- Kirsten Rebecca Wildgoose
- Lorna Sarah Barron
- Margaret Ruth Gravelle
- Neil Denis Walker
- Welat Sardar Ahmed Kurdi
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Bexley · Bromley · Greenwich · Lewisham · Southwark
Income and spending
Common questions
Is ACTION FOR REFUGEES IN LEWISHAM financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £51,064 for the year ended 31 May 2025, reversing a previous deficit. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £142,879, which the trustees consider sufficient to maintain operations for three to six months of expenditure in the event of a funding drop. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds ACTION FOR REFUGEES IN LEWISHAM?
Funders whose own accounts filings name ACTION FOR REFUGEES IN LEWISHAM as a grant recipient include TRUST FOR LONDON, ST PAUL'S SCHOOLS FOUNDATION, THE ANGUS LAWSON MEMORIAL TRUST, THE A B CHARITABLE TRUST, THE NORTHWICK TRUST.
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