BRISTOL REFUGEE RIGHTS

Registered charity 1126646 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HOLDING REFUGEES AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN MIND

BRR runs a drop-in for refugees and asylum seekers offering advice, English classes, social networking and much else. BRR also runs public education and campaigning activities.

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a reported surplus of £31,853, although this masks a budgetary deficit of £46,858 when adjusted for restricted grants designated for future spending. Per the trustees' report, the organization remains financially viable and has met its reserves policy target of holding three months' operating costs, with unrestricted reserves standing at £229,660 against a target of £193,676.

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 4 of 6 completeness components.

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

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~2.9 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (97% 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: 10.8% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Kirill Babeevchair
• Absar Saleh
• Dr Natasha Carver
• Emma Jukes
• Henry Logan
• Irene Zikusoka
• Mano Candappa

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

Operates in: Bristol City

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BRADFORD AFRICAN COMMUNITY.

• BRADFORD AFRICAN COMMUNITY income £137k
• BARNET REFUGEE SERVICE income £817k
• Refugee Support Group income £973k
• BREAKING BARRIERS income £3.6m
• HELP BRISTOL'S HOMELESS CHARITY income £551k
• NOTTINGHAM AND NOTTINGHAMSHIRE REFUGEE FORUM income £1.5m

Side by side with its peers

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