Refugee Education UK

Registered charity 1132509 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as REFUGEE SUPPORT NETWORK, RSN

Refugee Education UK (formerly Refugee Support Network) enables young refugees and asylum seekers to have better access to education, get better outcomes from education (both academic and wellbeing), and have opportunities to use their education. We aim to achieve this through a combination of direct education support programmes, capacity building and research for structural and system changes.

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a modest net income surplus of £30,776 for the year ended 31 March 2026, following a broadly balanced financial position. The trustees confirm that unrestricted net current assets of £391,784 are sufficient to comply with their reserves policy of holding a minimum of three months of operational reserves.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Brewers Chartered Accountants. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 06879651

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Refugee Education UK (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).

• The Brown Source Trust — ““ The Brown Source Trust has been a supporter of REUK since 2016 because we can see the difference that their commitment and hard work is ha…” (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.

• BELLO, Oyindasola Deborah — director, appointed 21/01/2025on trustee list
• RIBEIRO, Emily Anne — director, appointed 16/07/2024on trustee list
• HARLAND, Mark Alister — director, appointed 27/07/2021on trustee list
• NASH, Mark Scott — director, appointed 17/04/2020on trustee list
• TEKA, Hiruy Gossaye — director, appointed 21/08/2019on trustee list
• HOLLOW, David — director, appointed 16/04/2009on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £1.1m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2026)

Reported reserves equal ~8.8 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (85% 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: 4.9% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Emily Anne Ribeirochair
• David Hollow
• Hiruy Gossaye Teka
• Mark Alister Harland
• Mark Scott Nash · trustee of 2 other charities
• Oyindasola Deborah Bello

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

Operates in: Birmingham City · Cambridgeshire · Oxfordshire · Throughout London

Income and spending

Common questions

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 Refugee Support Group.

• Refugee Support Group income £973k
• United Kingdom for UNHCR income £25.5m
• BRITISH REFUGEE COUNCIL income £14.9m
• REFUGEES AT HOME income £1.2m
• REFUGEE RESOURCE income £631k
• REFUGEASE income £300k

Side by side with its peers

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