Refugee and Migrant Justice

Registered charity 1155207 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as RAMFEL, REFUGEE AND MIGRANT FORUM OF ESSEX AND LONDON, REFUGEE AND MIGRANT FORUM OF ESSEX AND LONDON (RAMFEL)

Legal advice, representation, integration support services for asylum seekers, vulnerable migrants & refugees. We also provide capacity building support for charitable organisations, the public and voluntary sector, as well as undertaking campaigns on issues related to inequality, discrimination and prejudice

Objects

4.1 THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS (OBJECTS) ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS AND ADVANCE EDUCATION OF REFUGEES, ASYLUM SEEKERS, VULNERABLE MIGRANTS AND THEIR FAMILIES, IN LONDON AND ESSEX, WHO ARE IN NEED, BY REASON OF YOUTH, AGE, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE (THE BENEFICIARIES), IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY:4.1.1 PROVIDING IMMIGRATION ADVICE TO BENEFICIARIES WHERE THEY CANNOT ACCESS LEGAL AID OR AFFORD ADVICE;4.1.2 PROVIDING A WELCOMING SAFE SPACE, DESTITUTION SUPPORT AND SPECIALIST ADVICE TO BENEFICIARIES EXPERIENCING CRISIS;4.1.3 SUPPORTING BENEFICIARIES IN THEIR JOURNEY THROUGH THE ASYLUM SYSTEM AND ASSISTING THEIR SUCCESSFUL INTEGRATION INTO SOCIETY; AND4.1.4 CAMPAIGNING ON ISSUES RELATED TO THE OBJECTS, IN ORDER TO FOSTER A MORE WELCOMING AND SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT FOR BENEFICIARIES.

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

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Newham, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reports unrestricted reserves of £471,318, which the trustees state represents approximately three months of operating costs, aligning with their stated reserves policy target. The accounts indicate good overall financial health that continues to improve, supported by cash and short-term savings of £975,212. The trustees have assessed the principal risks and confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Goldwins Limited. Discloses 4 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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media 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.

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

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~3.3 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (96% 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: 1.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alison Margaret Wallacechair
• Aishwarya Suresh
• Catherine Margot L Turner
• Fatima Sulaiman
• Felix Rehren
• Jenna Warr
• Lea Ghanem
• Marcos Paul Cuevas-Nunez
• Polly Anna Stephens

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

Operates in: Essex · Throughout London

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with REFUGEE LEGAL SUPPORT.

• REFUGEE LEGAL SUPPORT income £879k
• REFUGEES AT HOME income £924k
• Migrant Help income £69.8m
• MIGRANT ACTION income £338k
• REFUGEE ACTION income £6.9m
• REFUGEE ROOTS income £326k

Side by side with its peers

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