WOMEN FOR REFUGEE WOMEN
Registered charity 1165320 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WOMEN FOR REFUGEE WOMEN (CIO)
Raising awareness of the injustices experienced by asylum-seeking and refugee women in the UK through media work and public events, through informing policy makers in partnership with other organisations, and through empowering asylum-seeking and refugee women to take platforms to speak directly about their experiences.This charity merged with & succeeds WfRW charitable trust, reg. no. 1121174
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Economic/community Development/employment · 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 net expenditure for the year of £322,744, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £2,654,162 to £2,331,418. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £507,142 at the end of the financial year. The trustees confirmed 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
Employees paid over £60,000: 3
“Three employee received emoluments of more than £60,000” — page 49
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustees' expenses reimbursed
“Expenses totalling £452 (2024: £441) were reimbursed to three trustees (2024: 3 trustees) during the year.”
“One trustee was sent bereavement flowers, one trustee was sent a gift of flowers and chocolates while ill, and two long-serving trustees received leaving gifts; the total value of these small gifts was £216” — page 50
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustees' gifts
“Expenses totalling £452 (2024: £441) were reimbursed to three trustees (2024: 3 trustees) during the year.”
“One trustee was sent bereavement flowers, one trustee was sent a gift of flowers and chocolates while ill, and two long-serving trustees received leaving gifts; the total value of these small gifts was £216” — page 50
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustee training payments
“Expenses totalling £452 (2024: £441) were reimbursed to three trustees (2024: 3 trustees) during the year.”
“One trustee was sent bereavement flowers, one trustee was sent a gift of flowers and chocolates while ill, and two long-serving trustees received leaving gifts; the total value of these small gifts was £216” — page 50
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustee donations
“Expenses totalling £452 (2024: £441) were reimbursed to three trustees (2024: 3 trustees) during the year.”
“One trustee was sent bereavement flowers, one trustee was sent a gift of flowers and chocolates while ill, and two long-serving trustees received leaving gifts; the total value of these small gifts was £216” — page 50
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 — Women for Refugee Women (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 Five Points Brewing Co. — “We partnered with The Five Points Brewing Co. to make a delicious beer, At Wits’ End for International Women’s Day! £10 from every keg sold …” (source page)
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£100k
Reported reserves equal ~5.4 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (86% 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: 12.9% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (25/05/2018) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Transferred assets to another charity (04/05/2018) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Rachel Louise Sternchair
- CHRISTINE VANESSA TAYLOR
- Catherine Allison Briddick
- Emma Cecilia Lind Gardner
- Jade Amoli-Jackson
- Julia Marjorie Adelaide Lowis
- Mirella Uwas
- Muma Sinkala · trustee of 1 other charity
- Naomi Danquah
- Olivia Namutebi
- Rachel Pauline Larkin
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Throughout England And Wales
Income and spending
Common questions
Is WOMEN FOR REFUGEE WOMEN financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure for the year of £322,744, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £2,654,162 to £2,331,418. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £507,142 at the end of the financial year. The trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds WOMEN FOR REFUGEE WOMEN?
Funders whose own accounts filings name WOMEN FOR REFUGEE WOMEN as a grant recipient include JUSTICE COLLABORATIONS, THE BARROW CADBURY TRUST, ROSA FUND, THE BROMLEY TRUST, Impact London Collective.
Known funders
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Government & lottery funding
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