UareUK
Supporting refugees, asylum seekers and the wider community in Wrexham and surrounding areas through food, advice, wellbeing, skills, volunteering, community gardens, and projects that build inclusion, resilience and opportunity.Raising awareness of refugees through training, workshops and talks,
Objects
To relieve poverty, sickness and distress of persons who are internally displaced or who are refugees fleeing war and persecution by the provision of such aid, food, assistance, medical aid, community support and empowerment projects for such persons or organisations established to assist them in Wales and surrounding areas or other countries as the trustees shall see fit.To relieve poverty by means including but not limited to the provision of food and aid to persons in need in North Wales.
Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts
The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £1,135.81, which is below the charity's stated aim to see reserves increase year-on-year to ensure sustainability. The trustees report a 'gloomy financial landscape' due to reduced funding and increasing overheads, noting that reduced funding is the charity's key threat.
What the accounts disclose
Policies the charity declares
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Complaints handling
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Conflicting interests
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Internal charity financial controls 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
Trustees
- ANN HENDERSchair
- ALISTAIR TOWNEND
- Sean Holcroft
- Susan Martin MBE
Income and spending
| Financial year end | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 31/12/2024 | £124k | £126k |
| 31/12/2023 | £75k | £59k |
| 31/12/2022 | £62k | £59k |
| 17/10/2021 | £16k | £23k |
| 17/10/2020 | £30k | £18k |
Common questions
Is UareUK financially healthy?
Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £1,135.81, which is below the charity's stated aim to see reserves increase year-on-year to ensure sustainability. The trustees report a 'gloomy financial landscape' due to reduced funding and increasing overheads, noting that reduced funding is the charity's key threat. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.
Government & lottery funding
| Funder | Date | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Postcode Lottery | 29/03/2024 | £20k | Unrestricted Funding |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 26/02/2024 | £20k | Grow |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 15/11/2023 | £98k | Wales COL - Sustain to Remain |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 22/09/2020 | £10k | COVID Outreach |
Funders of similar charities
| Funder | Similar charities funded | Amount to them |
|---|---|---|
| THE FIDELITY UK FOUNDATION | 2 | £223k |
| THE A B CHARITABLE TRUST | 2 | £181k |
| BERNARD LEWIS FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST | 2 | £180k |
| THE RAYNE FOUNDATION | 2 | £105k |
| WILLIAM ADLINGTON CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUST | 2 | £96k |
| THE NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT CHARITABLE FOUNDATION | 2 | £46k |
| LONDON CATALYST | 2 | £5k |
| The Marks Family Charitable Trust | 1 | — |
Charities like this
- United Kingdom for UNHCR
- CARE4CALAIS
- REFUGEES AT HOME
- WELSH REFUGEE COUNCIL
- SUPPORTING HOMELESS, ASSISTING REFUGEES EVERYWHERE
- Refugee Education UK
Side by side with its peers
| Charity | Income | Top pay band | Staff >£60k | Reserves vs policy | Fundraising cost | Going concern |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UareUK | £124k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| United Kingdom for UNHCR | £25.5m | — | — | above | — | no doubt |
| CARE4CALAIS | £1.5m | £60,001 - £70,000 | 1 | within | — | no doubt |
| REFUGEES AT HOME | £924k | — | — | above | — | no doubt |
| WELSH REFUGEE COUNCIL | £1.9m | — | — | unclear | — | no doubt |
| SUPPORTING HOMELESS, ASSISTING REFUGEES EVERYWHERE | £131k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |