REFUGEE SUPPORT EUROPE

Registered charity 1174070 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as REFUGEE SUPPORT EUROPE LIMITED

Humanitarian aid to individuals fleeing violence

Causes: Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£383k
Latest spending
£307k
Registered
2017
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £56,470 for the year ended 31 March 2025, reversing a deficit from the previous year. However, the trustees report that the financial situation remains extremely precarious, with cashflow forecasts showing a reducing balance and a need to secure income month-to-month to maintain operations. Total net assets stood at £218,182, with unrestricted reserves of the same amount.

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

What the accounts disclose

Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor
“As needs grow, our financial situation remains extremely precarious and we must continue to work hard to secure income to maintain operations, month to month.” — page 15
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by BB Solutions. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Refugee Support Europe (matched by registered charity number).

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/03/2023)

Total income
£704k
Total spending
£716k
Cost of raising funds
£13k
Reserves (reported)
£100k
Employees
2

Reported reserves equal ~1.7 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% 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: 1.9% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Cyprus · Dorset

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/03/2025£383k£307k
30/03/2024£473k£529k
30/03/2023£704k£716k
30/03/2022£382k£246k
30/03/2021£195k£204k

Common questions

Is REFUGEE SUPPORT EUROPE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £56,470 for the year ended 31 March 2025, reversing a deficit from the previous year. However, the trustees report that the financial situation remains extremely precarious, with cashflow forecasts showing a reducing balance and a need to secure income month-to-month to maintain operations. Total net assets stood at £218,182, with unrestricted reserves of the same amount. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by BB Solutions.

Who funds REFUGEE SUPPORT EUROPE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name REFUGEE SUPPORT EUROPE as a grant recipient include TALBOT VILLAGE TRUST, THE AMATEURS TRUST, THE EVAN CORNISH FOUNDATION.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
TALBOT VILLAGE TRUSTFY2024£16k
THE AMATEURS TRUSTFY2025£15k
THE AMATEURS TRUSTFY2024£15k
THE EVAN CORNISH FOUNDATIONFY2024£9kOverseas July 2023
THE EVAN CORNISH FOUNDATIONFY2025£3kEmergency/Multi-Year

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
UK government19/04/2021£95kResettlement Programme - Post Arrival Support
UK government19/04/2021£85kResettlement Programme - Post Arrival Support
UK government19/04/2021£10kResettlement Programme - Post Arrival Support
UK government19/04/2021£385kResettlement Programme - Post Arrival Support

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with REFUGEASE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
REFUGEE SUPPORT EUROPE£383k—0unclear—noted
REFUGEASE FY2024£300k—0below75.5%noted
ForRefugees FY2025£567k—0above—no doubt
Refugee Support Group FY2025£973k—0unclear—no doubt
ASYLUM AND REFUGEE COMMUNITY, BLACKBURN FY2025£243k—0unclear—no doubt
GREENWICH REFUGEE AID AND COMMUNITY ENTERPRISE FY2025£100k—0unclear—no doubt

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