THE HUMMINGBIRD REFUGEE PROJECT

Registered charity 1174970 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Founded as a grassroots organisation in Calais, we're now a Brighton based charity working locally with young refugees in Sussex and campaigning nationally. We provide specialist one to one casework support and advocacy as well as weekly youth groups that are developed alongside the young people accessing them.

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

Latest income

£559k

Latest spending

£454k

Registered

2017

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £14,926, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of three to six months' expenditure. The Treasurer's Report notes that the charity moved out of a period of immediate financial crisis but that rebuilding reserves remains a key priority due to significant funding gaps and rising demand.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: Under £60,000 — below the median for charities its size (£60k)

“There were no employees whose annual remuneration was more than £60,000.” — page 36

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: three and six months’ expenditure (held: £15k)

“It is the charity’s policy that unrestricted funds which have not been designated for a specific use should be maintained at a level equivalent to between three and six months’ expenditure.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Hummingbird Refugee Project (matched by registered charity number).

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/09/2025)

Total income

£559k

Total spending

£454k

Cost of raising funds

£3k

Reserves (reported)

£15k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~0.4 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 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: 0.5% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Neha Patel Hamptonchair
Alp Iskender
Damien Robert
ELISA SANDRI
Zar Ti Nwe Nu Aung

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/09/2025	£559k	£454k
30/09/2024	£378k	£428k
30/09/2023	£322k	£358k
30/09/2022	£330k	£275k
30/09/2021	£229k	£205k

Common questions

Is THE HUMMINGBIRD REFUGEE PROJECT financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £14,926, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of three to six months' expenditure. The Treasurer's Report notes that the charity moved out of a period of immediate financial crisis but that rebuilding reserves remains a key priority due to significant funding gaps and rising demand. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

What does the highest-paid employee of THE HUMMINGBIRD REFUGEE PROJECT earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the Under £60,000 band.

Who funds THE HUMMINGBIRD REFUGEE PROJECT?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE HUMMINGBIRD REFUGEE PROJECT as a grant recipient include THE RAYNE FOUNDATION, THE BLAGRAVE TRUST, THE A B CHARITABLE TRUST, FONTHILL FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE RAYNE FOUNDATION	FY2025	£60k	Core costs
THE BLAGRAVE TRUST	FY2025	£36k	Increasing civil society's accountability to young people
THE A B CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£20k
THE BLAGRAVE TRUST	FY2024	£20k	Increasing civil society's accountability to young people
THE BLAGRAVE TRUST	FY2023	£19k	Increasing civil society's accountability to young people
THE BLAGRAVE TRUST	FY2022	£15k	Increasing civil society's accountability to young people
THE RAYNE FOUNDATION	FY2024	£14k	Hummingbird Young Women’s Empowerment Group (YWEG)
FONTHILL FOUNDATION	FY2024	£5k	Enable young people to attend PGL trip through their Brownie pack group

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
A B Charitable Trust	01/12/2025	£25k	A grant to The Hummingbird Refugee Project
A B Charitable Trust	16/12/2024	£25k	A grant to The Hummingbird Refugee Project
A B Charitable Trust	18/10/2024	£4k	A grant to The Hummingbird Refugee Project
A B Charitable Trust	25/01/2024	£20k	A grant to The Hummingbird Refugee Project
The National Lottery Community Fund	27/04/2023	£300k	Hummingbird Futures
Barrow Cadbury Trust	21/09/2020	£28k	COVID-19 - The Hummingbird Refugee Project
UK government	18/09/2020	£9k	Coronavirus Community Support Fund

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
SOCIETY OF THE HOLY CHILD JESUS CIO	2	£60k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. PETER, FORMBY	1	—
THE REED FOUNDATION	1	—
EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOUNDATION	1	£287k
THE BATCHWORTH TRUST	1	£100k
THE EARLEY CHARITY	1	£78k
THE BROMLEY TRUST	1	£55k
THE FORRESTER FAMILY TRUST	1	£40k

Charities like this

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

REFUGEASE income £300k
THE HUMMINGBIRD INITIATIVE income £276k
Refugee Support Group income £973k
REFUGEE RESOURCE income £631k
CHARIS (CHRISTIAN HELP & ACTION FOR REFUGEES IN SOMERSET) income £711k
RESET COMMUNITIES AND REFUGEES LTD income £504k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE HUMMINGBIRD REFUGEE PROJECT	£559k	Under £60,000	unclear	—	no doubt
REFUGEASE FY2024	£300k	—	below	75.5%	noted
THE HUMMINGBIRD INITIATIVE FY2025	£276k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
Refugee Support Group FY2025	£973k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
REFUGEE RESOURCE FY2026	£631k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CHARIS (CHRISTIAN HELP & ACTION FOR REFUGEES IN SOMERSET) FY2025	£711k	—	above	—	no doubt

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