HULL HELP FOR REFUGEES

Registered charity 1176555 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We collect clothing and other items and raise funds to help asylum seekers in Hull and East Riding, as well as vulnerable people locally. We also provide a small amount of assistance to asylum seekers overseas. We aim to raise awareness of the situation of people seeking asylum, by organising public events, such as talks, and being involved in local festivals etc.

Objects

1) TO RELIEVE DESTITUTE PERSONS AND THOSE WHO HAVE BECOME DISPLACED PERSONS OR REFUGEES FROM THE COUNTRIES OF THEIR ORIGIN OR DOMICILE BY REASON OF HOSTILITIES, PERSECUTION, OPPRESSION, DISCRIMINATION, NATURAL DISASTERS OR OTHER LIKE CAUSES, AND THEIR FAMILIES AND DEPENDANTS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS, BY THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL AND MATERIAL RESOURCES, AND FACILITIES.2) TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY IN REFUGEE CAMPS, PARTICULARLY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, THOSE IN FRANCE AND GREECE, BY PROVIDING ITEMS AND SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED AND/OR CHARITIES, OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY;3) TO ADVANCE RELIGIOUS AND RACIAL HARMONY, EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY BY PROMOTING GOOD RELATIONS BETWEEN REFUGEE AND ASYLUM SEEKERS AND THE WIDER COMMUNITY IN HULL AND THE EAST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE;4) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL ABOUT THE ISSUES RELATING TO REFUGEES, DISPLACED PERSONS, THOSE SEEKING ASYLUM OR AT ANY STAGE OF THE ASYLUM PROCESS, INCLUDING (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) THOSE REJECTED FROM ASYLUM.

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

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

Latest income
£52k
Latest spending
£37k
Registered
2018
Accounts read
FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The document provided is an Independent Examiner's Report for Hull Help for Refugees for the year ended 01/04/2025. The examiner confirms that no material matters have come to their attention that would cause them to believe the accounting records were not kept in accordance with the Act or that the accounts do not accord with those records. The report contains no financial data, reserves figures, or narrative on financial health.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 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.

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 01/04/2026

  • Volunteers: 30

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 01/04/2025

  • Volunteers: 30
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 01/04/2024

  • Volunteers: 40

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

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

Operates in: Bangladesh · East Riding Of Yorkshire · France · Greece · Kingston Upon Hull City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
01/04/2026£52k£37k
01/04/2025£34k£48k
01/04/2024£41k£47k
01/04/2023£76k£66k
01/04/2022£40k£28k

Common questions

Is HULL HELP FOR REFUGEES financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The document provided is an Independent Examiner's Report for Hull Help for Refugees for the year ended 01/04/2025. The examiner confirms that no material matters have come to their attention that would cause them to believe the accounting records were not kept in accordance with the Act or that the accounts do not accord with those records. The report contains no financial data, reserves figures, or narrative on financial health. Its FY2026 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds HULL HELP FOR REFUGEES?

Funders whose own accounts filings name HULL HELP FOR REFUGEES as a grant recipient include THE SOCIETY OF MARY (MARIST FATHERS) CIO, THE HULL AND EAST RIDING CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE SOCIETY OF MARY (MARIST FATHERS) CIOFY2025£10k
THE SOCIETY OF MARY (MARIST FATHERS) CIOFY2024£4kDonations or grant funding support
THE HULL AND EAST RIDING CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£1k

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HULL RESETTLEMENT PROJECT LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
HULL HELP FOR REFUGEES£52k——unclear—no doubt
HULL RESETTLEMENT PROJECT LIMITED FY2025£1.9m—0above—no doubt
HILLINGDON REFUGEE SUPPORT ORGANISATION FY2026£151k—0unclear—no doubt
HERTS FOR REFUGEES FY2025£26k—0above—no doubt
EMMAUS HULL & EAST RIDING FY2025£1.1m—1unclear—no doubt
ASYLUM AID FY2025£1.7m—0within—no doubt

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