REFUGEES AT HOME

Registered charity 1177765 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

For the public benefit the prevention or relief of poverty of refugees, those seeking asylum and their dependants in the United Kingdom, in particular but not exclusively by:- facilitating the provision of accommodation by members of the public;- the provision of financial assistance; and- the provision of practical assistance.

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Latest income
£1.2m
Latest spending
£1.1m
Registered
2018
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £850,241 at the end of the year, which the trustees note equates to twelve months of operating expenditure. The charity reported a net income surplus of £114,362 for the year, driven by significant growth in donations and grants. The trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties related to going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months (held: £850k)
“In October 2023, the trustees changed the charity's reserves policy from holding nice months' reserves to holding six months' reserves.” — page 9
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Donation from trustee
“In the year ended 31 December 2024 the charity received unrestricted donations totalling £2,400 (2023: £3,050) from the following trustees: · Sara Nathan: £2,400” — page 30
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Sedulo Audit Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Refugees At Home (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income
£1.2m
Total spending
£1.1m
Cost of raising funds
£34k
Reserves (reported)
£850k
Employees
19

Reported reserves equal ~9.4 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (95% 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: 2.8% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£1.2m£1.1m
31/12/2023£523k£835k
31/12/2022£1.3m£729k
31/12/2021£323k£234k
31/12/2020£408k£202k

Common questions

Is REFUGEES AT HOME financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £850,241 at the end of the year, which the trustees note equates to twelve months of operating expenditure. The charity reported a net income surplus of £114,362 for the year, driven by significant growth in donations and grants. The trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties related to going concern. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Sedulo Audit Limited.

Who funds REFUGEES AT HOME?

Funders whose own accounts filings name REFUGEES AT HOME as a grant recipient include THE A B CHARITABLE TRUST, THE CRUCIBLE FOUNDATION, THE TOLKIEN TRUST, THE SENECA TRUST, THE EMMANUEL KAYE FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE A B CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£100kMigrants and Refugees
THE CRUCIBLE FOUNDATIONFY2023£100k
THE CRUCIBLE FOUNDATIONFY2025£60k
THE TOLKIEN TRUSTFY2023£52k
THE CRUCIBLE FOUNDATIONFY2022£50k
THE SENECA TRUSTFY2025£50k
THE EMMANUEL KAYE FOUNDATIONFY2023£30kRosa Fund UK
ALICE ROUGHTON FOUNDATIONFY2025£29k
THE EMMANUEL KAYE FOUNDATIONFY2025£25k
THE TOLKIEN TRUSTFY2024£20k
THE TOLKIEN TRUSTFY2021£20k
LANDAID CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITEDFY2025£13k
THE REED FOUNDATIONFY2022£11kChristmas Challenge
SPEARS-STUTZ CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£10k
SPEARS-STUTZ CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£10k
THE EMMANUEL KAYE FOUNDATIONFY2024£10k
THE A M CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£10k
ALICE ROUGHTON FOUNDATIONFY2024£6k
THE T. S. ELIOT FOUNDATIONFY2023£5kDirect UK Grants
JOSEPH ETTEDGUI CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2022£5k
SPEARS-STUTZ CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£5k
THE DWF FOUNDATIONFY2024£5k
THE T. S. ELIOT FOUNDATIONFY2024£5kDirect UK Grants
LONDON CATALYSTFY2022£2k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARTIN EAST HORSLEYFY2025£560Secular Charity
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHIDDINGFOLDFY2024£500UK Outreach
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARTIN EAST HORSLEYFY2024£400Secular Charities
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARTIN EAST HORSLEYFY2023£385Note 5 lists this as a specific line item under Secular Charities.
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARTIN EAST HORSLEYFY2022£350Secular Charities
THE A M CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£105
The Marks Family Charitable TrustFY2022—

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund24/10/2024£436kRefugees at Home - increasing reach; deepening impact
Crowdfunder04/10/2022£20kLocal Action Fund
A B Charitable Trust24/03/2022£50kA grant to Refugees at Home
The National Lottery Community Fund25/02/2021£10kPlacement Coordinator for Refugees at Home
A B Charitable Trust09/01/2020£15kA grant to Refugees at Home

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 ASYLUM WELCOME.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
REFUGEES AT HOME£1.2m——above—no doubt
ASYLUM WELCOME FY2025£1.6mUnder £60,0000above—no doubt
Migrant Help FY2025£69.8m——unclear—no doubt
BRAYATEE KURDISH COMMUNITY FY2025£152k—0unclear—no doubt
REFUGEASE FY2024£300k—0below75.5%noted
REFUGEE ROOTS FY2025£326k—0unclear—no doubt

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