United Kingdom for UNHCR

Registered charity 1183415 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as UK FOR REFUGEES, UK for UNHCR, UNITED KINGDOM FOR REFUGEES

UK for UNHCR fundraises on behalf of the UNHCR in order to support their assistance programmes, including promoting awareness, encouraging the advancement of education for and social inclusion, for the relief and protection of refugees, asylum seekers, internally displaced and stateless persons.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that total income decreased to £25.5 million from £30.7 million in the prior year, resulting in a small unrestricted deficit of £0.1 million. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £17.1 million, which is significantly above the trustees' target range of £6.3 million to £8.2 million. The trustees confirm the charity is well-placed to manage business risks with adequate financial resources and confirmed future funding from UNHCR.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — UK for UNHCR (matched by registered charity number).

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

Reported reserves equal ~5.7 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (98% 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: 32.0% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 3.8%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Charlotte Boylechair
• Anita Yuen
• Claire Hajaj-Calestini
• Jonathan Sparkes
• Jonathan Williams
• KEITH DAVID FELTON · trustee of 5 other charities
• Katherine Mary Steward
• Lara Boro
• Michael Dyson · trustee of 1 other charity
• Sohail Ali
• Trinh Tu

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

Operates in: Afghanistan · Albania · Algeria · Angola · Argentina · Armenia · Bangladesh · Belgium · Bosnia And Herzegovina · Brazil · Burkina Faso · Burma

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with REFUGEES AT HOME.

• REFUGEES AT HOME income £1.2m
• Refugee Education UK income £1.6m
• UareUK income £124k
• UNITED NATIONS ASSOCIATION - UK income £480k
• BREAKING BARRIERS income £3.6m
• REFUGEASE income £300k

Side by side with its peers

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