TOGETHER NOW
We operate across the UK providing support to refugees with the family reunion process.
Objects
THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE RELIEF OF REFUGEES, AND THEIR FAMILY DEPENDENTS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS, IN SUCH WAYS AS ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE UNDER THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The document does not contain the Annual Accounts or Independent Examiner Report, which are listed in the Table of Contents but not included in the provided text. Consequently, no financial figures, reserves, or audit opinions are available for analysis.
What the accounts disclose
Policies the charity declares
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Complaints handling
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Conflicting interests
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Social media policy and procedures
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Volunteer management
From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/09/2025
- Volunteers: 4
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/09/2024
- Volunteers: 4
- Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; other trustee benefit
Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)
Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 30/09/2025 (received 16/09/2026, 48 days after the 30/07/2026 due date).
Trustees
- H SLEEchair
- Dr Fidel Christian Tarpeh Budy
- Ghebrekristos Tesfay
- Iman Rafatmah
- Justine Mutombo
- Maria Falzetti
- Olivia Long
Income and spending
| Financial year end | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 30/09/2025 | £126k | £112k |
| 30/09/2024 | £108k | £109k |
| 30/09/2023 | £99k | £72k |
| 30/09/2022 | £59k | £63k |
| 30/09/2021 | £57k | £49k |
Common questions
Is TOGETHER NOW financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The document does not contain the Annual Accounts or Independent Examiner Report, which are listed in the Table of Contents but not included in the provided text. Consequently, no financial figures, reserves, or audit opinions are available for analysis. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds TOGETHER NOW?
Funders whose own accounts filings name TOGETHER NOW as a grant recipient include THE BRITFORD BRIDGE TRUST, THE SIR JAMES RECKITT CHARITY, THE ALLEN LANE FOUNDATION, MIGRANT AND ASYLUM SEEKER SOLIDARITY AND ACTION, THE FORRESTER FAMILY TRUST.
Known funders
| Funder | Year | Amount | Purpose (as stated by the funder) |
|---|---|---|---|
| THE BRITFORD BRIDGE TRUST | FY2025 | £21k | Primary |
| THE SIR JAMES RECKITT CHARITY | FY2021 | £10k | Local support |
| THE ALLEN LANE FOUNDATION | FY2022 | £8k | |
| THE BRITFORD BRIDGE TRUST | FY2024 | £5k | Primary |
| MIGRANT AND ASYLUM SEEKER SOLIDARITY AND ACTION | FY2024 | £5k | Open Call Funding Grants: Autumn 2023 |
| THE FORRESTER FAMILY TRUST | FY2024 | £5k | Smaller Grants |
| W F SOUTHALL TRUST | FY2024 | £5k | Social Action |
| MISS E F RATHBONE CHARITABLE TRUST | FY2024 | £1k | National |
Government & lottery funding
| Funder | Date | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 30/05/2023 | £133k | Together Now |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 16/12/2022 | £9k | Front and Centre |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 12/07/2018 | £8k | Family Reunion Project Case Worker |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 11/06/2014 | £6k | Connected families |
Funders of similar charities
| Funder | Similar charities funded | Amount to them |
|---|---|---|
| THE HEART OF ENGLAND BAPTIST ASSOCIATION | 1 | £18k |
| CHARLES PLATER TRUST | 1 | £10k |
| THE DULVERTON TRUST | 1 | £4k |
| THE EDWARD AND DOROTHY CADBURY TRUST | 1 | £1k |
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Side by side with its peers
| Charity | Income | Top pay band | Staff >£60k | Reserves vs policy | Fundraising cost | Going concern |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOGETHER NOW | £126k | — | — | unclear | — | no doubt |
| THE TOGETHER FREE FOUNDATION | £73k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| BIRMINGHAM CHURCHES TOGETHER | £207k | — | — | unclear | — | no doubt |