SHROPSHIRE SUPPORTS REFUGEES
Registered charity 1196673 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
Shropshire Supports Refugees exists to assist and support refugees settled in the Shropshire area. SSR provides a range of services, goods, support and advice including ESOL and leisure and recreation activities for the families. We provide a support network and facilitate helping to create the community networks necessary to live happy, independent lives.
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · 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
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that total income was £473,803 against total expenditure of £599,590, resulting in a net expenditure for the year. The trustees report that cash reserves of £111,370 equate to three months of operating costs, meeting their stated reserves policy target.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Largest income source: Restricted Grants (63% of income)
“Restricted Grants 62.5%”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: three months operational costs (held: £111k)
“Our aim is to maintain a reserve equivalent to three months operational costs” — page 25
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)
Cost of raising funds
£150
Reported reserves equal ~0.6 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (76% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).
- Martin Hamiltonchair
- Dr HEATHER CLAIRE THOMAS
- Giles Bell · trustee of 1 other charity
- Jane Smalley
- Kyrylo Bobrov
- Roger Ford
- Yasmin Sulaman
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Shropshire
Income and spending
Common questions
Is SHROPSHIRE SUPPORTS REFUGEES financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income was £473,803 against total expenditure of £599,590, resulting in a net expenditure for the year. The trustees report that cash reserves of £111,370 equate to three months of operating costs, meeting their stated reserves policy target. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds SHROPSHIRE SUPPORTS REFUGEES?
Funders whose own accounts filings name SHROPSHIRE SUPPORTS REFUGEES as a grant recipient include THE HUGH SYMONS CHARITABLE TRUST, THE WOODWARD CHARITABLE TRUST.
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