THE MIRIAM DEAN REFUGEE TRUST FUND

Registered charity 269655 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MIRIAM DEAN FUND

Reaching out to the world's poorest.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£66k

Latest spending

£178k

Registered

1975

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity is winding up in 2028 due to dwindling supporters and trustee availability. Per the trustees' report, the charity has no paid staff and relies on investment income and donations to fund grants and expenses. The filing notes that investment income just met expenses, while grants exceeded total incoming resources, resulting in a net expenditure for the year.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: Reserve (LR) of which ~15% will be spent each year (held: £326k)

“all legacies received are credited to a Reserve (LR) of which ~15%will be spent each year” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

Laura Mary Buchanan
MR ANDY MOORE
MRS JENNY BUCHANAN · trustee of 1 other charity
ROBERT WILLIAM BUCHANAN
SHEILA MARY MOORE

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

Operates in: India · Kenya · South Africa

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£66k	£178k
31/12/2024	£67k	£143k
31/12/2023	£205k	£132k
31/12/2022	£81k	£199k
31/12/2021	£272k	£228k

Common questions

Is THE MIRIAM DEAN REFUGEE TRUST FUND financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity is winding up in 2028 due to dwindling supporters and trustee availability. Per the trustees' report, the charity has no paid staff and relies on investment income and donations to fund grants and expenses. The filing notes that investment income just met expenses, while grants exceeded total incoming resources, resulting in a net expenditure for the year. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THE MIRIAM DEAN REFUGEE TRUST FUND?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE MIRIAM DEAN REFUGEE TRUST FUND as a grant recipient include THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF NEWBURY ST NICOLAS, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF BURGHFIELD ST MARY THE VIRGIN.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF NEWBURY ST NICOLAS	FY2022	£4k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF NEWBURY ST NICOLAS	FY2024	£2k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF NEWBURY ST NICOLAS	FY2025	£2k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF BURGHFIELD ST MARY THE VIRGIN	FY2024	£500
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF NEWBURY ST NICOLAS	FY2021	£500	Mission