REFUGE

Registered charity 277424 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CHISWICK FAMILY RESCUE LIMITED

Latest income
£32.0m
Latest spending
£30.1m
Registered
1979

We have not yet analysed this charity’s accounts. Register data shown below.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£32.0m
Total spending
£30.1m
Cost of raising funds
£2.6m
Reserves (reported)
£8.6m
Employees
472

Reported reserves equal ~3.4 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Register events

Trustees

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£32.0m£30.1m
31/03/2024£27.8m£29.8m
31/03/2023£25.4m£30.1m
31/03/2022£24.3m£25.3m
31/03/2021£34.0m£22.3m

Common questions

Who funds REFUGE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name REFUGE as a grant recipient include THE BROOK TRUST, THE SOUTH STREET GREEN ROOM FOUNDATION, The Barratt Redrow Foundation, HOLLYHOCK CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, THE PORTRACK CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmount
THE BROOK TRUSTFY2025£125k
THE BROOK TRUSTFY2023£125k
THE SOUTH STREET GREEN ROOM FOUNDATIONFY2022£100k
The Barratt Redrow FoundationFY2023£100k
HOLLYHOCK CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2024£50k
HOLLYHOCK CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2024£50k
THE PORTRACK CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£39k
THE LINMARDON TRUSTFY2024£38k
THE BROOK TRUSTFY2022£30k
THE STEWARTS LAW FOUNDATIONFY2023£25k
THE STEWARTS LAW FOUNDATIONFY2022£25k
THE PENNIES FOUNDATIONFY2024£20k
HALCROW FOUNDATIONFY2024£20k
Fight for SightFY2024£20k
KATHLEEN BERYL SLEIGH CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£20k
THE ALAN EDWARD HIGGS CHARITYFY2023£17k
THE WIGODER FAMILY FOUNDATIONFY2024£16k
CATHY WILLS CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£15k
THE CHRISTOPHER AND HENRY OLDFIELD TRUSTFY2024£15k
ODIN CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£10k
THE BATCHWORTH TRUSTFY2025£10k
THE ORR MACKINTOSH FOUNDATION LIMITEDFY2025£10k
THE JANET NASH CHARITABLE SETTLEMENTFY2025£10k
THE TALISMAN CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£10k
THE JOHN COATES CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£10k
THE WIGODER FAMILY FOUNDATIONFY2023£10k
THE BATCHWORTH TRUSTFY2023£10k
THE JOHN COATES CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£10k
THE FIREBIRD FOUNDATIONFY2023£10k
THE DAVID FAMILY FOUNDATIONFY2021£10k
BAUER RADIO'S CASH FOR KIDS CHARITIESFY2022£7k
ROSA FUNDFY2024£7k
THE JOHN R. MURRAY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£5k
THE EVAN CORNISH FOUNDATIONFY2022£5k
INNER LONDON MAGISTRATES COURT POOR BOXFY2023£5k
THE ALLEN OVERY SHEARMAN STERLING FOUNDATIONFY2024£5k
FARRER AND CO CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£5k
THE JOHN R. MURRAY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£5k
THE LEWIS AND TERUKO SHAW FOUNDATIONFY2025£5k
OLD POSSUM'S PRACTICAL TRUSTFY2023£5k
PILKINGTON CHARITIES FUNDFY2023£4k
INTO GIVING LIMITEDFY2021£3k
THE CHERUBY TRUSTFY2023£3k
THE CHERUBY TRUSTFY2025£3k
THE ANTHONY & PAT CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2024£3k
THE WILLIE AND MABEL MORRIS CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£3k
THE ELIZABETH FRANKLAND MOORE AND STAR FOUNDATIONFY2025£3k
BAUER RADIO'S CASH FOR KIDS CHARITIESFY2024£2k
THE CHERUBY TRUSTFY2024£2k
THE ANTHONY & PAT CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2022£2k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
London Borough of Hounslow04/06/2025£18kGrant to Refuge
Postcode Lottery13/02/2025£300kSpecial Award 2025 Year 2 of 3
London Borough of Hounslow18/01/2024£1kGrant to Refuge
Postcode Lottery01/12/2023£300kSpecial Award 2024 Year 1 of 3