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REFUGEE ACTION

Registered charity 283660 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Latest income
£6.9m
Latest spending
£8.1m
Registered
1981

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

Total income
£6.9m
Total spending
£8.1m
Cost of raising funds
£1.9m
Reserves (reported)
£1.7m
Employees
95

Reported reserves equal ~2.5 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Trustees

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£6.9m£8.1m
31/03/2024£11.7m£10.6m
31/03/2023£11.5m£10.1m
31/03/2022£7.8m£6.6m
31/03/2021£8.8m£8.5m

Common questions

Who funds REFUGEE ACTION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name REFUGEE ACTION as a grant recipient include BERNARD LEWIS FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST, CO-OPERATIVE COMMUNITY INVESTMENT FOUNDATION, THE LEGAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION, THE GAUDIO FAMILY FOUNDATION (UK) LIMITED, THE JONGEN CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmount
BERNARD LEWIS FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£700k
CO-OPERATIVE COMMUNITY INVESTMENT FOUNDATIONFY2023£500k
THE LEGAL EDUCATION FOUNDATIONFY2025£355k
CO-OPERATIVE COMMUNITY INVESTMENT FOUNDATIONFY2022£250k
THE GAUDIO FAMILY FOUNDATION (UK) LIMITEDFY2022£150k
THE JONGEN CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£100k
THE JONGEN CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£75k
THE A B CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£55k
BERNARD LEWIS FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£54k
THE BELL EDUCATIONAL TRUST LIMITEDFY2024£50k
CO-OPERATIVE COMMUNITY INVESTMENT FOUNDATIONFY2024£50k
THE SIMMONS AND SIMMONS CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2025£45k
COLCHESTER CATALYST CHARITYFY2022£20k
THE AURUM CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£15k
LONDON LEGAL SUPPORT TRUSTFY2023£10k
LONDON LEGAL SUPPORT TRUSTFY2024£10k
NEWBY TRUST LIMITEDFY2024£10k
PILKINGTON CHARITIES FUNDFY2024£5k
THE DAVID FAMILY FOUNDATIONFY2021£5k
PILKINGTON CHARITIES FUNDFY2022£5k
THE AURUM CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£5k
THE ALLEN OVERY SHEARMAN STERLING FOUNDATIONFY2024£5k
THE MERCERS CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2025£3k
THE CHERUBY TRUSTFY2024£3k
THE BELL EDUCATIONAL TRUST LIMITEDFY2023£3k
THE CHILLAG FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£3k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST LUKE, SEVENOAKSFY2023£2k
THE CHILLAG FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£2k
THE CHERUBY TRUSTFY2023£2k
THE CHERUBY TRUSTFY2025£2k
CRAPS CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£1k
MICHAEL GUEST CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2024£1k
THE BOWER TRUSTFY2023£1k
PILKINGTON CHARITIES FUNDFY2025£1k
BRIGHOUSE WEST YORKSHIRE AREA QUAKER MEETING OF THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS (QUAKERS) IN BRITAINFY2023£400
BRIGHOUSE WEST YORKSHIRE AREA QUAKER MEETING OF THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS (QUAKERS) IN BRITAINFY2024£400
Kingston GivingFY2025£300
Kingston GivingFY2025£300
Kingston GivingFY2025£300
LION WALK UNITED REFORMED CHURCH CHARITYFY2023£200
Kingston GivingFY2025£200
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST LUKE, SEVENOAKSFY2022£150
THE OLWYN FOUNDATIONFY2023£0

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund07/08/2000£90k"Remembering Our Journeys, Vietnamese Refugees"