REFUGEE ACTION

Registered charity 283660 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We provide reception, advice and information to refugees and asylum seekers and other displaced people; promote the development of refugee communities as distinctive parts of wider British communities; improve access to employment and mainstream services, and enhance opportunities for refugees and asylum seekers; raise awareness of refugee issues, influence policy, and campaign for refugee rights.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity made a deficit of £1.25m for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total reserves decreasing to £6.14m from £7.39m the previous year. The trustees consider the appropriate level of free unrestricted reserves to be between £1.7m and £2.3m, and the year-end general fund balance of £1.7m is within this policy range. The charity is investing in fundraising to achieve financial sustainability by the end of the 2025-26 financial year.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Moore Kingston Smith LLP. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Refugee Action (matched by registered charity number).

Public-sector contracts awarded

From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

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

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 28.2% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Nankunda Katangazachair
• Caroline Gormley
• Halyma Begum
• Kim Oanh Beach
• Lucy Branwen Vidal
• Mark Richard Nowottny
• Sahar Khan
• Salem Ibrahimi
• Ximena Alejandra Valenzuela
• Yagoub Matar

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

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