Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -2
Support Score: 8
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Latest return overdue -5
  • Overall weighted support: +8
Overall GiG Score: 6 ?

REFUGEEYOUTH

Refugee Youth provides an environment of friendship and belonging in which young refugees gain strength and power, through creative learning. Young refugees from around the world work together to: create community, friendship and belonging, develop leadership skills, and learn to advocate for change amongst policy makers and other professionals who impact on their lives.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
01/01/70£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/22£30£31£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/21£96£110£-14n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/20£86£85£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/19£98£110£-12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/18£91£101£-10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/17£118£117£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/16£158£139£18n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/15£193£223£-30n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/14£173£182£-9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/13£216£217£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/12£244£221£23n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/11£225£213£12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/10£206£202£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/09£211£210£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/08£189£188£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/07£186£167£19n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/06£112£117£-5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/05*£89£67£22n/an/an/an/an/an/a
01/01/70£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 22 years

www.refugeeyouth.org

info@refugeeyouth.org

0203489442

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Social youth organisations
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Henry Smith Charity£185,500
DCMS£37,850
Barrow Cadbury Trust£23,000
The London Community Foundation£10,683
People's Health Trust£8,256
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund£1,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Refugee Youth
£109,800 10/02/2022
36
towards three years' salary of a Director and two Project Leaders, and young leadership training at an organisation providing support for young asylum seekers and refugees aged 14 - 25 in the London Borough of Croydon.
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund - Grant to RefugeeYouth
£1,000 01/12/2021
Small Grant Unrestricted Core Costs
People's Health Trust - Amazing People of the World (APOW)
£8,256 10/11/2021
This two-year project supports young refugees and unaccompanied asylum seekers aged 14-25 living in Croydon, London, through weekly creative activities. Participants shape the project by collectively choosing the activities and are encouraged to ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Refugee Youth
£75,700 23/10/2020
12
towards one year's running costs of an organisation providing one-to-one support sessions and a range of activities for young refugees and asylum seekers in Croydon.
DCMS - DCMS VSCE CMC Covid Funding
£37,850 23/10/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots and small organisations who can provide an ....more
Barrow Cadbury Trust - COVID-19 - RefugeeYouth Limited
£23,000 07/10/2020
6
To enable service continuity and adapt services to increase safety.
The London Community Foundation - Grant to RefugeeYouth
£10,683 01/05/2020
This funding is for ensuring vulnerable young refugees and asylum seekers are effectively supported during this pandemic. We will achieve this by developing our new online programme, increasing 1:1 support, engaging with external facilitators and ....more
Mercer's Charitable Foundation - Grant to RefugeeYouth
£25,000 12/10/2018
12
Wellbeing through Creative Arts for Young Refugees in London
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - RefugeeYouth: Youth Leadership, Forward Journeys and Informing Wider Change
£60,000 11/12/2017
24
RefugeeYouth is a grassroots charity dedicated to bettering the life chances of young refugees and newly arrived asylum seekers aged 14 to 20. In partnership with its members, the organisation will pilot a new Youth Leadership Programme that builds ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Refugee Youth
£113,400 07/12/2017
36
towards three years' continuation funding of the salary costs of an organisation that provides support to young, newly arrived asylum seekers in the London Borough of Croydon
National Lottery Community Fund - One World, One Love: Creative Communities Sharing Culture
£9,931 03/05/2017
12
This project will run a series of group sessions in which young refugees and asylum seekers will design their own workshops on topics that are important to them, culminating in a cultural residential camp. This will encourage self-expression, ....more
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Refugee Youth - part-time co-ordinator
£5,000 31/10/2016
6
To support the role of a part-time coordinator to enable a range of strategic, fundraising, human resources and communications activities.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Barbara Melunsky Refugee Youth Agency Ltd
£107,100 04/12/2014
36
towards three years' salaries of a Development Worker and a Young People's Advocate, and the running costs of a youth project providing activities and support for young refugees in London
LandAid Charitable Trust - Revenue funding to support young people from refugee backgrounds
£39,924 11/02/2014
Salary funding of two part-time salaries of youth workers involved in the charity's projects in Harrow and Croydon in London. Focused on engagement with disadvantaged and isolated young people from refugee backgrounds.
Barrow Cadbury Trust - B'ham Boom into the future
£5,600 01/10/2012
B'ham Boom into the future
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Refugee Youth
£90,000 19/10/2011
Towards core costs of supporting young refugees to develop leadership roles.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Refugee Youth
£105,000 12/06/2008
36
Towards Core costs Towards the salaries of two youth support workers and the rental of office space plus a fund to support youth activities where young refugees work together to improve their lives and the lives of other refugees.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 6/7 persons

  • JESSICA TREVIS Appointed: 2020
  • JOY TEMITAYO SALAJA Appointed: 2019
  • LIZZIE ADAMS (Chair) Appointed: 2016
  • LUKE HAYMAN Appointed: 2020
  • MICAH WOLDU Appointed: 2020
  • MUTSA KAMUDZANDU Appointed: 2020
  • NICHOLAS ARTHUR SIGLER Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Retired
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 22/10/2002, number: 1094296
  • Registered at Companies House on 20/12/2001, number: 04343703
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
18 returns made; AR05: 132 days late,
Main office

CVA Resource Centre
82 London Road
CROYDON
CR0 2TB

Objectives

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS (THE OBJECTS) ARE TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO RELIEVE POVERTY AND DISTRESS, AND TO FURTHER OTHER EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES AMONG OR IN RESPECT OF REFUGEES AND REFUGEE COMMUNITIES (AS DEFINED IN CLAUSE 3.2), HAVING PARTICULAR REGARD, WHERE APPROPRIATE, TO THE NEEDS OF YOUTH AMONG THEM.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NATIONAL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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