Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 1

Poor Liquidity: -1
Fundraising costs low: +3

Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +1

Overall GiG Score: 9

FORREFUGEES

Mission:

Helping refugees in Europe with their immediate daily needs for life from somewhere to sleep to education and everything in between.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received modest backing from several prominent grant makers recently
There have been no income shortfalls in recent years
Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end

Comment by the Charity:
forRefugees is run by passion with no paid employees, offices or other regular overheads. We award urgent and one-off funding to our trusted local partners via our grants programme. We therefore have no reason to hold financial reserves and prefer to get donations to where they make a difference quickly.

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Sources of Income ?

Y/E	Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
30/06/23	£693	£670	£22	£34	£120	£108	1.9	0	1
30/06/22	£1,073	£1,039	£34	£21	£98	£98	1.1	0	3
30/06/21	£639	£637	£2	£8	£64	£64	1.2	0	3
30/06/20	£488	£440	£47	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	4
30/06/19	£219	£210	£8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
30/06/18	£117	£113	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/06/17	£101	£100	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 5%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 5%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 6%
Liabilities/Income: 1%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 90%
Reserves/Spending: 1.9 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 2 months
Quick Ratio: 15.4

Asset Split ?

Established: 8 years

www.forrefugees.org

contact@forrefugees.org

07743 870208

Charity Commission for England and Wales

How you can help

What it does

We raise money to fund critical grassroots humanitarian aid and urgent relief services. We are trusted to get the right aid to those who need it when they need it via our inspiring local partners.

Listed activities

Accommodation/Housing
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Social & legal advocacy

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Makes Grants to Individuals
Makes Grants to Organisations

Where it operates

Bosnia And Herzegovina, France, Greece, Italy, Lithuania, Scotland, Serbia, Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Other Defined Groups

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
1 volunteer

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Community Foundation for Surrey - Travel Costs
£350	29/07/2022	Funding toward the cost of hiring a coach to enable a group of refugees travel for a day of activities.
The Michael And Betty Little Trust - Donate4Refugees
£6,000	12/07/2020	An international network of healthcare professionals providing voluntary medical aid to refugees and displaced people living in refugee camps in Paris, France. We provide first aid, basic medical ....more An international network of healthcare professionals providing voluntary medical aid to refugees and displaced people living in refugee camps in Paris, France. We provide first aid, basic medical care and triage in the camps and work with other services to deliver high quality care

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 7/8 persons

MEREL GRAEVE Appointed: 2023

AMBER BAUER Appointed: 2016

CHRISTOPHER MCQUILLAN Appointed: 2024

DELIA NADARAJAH (Chair) Appointed: 2022

INGRID VAN LOO Appointed: 2022

LAURA DARWISH Appointed: 2023

NIMA MORADI Appointed: 2022

THOMAS STEADMAN Appointed: 2024

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 26/07/2016, number: 1168435

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

7 returns made; all on time

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from REFUGEE RIGHTS EUROPE on 14/03/2022

Main office

13A RADCLIFFE ROAD
CROYDON
CR0 5QG

Objectives

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THE RELIEF OF THE NEEDS AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF REFUGEES WHEREVER THEY ARE IN THE WORLD, PARTICULARLY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY THE PROVISION OF GRANTS AND OTHER ASSISTANCE TO CHARITIES AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS WHICH WORK WITH REFUGEES. IN THE ABOVE OBJECT 'REFUGEES' MEANS PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN FORCED TO LEAVE THEIR COUNTRY IN ORDER TO ESCAPE WAR, PERSECUTION, OR NATURAL DISASTER.

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