Overall Score: 8 based on 18 data points
Finance: 4
Governance: 3
Support: 1
Poor Liquidity: -1, Strong growth: +2, Fundraising costs low: +3,
Dynamic board: +3,
Supporters: +1

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:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • The Board appears to be 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.

How you can help

Established: 7 years

www.forrefugees.org

contact@forrefugees.org

07743 870208

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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
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
30/06/22£1,073£1,039£34£21£98£50.103
30/06/21£639£637£2£8£64£641.203
30/06/20£488£440£47n/an/an/an/an/a4
30/06/19£219£210£8n/an/an/an/an/a0
30/06/18£117£113£5n/an/an/an/an/a0
30/06/17£101£100£1n/an/an/an/an/a0
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Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 2%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 2%
Liabilities/Assets: 8%
Liabilities/Income: 1%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 0.057726943858623 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 1 months
Quick Ratio: 12.1
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
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.
Who works here?
  • 3 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups
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'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
£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
£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

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

Who works here?

  • AMBER BAUER
    Founder & CEO
    Appointed: July 2016
I could not stand by and watch. When I first heard about refugees landing on Greek beaches in 2015 and facing extreme hostility and hardship here in Europe, I felt it was so fundamentally wrong that I had to do something. Refugees are arguably the worlds most vulnerable people forced from their homes by war and persecution. So I quit my corporate job and started volunteering in the UK and at camps in Greece and France to learn more. By mid 2016 ....more

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 26/07/2016, number: 1168435
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Risk management
  • Volunteer management
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.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase

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