Finance Score: 6
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 14
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Deficit latest year: -2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteer base +5
  • Overall weighted support: +9
Overall GiG Score: 29 ?

REFUGEES AT HOME

For the public benefit the prevention or relief of poverty of refugees, those seeking asylum and their dependants in the United Kingdom, in particular but not exclusively by:- facilitating the provision of accommodation by members of the public;- the provision of financial assistance; and- the provision of practical assistance.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income was significantly lower than spending in the latest year

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
31/12/23£523£835£-312£15£831£81811.8182,800
31/12/22£1,334£729£605£0£1,143£1,14318.818887
31/12/21£323£234£89n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/20£408£202£205n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/19£284£167£117n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/18£178£85£93n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 2.9%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 1.8%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 6%
Liabilities/Income: 10%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 98%
Reserves/Spending: 11.8 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 11 months
Quick Ratio: 8.7
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 7 years
(8 years as a company)

www.refugeesathome.org

info@refugeesathome.org

0300 3654724

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
GiG Classification
  • Support for refugees & asylum seekers
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • 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
The Michael And Betty Little Trust£165,000
AB Charitable Trust£65,000
Crowdfunder£20,000
National Lottery Community Fund£10,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£10,000
Trust for London£7,500
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
The Michael And Betty Little Trust - Refugees At Home
£42,500 23/09/2023
prevention or relief of poverty of refugees, those seeking asylum and their dependants in the United Kingdom
Crowdfunder - Local Action Fund
£20,000 04/10/2022
Covid response
London Catalyst - Refugees at Home - 3
£1,000 09/06/2022
Hardship Fund
The Michael And Betty Little Trust - Refugees At Home
£42,500 03/05/2022
prevention or relief of poverty of refugees, those seeking asylum and their dependants in the United Kingdom
Trust for London - Refugees at Home
£7,500 05/04/2022
The funding is for scaling up in London, our core placement city. We have received 12,000+ host applications since war started in Ukraine - far more than we are able to process at our current size. We must grow quickly to give as many refugees as ....more
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Refugees at Home
£50,000 24/03/2022
An unrestricted grant of £50,000. Refugees at Home connects those with a spare room in their home to refugees and people seeking asylum in need of somewhere to stay.
London Catalyst - Refugees at Home - 2
£1,000 11/05/2021
Hardship Fund
Tudor Trust - Grant to Refugees at Home
£2,000 30/03/2021
as an additional grant to support staff, volunteer and trustee wellbeing, to assist the organisation deliver its charitable purpose more effectively
The Michael And Betty Little Trust - Refugees At Home
£40,000 28/03/2021
prevention or relief of poverty of refugees, those seeking asylum and their dependants in the United Kingdom
National Lottery Community Fund - Placement Coordinator for Refugees at Home
£10,000 25/02/2021
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The funding will be used to fund a placement officer that will connect refugee children with host families. The project aims to reduce homelessness and encourage integration into local communities.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 21/08/2020
Core funding
The Michael And Betty Little Trust - Refugees At Home
£40,000 14/04/2020
prevention or relief of poverty of refugees, those seeking asylum and their dependants in the United Kingdom
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Refugees at Home
£15,000 09/01/2020
An unrestricted grant of £15,000. Refugees at Home provides accommodation to refugees and asylum seekers, by matching with members of the public who have a spare room and facilitating/ supporting the hosting relationship.
The Funding Network - Core Funding
£10,991 03/12/2018
Our main costs are paying placement coordinators (one originally a guest), plus contributions for travel costs, etc for guests. We seek contributions towards these core costs, providing valuable support.
Woodward Charitable Trust - Cost of a placement co-ordinator
£2,000 13/11/2018
Towards the cost of a placement co-ordinator.
The Fore - Grant to Refugees At Home
£30,000 01/08/2018
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Home Office accommodation and support for refugees ends 28 days after an asylum decision is made, after which a high proportion of recently-recognised refugees end up destitute. Refugees at Home intervenes at this critical moment by connecting ....more
The Fore - Grant to Refugees at Home
£30,000 13/07/2018
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The Fore’s grant will enable Refugees at Home to professionalise the organisation’s management, developing the capacity that will underpin its future growth.
Tudor Trust - Grant to Refugees at Home
£120,000 06/06/2018
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over three years towards the manager's salary to support operations and planning for a UK-wide refugee and asylum seekers hosting charity
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 8/9 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 33-68
  • DANIEL JAMES GERRING (Chair) Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Partner, Head Of Pensions
  • EMILY JOY REYNOLDS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Social Worker
  • JONATHAN OSBORNE HUGHES Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Self Employed
  • LUKE HOLMES Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Funding Relationship Manager
  • MAGID EL-AMIN Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Data Strategist
  • MATTHEW BLACKER Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Charity Chief Executive
  • OLIVER BETHELL Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Chief Technology Officer
  • REBECCA LISA INES DEL TUFO Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Programming Manager
  • SARA CATHERINE NATHAN OBE Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Public Appointments Assessor
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 29/03/2018, number: 1177765
  • Registered at Companies House on 10/12/2015, number: 09911764
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
6 returns made; all on time
Main office

605 Albert House
256-260 Old Street
London
EC1V 9DD

Objectives

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY OF REFUGEES, THOSE SEEKING ASYLUM AND THEIR DEPENDANTS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:- FACILITATING THE PROVISION OF ACCOMMODATION BY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC;- THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE; AND- THE PROVISION OF PRACTICAL ASSISTANCE.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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