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Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 7
  • Low unrestricted reserves: -2
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 8 ?

REFUGEE LEGAL SUPPORT

In solidarity with people on the move, we promote access to justice via the provision of legal support, casework, outreach, training and partnerships. We support advocacy and strategic litigation aimed at protecting legal rights and promoting a respectful migration experience
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Positives:

  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end
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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
30/09/23£507£497£10£0£148£1182.91060
30/09/22£361£315£46n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/21£176£85£92n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 48%
Liabilities/Income: 27%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 80%
Reserves/Spending: 2.9 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 2.1
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 4 years

https://www.refugeelegalsupport.org

CONTACT@REFUGEELEGALSUPPORT.ORG

07955423893

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Provides financial or material assistance
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • France, Greece, Throughout England,
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/Mankind

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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Refugee Legal Support
£25,000 12/10/2023
A restricted grant of £25,000 per year for 3 years towards UK work (This grant is renewable - year 1 of up to 3 years). Refugee Legal Support aims to support migrant people by providing legal casework on family reunion cases and advocacy around ....more
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Refugee Legal Support
£10,000 04/07/2023
An unrestricted grant of £10,000. Refugee Legal Support provides legal casework and information on family reunion cases to displaced people seeking sanctuary in the UK.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - RLS Leadership: delivering our new strategy for impact and resilience
£180,000 06/03/2023
Refugee Legal Support (RLS) are a group of UK and EU asylum lawyers acting in solidarity with refugees in Greece. They provide free legal support to those seeking sanctuary in Greece or reunification with their family members elsewhere in Europe. ....more
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Refugee Legal Support
£20,000 06/10/2022
A restricted grant of £20,000 towards UK work. Refugee Legal Support provides free legal advice and support to displaced people seeking sanctuary or reunification with their family members in the UK or elsewhere in Europe.
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Refugee Legal Support
£5,000 18/07/2022
A restricted grant of £5,000 towards the Calais Outreach Project. Refugee Legal Support provide free legal advice and representation to refugees and those seeking asylum hoping to reunite with family.
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Refugee Legal Support
£20,000 10/11/2021
A restricted grant of £20,000 towards the Legal Director role and associated costs. Refugee Legal Support provide free legal support to refugees and those seeking asylum hoping to reunite with family in the UK or elsewhere in Europe.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Covid-19 Emergency Funding
£20,000 07/10/2021
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Refugee Legal Support (RLS) are a group of UK and EU asylum lawyers acting in solidarity with refugees in Greece. They provide free legal support to those seeking sanctuary in Greece or reunification with their family members elsewhere in Europe. ....more
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Influencing family reunion procedures
£50,000 08/03/2021
Refugee Legal Support (RLS) are a group of UK and EU asylum lawyers acting in solidarity with refugees in Greece. This grant supports RLS to influence the post-Brexit replacement of the Dublin family reunion procedures in 2021 by contributing to ....more
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How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • ADITI KAPOOR Appointed: 2023
  • ANNETTE ELDER Appointed: 2020
  • CHRISTOPHER WALTER RANDALL Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Solicitor
  • CHARLOTTE BLUNDY Appointed: 2023
  • EVA MARIA DOERR Appointed: 2020
  • FARHEEN CHAUDHRY Appointed: 2023
  • POLLY MIRANDA ROSSDALE Appointed: 2023
  • REBECCA CHAPMAN Appointed: 2021
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 07/10/2020, number: 1191680
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
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
3 returns made; all on time
Main office

Refugee Legal Support
61 Mansell St.
London
E1 8AN

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT: 3.1 TO RELIEVE POVERTY, SICKNESS, AND DISTRESS OF PERSONS WHO ARE INTERNALLY DISPLACED OR IN MIGRATION OR WHO ARE ASYLUM SEEKERS OR REFUGEES FLEEING SITUATIONS INCLUDING (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) WAR, PERSECUTION, AND CLIMATE CHANGE AND THEIR FAMILIES AND ANY DEPENDANTS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS (HEREINAFTER THE ‘BENEFICIARIES’); 3.2 TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN LEGAL RIGHTS PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE RELATED TO REFUGEE AND ASYLUM SEEKERS 3.3 TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF THE BENEFICIARIES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO PROTECTING THE RIGHTS OF THE BENEFICIARIES

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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