Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 10
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +10
Overall GiG Score: 21 ?

BRISTOL REFUGEE RIGHTS

BRR runs a drop-in for refugees and asylum seekers offering advice, English classes, social networking and much else. BRR also runs public education and campaigning activities.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are low relative to funds raised
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

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
31/03/23£782£809£-27£55£526£2944.431100
31/03/22£668£648£20£34£553£27052688
31/03/21£793£630£163£45£533£2454.72374
31/03/20£555£483£72£41£370£2205.524115
31/03/19£575£490£85£31£298£1032.521146
31/03/18£488£417£71n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£412£377£35n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£354£308£46n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£269£251£18n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£271£265£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£201£212£-11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£173£167£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£133£118£15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10£89£78£11n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 7.2%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 6.8%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 6%
Liabilities/Income: 4%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 56%
Reserves/Spending: 4.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 8 months
Quick Ratio: 7.6
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 16 years
(18 years as a company)

www.bristolrefugeerights.org

info@bristolrefugeerights.org

07526 352353

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Support for refugees & asylum seekers
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Bristol City,
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin

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
Paul Hamlyn Foundation£206,000
Quartet Community Foundation£135,463
Access to Justice Foundation£127,172
Tudor Trust£102,000
Lloyds Bank Foundation£95,130
AB Charitable Trust£70,000
Barrow Cadbury Trust£33,400
DCMS£27,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Bristol Refugee Rights
£3,000 24/01/2024
As directed by the donor towards BRR's ESOL classes for refugees and asylum seekers.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Bristol Refugee Rights
£4,000 01/12/2023
3
For the Early Years Project, providing a range of services for members with children, including a creche, food support, applying for nursery and other specialist advice.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Bristol Refugee Rights
£5,000 16/11/2023
12
Towards the weekly Welcome Drop In, an initial point of access for asylum seekers and refugees to get specialist legal advice, emotional and practical support.
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Bristol Refugee Rights
£25,000 12/10/2023
An unrestricted grant of £25,000 for 3 years (This grant is renewable - year 1 of up to 3 years). Bristol Refugee Rights supports the practical and psychological needs of refugee, migrants and people seeking asylum through their advice service and ....more
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Achieving Positive Change for Care Leavers with Insecure Immigration Status
£6,000 18/01/2023
Bristol Refugee Rights aims to uphold and champion the human rights of asylum seekers and refugees. This grant will support the second phase of their project to influence systems in Bristol for care leavers with insecure immigration status.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Bristol Refugee Rights
£4,000 19/12/2022
Toward the cost of the Welcome Drop-in where the group provide a free culturally appropriate lunch for refugees and asylum seekers.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - One off gift towards cost of living crisis to Bristol Refugee Rights
£2,250 14/12/2022
One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Bristol Refugee Rights
£1,000 01/12/2022
Toward the cost of the Welcome Drop-in where the group provide a free culturally appropriate lunch for refugees and asylum seekers, so they can access a hot meal and socialise in a warm and safe environment.
Access to Justice Foundation - Community Justice Fund Wave Three
£14,672 22/11/2022
Wave three of the Community Justice Fund aims to support organisations delivering social welfare advice services to people most impacted by the cost-of-living crisis.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Bristol Refugee Rights
£5,000 15/11/2022
Weekly social Welcome Drop-in and one stop shop; an initial point of access for asylum seekers and refugees to get specialist legal advice, emotional and practical support.
Access to Justice Foundation - Help Accessing Legal Support (HALS)
£67,500 13/09/2022
Help Accessing Legal Support (HALS) is a programme of The Access to Justice Foundation with the Ministry of Justice. We are working with organisations to sustain and improve access to early social welfare and family legal advice, to enable users ....more
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Bristol Refugee Rights
£5,000 07/09/2022
Towards a database and monitoring systems update to enable the organisation to record data more efficiently and accurately.
National Lottery Community Fund - Resilience through Impact
£10,000 08/07/2022
Funding will be used to upgrade the organisation's database in order to streamline and improve processes. Project aims to increase the capacity of the organisation to continue providing advocacy and support to asylum seeker and refugee communities.
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Bristol Refugee Rights
£15,000 30/06/2022
An unrestricted grant of £15,000 (This grant is renewable - year 3 of 3 years). Bristol Refugee Rights is a user led service that supports the practical and psychological needs, as well as the human rights of refugees, people seeking asylum and ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£25,000 20/05/2022
24
Bristol Refugee Rights Core Work
Tudor Trust - Grant to Bristol Refugee Rights
£20,000 26/10/2021
over one year as additional funding to support the charity as it responds to an increase in the number of people seeking support around asylum in Bristol, and addresses wider public interest in asylum issues
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Bristol Refugee and Asylum Seekers Partnership
£40,000 28/09/2021
23
Towards a Partnership Services Coordinator and Refugee Participation Officer over two years, who will support BRASP to strengthen and align services for refugees and asylum seekers living in Bristol.We will expect the following key milestones to be ....more
Access to Justice Foundation - Joint Initiative Flexible COVID-19 Grant
£25,000 09/08/2021
A flexible grant as part of wave 2 of the Community Justice Fund. A pooled fund to support the specialist legal welfare advice sector in its response to COVID65
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Bristol Refugee Rights
£10,000 21/07/2021
11
To fund a one day a week Volunteer Interpreter Coordinator for a year, and secondly to add CEO capacity to review and undertake longer term planning
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Bristol Refugee Rights
£15,000 01/07/2021
An unrestricted grant of £15,000 (This grant is renewable - year 2 of up to 3 years). Bristol Refugee Rights is a user led service that supports the practical and psychological needs, as well as the human rights of refugees, asylum seekers and ....more
Quartet Community Foundation - From Welcome to Wellbeing- developing BRR’s provision to improve mental health of asylum seekers and refugees
£38,941 21/06/2021
23
For the group's Welcome to Wellbeing work developing the group's provision to improve the mental health of asylum seekers and refugees.
National Lottery Community Fund - Improved Wellbeing & Navigating the Asylum System in Bristol
£9,999 19/03/2021
11
The funding will be used as a contribution to offer a range of support and intervention to the asylum-seeking community. The project aims to provide relevant support to develop a sense of belonging to those seeking asylum.
Tudor Trust - Grant to Bristol Refugee Rights
£2,000 25/01/2021
as an additional grant to support staff, volunteer and trustee wellbeing, to assist the organisation deliver its charitable purpose more effectively
Quartet Community Foundation - Combating Tech Inequality Project
£2,500 21/01/2021
4
200 phone/data packages over 4 months to people seeking asylum and new refugees. This will give them the resources to access our new online and telephone services.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Welfare grant to Bristol Refugee Rights
£36,000 07/12/2020
12
1 Year Grant to Bristol Refugee Rights under the Welfare policy and influencing funding programme
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Recovery grant to Bristol Refugee Rights
£50,000 03/12/2020
24
Unrestricted grant over two years towards the core costs of Bristol Refugee Rights, awarded under the Foundation's Asylum Seekers and Refugees funding stream. Part of the Covid Recovery Fund to support charities to emerge from the pandemic.
DCMS - DCMS VSCE CMC Covid Funding
£27,000 03/12/2020
The Community Match Challenge is an £85M fund aimed at supporting the Voluntary Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) in their COVID response. Awards were made to philanthropists, foundations and grant making organisations to match funds raised on ....more
Access to Justice Foundation - Joint Initiative Flexible COVID-19 Grant
£20,000 13/10/2020
A flexible grant as part of wave 1 of the Community Justice Fund. A pooled fund to support the specialist legal welfare advice sector in its response to COVID19
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Bristol Refugee Rights
£5,022 09/10/2020
Towards the cost of supporting Ahmed Aden's living costs while he pursues a one-year Foundation Course in Arts and Social Sciences at the University of Bristol. Ahmed was put forward as a candidate for a bursary in conversation with Beth Wilson and ....more
Barrow Cadbury Trust - COVID-19 - Bristol Refugee Rights
£33,400 25/08/2020
6
Salary costs for additional staff support
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Variation grant to Bristol Refugee Rights
£6,880 23/07/2020
Grant to Bristol Refugee Rights meeting the additional costs of adapting services, premises or implementing other safety measures in response to the Covid pandemic.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Achieving Positive Change for Care Leavers with Insecure Immigration Status
£180,000 13/07/2020
Bristol Refugee Rights aims to uphold and champion the human rights of asylum seekers and refugees. This grant will support the second phase of their project to influence systems in Bristol for care leavers with insecure immigration status.
Tudor Trust - Grant to Bristol Refugee Rights
£80,000 09/07/2020
24
over two years as core funding to increase capacity for partnership working and collaboration between Bristol Refugee Rights and Bristol Law Centre to better support people seeking asylum in the South West
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Bristol Refugee Rights
£15,000 02/07/2020
An unrestricted grant of £15,000 (This grant is renewable - year 1 of up to 3 years). Bristol Refugee Rights is a user led service that supports the practical and psychological needs, as well as the human rights of refugees, asylum seekers and ....more
J J Charitable Trust - Covid19 relief aid
£20,000 22/05/2020
Covid19 relief aid
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - COVID19 Emergency Funding
£20,000 03/04/2020
3
Support to aid the organisation in dealing with the challenges posed by COVID19.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Bristol Refugee Rights
£12,000 23/03/2020
6
Towards responding to the needs of Refugees and Asylum Seekers during the Coronavirus outbreak. The grant will cover shared translation budget for a leaflet, one-month interpreter costs, essential phone costs, laptops, destitution payments and some ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 08/05/2019
Practical action and advice enabling refugees and migrants to to rebuild their lives
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Bristol Refugee Rights
£20,000 25/04/2019
An unrestricted grant of £20,000. Bristol Refugee Rights aims to ensure that refuges, asylum seekers and migrants are welcomed and free of poverty. They provide information, advice and support activities.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Bristol Refugee Rights
£8,500 27/03/2019
12
The VOICE course brings together people with lived experience of the asylum process in the UK, and volunteers who have experience in developing skills in public speaking and use of voice. After training, participants are able to articulate in ....more
Quartet Community Foundation - BRR Funding the Future
£15,013 20/03/2019
11
To assist the group in becoming more sustainable through four main strands: securing premises; improving the service offer; partnership working; review of fundraising.
National Lottery Community Fund - Welcome Centre Wellbeing Activities
£9,963 08/03/2019
12
The funding will be used to deliver support and advice sessions for refugees. The project aims to combat isolation and improve wellbeing of refugees in the community.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Achieving Positive Change for Young People subject to Immigration Control
£150,000 09/07/2018
24
This grant will support the organisation to explore a collaborative service model for care leavers with insecure immigration status.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Bristol Refugee Rights
£42,300 09/04/2018
Year three of a three-year award from the Henry Smith Charity towards the running costs of providing ESOL classes to asylum seekers and refugees.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Bristol Refugee Rights
£3,305 04/08/2017
We'll give children seeking sanctuary a safe place to play & develop & parents the opportunity to learn English & seek support & friendship.
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Bristol Refugee Rights
£15,000 04/07/2017
£15,000 towards Asylum Support Advice Project. Bristol Refugee Rights aims to ensure that refuges, asylum seekers and migrants are welcomed and free of poverty. They provide information, advice and support activities. The advice service provided ....more
Quartet Community Foundation - Asylum Support Advice Project
£3,000 29/06/2017
5
To support the continuation of the group's Asylum Support Project while other longer term funding is sought.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Bristol Refugee Rights
£62,093 14/06/2017
36
This project will provide a creche for refugee and asylum seeker children. Children will increase communication skills, increase their physical safety and improve their relationships with adults.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Bristol Refugee Rights
£75,000 02/05/2017
36
Bristol Refugee Rights provides a whole range of support for refugees and asylum seekers from food to classes. The Welcome Centre provides a place for people to come together, get involved, learn and support others as well as access the help they ....more
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Bristol Refugee Rights
£39,300 12/04/2017
Year two of a three year award from the Henry Smith Charity towards the running costs of providing ESOL classes to asylum seekers and refugees.
Quartet Community Foundation - Asylum Seeker and Refugee Well Being Project
£10,000 24/03/2017
12
We run a Welcome Centre for asylum seekers and new refugees in the centre of Bristol 3 days each week over 48 weeks of the year. The Centre has developed over the course of 10 years with regular input from members (asylum seekers and refugees) who ....more
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Bristol Convening - Young People Subject to Immigration Control
£5,000 07/11/2016
9
BRR will convene sessions in Bristol to explore thinking and discussion around the issues facing young people who are subject to immigration control with the aim of progressing thinking on this issue at the city level.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Bristol Refugee Rights
£120,400 10/03/2016
24
towards three years' continuation funding of the running costs of a project providing ESOL classes to asylum seekers and refugees in Bristol
National Lottery Community Fund - Advocacy and Community Engagement (ACE)
£396,940 12/01/2015
48
Not Available
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Bristol Refugee Rights
£75,000 10/09/2014
Bristol Refugee Rights provides a whole range of support for refugees and asylum seekers from food to classes. The Welcome Centre provides a place for people to come together, get involved, learn and support others as well as access the help they ....more
Tudor Trust - Grant to Bristol Refugee Rights
£50,000 31/07/2014
24
over two years as continuation funding towards core salaries and associated costs for a refugee and asylum seeker support project
AB Charitable Trust - Asylum Seeker and Refugee Welcome Centre
£10,000 29/10/2013
£10,000 towards core costs
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Bristol Refugee Rights
£106,300 14/03/2013
36
towards three years' running costs of the BRILL project, which delivers English Language classes to refugees and asylum seekers in Bristol
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Bristol Refugee Rights
£49,600 24/11/2011
the salary and associated costs of the Coordinator including training, volunteer expenses, overheads and management
National Lottery Community Fund - AID and VOICE: Developing Community Engagement
£189,896 13/04/2011
48
This project will provide support to refugees and asylum seekers in Bristol who have been given permission to remain in the UK. The project aims to reduce isolation and alleviate anxiety, raise confidence and self esteem and increase chances of ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 28-75
  • CAROLINE JOWETT-IVE Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Retired
  • DR NATASHA CARVER Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Researcher
  • ELISE FORD Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Facilitator
  • HENRY LOGAN Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Accountant
  • IRENE ZIKUSOKA Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Motivational Speaker And Broadcast Journalist
  • KIRILL BABEEV (Chair) Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Communications And Marketing Officer
  • MANO CANDAPPA Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Associate Professor Of Sociology Of Education
  • RICHARD NFORBUH ASANGMBE Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Volunteer
  • SHAMIM BALOO Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Retired
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 11/11/2008, number: 1126646
  • Registered at Companies House on 09/01/2006, number: 05669208
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Fundraising Regulator
First registered: 01/04/2021, current status: Small charity
Other Regulators
  • Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
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
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
14 returns made; all on time
Main office

Wellspring Settlement
43 Ducie Road
BRISTOL
BS5 0AX

Objectives

1. To relieve the needs of asylum seekers, refugees and migrants by the provision of information, advice and support;2. To preserve and protect the physical and mental health of asylum seekers, refugees and migrants and the dependents of persons in those categories;3 To advance the education of the public in general about the issues relating to refugees, those seeking asylum and persons with precarious migration status;4 To provide facilities for recreation or other leisure time occupation with the object of improving the conditions of life of those persons who have need of such facilities; 5 To advance the education and training of refugees, asylum seekers, migrants and their dependents;6 To promote human rights (as set out in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and subsequent United Nations conventions and declarations) by all or any of the following means: (i) Relieving need among the victims of human right abuse; (ii) Conducting research into human rights abuses; (iii) Educating the public about human rights; (iv) Raising awareness of human rights issues; (v) Promoting public support for human rights; (vi) Promoting respect for human rights among individuals and corporations.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
Charizone

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