Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 9
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Deficit latest year: -2
  • No PartB
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Grant maker support: +9
Overall GiG Score: 11 ?

REFUGEE RADIO 

Refugee Radio runs a range of community projects to promote education, racial harmony and social cohesion. These include a weekly mental health support group for refugees and migrants with PTSD and depression. We also run a casework advice service for benefits, education, housing and health. The project was founded around a radio programme and events to enable refugee voices to be heard.
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
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are only 4 trustees

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Income was significantly lower than spending in the latest year
Established: 14 years

www.refugeeradio.org.uk

info@refugeeradio.org.uk

01273234868

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UN SDGs
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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
31/05/23£164£216£-53n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/05/22£255£137£118n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/05/21£106£75£31n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/05/20£77£79£-2n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/05/19£70£59£11n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/05/18£56£62£-6£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/17£53£60£-7£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/16£93£75£18£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/15£57£64£-7£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/14£60£68£-9£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/13*£73£59£14£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/12*£50£42£8£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/11£14£43£-29£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/10*£54£29£25£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
  • Recreation
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Brighton And Hove, East Sussex, West Sussex,
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 10 volunteers

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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Henry Smith Charity£200,800
National Lottery Community Fund£198,600
National Lottery Heritage Fund£23,416
Sussex Community Foundation£16,605
DCMS£8,700
Joseph Levy Foundation£2,500
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Refugee Radio
£114,600 11/03/2022
36
towards three years' running costs of an organisation providing one-to-one advice and support, a mental health support group and social activities for refugees, impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, in ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - The Refugee Future Project
£198,600 14/01/2022
The funding will help refugees build the skills and resilience they need to create new lives with the support of their new community. Beneficiaries of the project will be refugees asylum seekers and ....more
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Refugee Radio Limited
£23,416 12/08/2021
Refugee Conversation Project
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£8,700 21/09/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Refugee Radio
£86,200 16/09/2020
36
towards three years' running costs of an organisation providing one-to-one advice and support, a mental health support group and social activities for Refugees in Brighton.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Refugee Radio
£6,690 03/07/2020
12
Funding was provided for project costs associated with a weekly walking group to enable people suffering from PSTD and depression to improve their wellbeing through engagement with the South Downs ....more
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Refugee Radio
£4,920 18/05/2020
Refugee Radio are a charity for refugees, asylum seekers and vulnerable migrants, dedicated to promoting refugee integration and reducing isolation. Clients suffer from mental health issues, in ....more
Joseph Levy Foundation - Hardship fund for Syrian refugees
£2,500 13/01/2020
12
Contribution to a hardship fund for Syrian refugees and asylum seekers in West Sussex. (grant paid via Refugee Radio)
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Refugee Radio
£4,995 05/07/2019
12
Funding was provided for project costs associated with running social activities for isolated people, most of whom will be refugees, asylum seekers and other vulnerable migrants.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Refugee Radio
£5,000 12/12/2018
12
towards one year's running costs of a project providing support services for refugees and asylum seekers in deprived areas in East Sussex
National Lottery Community Fund - Community Support Project
£148,540 23/11/2018
36
The organisation will use the funding to run a weekly mental-health support group for refugees and vulnerable migrants. The group will support people to work together to build new relationships, ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Refugee Radio
£5,000 08/06/2017
12
towards one year's running costs of a project providing support services to refugees and asylum seekers in deprived areas in East and West Sussex
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Refugee Radio
£9,360 10/03/2016
12
towards one year's running costs of a project providing support and services to refugees and asylum seekers in East Sussex
National Lottery Community Fund - Community Resilience and Outreach Project
£128,605 27/01/2016
36
This is the expansion of a project supporting refugees, asylum seekers and vulnerable migrants with mental health issues to cope and overcome barriers in their lives. People will help one another ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Refugee Radio
£12,055 16/12/2015
24
running community projects including a radio show, mentoring, training and a mental health project. The grant will fund CEO and Trustee training, project development, business planning, website ....more
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Refugee Radio
£29,600 28/08/2015
Takeaway Heritage
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Refugee Radio
£8,000 11/09/2014
towards one years' running costs of a project providing support services for refugees and asylum seekers in Brighton and Hastings
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Refugee Radio
£8,000 13/06/2013
towards one year's running costs of the 'Resilience Panel' who provide peer support ro refugees and asylum seekers with mental health issues across Sussex
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Refugee Radio
£19,800 26/04/2013
the salary costs of the Outreach Worker and Project Manager and project delivery costs including travel expenses, participant expenses and overheads
National Lottery Community Fund - Community Resilience
£96,199 12/12/2012
36
This project is building upon a successful pilot in Brighton and Hove delivering a series of workshops to refugees and asylum seekers, helping them to build resilience around various issues such as ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Refugee Radio
£10,000 14/03/2012
towards one year's running costs of a project for refugees and asylum seekers with mental health issues in Brighton and Hove
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Refugee Radio
£50,000 05/05/2011
Towards core costs to enable a scale up of activities and partnerships across the UK.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Refugee Radio
£18,490 27/05/2009
12
Towards Core costs Towards core costs of the Desert Island Discs project for isolated migrants, asylum seekers and refugees.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 43-63
  • HEVAL AKRAM (Chair) Appointed: 2010, Occupation: Community Interpreter
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 19/01/2010, number: 1133554
  • Registered at Companies House on 27/05/2008, number: 06603729
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • 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
14 returns made; AR13: 94 days late, AR12: 24 days late, AR10: 131 days late,
Main office

COMMUNITY BASE
113 QUEENS ROAD
BRIGHTON
BN1 3XG

Objectives

= THE PROMOTION OF RACIAL HARMONY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY WORKING TOWARDS THE ELIMINATION OFDISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF RACE= PROMOTING ACTIVITIES TO FOSTER UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN PEOPLE FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS ANDCULTIVATING A SENTIMENT IN FAVOUR OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY= TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL ABOUT THE ISSUES RELATING TO REFUGEES AND THOSESEEKING ASYLUM AND RAISING AWARENESS IN EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY= TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS AND PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF REFUGEES ANDASYLUM SEEKERS= THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AMONG PEOPLE WHO ARE REFUGEES AND ASYLUMSEEKERS WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED ON THE GROUNDS OF THEIR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC POSITION= TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS IN NEED THEREOF SO AS TOADVANCE THEM IN LIFE AND ASSIST THEM TO ADAPT WITHIN A NEW COMMUNITY= TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN BROADCASTING SKILLS AND LITERACY.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, NATIONAL

Data Sources

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