Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 12

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +9

Overall GiG Score: 20

RAY (REFUGEE ACTION YORK)

- Running a weekly Sunday drop-in for asylum seeker, refugee and migrant families at Clifton Children's Centre.-English Language classes- Outreach with and for the asylum, refugee and migrant community in the City of York.- Campaigning on behalf of local asylum seeking individuals and families.- Organising the annual Refugee Week in York.- Events during and outside Refugee Week.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
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
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity
Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Established: 11 years

www.refugeeactionyork.org

info@refugeeactionyork.com

07545060694

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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
31/03/23	£332	£232	£100	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	100
31/03/22	£173	£130	£43	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	100
31/03/21	£199	£127	£72	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	100
31/03/20	£113	£104	£9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	100
31/03/19	£95	£113	£-18	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	100
31/03/18	£81	£96	£-15	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17	£94	£69	£25	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	£80	£51	£29	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15	£39	£47	£-8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Education/Training
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

How it operates

Makes Grants to Individuals
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

City Of York,

Who it helps

People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
100 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

National Lottery Community Fund	£189,582
Lloyds Bank Foundation	£33,000
Joseph Rowntree Housing Trust	£13,879
Two Ridings Community Foundation	£11,950
Joseph Rowntree Foundation	£5,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Two Ridings Community Foundation - Integration Support for Ukrainian Refugees
£3,000	10/01/2023	Funding towards staff costs.
Two Ridings Community Foundation - Mental Health & Wellbeing for all Refugees and Asylum Seekers
£4,950	27/04/2022	Funding to provide Specialist counselling sessions: 6 service users @ 6 counselling sessions each, @ £70 per session for counselling plus £30 for translation and additional funding for staff costs.
National Lottery Community Fund - Refugee Action York (RAY) - Growing to meet changing needs
£180,000	16/12/2021	The organisation works with refugees asylum seekers and migrants of all ages in York. Their overall vision is for individuals and families to be welcomed and fully accepted into local and regional ....more The organisation works with refugees asylum seekers and migrants of all ages in York. Their overall vision is for individuals and families to be welcomed and fully accepted into local and regional communities where they can feel safe and empowered to rebuild their lives. The aim is for individuals and families to reach a position where they feel they are fully participating citizens of York with access to the same opportunities as those who have been in the city for a longer time.
Joseph Rowntree Housing Trust - Equal Access for All
£7,213	11/05/2021	Partnership project enabling refugees and asylum seekers to maximise their income by facilitating their access to specialist welfare benefits advice
Two Ridings Community Foundation - Covid19
£4,000	02/07/2020	Funding to provide essential support to asylum seekers in York who are experiencing delays in processing due to coronavirus crisis.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to RAY (Refugee Action York)
£33,000	21/05/2020 12	One year core funding to support RAY (Refugee Action York) to sustain their work to support work addressing Asylum Seekers and Refugees Complex Social Issue (CSI) during COVID19
Joseph Rowntree Housing Trust - RAY Information and Support Service
£6,666	05/05/2020	To deliver their Information and Support Service to refugees, asylum seekers and migrants in York
National Lottery Community Fund - Coffee and converation plus
£9,582	19/09/2019 12	The funding aims to bring isolated families and individuals together to obtain employability skills and volunteering experience.
Joseph Rowntree Foundation - RAY Information and Support Service
£5,000	30/04/2019	Provision of Refugee Action York’s Information and Support service to refugees and asylum seekers
Two Ridings Community Foundation - Wellbeing for Women
£9,792	10/12/2018	Run 'Wellbeing for Women' workshops aimed predominantly at refugee and migrant women. These sessions will have 4 key elements; social, exercise, mother and babe and health sessions all working ....more Run 'Wellbeing for Women' workshops aimed predominantly at refugee and migrant women. These sessions will have 4 key elements; social, exercise, mother and babe and health sessions all working towards supporting women to play a role in their community and prevent crisis.
National Lottery Community Fund - RAY - into the future
£162,451	10/03/2017 47	The group provides education and helps relieve financial hardship among migrants, asylum seekers and those granted refugee status. The project will build on its existing support work with weekly ....more The group provides education and helps relieve financial hardship among migrants, asylum seekers and those granted refugee status. The project will build on its existing support work with weekly drop-ins, providing helpful activities like English classes for adults and homework support for children. Shared meals will also be provided and food distributed to those in need. Volunteers will be trained to support people, collect and deliver donated food, fundraise and campaign.
Joseph Rowntree Foundation - Funding towards Refugee Action York's core costs for existing services
£5,000	15/02/2017	To contribute funding towards core costs for existing services - 1) Men's project; 2) Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children; 3) IT support costs; 4) Hardship Fund
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to RAY (Refugee Action York)
£22,827	16/12/2015 24	providing information and support to refugees and asylum seekers that have newly arrived in York to enable them to settle and integrate successfully within their host community. The grant will fund ....more providing information and support to refugees and asylum seekers that have newly arrived in York to enable them to settle and integrate successfully within their host community. The grant will fund an Information and Support Co-ordinator and other costs.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 6/7 persons

ANGELA CRESWICK Appointed: 2024, Other trusteeship: THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST NICHOLAS, DUNNINGTON,

ANNETTE MAAS Appointed: 2019

DAVID JOHN HUGH CROFT (Chair) Appointed: 2022, Other trusteeship: YORK MUSIC HUB,

MARWA DORAI Appointed: 2016

MARY MCCORMACK Appointed: 2020

RACHEL BATESON Appointed: 2023

VALENTIN MUHIRE Appointed: 2024

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 02/10/2013, number: 1154065

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
Volunteer management

Filing Record

9 returns made; all on time

Main office

C/O Clifton Children's Centre
Kingsway North
York
YO30 6JA

Objectives

1) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND RELIEVE FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AMONGST MIGRANTS, THOSE SEEKING ASYLUM AND THOSE GRANTED REFUGEE STATUS, PARTICULARLY BY THE PROVISION OF ADVICE AND GUIDANCE.2) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL ABOUT THE ISSUES RELATING TO REFUGEES AND THOSE SEEKING ASYLUM.

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