Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 15
  • Low unrestricted reserves: -2
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +12
Overall GiG Score: 20 ?

REFUGEE ACTION KINGSTON

Provide support to refugees and asylum seekers
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • There has been reasonable growth in spending since inception
  • Fundraising costs are unusually 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 dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end

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
31/03/24£633£632£0£24£145£1452.813190
31/03/23£697£697£0£0£145£1452.515145
31/03/22£662£661£2£0£145£1452.612154
31/03/21£458£455£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£394£516£-122n/an/an/an/an/an/a
Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 3.7%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 3.7%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 12%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 31%
Liabilities/Income: 10%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 2.8 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 3.1
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 7 years

http://www.refugeeactionkingston.org.uk/

admin@refugeeactionkingston.org.uk

02085470115

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Support for refugees & asylum seekers
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Kingston Upon Thames,
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
Trust for London£248,400
Henry Smith Charity£177,600
Lloyds Bank Foundation£52,250
Garfield Weston Foundation£50,000
AB Charitable Trust£45,000
Barrow Cadbury Trust£26,750
The London Community Foundation£13,258
National Lottery Community Fund£9,999
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Refugee Action Kingston
£25,000 25/01/2024
An unrestricted grant of £25,000 (This grant is renewable - year 1 of up to 3 years). Refugee Action Kingston offers immigration advice and a range of holistic support to refugees and people seeking asylum.
Trust for London - Refugee Action Kingston
£99,000 16/11/2023
24
The funding is for continuing to provide expert, quality, OISC & AQS accredited Immigration & Legal advice to asylum seekers in desperate need in Kingston and SW London. Legal aid is currently overwhelmed with the number of people needing ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£25,000 27/03/2023
Refugee Action Kingston Advice and Advocacy
Lloyds Bank Foundation - One off gift towards cost of living crisis to Refugee Action Kingston
£2,250 14/12/2022
One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis
Trust for London - Refugee Action Kingston
£4,500 29/09/2022
This is a cost of living uplift for grant reference 360G-trustforlondon-MAIN-S2-02.06.2020-8638
London Catalyst - Refugee Action Kingston - 4
£1,500 06/09/2022
To assist refugees in need with emergency hardship payments
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Refugee Action Kingston
£50,000 22/06/2022
24
Unrestricted grant over two years towards the core costs of Refugee Action Kingston
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Refugee Action Kingston (RAK)
£20,000 20/01/2022
An unrestricted grant of £20,000. Refugee Action Kingston supports refugees and people seeking asylum, through a drop in centre, advice, employment support and a range of practical and emotional support services.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Refugee Action Kingston (RAK)
£177,600 07/12/2021
36
towards three years' continuation funding of the 'Career Management Advice' project, providing information and advice on employability for unemployed refugees in the London Borough of Kingston.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£25,000 22/10/2021
Funding Proposal for: Core revenue costs to support refugee and asylum seekers in Kingston and surrounding boroughs
National Lottery Community Fund - Returning to face to face services at Refugee Action Kingston
£9,999 27/08/2021
The funding will be used to purchase portable training equipment to be used in community venues providing English classes employment support drop-in advice sessions and employment workshops for vulnerable refugee communities. The project aims to ....more
Allen Lane Foundation - Grant to Emerge Hub
£9,621 02/07/2021
£9,621 single grant as a contribution towards salaries of support workers helping women involved in the sex industry in Grimsby
London Catalyst - Refugee Action Kingston (RAK) - 3
£1,750 11/05/2021
Hardship Fund
Trust for London - Refugee Action Kingston
£140,000 07/10/2020
36
The funding is to enable refugees and asylum seekers to continue accessing free specialised legal immigration advice. The work will be in two strands: a) preparing and referring eligible cases to legal aid firms so that clients can access quality ....more
Barrow Cadbury Trust - COVID-19 - Refugee Action Kingston
£26,750 25/08/2020
6
Rent of a safe space to meet clients and improve system to manage donated goods
The London Community Foundation - Grant to Refugee Action Kingston
£13,258 06/05/2020
RAK to ensure refugees and asylum seekers have every support they need with new ways of accessing services during social-distancing restrictions. With the funding, RAK will be able to maintain our priority to resolve clients' issues, that have ....more
Trust for London - Refugee Action Kingston
£4,900 09/04/2020
3
The funding is towards a hardship fund to provide for vulnerable clients. COVID19 response.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Refugee Action Kingston (RAK)
£152,700 12/12/2018
36
towards three years' salary of a part-time Employment Development Adviser and Volunteer Development Coordinator at a project providing information and employability advice for unemployed refugees in the London Borough of Kingston
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Refugee Action Kingston
£15,000 24/04/2018
£15,000 towards the learning centre. Refugee Action Kingston aims to support refugees & asylum seekers towards building a new lift through advice and counselling. Services include, interpretation, immigration advice, English classes and ....more
AB Charitable Trust - Refugee Action Kingston Crisis Support Project
£10,000 27/01/2015
£10,000 towards the Case Worker post
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)
Current Trustees appointed

  • CATERINA LOMBARDO Appointed: 2023
  • GILLIAN MARGARET ASHMORE Appointed: 2021
  • HOUDA AL SHARIFI Appointed: 2022
  • JIDA MALAS Appointed: 2022
  • KRYSTYNA ADAMEK Appointed: 2022
  • MARK ADDISON GREAVES (Chair) Appointed: 2020
  • MATHURINI VISAKAN Appointed: 2022
  • MOHSEN MIRZA Appointed: 2022
  • NAZAR SHARIF Appointed: 2023
  • STEPHANIE BELL Appointed: 2022
  • TALA HASSOUN Appointed: 2023
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 22/01/2018, number: 1176768
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
  • Investment
  • 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
5 returns made; all on time
Main office

REFUGEE ACTION KINGSTON
SIDDELEY HOUSE
50 CANBURY PARK ROAD
KINGSTON UPON THAMES
KT2 6LX
KT2 6LX

Objectives

1.THE RELIEF OF REFUGEES AND THEIR DEPENDENTS WHO ARE IN CONDITION OF, NEEDHARDSHIP OR DISTRESS; AND 2.THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF REFUGEES AND THEIR DEPENDENTS IN NEED THEREOF SO AS TO ASSIST IN THEIR INTEGRATION WITH THE NEW COMMUNITY.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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