British Refugee Council

Registered charity 1014576 Registered since 1992

Operates: Throughout England

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

incomespending£14.9m latest income

ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

0.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 3.0 in 2021

349 from 222 in 2021

EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

54%

Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

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Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.refugeecouncil.org.uk
Email	info@refugeecouncil.org.uk
Phone	02073466700
Address	BRITISH REFUGEE COUNCIL, 134 - 138 The Grove, LONDON, E15 1NS

Finances

£14,924,000 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£12,602,000	£11,551,000
2022	£15,791,943	£12,918,924
2023	£19,074,000	£17,110,000
2024	£20,697,000	£19,364,000
2025	£14,924,000	£19,632,000

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingEconomic/community Development/employmentHuman Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity

Who

Children/young PeopleOther Defined Groups

How

Provides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes ResearchActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

A)TO PROVIDE RELIEF FOR REFUGEES AND THEIR DEPENDANTS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS B) TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF REFUGEES AND THEIR DEPENDANTS INCLUDING (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) PROTECTING THE RIGHTS OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS C) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF REFUGEES AND THEIR DEPENDANTS IN NEED THEREOF SO AS TO ADVANCE THEM IN LIFE AND ASSIST IN THEIR REHABILITATION WITHIN A NEW COMMUNITY D) TO PROMOTE RESEARCH INTO THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF REFUGEES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD AND WAYS OF PROVIDING CHARITABLE RELIEF FOR THEM AND TO PUBLISH THE RESULTS OF ALL SUCH RESEARCH E) TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION ABOUT THE POSITION OF REFUGEES AND THE SITUATIONS WHICH GIVE RISE TO REFUGEE MOVEMENTS.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 30/06/1992AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 21/06/1996AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 08/11/1999AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 26/01/2005AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 02/12/2009AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 17/12/2009AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 26/11/2015AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 24 MAR 2016 as amended on 28 Sep 2023

Trustees (0)

No trustees listed.

Linked company (Companies House)

British Refugee Council · 02727514 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 30/06/1992

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

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