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Registered charity · London

British Refugee Council

  • 0 trustees
  • Income £15m (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources

Who leads it

No individual trustees are listed on the register.

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Economic/community Development/employment, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
Where
Throughout England
Website
www.refugeecouncil.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
British Refugee Council
Registered
1992

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£15m£20m
  • 2024£21m£19m
  • 2023£19m£17m
Earlier years
  • 2022£16m£13m
  • 2021£13m£12m
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.

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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1014576
Status
Registered
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
Companies House
Company number 02727514 · Active
Contact on the register
02073466700 · info@refugeecouncil.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
Labels
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