The North of England Refugee Service Limited

Registered charity 1091200 Registered since 2002

Operates: Gateshead, Newcastle Upon Tyne City, North Tyneside, South Tyneside, Sunderland, Middlesbrough, Stockton-on-tees

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

4 trustees on the board

3.2y median 3.5y

average tenure

longest tenure

trustees past 6 years

7.2y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 4General Charitable Purposes 4The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 4

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Other services 3Dormant 1Finance 1

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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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£529k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

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.

1.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 4.0 in 2021

12 from 12 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.

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.refugee.org.uk
Email	info@refugee.org.uk
Phone	07791945402
Address	2 Friar Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 4XA

Finances

£529,017 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£600,110	£492,224
2022	£531,538	£527,097
2023	£695,453	£682,789
2024	£616,846	£624,362
2025	£529,017	£615,632

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyAccommodation/housingEconomic/community Development/employmentHuman Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesOther 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(INCLUDING CONVENTION REFUGEES,REFUGEE COMMUNITIES,PEOPLE WITH EXCEPTIONAL LEAVE TO REMAIN,ASYLUM SEEKERS AND EX-DETAINEES)AND MIGRANTS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP,SICKNESS OR DISTRESS,WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF AGE,SEX,RACE,NATIONALITY,POLITICAL OR RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS,AND IN ADDITION: B) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND THE PROTECTION OF HEALTH OF SUCH PEOPLE, AND C) TO PROVIDE THEM WITH FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 05/10/1998AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 15/10/2015

Trustees (4)

4trustees

64median age

0aged 70+

Georgina Hamilton Fletcherage band 60-64 since 2024
Herbert Thondhlanaage band 65-69 since 2022
Pa Saikou Saidkhan since 2022
Seyedeh Sepideh Mojabiage band 40-44 since 2023

Linked company (Companies House)

The North of England Refugee Service Limited · 03643622 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 05/10/1998

4 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

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