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Students and Refugees Together (Start)

Students and Refugees Together (Start) is a registered charity (number 1108113) based in Devon, governed by 9 trustees. Latest income £407k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

Also known as Start, Students and Refugees Together (Charity Commission)

  • 9 trustees
  • Income £407k (2025)

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Who leads it

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

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About

What it does
Education/training, Economic/community Development/employment
Where
Devon, Plymouth City
Website
www.startsw.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Students and Refugees Together (Start)
Registered
2005

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£407k£423k
  • 2024£277k£346k
  • 2023£397k£360k
Earlier years
  • 2022£303k£310k
  • 2021£340k£310k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 64% · Government grants 2%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

1. TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO RELIEVE FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AMONG MEMBERS OF ETHNIC MINORITY GROUPS INCLUDING THOSE SEEKING ASYLUM AND GRANTED REFUGEE STATUS PARTICULARLY IN THE PROVISION OF HOUSING AND OTHER ADVICE.2. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF MEMBERS OF MEMBERS OF ETHNIC MINORITY GROUPS INCLUDING THOSE SEEKING ASYLUM AND GRANTED REFUGEE STATUS AND THEIR DEPENDANTS IN NEED THEREOF SO AS TO ADVANCE THEM IN LIFE AND ASSIST THEM TO ADAPT WITHIN A NEW COMMUNITY. 3. THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION FOR MEMBERS OF ETHNIC MINORITY GROUPS INCLUDING THOSE SEEKING ASYLUM AND GRANTED REFUGEE STATUS AND THEIR DEPENDANTS WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE. 4. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF STUDENTS IN TRAINING BY PROVIDING AND ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF LEARNING EXPERIENCES WHICH CONTRIBUTE TO THEIR PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.

Grants received

38 grants · £1,127,228 total

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Top funders

Most recent

Board analysis

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.

9 trustees on the board

4.1y median 4y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (3)

8
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 9Economic/community Development/employment 8Disability 2Accommodation/housing 1Overseas Aid/famine Relief 1

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

Health and social care 9Education 2Property 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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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£407k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025
66%
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
1108113
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 27 SEPTEMBER 2004 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS DATED 17 DECEMBER 2004 AND 19 JANUARY 2005.
Companies House
Company number 05242598 · Active
Contact on the register
07841985252 · info@startsw.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
Labels
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