The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 13th September 2026

ART Refuge

Registered charity 1114353 Registered since 2006

Operates: Hackney, Bristol City, France, Nepal, Kent

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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.

5 trustees on the board

5.6y median 5y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

5.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

0
company-linked trustees

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

Arts/culture/heritage/science 5Education/training 5The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 5

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board

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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£106k latest income

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.

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.artrefuge.org.uk
Emailinfo@artrefuge.org.uk
Phone07865240978
AddressART REFUGE, The Coach House, 2 Upper York Street, Bristol, BS2 8QN

Finances

£105,795 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£32,464£38,517
2021£93,851£67,340
2022£70,680£87,976
2023£108,167£97,124
2024£105,795£108,992

What it does

What

Education/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesArts/culture/heritage/scienceHuman Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity

Who

Children/young PeopleOther Defined Groups

How

Provides ServicesSponsors Or Undertakes Research

Charitable objects

1. TO IMPROVE THE MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF REFUGEES, ASYLUM SEEKERS, TRAFFICKED PEOPLE AND INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS IN THE UK AND INTERNATIONALLY, THROUGH SOCIALLY ENGAGED ART, ART THERAPY, TRAINING, EDUCATION AND RESEARCH. 2. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE UK AND INTERNATIONALLY, ABOUT THE ISSUES RELATING TO REFUGEES, TRAFFICKED PEOPLE, THOSE SEEKING ASYLUM AND OTHER DISPLACED PERSONS; THROUGH RESEARCH DISSEMINATION AND ACTIVITIES SUCH AS, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, EXHIBITIONS.

Governing document: DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 18/05/2006AS AMENDED ON 04/06/2006AS AMENDED BY DEED DATED 02/09/2013AS AMENDED ON 07 DEC 2019AS AMENDED ON 28 SEP 2019

Trustees (5)

5trustees
0aged 70+

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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