Registered charity · London
Islington Refugee Forum
• To promote any charitable purpose for the benefit of refugees, migrants and asylum seekers in the London Borough of Islington including the relief of poverty, the advancement of education and the promotion of good citizenship. • To promote...
- 7 trustees
- Income £48k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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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, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- Where
- Islington
- Website
- www.islingtonrefugeeforum.org (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Islington Refugee and Migrant Forum LTD
- Registered
- 2006
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£48k£43k
- 2024£33k£37k
- 2023£49k£52k
Earlier years
- 2022£66k£45k
- 2021£85k£51k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 5%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
• To promote any charitable purpose for the benefit of refugees, migrants and asylum seekers in the London Borough of Islington including the relief of poverty, the advancement of education and the promotion of good citizenship. • To promote equality of opportunity and the elimination of unfair discrimination on grounds of race, immigration status, gender, age, sexuality, disability or faith.
Grants received
5 grants · £112,393 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- City Bridge Trust · £72,890
- Cloudesley · £22,000
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £17,003 (2 grants)
- Woodward Charitable Trust · £500
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
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.
7 trustees on the board
- Gulala Ali Bakir Chair since 2013
- Dulchat Abbas since 2023
- Raphael Andrews since 2018
- Salna Rajabu Abdallah since 2023
- Sheu Kayode Olaoye Mr since 2017
- Wezenet Ghebreselasse Haile since 2023
- Yussuf Ahmed since 2023
Trustees past 6 years
- Gulala Ali Bakir Chair since 2013
- Raphael Andrews since 2018
- Sheu Kayode Olaoye Mr since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Gulala Ali Bakir Chair since 2013
- Dulchat Abbas since 2023
- Raphael Andrews since 2018
- Salna Rajabu Abdallah since 2023
- Sheu Kayode Olaoye Mr since 2017
- Wezenet Ghebreselasse Haile since 2023
Portfolio (1)
- Yussuf Ahmed since 2023
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1116479
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 26 OCTOBER 2005 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 14 JULY 2006. as amended on 15 Oct 2019
- Companies House
- Company number 05603929 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 02078325847 · info@islingtonrefugeeforum.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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