Registered charity · Cleveland
Refugee Futures Ltd
Refugee Futures Ltd is a registered charity (number 1159508) based in Cleveland, governed by 5 trustees and chaired by Jonathan Carling since 2024. Latest income £251k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.
- 5 trustees
- Income £251k (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, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Economic/community Development/employment, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
- Where
- Stockton-on-tees
- Website
- refugeefutures.org (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Refugee Futures LTD
- Registered
- 2014
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£251k£234k
- 2024£175k£178k
- 2023£141k£111k
Earlier years
- 2022£43k£55k
- 2021£2k£2k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 8%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS, ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AMONG PEOPLE WHO ARE REFUGEES, ASYLUM SEEKERS AND THEIR DEPENDENTS, WITHIN BUT NOT LIMITED TO STOCKTON ON TEES AND SURROUNDING AREAS, WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED ON THE GROUNDS OF THEIR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC POSITION, BY: (A) WORKING WITH OTHERS TO PROVIDE EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND IDENTIFIED EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS; (B) ASSISTING REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS TO BECOME MORE FULLY INTEGRATED INTO LOCAL COMMUNITIES; (C) THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES AND EVENTS FOR THE LOCAL COMMUNITY: (D) RAISING PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE ISSUES AFFECTING REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS; AND (E) WORKING COLLABORATIVELY WITH OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN PROVIDING RELEVANT SERVICES, FACILITIES AND INFORMATION TO REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS.FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE, SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PART OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF BEING A MEMBER OF A SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DEPRIVED COMMUNITY.2. TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF STOCKTON-ON-TEES AND THE SURROUNDING AREA WITHOUT DISTINCTIONS OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID INHABITANTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFECT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATIONS WITH THE OBJECTS OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS; 3. TO ESTABLISH OR SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE (HEREINAFTER CALLED ‘THE CENTRE’) AND TO MAINTAIN AND MANAGE THE SAME (WHETHER ALONE OR IN CO-OPERATION WITH ANY LOCAL AUTHORITY OR PERSON OR BODY) IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS; AND 4. TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION THROUGH THE PROMOTION OF SUCH VALUES HELD AND FOLLOWED BY THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION, SPECIFICALLY INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO SOCIAL AND MORAL VALUES, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF THOSE WITH ANY FAITH AND NONE.
Grants received
15 grants · £369,993 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
- The Charity of Sir Richard Whittington · £80,000 (2 grants)
- Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales · £75,000
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £59,993 (4 grants)
- The Greggs Foundation · £40,000
- Postcode Community Trust · £30,000
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- Postcode Community Trust
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.
5 trustees on the board
- Jonathan Carling Chair since 2024
- Ben Chisanga since 2024
- Clair Jones since 2024
- Simon James Miles Wimberley Pleydell since 2024
- Ursula Ruth Hicks since 2021
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (3)
- Jonathan Carling Chair since 2024
- Ben Chisanga since 2024
- Simon James Miles Wimberley Pleydell since 2024
Portfolio (2)
- Clair Jones since 2024
- Ursula Ruth Hicks since 2021
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.
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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1159508
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 02/04/2014 NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 18/09/2014 AS AMENDED ON 18 MAY 2021 AS AMENDED ON 15 APR 2023 as amended on 10 Dec 2024
- Companies House
- Company number 08973811 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 07549413492 · Heather.petch@refugeefutures.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 18th October 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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