Registered charity (CIO)
Women for Refugee Women
- 11 trustees
- Income £771k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Rachel Louise SternChair · since 2019
- Catherine Allison BriddickTrustee · since 2024
- Christine Vanessa TaylorTrustee · since 2018
- Emma Cecilia Lind GardnerTrustee · since 2024
- Jade Amoli-JacksonTrustee · since 2016
- Julia Marjorie Adelaide LowisTrustee · since 2024
- Mirella UwasTrustee · since 2024
- Muma SinkalaTrustee · since 2020
- Naomi DanquahTrustee · since 2024
- Olivia NamutebiTrustee · since 2021
- Rachel Pauline LarkinTrustee · since 2024
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, Arts/culture/heritage/science and 3 more
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.refugeewomen.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2016
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£771k£1.1m
- 2024£795k£1.1m
- 2023£740k£1.0m
Earlier years
- 2022£741k£734k
- 2021£785k£666k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2021: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
(1) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL ABOUT THE ISSUES RELATING TO REFUGEES AND THOSE SEEKING ASYLUM;(2) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND RELIEVE FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AMONGST WOMEN SEEKING ASYLUM AND WOMEN GRANTED REFUGEE STATUS, INCLUDING BY THE PROVISION OF ADVICE;(3) TO PROMOTE EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, PARTICULARLY BY THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF RACE, GENDER, DISABILITY, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR RELIGION, IN LONDON AND ELSEWHERE.
Grants received
35 grants · £2,332,935 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
- Comic Relief · £479,790 (2 grants)
- Paul Hamlyn Foundation · £428,000 (4 grants)
- Barrow Cadbury Trust · £252,000 (5 grants)
- Trust for London · £240,000 (2 grants)
- Justice Together Initiative · £157,500
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.
11 trustees on the board
- Rachel Louise Stern Chair since 2019
- Christine Vanessa Taylor since 2018
- Catherine Allison Briddick since 2024
- Emma Cecilia Lind Gardner since 2024
- Jade Amoli-Jackson since 2016
- Julia Marjorie Adelaide Lowis since 2024
- Mirella Uwas since 2024
- Muma Sinkala since 2020
- Naomi Danquah since 2024
- Olivia Namutebi since 2021
- Rachel Pauline Larkin since 2024
Trustees past 6 years
- Rachel Louise Stern Chair since 2019
- Christine Vanessa Taylor since 2018
- Jade Amoli-Jackson since 2016
- Muma Sinkala since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (10)
- Rachel Louise Stern Chair since 2019
- Christine Vanessa Taylor since 2018
- Catherine Allison Briddick since 2024
- Emma Cecilia Lind Gardner since 2024
- Jade Amoli-Jackson since 2016
- Julia Marjorie Adelaide Lowis since 2024
- Mirella Uwas since 2024
- Naomi Danquah since 2024
- Olivia Namutebi since 2021
- Rachel Pauline Larkin since 2024
Portfolio (1)
- Muma Sinkala since 2020
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
5.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1165320
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - Foundation Registered 26 Jan 2016 as amended on 16 Mar 2024
- Contact on the register
- 02072501239 · ADMIN@REFUGEEWOMEN.CO.UK
- 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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