Registered charity (CIO) · Macclesfield
Refugees Welcome
- 6 trustees
- Income £39k (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
- Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
- Where
- Cheshire East
- Website
- www.refugeeswelcome.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2016
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£39k£42k
- 2024£30k£29k
- 2023£49k£30k
Earlier years
- 2022£48k£30k
- 2021£29k£25k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2023: Government contracts 44% · Government grants 44%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
1) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING, IN THE AREA OF CHESHIRE EAST AND ITS ENVIRONS, OF THOSE 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; AND2) TO PROVIDE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND UNEMPLOYMENT AMONGST THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN GRANTED REFUGEE STATUS AND THEIR DEPENDANTS WITHIN THE AREA OF BENEFIT.
Grants received
5 grants · £755,180 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
- Home Office · £752,926 (4 grants)
- Cheshire Community Foundation · £2,254
Most recent
- Home Office
- Home Office
- Home Office
- Home Office
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.
6 trustees on the board
- Nicola Ann Campbell Chair since 2019
- Anne Towers since 2018
- Anthony James Smith since 2021
- David George Raines since 2022
- Mark Aston Buttle since 2024
- Paul Kinnersley Nixon since 2024
Trustees past 6 years
- Nicola Ann Campbell Chair since 2019
- Anne Towers since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Nicola Ann Campbell Chair since 2019
- Anne Towers since 2018
- Anthony James Smith since 2021
- David George Raines since 2022
- Mark Aston Buttle since 2024
- Paul Kinnersley Nixon since 2024
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
- 1169909
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 26 Oct 2016
- Contact on the register
- 07753619372 · REFUGEESCHESHIREEAST@GMAIL.COM
- 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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