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Registered charity (CIO) · County Durham

Darlington Assistance for Refugees

  • 7 trustees
  • Income £144k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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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, Overseas Aid/famine Relief, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity and 1 more
Where
Darlington
Website
www.darlingtonrefugees.org (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2017

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£144k£73k
  • 2024£67k£52k
  • 2023£63k£21k
Earlier years
  • 2022£21k£13k
  • 2021£15k£10k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 58%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

1. THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AMONG PEOPLE WHO ARE REFUGEES LIVING IN DARLINGTON WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED ON THE GROUNDS OF THEIR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC POSITION, BY PROVIDING:A) EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE;B) VOLUNTEER BEFRIENDERS/MENTORS WHO WILL ASSIST THEM WITH THEIR INTEGRATION INTO THE COMMUNITY OF DARLINGTON BY THE PROVISION OF INFORMATION, ADVICE AND SUPPORT.2. THE RELIEF OF POVERTY FOR REFUGEES DISPLACED FROM, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT LIMITED TO, SYRIA AND OTHER WAR ZONES WHO ARE OR HAVE BEEN RESIDENT IN ANY REFUGEE CAMPS IN EUROPE BY THE PROVISION OF ESSENTIAL EQUIPMENT, FURNITURE AND OTHER ITEMS AS MAY BE NECESSARY.

Grants received

12 grants · £191,767 total

360Giving 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 National Lottery Community Fund · £109,715 (2 grants)
  • Sport England · £27,002 (2 grants)
  • Postcode Neighbourhood Trust · £20,900
  • Point North · £17,020 (5 grants)
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport · £12,130

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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

3.1y median 2y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

4.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

1
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 7Overseas Aid/famine Relief 7The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 7

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Health and social care 1Professional services 1

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£67k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1170986
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 05 Jan 2017
Contact on the register
07979686836 · hello@darlingtonrefugees.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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