The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 12th July 2026

United Kingdom for Unhcr

Registered charity 1183415 CIO Registered since 2019

Operates: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Argentina, Armenia, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bosnia And Herzegovina, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon

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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
3y median 2y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure
2
trustees past 6 years
6.4y
average years in governance
10 vs 1 portfolio
first-time trustees
2
company-linked trustees

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

Disability 1Education/training 1General Charitable Purposes 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 1

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 6Business services 4Finance 2

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Contact

Websitehttps://www.unrefugees.org.uk/
Emailsupportercare@unrefugees.org.uk
Phone02037618094
AddressWE Work, 1 Mark Square, LONDON, EC2A 4EG

Finances

£25,532,000 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£5,844,005£5,547,180
2021£17,678,000£14,206,000
2022£55,748,000£46,016,000
2023£30,729,000£27,013,000
2024£25,532,000£25,329,000

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesDisabilityHuman Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity

Who

Other Defined Groups

How

Makes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Services

Charitable objects

I. THE RELIEF OF REFUGEES, ASYLUM SEEKERS, INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS AND STATELESS PERSONS BY RAISING FUNDS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM IN SUPPORT OF SUCH OF UNHCR'S PROTECTION AND ASSISTANCE PROGRAMMES AS ARE REGARDED AS CHARITABLE UNDER ENGLISH LAW.II. THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, AND THE AWARENESS OF THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL, ABOUT THE SITUATION AND THE NEEDS OF REFUGEES, ASYLUM SEEKERS, INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS AND STATELESS PERSONS WORLDWIDE.III. THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN THE UK AND WORLDWIDE BY PREVENTING REFUGEES, ASYLUM SEEKERS, INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS AND STATELESS PERSONS FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, AND BY RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE REFUGEES, ASYLUM SEEKERS, INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS AND STATELESS PERSONS WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY.FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE, "STATELESS PERSON" HAS THE MEANING GIVEN TO IT IN ARTICLE 1 OF THE 1954 UN CONVENTION RELATING TO THE STATUS OF STATELESS PERSONS AND "SOCIALLY EXCLUDED" MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR A PART OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; ILL HEALTH (MENTAL OR PHYSICAL); DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF ACTUAL OR PERCEIVED ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGION, BELIEF, CREED, RACE, DISABILITY, GENDER IDENTITY, SEX, OR SEXUALITY; POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT; RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN; POOR HOUSING (THAT IS HOUSING THAT DOES NOT MEET BASIC HABITABLE STANDARDS); SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY; OR CRIME.

Governing document: CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 14 May 2019 as amended on 23 Sep 2019 as amended on 31 Oct 2019 as amended on 24 May 2021 as amended on 26 May 2021

Trustees (11)

11trustees
72median age
1aged 70+

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