The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 12th July 2026

Refugee Action

Registered charity 283660 Registered since 1981

Operates: Throughout England

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.

10
trustees on the board
1.8y median 2y
average tenure
3y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
3.1y
average years in governance
10 vs 0 portfolio
first-time trustees
10
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage

Economic/community Development/employment 10The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 10

Commercial experience

Health and social care 11Arts and leisure 1Other services 1

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Contact

Websitewww.refugee-action.org.uk
Emailfarrahj@refugee-action.org.uk
Phone07725638218
AddressRefugee Action, Society Building, Regents Wharf, 8 All Saints Street, London, N1 9RL

Finances

£6,855,000 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£8,799,000£8,538,000
2022£7,789,000£6,640,000
2023£11,485,000£10,143,000
2024£11,741,000£10,619,000
2025£6,855,000£8,107,000

What it does

What

The Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyEconomic/community Development/employment

Who

Other Defined Groups

How

Provides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes Research

Charitable objects

THE RELIEF OF PERSONS WHO HAVE BECOME DISPLACED PERSONS OR REFUGEES FROM THE COUNTRIES OF THEIR ORIGIN OR DOMICILE BY REASON OF HOSTILITIES, PERSECUTION, OPPRESSION, DISCRIMINATION, NATURAL DISASTERS OR OTHER LIKE CAUSES, AND THEIR FAMILIES AND DEPENDANTS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 26TH OCTOBER 1981 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION ADOPTED 5 MARCH 2004

Trustees (10)

10trustees
45median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Refugee Action · 01593454 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 26/10/1981

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

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