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Refugee Action
Other social work activities without accommodation n.e.c.
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Nankunda KatangazaDirector · since 2026
- Salem IbrahimiDirector · since 2025
- Kim Oanh BeachDirector · since 2025
- Ximena Alejandra ValenzuelaDirector · since 2025
- Lucy Branwen VidalDirector · since 2024
- Sahar KhanDirector · since 2024
- Mark Richard NowottnyDirector · since 2024
- Yagoub MatarDirector · since 2023
- Caroline GormleyDirector · since 2023
- Halyma BegumDirector · since 2023
- Tim Naor HiltonSecretary · since 2021
Previous officers 39
- Anum Ahmed 2024-2026 View profile
- Qays Sediqi 2024-2025 View profile
- Catherine Lebadou 2021-2025 View profile
- Mary Njoroge 2021-2023 View profile
- Penny Jane Lawrence 2020-2026 View profile
- Emmanuel Serrano 2019-2023 View profile
- Zinat Mahsoori 2019-2025 View profile
- Emmanuel Gimenez 2019-2019 View profile
- Serge Eric Yamou 2019-2023 View profile
- Rosalind Sandra Lucas 2017-2023 View profile
- Thomas Skrinar 2017-2025 View profile
- Amaf Yousef 2016-2023 View profile
- Jonathan David Quinn 2015-2018 View profile
- Joseph Jenkins 2015-2023 View profile
- Irmani Smallwood 2015-2021 View profile
- Frewyeni Kidane 2015-2017 View profile
- Stefanie Angela Pfeil 2010-2018 View profile
- Jeremy Peter Lester 2007-2017 View profile
- Andrew Chanter Gregg 2007-2020 View profile
- Sheila Margaret Fox 2007-2013 View profile
- Rachel Pendlebury 2007-2015 View profile
- Christopher Walter Randall 2004-2021 View profile
- Susan Cueva 2003-2014 View profile
- Helen Clare Marsden 2001-2003 View profile
- Augustine Omara 2001-2005 View profile
- Penelope Bridget Surrey Dane 2000-2006 View profile
- Minoo Jalali 1995-2016 View profile
- Jennifer Malcolm 1995-1996 View profile
- Colin William John Hodgetts 2015 View profile
- Julia Jane Cusance Meiklejohn 2016 View profile
- Eileen Mitchell 2000 View profile
- Dan Kien Tran 2001 View profile
- Nhung Tuyet Bui 2002 View profile
- Stephen Hale 2017-2021 View profile
- David Michael Garratt 2011-2015 View profile
- Marilyn Louise Adams 2010-2011 View profile
- Alexander Edward Buchan 1996-2010 View profile
- Penelope Jane Allen 1995-1996 View profile
- Sheila Margaret Fox 1994 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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Public contracts won
1 contract · £305,662 totalFrom Contracts Finder and Find a Tender, the UK Government's public procurement notices, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Matched to this organisation by company number, charity number or exact name and postcode; every figure links to its source notice.
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GMCA1982 Safe Transitions - New Community Guidance
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About
- What it does
- Other social work activities without accommodation n.e.c.
- Incorporated
- 26/10/1981
- Registered office
- London
- Also a registered charity
- Refugee Action
Grants received
72 grants · £8,935,499 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
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £5,813,497 (11 grants)
- Paul Hamlyn Foundation · £1,068,000 (11 grants)
- LEF · £655,000 (2 grants)
- Barrow Cadbury Trust · £390,000 (7 grants)
- The Segelman Trust · £310,000 (3 grants)
Most recent
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Companies House officer record: the current directors only, past directors excluded.
10 directors on the board
- Halyma Begum Director · appointed 2023
- Sahar Khan Director · appointed 2024
- Salem Ibrahimi Director · appointed 2025
- Mark Richard Nowottny Director · appointed 2024
- Yagoub Matar Director · appointed 2023
- Ximena Alejandra Valenzuela Director · appointed 2025
- Lucy Branwen Vidal Director · appointed 2024
- Kim Oanh Beach Director · appointed 2025
- Nankunda Katangaza Director · appointed 2026
- Caroline Gormley Director · appointed 2023
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (9)
- Halyma Begum Director · appointed 2023
- Sahar Khan Director · appointed 2024
- Salem Ibrahimi Director · appointed 2025
- Mark Richard Nowottny Director · appointed 2024
- Yagoub Matar Director · appointed 2023
- Ximena Alejandra Valenzuela Director · appointed 2025
- Lucy Branwen Vidal Director · appointed 2024
- Kim Oanh Beach Director · appointed 2025
- Caroline Gormley Director · appointed 2023
Portfolio (1)
- Nankunda Katangaza Director · appointed 2026
Left in the last 12 months
- Anum Ahmed Director · appointed 2024 · resigned 2026
- Penny Jane Lawrence Director · appointed 2020 · resigned 2026
Where else this board sits iWhere else this board sitsThe charitable fields these directors govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this company and any charity it is the legal face of.
The sectors these directors govern in elsewhere. This company, and any charity it is the legal face of, are excluded - counting them would just tell you what you are already looking at.
Gaps to watch
- Narrow spread of sectors across the board
Where to look Suggested search: directors from a wider range of sectors.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 01593454
- Status
- Active
- Type
- PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
- Accounts next due
- 31/12/2026
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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