REFUGEE RESOURCE

Charity overview
Activities - how the charity spends its money
To relieve distress, improve well-being and facilitate the integration of refugees, asylum seekers and vulnerable migrants primarily in Oxfordshire, through the provision of practical, social and psychological support.
Income and expenditure
Data for financial year ending 31 March 2024
Total income:
£510,000
Donations and legacies | £460.00k | |
Charitable activities | £21.00k | |
Other trading activities | £18.00k | |
Investments | £11.00k | |
Other | £0 |
Total expenditure:
£561,000
Raising funds | £135.00k | |
Charitable activities | £426.00k | |
Other | £0 |
£0 investments gains (losses)
Total income includes £55,000 from 6 government contract(s)
Charitable expenditure
Charitable expenditure with investment gains
Charitable expenditure
Some charities generate all, or a substantial part, of their income from investments which may have been donated to the charity as endowment or set aside by the charity from its own resources in the past. Such investments usually take the form of stocks and shares but may include other assets, such as property, that are capable of generating income and/or capital growth.
In managing their spending and investments charities need to strike a balance between the needs of future and current beneficiaries. They also need to take account of spending commitments that may stretch over a number of future years. To do this, charities will normally adopt an investment strategy designed to generate both income and capital growth. To maximise returns trustees may commit to investment strategies for several years.
Investments can experience large swings in value so trustees may, in a particular year, decide to realise and spend part of their charity’s capital or to invest part of its income.
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Raising funds and other expenditure | £135.00k | |
Charitable expenditure | £426.00k |
People

18 Employee(s)
9 Trustee(s)
21 Volunteer(s)
Employees with total benefits over £60,000
No employees have total benefits over £60k for this charityFundraising
Trading
Trustee payments
What, who, how, where
- Education/training
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- Economic/community Development/employment
- Children/young People
- People With Disabilities
- People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
- Other Defined Groups
- Makes Grants To Individuals
- Provides Human Resources
- Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
- Provides Services
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Oxfordshire
Governance
- 05 August 2003: Standard registration
No other names
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Complaints handling
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Conflicting interests
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Investing charity funds policy and procedures
- Paying staff
- Risk management
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Volunteer management
Trustees
Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service
9 Trustee(s)
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Ann Cummings | Trustee | 25 March 2024 |
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Lorraine Hare | Trustee | 25 March 2024 |
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Paul Sheehan | Trustee | 20 November 2023 |
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Hannah Newth | Trustee | 01 April 2023 |
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Professor Donald Ridley | Trustee | 01 April 2023 |
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Kate Harris | Trustee | 01 April 2023 |
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Taz Greyling | Trustee | 20 March 2023 |
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Raymond James Pope | Trustee | 28 November 2022 |
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Nuha Abdo | Trustee | 30 September 2021 |
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Financial history
Financial period end date
Income / Expenditure | 31/03/2020 | 31/03/2021 | 31/03/2022 | 31/03/2023 | 31/03/2024 | ||
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Total gross income | £519.40k | £503.89k | £496.82k | £501.70k | £510.00k | |
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Total expenditure | £460.72k | £449.07k | £467.13k | £460.52k | £561.00k | |
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Income from government contracts | £20.70k | £16.38k | N/A | N/A | £55.00k | |
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Income from government grants | £120.50k | £110.30k | £50.00k | £51.00k | N/A | |
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Income - Donations and legacies | £452.79k | £451.10k | N/A | £464.11k | £460.00k | |
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Income - Other trading activities | £18.57k | £0 | N/A | £9.00k | £18.00k | |
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Income - Charitable activities | £47.86k | £44.29k | N/A | £26.16k | £21.00k | |
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Income - Endowments | £0 | £0 | N/A | £0 | £0 | |
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Income - Investment | £181 | £919 | N/A | £2.43k | £11.00k | |
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Income - Other | £0 | £7.58k | N/A | £0 | £0 | |
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Income - Legacies | £0 | £14.00k | N/A | £0 | £0 | |
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Expenditure - Charitable activities | £395.28k | £384.25k | N/A | £342.01k | £426.00k | |
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Expenditure - Raising funds | £65.44k | £64.83k | N/A | £118.51k | £135.00k | |
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Expenditure - Governance | £0 | £0 | N/A | £0 | £0 | |
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Expenditure - Grants institution | £0 | £0 | N/A | £0 | £0 | |
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Expenditure - Investment management | £0 | £0 | N/A | £0 | £0 | |
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Expenditure - Other | £0 | £0 | N/A | £0 | £0 |
Assets and liabilities
Definitions for assets and liabilities
These are assets, other than investments, which are held for more than 12 months and used to run and administer the charity such as buildings, offices, exhibits and fixtures and fittings.
Long term InvestmentsInvestments are assets held by the charity with the sole aim of generating income which will be used for their charitable purposes such as deposit accounts, shares, rental property and unit trusts.
Investment assets are re-valued every year and included in the balance sheet at their current market value.
Long term investments are held for more than 12 months.
These are assets held generally for less than 12 months such as cash and bank balances, debtors, investments to be sold within the coming year and trading stock.
Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liabilityThis is a surplus or deficit in any defined benefit pension scheme operated and represents a potential long-term asset or liability.
Total liabilitiesThese are all the amounts owed by the charity at the balance sheet date to third parties such as bills due but not yet paid, bank overdrafts and loans and mortgages.
Asset / Liability | 31/03/2020 | 31/03/2021 | 31/03/2022 | 31/03/2023 | 31/03/2024 | ||
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Own use assets | £2.44k | £3.91k | N/A | £1.23k | £3.12k | |
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Long-term investments | £0 | £0 | N/A | £0 | £0 | |
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Other assets | £423.85k | £526.39k | N/A | £553.66k | £499.36k | |
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Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability | £0 | £0 | N/A | £0 | £0 | |
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Total liabilities | £17.53k | £66.72k | N/A | £20.44k | £18.86k |
Accounts and annual returns
Title | Reporting year | Date received | Received | Download |
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Annual return | 31 March 2024 | 03 October 2024 | On Time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2024 | 03 October 2024 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
Annual return | 31 March 2023 | 12 October 2023 | On Time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2023 | 12 October 2023 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
Annual return | 31 March 2022 | 12 December 2022 | On Time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2022 | 12 December 2022 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
Annual return | 31 March 2021 | 10 January 2022 | On Time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2021 | 10 January 2022 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
Annual return | 31 March 2020 | 10 November 2020 | On Time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2020 | 10 November 2020 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
Governing document
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 09/10/2002 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 09/07/2003 as amended on 18 Jun 2019
Charitable objects
1. TO PROVIDE RELIEF FOR REFUGEES, ASYLUM SEEKERS AND THEIR DEPENDANTS LIVING (TEMPORARILY OR PERMANENTLY) IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN OXFORDSHIRE WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS; 2. TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF REFUGEES, ASYLUM SEEKERS AND THEIR DEPENDANTS; 3. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF REFUGEES, ASYLUM SEEKERS AND THEIR DEPENDANTS IN NEED THEREOF SO AS TO ENHANCE THEIR EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND ASSIST IN THEIR SETTLEMENT WITHIN A NEW COMMUNITY; 4. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL ABOUT THE ISSUES RELATING TO REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS; AND 5. THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION FOR REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THOSE PERSONS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES.
Area of benefit
NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE OXFORDSHIRE
Contact information
- Address:
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REFUGEE RESOURCE
THE OLD MUSIC HALL
106-108 COWLEY ROAD
OXFORD
OX4 1JE
- Phone:
- 08454580055
- Email:
- info@refugeeresource.org
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