Overall GiG Score: 19 ?
Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 11
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Grant maker support: +11

REFUGEE EDUCATION UK 

Refugee Education UK (formerly Refugee Support Network) enables young refugees and asylum seekers to have better access to education, get better outcomes from education (both academic and wellbeing), and have opportunities to use their education. We aim to achieve this through a combination of direct education support programmes, capacity building and research for structural and system changes.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers, including a Community Foundation, recently
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age
Established: 14 years

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07593 791872

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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£2,901£1,712£1,189£3£2,386£1,75412.330200
31/03/22£1,664£1,635£28£3£1,197£6194.527200
31/03/21£1,424£807£617£3£1,169£78611.723180
31/03/20£673£578£95£0£552£3617.513172
31/03/19£475£391£84n/an/an/an/an/a180
31/03/18£353£312£41£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£399£263£136£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£304£191£113£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£151£153£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£117£99£18£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£75£64£12£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£52£43£10£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£41£29£12£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£40£4£36£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.1%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.2%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 31%
Liabilities/Income: 37%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 74%
Reserves/Spending: 12.3 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 15 months
Quick Ratio: 8
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who works here?
  • 30 employees
  • 200 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Defined Groups
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Birmingham City, Cambridgeshire, Oxfordshire, Throughout London,

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
National Lottery Community Fund£389,245
Henry Smith Charity£300,000
Unbound Philanthropy£150,000
Architectural Heritage Fund£105,574
BBC Children in Need£103,499
Garfield Weston Foundation£100,000
The Bell Foundation£87,643
The Clothworkers Foundation£80,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Supporting Refugees and Asylum Seekers into Higher Education
£9,875 07/10/2022
The funding will be used to deliver an online programme for 50 refugees and asylum seekers which will include academic English support university preparation IT skills employability and creative arts ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Refugee Education UK (REUK)
£120,000 17/05/2022
36
towards three years' running costs of a project providing support and educational services for young asylum seekers, impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, across England.
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Refugee Education UK
£25,000 20/01/2022
An unrestricted grant of £25,000 (This grant is renewable - year 1 of up to 3 years). Refugee Education UK work to ensure that young refugees and young people seeking asylum have access to ....more
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Refugee Education UK
£750 20/09/2021
An unrestricted grant of £750. Refugee Education UK work with 15-24- year-old refugees and young people seeking asylum, supporting them with specialised and dedicated educational assistance
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Refugee Support Network (RSN)
£180,000 09/06/2021
36
towards three years' continuation funding of the running costs of a project providing mentoring support and educational services for young asylum seekers across England.
The Bell Foundation - Education Mentoring Programme – 1:1 ESOL and integrated wellbeing support project
£87,643 08/06/2021
REUK works with young refugees aged 14-25 years old. They mentor the young people and provide education and wellbeing support. REUK is working in partnership with The Bell Foundation to develop an ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Major Grants award
£100,000 07/05/2021
60-62 High Street
National Lottery Community Fund - Educational mentoring for young refugees and asylum seekers
£309,089 07/05/2021
36
The funding will be used by the group over a period of three years to cover one-to-one educational mentoring for 615 young refugees and asylum seekers delivered by around 250 volunteers and overseen ....more
Unbound Philanthropy - Grant to Refugee Education UK Ltd
£150,000 11/03/2021
For general support of an organization that enables refugee and asylum-seeking children and young people to build more hopeful futures through education
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Refugee Support Network
£99,999 18/12/2020
This project will deliver an educational mentoring programme for young refugees and asylum-seekers in London and support them to make progress towards educational goals and increase confidence and ....more
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Refugee Support Network
£15,000 13/10/2020
An unrestricted grant of £15,000. Refugee Support Network works with 15-24-year-old refugees and people seeking asylum across London, Birmingham and Oxford, supporting them with specialised and ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£37,485 09/10/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Refugee Support Network
£17,426 11/09/2020
towards the costs of a mental health project for young refugees (but not other costs applied for), as outlined in your application.
Barrow Cadbury Trust - COVID-19 - Refugee Support Network
£49,600 25/08/2020
6
To enable the Refugee Support Network to remodel its services in response to the COVID pandemic
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Variation grant to Refugee Education UK
£7,500 23/07/2020
Grant to Refugee Education UK meeting the additional costs of adapting services, premises or implementing other safety measures in response to the Covid pandemic.
The Childhood Trust - Education and wellbeing support for young refugees
£15,000 03/07/2020
We are raising funds to enable young refugees to build hope-filled futures and to get the vital help they need to survive and flourish during COVID-19 and beyond. Donations will facilitate ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Refugee Support Network - COVID-19 Response
£70,281 03/07/2020
6
The funding will be used to meet the immediate practical needs of the young people the project supports by providing emergency food and phone data bundles donated laptops and emergency wellbeing and ....more
CAF - Grant to Refugee Support Network
£5,000 02/07/2020
3
Grant to Refugee Support Network to support the organisation through COVID19
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Refugee Support Network
£80,000 25/06/2020
purchase and refurbishment of a building for a charity that works with young refugee and ayslum seekers in London
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Refugee Support Network
£3,500 17/06/2020
6
COVID19 - This grant will fund the Educational Mentoring Co-ordinator salary costs and emergency care packages for unaccompanied refugees or asylum seeking young people who are isolated due to ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Refugee Support Network
£36,835 11/06/2020
£36,835 towards three months of costs as outlined in your application
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - COVID19 Emergency Funding
£20,000 10/06/2020
3
Support to aid the organisation in dealing with the challenges posed by COVID19.
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£3,500 03/06/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more
Oxfordshire Community Foundation - Oxford Educational Mentoring Hub
£10,000 18/04/2020
23
Grant to Refugee Support Network
Architectural Heritage Fund - Grant to Refugee Support Network
£105,574 08/04/2020
Former HSBC Bank
The Rayne Foundation - Grant to Refugee Support Network
£45,000 16/09/2019
36
Towards a specialist education and wellbeing support programme that provides regular, personalised holistic support to young refugees and asylum seekers.
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Refugee Support Network
£15,000 27/06/2019
An unrestricted grant of £15,000. Refugee Support Network helps refugee & asylum-seeking children and young people through education through activities such as one-to-one educational mentoring, ....more
Unbound Philanthropy - Grant to Refugee Education UK Ltd
£50,000 14/11/2018
24
To support a research partnership with a network of academy schools to improve educational outcomes of refugee children 
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Refugee Support Network
£63,239 22/05/2018
36
helping young refugees, asylum seekers and survivors of trafficking who are in or leaving local authority care to access, remain and progress in their education and access other support
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Refugee Support Network
£10,000 24/04/2018
£10,000 towards core costs of the Operations Manager and Director salaries. Refugee Support Network helps refugee & asylum-seeking children and young people through education through activities ....more
Oxfordshire Community Foundation - Oxford educational mentoring hub
£5,000 11/12/2017
12
Salary and associated costs of our Oxford mentoring coordinator.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Refugee Support Network (RSN)
£84,000 07/12/2017
36
towards three years' running costs of a project providing support and educational services to young asylum seekers in London
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000 23/10/2017
Core Support for RSN's Mentoring Programme
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Refugee Support Network
£118,583 14/06/2017
36
This project will provide educational mentoring to unaccompanied refugees or asylum seeking young people to enable them to maintain links with education, develop new skills and reduce their isolation.
Tudor Trust - Grant to Refugee Support Network
£60,000 23/03/2017
36
over three years towards the core costs of a charity providing educational mentoring to young asylum seekers and refugees as it looks to expand beyond London
London Catalyst - Refugee Support Network - 1
£3,000 07/02/2017
Educational Mentoring for young refugees, asylum seekers and survivors of trafficking.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Writing up and printing Youth on the Move research
£7,638 20/07/2015
Grant awarded under the Supported Options Fund to support young migrants with irregular migration status.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Refugee Support Network
£63,245 06/05/2015
36
helping young refugees, asylum seekers and survivors of trafficking at the point of arrival in the UK and then as young care leavers to be able to access appropriate education
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Youth on the Move
£10,000 11/10/2012
Youth on the Move programme is to enable young people who are forcibly removed to Kabul, Afghanistan to continue in education, training or employment.
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How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 36-63
  • JOY JOHNSTON (Chair) Appointed: 2009, Occupation: Civil Servant
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 06/11/2009, number: 1132509
  • Registered at Companies House on 16/04/2009, number: 06879651
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • 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
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
14 returns made; all on time
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from KITEKA FOUNDATION on 26/05/2021
Main office

Refugee Education UK
24 Picton House
Hussar Court
Waterlooville
Hampshire
PO7 7SQ

Objectives

THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS, WHICH ARE CARRIED OUT IN THE CONTEXT OF THE CHARITY’S CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION AND HISTORY, ARE AS FOLLOWS:1) TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF REFUGEES, ASYLUM SEEKERS, INTERNALLY DISPLACED PEOPLES, THOSE AFFECTED BY CONFLICT OR ANY OTHER VULNERABLE PERSONS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM OR ABROAD, BY: A) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION BY WAY OF AN EDUCATIONAL MENTORING SCHEME AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL SERVICES, B) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS THROUGH THE PROVISION OF HOLISTIC SUPPORT AND THE DISSEMINATION AND PROVISION OF ADVICE AND SUPPORT ON ISSUES THAT DIRECTLY AFFECT THE BENEFICIARY GROUP.2) FOR ANY SUCH OTHER PURPOSES DEEMED CHARITABLE BY THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME

Defined Area of Benefit:

THE UNITED KINGDOM OR ABROAD.

Data Sources

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