Overall GiG Score: 12 ?
Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: -3
Support Score: 14
  • Large legacies income: +1
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • All female board: -3
  • Grant maker support: +14

WOMEN FOR REFUGEE WOMEN 

Raising awareness of the injustices experienced by asylum-seeking and refugee women in the UK through media work and public events, through informing policy makers in partnership with other organisations, and through empowering asylum-seeking and refugee women to take platforms to speak directly about their experiences.This charity merged with & succeeds WfRW charitable trust, reg. no. 1121174
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has received considerable income from legacies in recent years
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • One or more trustees receive benefits from the charity
  • The Board is completely female

Financial issues to consider:

  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
Established: 8 years

www.refugeewomen.co.uk

ADMIN@REFUGEEWOMEN.CO.UK

02072501239

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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£740£1,037£-297£94£2,780£4905.71116
31/03/22£741£734£7£101£3,109£4206.91121
31/03/21£785£666£119£49£2,968£3165.7827
31/03/20£496£602£-106n/an/an/an/an/a39
31/03/19£2,894£341£2,552£7£2,816£2649.3536
31/03/18£319£302£17£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£367£268£99£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 13.1%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 9.1%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 8%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 2%
Liabilities/Income: 8%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 18%
Reserves/Spending: 5.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 6 months
Quick Ratio: 7.2
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who works here?
  • 11 employees
  • 16 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,

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
Comic Relief£375,700
Paul Hamlyn Foundation£278,000
Justice Together Initiative£150,000
City Bridge Trust£109,975
Barrow Cadbury Trust£60,000
Rosa UK£50,000
The Bromley Trust£30,000
AB Charitable Trust£10,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
The Bromley Trust - Restricted towards WRW?s Set Her Free project
£30,000 03/07/2023
WRW seeks to empower women seeking asylum; influence audiences by amplifying refugee women?s stories; and to create change through campaigning for a fairer asylum system. This is a two-year ....more
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Building a supportive and humane asylum process for women
£18,000 18/01/2023
Women for Refugee Women (WfRW) is a charity that supports and empowers women who seek asylum in the UK. They enable refugee and asylum-seeking women to become leaders, ensure they can speak to the ....more
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Women for Refugee Women
£10,000 21/04/2022
An unrestricted grant of £10,000. Women for Refugee Women works to empower refugee and asylum-seeking women to speak out, become leaders and advocate for change.
National Lottery Community Fund - Connect Learn Thrive
£10,000 04/02/2022
The funding will be used to run a programme of empowerment activities including ESOL classes and creative writing for women who are refugees or asylum seekers. The project aims to improve the ....more
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Building a supportive and humane asylum process for women
£240,000 04/10/2021
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Women for Refugee Women (WfRW) is a charity that supports and empowers women who seek asylum in the UK. They enable refugee and asylum-seeking women to become leaders, ensure they can speak to the ....more
Rosa UK - WTF-WOMREF-2021
£50,000 12/07/2021
£50,000 has been awarded to Women for Refugee Women to provide therapeutic mental healthcare and advice for women seeking asylum in the UK, including specialist advice for those who have been ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Women for Refugee Women
£60,000 18/05/2021
24
£60,000 over two further and final years (2 x £30,000) towards the salaries of the Grassroots Manager (equivalent of 1.5 dpw) and Grassroots Intern (equivalent of 1.5 dpw), and associated project ....more
Justice Together Initiative - Strategic communications research and delivery to persuade key audiences on the need for a just asylum process
£150,000 20/04/2021
Researching how to most effectively persuade key audiences on the need for a fair, timely and accessible immigration system. Together with regional partners, W4RW are developing and implementing an ....more
Barrow Cadbury Trust - Empowerment, influencing and movement-building
£60,000 16/03/2021
36
To continue to support Women for Refugee Women's empowerment, influencing and movement building work
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Women for Refugee Women
£49,975 28/09/2020
towards the project supporting refugee and asylum-seeking women in London with advice, mental health support, learning support and wellbeing and welfare services, as outlined in the application. Your ....more
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - COVID19 Emergency Funding
£20,000 09/04/2020
3
Support to aid the organisation in dealing with the challenges posed by COVID19.
Comic Relief - Refugee Women: Empower and Change
£375,700 03/07/2019
36
Refugee and asylum-seeking women are some of the most vulnerable women in the UK. They are often isolated and frequently dispersed into areas where they cannot access appropriate support. The ....more
Joseph Rowntree Foundation - Grant to Women for Refugee Women
£120,000 01/12/2018
36
Core costs
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Women for Refugee Women
£90,000 14/03/2018
36
£90,000 over three years (3 x £30,000) towards the salaries of the Grassroots Manager (equivalent of 1.5 dpw) and Grassroots Intern (equivalent of 1.5 dpw); associated project costs of the ....more
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Empowering refugee women to participate in campaigning against destitution
£150,000 26/02/2018
36
Women for Refugee Women will work in partnership with Women Asylum Seekers Together (WAST) Manchester to deliver a programme to build the capacity of refugee women in London, Greater Manchester, ....more
Trust for London - Women for Refugee Women
£90,000 21/02/2018
36
The funding is to consolidate and expand its work to enable refugee women with experience of detention and destitution to speak out to new audiences, in order to improve public understanding of their ....more
Barrow Cadbury Trust - Empowering and influencing 2018-21
£48,000 21/10/2017
36
To enable Women for Refugee Women to sustain and further develop its empowering and influencing role.
Barrow Cadbury Trust - Women for Refugee Women: empowering & influencing
£48,000 24/01/2015
36
To enable Women for Refugee Women to sustain and further develop its empowering and influencing role.
AB Charitable Trust - Empower asylum-seeking and refugee women
£5,000 29/10/2013
£5,000 towards grass roots work
Barrow Cadbury Trust - Empowering and influencing
£30,000 18/02/2013
Empowering and influencing
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 9/10 persons

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 26/01/2016, number: 1165320
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • 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
  • Investment
  • 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
7 returns made; all on time
Main office

Women for Refugee Women
Tindlemanor
52-54 Featherstone Street
London
EC1Y 8RT

Objectives

(1) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL ABOUT THE ISSUES RELATING TO REFUGEES AND THOSE SEEKING ASYLUM;(2) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND RELIEVE FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AMONGST WOMEN SEEKING ASYLUM AND WOMEN GRANTED REFUGEE STATUS, INCLUDING BY THE PROVISION OF ADVICE;(3) TO PROMOTE EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, PARTICULARLY BY THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF RACE, GENDER, DISABILITY, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR RELIGION, IN LONDON AND ELSEWHERE.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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