Croydon Refugee Day Centre

Analysis

Croydon Refugee Day Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Croydon. It was registered in September 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and human rights/religious or racial harmony/equality or diversity, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Croydon Refugee Day Centre reported income of £158k and spending of £110k, leaving 31% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £29k to £158k (+441%), an average of +52% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 117%. Over the whole period it spent 70% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Croydon Refugee Day Centre sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 73% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mosdos Satmar LIMITED (£158k), Jamiat Ulama-I-Hind UK Limited (£158k) and Oxford Schools Chaplaincy (£158k).