Refugee Resource

Analysis

Refugee Resource is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxford. It was registered in August 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04558542). It says it makes grants to individuals, provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Refugee Resource reported income of £521k and spending of £596k, spending 115% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £497k to £521k (+4.8%), an average of +1.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Refugee Resource sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Will Charitable Trust (£520k), The7stars Foundation (£521k) and The Ickle Pickle Partnership Ltd (£520k).

Charitable activities took 79% of spending and raising funds 21%.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.