Welsh Refugee Council

Analysis

Welsh Refugee Council is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Caerdydd. It was registered in March 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04818136). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Welsh Refugee Council reported income of £1.9m and spending of £1.8m, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.3m to £1.9m (+38%), an average of +8.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 21%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Welsh Refugee Council sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Refugee and Migrant Justice (£1.9m), Equippers Church (£1.9m) and Christians in Sport (£1.9m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 91% and donations and legacies 2.3%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £463k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 45 people.