Islington Refugee Forum

Analysis

Islington Refugee Forum is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in October 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05603929). It says it acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Islington Refugee Forum reported income of £48k and spending of £43k, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £85k to £48k (-44%), an average of -13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 46%. Over the whole period it spent 82% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Islington Refugee Forum sits at the 55th percentile: it is larger than about 55% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 60th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Redeemed Christian Church of God Bethel Tabernacle (£48k), Heartlink Charitable Trust (£48k) and Yaqeen Trust Ltd (£48k).