Kent Refugee Help

Analysis

Kent Refugee Help is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Whitstable. It was registered in July 2007, 19 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. It says it makes grants to individuals, provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Kent Refugee Help reported income of £19k and spending of £30k, spending 157% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £36k to £19k (-47%), an average of -15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 90%. Over the whole period it spent 117% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Kent Refugee Help sits at the 42nd percentile: it is larger than about 42% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 44th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ukuthasa (£19k), Stretton Climate Care (£19k) and Christ Apostolic Church Throne of Grace and Mercy (£19k).