African Refugee Community

Analysis

African Refugee Community is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Friern Barnet Lane. It was registered in September 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it provides advocacy/advice/information and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2026, African Refugee Community reported income of £98k and spending of £86k, spending 88% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £78k to £98k (+25%), an average of +5.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 70%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, African Refugee Community sits at the 66th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 71st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Glorious Inheritance Mission (Worldwide) (£97k), Bishop's Stortford Food Bank (£98k) and Love Stoke Church (£97k).