Positive Action for Refugees and Asylum Seekers

Analysis

Positive Action for Refugees and Asylum Seekers is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leeds. It was registered in September 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty and amateur sport, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05751987). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Positive Action for Refugees and Asylum Seekers reported income of £688k and spending of £639k, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £520k to £688k (+32%), an average of +7.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 76% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Positive Action for Refugees and Asylum Seekers sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Imkaan (£688k), The Kennedy Leigh Charitable Trust (£690k) and Harrow Central Mosque (£688k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 80%, donations and legacies 18% and investments 1.2%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £401k would cover about 8 months of spending at that rate. It employed 10 people.