Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Refugee Forum

Analysis

Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Refugee Forum is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Nottingham. It was registered in November 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05352679). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Refugee Forum reported income of £1.5m and spending of £1.5m, spending 105% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.0m to £1.5m (+40%), an average of +8.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Refugee Forum sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Yorkshire Mesmac (£1.5m), SurvivorsUK (£1.5m) and For Children & Young People (£1.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 87%, trading 6.9% and donations and legacies 5.3%. Charitable activities took 95% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £256k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 55 people.