Bristol Refugee Rights

Analysis

Bristol Refugee Rights is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in November 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05669208). It says it provides services, acts as an umbrella or resource body and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Bristol Refugee Rights reported income of £988k and spending of £956k, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £793k to £988k (+25%), an average of +5.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Bristol Refugee Rights sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include HOPE Unlimited Charitable Trust (£986k), Kollel Veyoel Moshe (£988k) and Newark Emmaus Trust (£986k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 97% and investments 1.7%. Charitable activities took 88% of spending and raising funds 11%. Grants to other organisations totalled £34k. Reserves of £230k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 31 people.