Islington Centre for Refugees and Migrants

Analysis

Islington Centre for Refugees and Migrants is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 2010, 16 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. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07076199). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Islington Centre for Refugees and Migrants reported income of £529k and spending of £530k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £436k to £529k (+21%), an average of +5.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 46%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Islington Centre for Refugees and Migrants sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The North of England Refugee Service Limited (£529k), The Pelham CIO (£530k) and Alexander Shtiebel (£529k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 50% and donations and legacies 50%. Charitable activities took 82% of spending and raising funds 17%. Reserves of £172k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 10 people.