Women for Refugee Women

Analysis

Women for Refugee Women is a registered charity in England and Wales. It was registered in January 2016, 10 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 incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Women for Refugee Women reported income of £771k and spending of £1.1m, spending 139% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £785k to £771k (-1.8%), an average of -0.4% a year. Over the whole period it spent 121% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Women for Refugee Women 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 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Family Gateway (£771k), The Huntingdon Foundation Limited (£772k) and Gingerbread Corner (£771k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 86%, charitable activities 12% and investments 2.9%. Charitable activities took 87% of spending and raising funds 9.0%. Reserves of £482k would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 14 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.