Greenwich Refugee Aid and Community Enterprise

Analysis

Greenwich Refugee Aid and Community Enterprise is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in October 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Greenwich Refugee Aid and Community Enterprise reported income of £100k and spending of £117k, spending 117% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £85k to £100k (+18%), an average of +4.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 65%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Greenwich Refugee Aid and Community Enterprise sits at the 66th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 71st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Dsachieve (£100k), Thamesdown Hydrotherapy Pool Association CIO (£100k) and Market Field Farm (£100k).

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.