Refugees Welcome

Analysis

Refugees Welcome is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Macclesfield. It was registered in October 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover disability, the prevention or relief of poverty and human rights/religious or racial harmony/equality or diversity, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Refugees Welcome reported income of £39k and spending of £42k, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £29k to £39k (+34%), an average of +7.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 66%. Over the whole period it spent 80% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Refugees Welcome sits at the 51st percentile: it is larger than about 51% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 56th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Northumbria Deaf Mission (£39k), Friends of the Vale (£39k) and Qatrah (£39k).