Herts Welcomes Refugees

Analysis

Herts Welcomes Refugees is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hertfordshire. It was registered in April 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and other charitable purposes, 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 other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Herts Welcomes Refugees reported income of £156k and spending of £123k, leaving 21% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £87k to £156k (+78%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 129%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Herts Welcomes Refugees sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 73% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Becker Family Charitable Trust (£156k), The Gateway Church @ Leek (£156k) and Lawyers Against Poverty (£156k).