The Hummingbird Refugee Project

Analysis

The Hummingbird Refugee Project is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Brighton. It was registered in October 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, disability, the prevention or relief of poverty and economic/community development/employment, 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 September 2025, The Hummingbird Refugee Project reported income of £559k and spending of £454k, spending 81% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £229k to £559k (+144%), an average of +25% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2025, when income rose by 48%. 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, The Hummingbird Refugee Project 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 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Artists' General Benevolent Institution (£559k), Emmaus Staffordshire (£560k) and The Lightbeam Academy (£558k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 100%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.6%. Reserves of £15k would cover about 0 months of spending at that rate. It employed 16 people.