Derbyshire Refugee Solidarity

Analysis

Derbyshire Refugee Solidarity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Derby. It was registered in July 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, overseas aid/famine relief and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Derbyshire Refugee Solidarity reported income of £65k and spending of £61k, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £29k to £65k (+123%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 83%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Derbyshire Refugee Solidarity sits at the 60th percentile: it is larger than about 60% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 65th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Tom Amos Charity (£65k), Hope Restored (£65k) and River Life Church, Bulwell (£65k).