Shaftesbury Refugee Group

Analysis

Shaftesbury Refugee Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dorset. It was registered in September 2023, 3 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, disability and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Shaftesbury Refugee Group reported income of £19k and spending of £19k, spending 99% of its income. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2024 to December 2025, income fell from £35k to £19k (-45%), an average of -45% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income dropped by 45%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Shaftesbury Refugee Group sits at the 38th percentile: it is larger than about 38% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 43rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rotary Club of Buckingham Trust Fund (£19k), Rotary Club of Teddington and the Hamptons (£19k) and The Hedley Community Hall (£19k).