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Refuge

A Registered Charity based in England

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GB-CHC-277424
GB-COH-01412276

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Description

Refuge provides specialist support to women and children escaping domestic violence, modern slavery, human trafficking, forced prostitution, rape, forced marriage and 'honour' based violence. Services include: 24-hr national helpline, women's refuges, outreach and floating support, independent domestic and sexual violence advocates. We raise awareness and influence policy and legislative change.

Also known as

  • Chiswick Family Rescue Limited
  • Refuge
  • Refuge

CCEW Charity number

277424

Company number

01412276

Registered

Postcode

EC3N 2LB

Website

refuge.org.uk

Domain

refuge.org.uk

Latest income

£25,388,031 (on )

This organisation record is based on data from Registered charities in England and Wales published by Charity Commission for England and Wales.

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Locations

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Area of operation in the UK

Registered Office in the UK

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Linked records

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This organisation record is part of a group of linked records that describe a single organisation. The organisation is linked to 3 active records and 1 inactive record, from 3 data sources.

The best identifier for this organisation is GB-CHC-277424 .
What is an organisation identifier?

An organisation identifier is a unique piece of text that definitively identifies an organisation.

Examples include charity numbers and company numbers.

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Findthatcharity uses the Org ID scheme to create identifiers.

GB-CHC gives the scheme for this identifier (Charity Commission), while 277424 is the identifier for this organisation within the scheme.

Refuge (this record)

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Tower Hamlets Women's Aid (inactive)

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Themes and activities

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This organisation has been classified using different categories:

International Classification of Non-profit and Third Sector Organizations (ICNP/TSO)

ICNP/TSO categories have been automatically assigned from a machine learning model, as part of the UK Charity Classification project.

  • Specialty, psychiatric and substance abuse hospitals C22

UK Charity Activity Tags

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  • Beneficiary group BE » Asylum seekers and refugees BE101
  • Beneficiary group BE » Children BE102
  • Beneficiary group BE » Women BE113
  • Charitable activities CA » Advice and individual advocacy CA101
  • Charitable activities CA » Policy campaigning and advocacy CA103
  • Crime and Justice CJ » Trafficking and modern slavery CJ104
  • Housing HO » Temporary or emergency housing HO105
  • Social welfare SW » Abuse SW200 » Domestic abuse SW202
  • Social welfare SW » Abuse SW200 » Refuge or shelter SW203
  • Social welfare SW » Abuse SW200 » Sexual abuse SW204

Theme (CCEW)

  • Education/training 102
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 103
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 105
  • Accommodation/housing 107
  • Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity 115

Beneficiaries (CCEW)

  • Children/young People 201
  • Elderly/old People 202
  • People With Disabilities 203
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin 204
  • Other Defined Groups 206

Activities (CCEW)

  • Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space 305
  • Provides Services 306
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information 307
  • Sponsors Or Undertakes Research 308

Scale of operation

  • National

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Charity financial history

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Year ending Income (£) Spending (£)
1979-03-13 Registered as a charity
2004-03-31 5,585,884 5,435,144
2005-03-31 6,587,240 6,326,250
2006-03-31 6,900,365 6,693,192
2007-03-31 9,463,765 8,185,857
2008-03-31 8,215,265 9,673,876
2009-03-31 9,590,118 9,750,772
2010-03-31 10,284,785 10,464,877
2011-03-31 10,769,200 10,779,833
2012-03-31 10,449,256 10,268,315
2013-03-31 11,372,947 10,269,993
2014-03-31 11,099,596 9,867,624
2015-03-31 10,148,011 10,183,522
2016-03-31 11,266,272 11,405,957
2017-03-31 13,292,538 12,856,130
2018-03-31 14,436,486 14,580,253
2019-03-31 15,003,949 15,777,916
2020-03-31 17,562,105 18,102,554
2021-03-31 33,983,581 22,306,658
2022-03-31 24,299,472 25,298,237
2023-03-31 25,388,031 30,055,933
Income and Spending
Funds and Reserves

Data on funds and reserves are only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.

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Charity people

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2023
£		 2022
£
Employees 415 356
Employees paid more than £60,000 16 11
Volunteers 80 131
Trustees 10
Employees
Volunteers

Data on employees is only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.

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Statement of Financial Activities

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Statement of financial activities for year ended .

Based on information provided to the Charity Commission for England and Wales in the charity's annual return. This may not exactly match the figures and categories supplied in the charity's annual accounts.

2023
£m 		2022
£m
Incoming resources
Donations and other voluntary income 8.2 9.0
Legacies 0.3 1.2
Endowments - -
Donations and legacies 8.5 10.1
Income from charitable activities 16.6 14.0
Income from other trading activities 0.1 0.2
Income from investments 0.1 0.0
Other income 0.1 -
Total 25.4 24.3
Expenditure
Investment management 0.0 -
Other spending on raising funds 4.4 3.3
Spending on raising funds 4.4 3.3
Grants to institutions - -
Other charitable activities 25.7 22.0
Charitable activities 25.7 22.0
Other spending - -
Total 30.1 25.3
Net income / (expenditure) (4.7) (1.0)

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Balance sheet

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Balance sheet at .

Based on information provided to the Charity Commission for England and Wales in the charity's annual return. This may not exactly match the figures and categories supplied in the charity's annual accounts.

2023
£m 		2022
£m
Fixed assets
Tangible and intangible assets 0.8 1.0
Investment assets 0.6 0.7
1.4 1.7
Current assets
Current investment assets - -
Cash 9.7 13.9
Other current assets 3.6 4.0
13.2 18.0
Creditors
Amounts falling due within one year (4.8) (5.0)
Net current assets 8.4 13.0
Total assets less current liabilities 9.8 14.7
Creditors
Amounts falling due after one year (0.1) (0.2)
Net assets 9.7 14.4
Funds
Endowment funds - -
Restricted funds 0.5 1.0
Unrestricted funds 9.2 13.4
9.7 14.4

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Income from government

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2023
£		 2022
£
Contracts with government
Income from government contracts 7,074,400 6,836,801
Government contracts as % of total income 27.9% 28.1%
Number of government contracts 20 23
Government grants
Income from government grants 4,942,497 2,466,123
Government grants as % of total income 19.5% 10.1%
Number of government grants 24 21

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Grants received

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Received 34 grants. Showing most recent 10 grants.

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Date Funder Amount awarded Description
London Borough of Hounslow
Thriving Communities Fund Small Grant 23/24 		£1,000 Grant to Refuge
Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime
Violence Against Women and Girls 		£182,800
1 year 		Grant to Refuge
Apr 2023 to Mar 2025
Vision Foundation
Vision Fund 		£43,977
9 months 		Reducing barriers to access for blind and visually impaired survivors of Domestic Abuse
Apr 2023 to Dec 2023
Garfield Weston Foundation
Welfare 		£50,000 Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
Rothschild Foundation
Staff sponsorship 		£250
1 year 		Grant to Refuge
Jul 2022 to Jul 2023
Greater London Authority
Domestic Abuse Safe Accommodation 		£330,736
11.934426229508198 months 		Continuation Grant
Apr 2022 to Mar 2023
Home Office
Violence Against Women and Girls - helplines 		£1,000,000 Violence Against Women and Girls - helplines
The National Lottery Community Fund
RC London and South East Region 		£497,587
2 years 		Eastern European Advocacy Service
Apr 2022 to Mar 2025
Home Office
VAWG By and For Services 		£307,874 VAWG By and For Services
Masonic Charitable Foundation
COVID-19 Large Grant 		£200,000 MCF COVID-19 Large Grant

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