# SOUTH LONDON REFUGEE ASSOCIATION

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1102814
- **Other names:** MERTON AND WANDSWORTH ASYLUM WELCOME
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** March 24, 2004
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1102814


## Contact

- **Address:** THE WOODLAWNS CENTRE, 16 LEIGHAM COURT ROAD, LONDON
- **Postcode:** SW16 2PJ
- **Phone:** 02034903443
- **Email:** admin@slr-a.org.uk
- **Website:** www.slr-a.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** A) TO RELIEVE POVERTY AND DISTRESS BY ASSISTING AND SUPPORTING REFUGEES, PRIMARILY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THOSE LIVING, WORKING OR STUDYING IN  SOUTH LONDON WHO ARE OUTSIDE THEIR COUNTRY OF ORIGIN THROUGH FEAR OF PERSECUTION, WHETHER OR NOT THEY HAVE BEEN GRANTED ASYLUM.

**Activities:** Providing services for asylum seekers, refugees and migrants at risk or in crisis in the South London Area.

**Area of benefit:** GREATER LONDON




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, Other Defined Groups



## Areas of operation

- Croydon
- Lambeth
- Merton
- Wandsworth



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £933667 | £920880 | £310752 | 20 |
| March 31, 2024 | £995768 | £982319 | £297965 | 20 |
| March 31, 2023 | £991577 | £913881 | £284516 | 14 |
| March 31, 2022 | £599448 | £662051 | £206820 | 20 |
| March 31, 2021 | £669161 | £577113 | £269422 | 14 |



## Trustees

- **Laura Harrison** (Chair) — appointed Oct. 24, 2023
- Dr Lulsegged Abebe — appointed March 3, 2020
- Habtom Okube — appointed June 10, 2024
- Joe Gordon — appointed Sept. 1, 2025
- Mandeep Soor — appointed Sept. 19, 2016
- Maria Abdul Rahman Tanko — appointed Sept. 1, 2025
- Murali Prathaban Mahendran — appointed June 10, 2024
- Roisin Ross — appointed Sept. 1, 2025
- Sarah Neblett-Lindo — appointed Sept. 1, 2025