Annual Report 2025
Speakers from East End Church at the LCRF Networking Event held at KXC in February 2025
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Letter from our Chair
These photos were taken at LCRF’s annual Speaker Event, held at St. Pancras Church in June 2025, with our keynote speaker The Right Revd Rose Hudson-Wilkin and one of our new Patrons Revd Phil Barnard
Dear Friends,
It is my pleasure as the Chair of Trustees of the London Churches Refugee Fund to say a huge thank you for the hundreds of supporters and many churches who continue to give so generously to LCRF. This enabled us to contribute to £52.000 different frontline services helping destitute asylum seekers during the past year. These are among the most vulnerable people in our community, having no recourse to public funds.
I would like to pay a particular tribute to Revd Chris Brice for his continuing enthusiasm, skills and passion for fundraising that enables us to have sufficient funds to distribute to frontline charities. And also to Bethan Lant, one of our Trustees, who raised over £4,000 running a half marathon. Fantastic efforts!
Our Annual Speaker meeting in 2025, was very kindly hosted by St. Pancras Church, and featured The Right Revd Rose Hudson-Wilkin, Bishop of Dover, whose talk ‘Community as a Superpower’ was a powerful message. LCRF also held its first ‘network event’ in February at KXC (Kings Cross Church), a well attended event, where four charities shared their experiences and insights of their work, and there were plenty of opportunities to learn best practice from each other. Our annual Carol singing was held inside Highbury and Islington Station, due to the weather, and proved to be a much more suitable venue for singing, footfall and donations, raising more funds in less time, than previous years’ singing outside the station.
Our sale of Christmas Cards and Welcome gifts are key components of our fundraising. Our Christmas cards again sold out, raising much needed funds for the charity.
Regular monthly donations are the backbone of our fundraising strategy, alongside a growing band of ‘one-off’ donors. It would be wonderful if you were able to spread the word amongst your family, friends, and colleagues in your church or community to become a regular donor, hold a fundraising event, or invite us to speak at your church or community event.
During the year, we welcomed two new Patrons to the Charity, Revd Jonathan Dean, Chair of the London Methodist District, and Revd Phil Barnard, Regional Team Leader for the Baptist Church. Three Patrons also stepped down, The Right Revd Pat Lynch, Minister Shermara Fletcher-Hoyte and Alfred Enoch. We thank them for their support of the charity over many years.
As we continue our work, please keep LCRF, our refugee neighbours, and the refugee organisations we support in your thoughts and prayers.
Simon Loveitt Chair of LCRF
Who Did We Support in 2025?
In 2025 our Fund received £40,701 in donations. With Gift Aid and the sale of Christmas cards and Art Prints, our total income was £51,973. We were able to make grants of £52,030 and incurred just £1,581 in overheads. During the year, we were able to help 45 different organisations listed opposite, each with grants of up to £900 each.
Grants are capped by the funds available at the time of the awards. We only rarely reject applications, and normally because these are not felt to contribute directly to the relief of destitution among refugee and asylum seekers in London.
• Where our money came from:
| Foundation Donors | £ 19,139 |
|---|---|
| Single donations | £ 11,614 |
| Churches/organisations Carol singing collections HMRC Gift Aid Card/print sales |
£ 8,231 £ 1,717 £ 8,092 £ 3,180 |
| Income received this year | £ 51,973 |
• Where our money went to:
| Card/print sales Income received this year here our money went |
£ 3,180 £ 51,973 to: |
|---|---|
| Grants Administration |
£ 52,030 £ 1,142 |
| Cards - printing/postage | £ 439 |
| Total payments for the year | £ 53,611 |
‘Christmas Wishes’ LCRF bank balance at the start of the year £ 35,335 One of LCRF’s Christmas cards this year LCRF bank balance at the end of the year £ 33,697 Designed by artist Mehri, from West London Wecome
Organisations supported in 2025
Action for Refugees in Lewisham (AFRIL) African Refugee Community Akwaaba Baobab Centre for Young Survivors in Exile CARAS (Community Action for Refugees and Asylum Seekers) Cartesian Academy Citizens of the World Choir CAWS Homeless Project Cotton Tree Trust Croydon Health Charity Croydon Refugee Day Centre Ealing & Acton Support Enterprise (EASE) ECPAT UK Faith Regen Foundation Federation of Iraqi Refugees Freedom from Torture Gatwick Detainees Welfare Group Globe Community Project Hackney Night Shelter Happy Baby Community HIAS/JCORE Holy Trinity Church Hounslow Hope Church Hounslow Hope for the Young Housing Justice Inspired Islington Centre for Refugees and Migrants Jesuit Refugee Service Lewisham Refugee and Migrant Network Migrants Organise New Citizens’ Gateway NNLS Asylum Seekers Drop-in Notre Dame Refugee Centre Positive Faith (HIV Support - CAPS CIO) Refugee Council Room to Heal Separated Child Foundation St Dunstans East Acton St James’ Piccadilly Sufra NW London Together Productions Union Chapel Waging Peace Wanstead and Woodford Migrant Support Women Against Rape
On the Front Line - Case Studies from the projects we help
V came to Lewisham Refugee and Migrant Network (LRMN) as a rough sleeper with many medical issues, hoping to get help with his immigration case.
As he is NRPF, many obvious routes were closed to him. LRMN’s staff knew that housing was a priority, so V was advised to visit their Migrant Hub for expert advice. LMRN advocated for V with Greenwich Council to be supported through Adult Social Care as he was unable to use email and required help. After multiple emails and many phone calls to the Council, V was finally assessed by a social worker and placed in temporary accommodation, as well as provided with a small amount of financial support.
While LMRN’s service navigator was going above and beyond to safeguard V through this difficult time of limbo, he made sure V was provided with hardship payments. He also referred V to local services to pride him with sleeping bags and more, as well as a Freedom Pass to trave l to hospital more easily. Foodbank vouchers and hot food supplied at the Migrant Hub finally allowed V to feel welcomed by his new neighbours.
Each one of these referrals takes hours of compassionate listening, chasing up, and creative problem solving. Addressing all of a client’s concerns does not fall into one department. It takes a Service Navigator who won’t quit until the client is safe to safeguard the most vulnerable. LMRN, like all the agencies LCRF funds, is incredibly lucky for the dedication of its team members.
Refugee skills training and clothing fair at EASE (Ealing and Acton Support Enterprise)
A 70-year-old couple seeking asylum, one of whom has significant disabilities, came to Croydon Refugee Day Centre regularly for more than a year, receiving essential practical assistance and attending their social and wellbeing hub.
Shortly after receiving refugee status, they found themselves homeless. The Centre supported them with a homeless application, and advocated with the Council to assess them as soon as possible, given that they were street homeless and highly likely to be in priority need. After the Centre housed them in a hotel for the night, the Council assessed them and offered housing.
The Centre’s support was key in enabling them to navigate systems in the UK and start to rebuild their lives. Through providing practical assistance, the Centre meets people’s immediate essential needs, enabling them to build relationships to support them longer term.
M is a mother who has been struggling as a destitute asylum seeker, unable to access services to support the family because of the challenges of travelling across London with small children.
Islington Centre for Refugees and Migrants (ICRM) arranged for her to attend their online registration session, and she has now been able to access essential support as a result of receiving destitution payments through ICRM. She has started to make relationships in online classes. And now that she is a little more confident, she is in the process of renewing her efforts to make a fresh claim.
On the Front Line - Case Studies from the projects we help
O was referred to Baobab in November 2024. From the beginning, Baobab worked alongside O rather than around him. Phoebe and Eva - O’s caseworker and therapist - visited O and his brothers at home, shared meals together, and built trust through presence and reciprocity.
Originally from Afghanistan, O was separated from his parents as a child and moved to Iran due to his life being endangered. He spent years living alone, experiencing extreme violence, including kidnapping and torture. After several unsuccessful attempts to cross into Turkey in search of safety, O’s brother was able to sponsor him to come to the UK. Although this reunion brought relief, O arrived carrying the weight of years of violence, separation and anxiety. With no one to confide in, he carried everything quietly, unsure where to turn for help. A year long wait for his Home Office interview exacerbated this isolation and confusion.
Baobab’s unique model allowed O to receive psychological support alongside practical help. While Eva supported him emotionally, Phoebe worked with him on housing, education, health care, and benefits. When unsuitable accommodation triggered traumatic memories, Eva’s clinical evidence helped secure safer housing. When school systems failed to follow through on promised financial support, Phoebe advocated persistently. This collaborative approach meant O did not have to choose between surviving and healing; both could happen together.
Providing legal advice at EASE
Over time, O’s mental health improved. At Baobab, he began to connect with other young people. He joined group spaces where he could find commonality with other community members and discuss everyday experiences such as school life.
Phoebe observed a marked difference “ from a young person who was guarded and often angry, to someone jokey, smiley, and full of life. He has become a familiar, positive presence at Baobab - social, engaged, always turning up. He has taken part in art sessions, theatre trips, Ramadan activities, community meetings, and celebrations. He found joy in laughter and connection” Eva notes that “after a year of receiving support from Baobab, O is able think positively about the future. Describing his current electrical studies, enthusiasm beams from his face. He speaks proudly of his plans to work as an electrician and running his own business one day.
O describes the worries that remain - such as his family back home. However, he now has the confidence to reach out for support when he needs it, to accept help, to rely on others.” As he reflects on his journey with Baobab, something becomes clear: Baobab does not just provide clinical and practical support, but a sense of family.
On the Front Line - Case Studies from the projects we help
Without the right to work, or access to statutory support, many asylum seekers struggle to afford internet credit and mobile data. Thanks to the support of LCRF’s donors, Jesuit Refugee Service UK (JRS) was able to distribute £10 monthly mobile credit and internet data top-ups to 180 refugee friends.
JRS shared some of the difficulties experienced by B, who was recently granted status, while trying to navigate the asylum system: “Before I registered with JRS, I moved around different places in the UK. I spent two months with no phone, and no access to the internet – two months of total isolation and disconnection from my family and friends, legal advice, English classes and my GP.” J, who was granted status last year, shares how important the top-ups were to him: “I have been in the UK for nearly 20 years now. When I was registered with JRS, I immediately received free food and toiletries from the centre, plus mobile credit, and hardship grants every two weeks. The mobile credit was so important. Before JRS, I had another solicitor working on my case. He had been “working” on my case for 17 years but never managed to resolve it with the Home Office. After just three months working with the JRS legal team they got me my status. It was like magic! 17 years vs 3 months. Jess, my legal caseworker, was amazing, always texting me with updates, and letting me know documents I needed for meetings ahead of time.” Without mobile credit, this would have been impossible.
LCRF’s annual Speakers Event 2026
An example of the life-changing support provided by Waging Peace (WP) is provided by the story of P, who was referred to WP by another support organisation, as an older woman with latestage cancer, separated from her adult children.
“Sadly P’s health has declined, and it is clear that she will not be with us much longer. Over the course of months of support, provided in tandem with an Arabic interpreter, we worked to connect P with various sources of support, from Sudanese individuals and groups able to help with any feelings of loneliness, to hospice options. We also engaged P in painful life-and-death conversations which were needed for her to face her declining health honestly, though of course leaving medical conversations to those with professional expertise. We are now with P in the last period of her life and arranged a visit to see her in her hotel accommodation. In contrast with British practices, Sudanese custom is to actively visit, rather than avoid, those with ill health, and we hope we can be of some small comfort to her even in these final days. We brought with us an orchid, some fresh fruit, and also a Hamsa. She said the visit brought her great joy, and we spent time with her, even at her urging calling her two daughters to show that we were there, and that their mother was not alone. We subsequently helped her to rearrange important appointments with the Job Centre and council,, given her inability to travel. We hope to arrange future visits, including of women associated with the London Sudanese Women’s Group.”
On the Front Line - Case Studies from the projects we help
On the evening of 25 March 2025 a fire broke out at a large hotel in Epping, used to accommodate almost 400 asylum seekers, a mix of families with children and single adults. The fire destroyed almost a quarter of the building. Nobody was seriously injured but everyone was evacuated, many having to leave their belongings behind. The Home Office moved them to another nearby hotel, which was also subject to another fire attack a week later. They were then moved to temporary accommodation far from their previous home. Some were relocated to North London and have accessed the New North London Synagogue Destitute Asylum Seekers Drop In (NNLS) for support.
Many of these families had already experienced multiple traumas in their home countries before these fires. One family had received death threats from state agents in their home country for criticising government policies and had risked their lives in a dinghy crossing the Channel with 65 people on board, although it was only designed to carry 14. Others had been trafficked by truck.
Many of the asylum seekers escaped with very few belongings, some arriving with only their bed clothes. NNLS launched an immediate appeal for funds to help families replace clothes and schoolbooks lost in the fire and were able to provide many with shoes and warm clothing. The Drop-in’s support in the form of supermarket vouchers, travel money, toiletries, new underwear and food Has been a vital lifeline for them. They also sourced suitcases as many had only bin bags to carry their few salvaged belongings. In addition, they connected some of the families with lawyers who are looking to lodge compensation claims for those who lost almost everything in the fire.
Citizens of the World Choir:one of the beneficiaries of LCRF grant aid
12 students attended the local Ongar Academy, and according to the head teacher “they are all valued members of the school community, and had been working hard towards their assessments and year 11 exams when the fire broke out. We can’t imagine how terrifying it must have been to evacuate the hotel at night, without a single possession and be rehoused miles from anywhere.”
Some families were told they must return to the part of the hotel that was not burnt down, though many said they were still too traumatised by the blaze, as well as by the unpleasant publicity from public outcry at the use of these hotels. Some of the Ongar Academy pupils who had exams did a four-hour round-trip commute so that they could continue their studies. It was too close to their exams to register for GCSEs elsewhere.
But this journey is very stressful, and they did not have funds to pay for the long daily trek on public transport. “This is such a difficult time for us” said one teenager who was hoping to complete her GCSEs. “But the Drop-in has been so kind to us and has helped us with so many things. It has been a lifeline for us.”
‘Joy and Peace’ LCRF 2025 Christmas card, painted by a refugee friend who is a community member of West London Welcome Refugee Project
Refugees and asylum seekers: the UK and the world in 2025
The UNHCR’s report in June 2025 stated that they were seeing the highest levels of displaced people since records began, with more than 117 million displaced people, of which 42.5 million were refugees. Just five countries accounted for 69% of all refugees worldwide: Afghanistan, Syria, Venezuela, Ukraine and South Sudan.
While asylum applications in the UK fell slightly in 2025, with a total of 82,100 applications, this is still the third highest total on record.
There continue to be long delays in the asylum system, with the backlog of cases awaiting an initial decision on their application at 48,700 at the end of December 2025, with an additional 80,000 cases in the asylum appeals system. Those stuck in the system are left in limbo, surviving on minimal levels of asylum support, most often in inadequate accommodation and largely unable to work. At the same time, the government increased its enforcement action, “cracking down” on those deemed to be working illegally.
An Ipsos report for Refugee Day, Global Attitudes Towards Refugees 2025, documented a worrying decline in support for refugees globally. The percentage of those in Britain who agreed with the statement, “people should be able to take refuge in other countries, including my own, to escape from war or persecution”, reduced between 2020 and 2025 from 78% to 71%.
Perhaps this declining support was an underlying cause of the protests against asylum hotels across the UK and the harassment of organisations supporting refugees which saw organisations such as City of Sanctuary, the Welsh Refugee Council and Bail for Immigration Detainees being targeted both by trolls on social media and in the mainstream media.
Over the course of the year, the government announced a number of initiatives that it claimed would reduce the number of refugees coming to the UK. These included its “one in, one out” agreement with France, announced in July, which sought to discourage those coming to the UK in small boats across the Channel and a White Paper outlining a number of proposed changes to the asylum and refugee system. The measures proposed included changes to make it much harder for recognised refugees to settle in the UK by decreasing the length of refugee leave granted to 2.5 years at a time, and increasing the length of time after which refugees will become eligible to settle from 5 years to 20 years.
In September, the Home Secretary announced, without notice, a suspension of all refugee family reunion applications pending the introduction of a stricter system which is due to take place in spring 2026. This caused great distress to many refugee families seeking to reunite, often in situations which are timesensitive.
In contrast, a report by the London School of Economics for the Together Alliance claimed that if certain changes were made to create a fairer and more humane asylum system, this would enable every refugee to contribute on average £266,000 to the UK economy.
In the face of such continued attacks on those seeking safety, LCRF continues to support organisations on the frontline to enable destitute refugees and asylum seekers to meet their needs. We believe that all those who migrate to the UK should feel loved, wanted and valued.
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LCRF 2025 Christmas card,
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LCRF trustee meeting, LCRF Trustees: Simon Loveitt (chair), Stella Jeffrey (secretary), Chris Brice, held at our base Trustee Review of the Year Robina Rafferty, Gillian Dare, Matthew Lloyd, Bethan Lant in Shoreditch Treasurer: Dave Bond Trustee Review of the Year
The work of LCRF continued apace during 2024, under the The work of LCRF continued successfully during 2025, under guidance our committed group of trustees, each bringing the guidance of our committed group of trustees, each different gifts to the organisation. bringing different gifts to the organisation.
LCRF is a small charity that has no paid staff and all that we do is dependent on An important change during this year was the election of our trustees and volunteers. In May, Stella Jeffrey sadly retired from her role at Simon Loveitt as our new Chair of Trustees. This has been planned for some time and has allowed LCRF, and having been one of our founding trustees and contributed hugely to Chris Brice our work over nearly 20 years, she will be very sorely missed by us all and we wish to finally step down from the role, after brilliantly leading us right since ther all t he best for future endeavouinception of LCRF nea r ly twenty years ago. Simon now brings us s.
huge experience in the christian and community sector, particularly from working within the United Reformed Church. We held several events during 2025, the first one being a well attended Networking Event organised by trustee Bethan Lant and held at King’s Cross Church. We had We also welcomed a wide range of speakers that evening from various charities that we support, with Bethan Lant as a new trustee, bringing us further key the chance to get together and share experiences afterwards too. skills, particularly from within the refugee sector. It now feels as though our
Board of Trustees, with members old and new, is well prepared to face fresh challanges that are face all small charities like us in this changing world. We continue to have the excellent assistance of valued volunteers: Palissa Ose-Owusu, looking after our social media and Clement and Anita Francis, who have used their technical skills to ensure that our communications and website are kept up to date. We so appreciate all they do as they keep LCRF technogically up to date in these increasingly digital times.
Networking Event held at KXC and organiser and trustee Bethan lantLCRF Trustees: Simon Loveitt (chair), Stella Jeffrey (secretary), Chris Brice, Robina Rafferty, Gillian Dare, Matthew Lloyd, Bethan Lant Treasurer: Dave Bond
Our 2025 As we have no paid staff, all Speaker Meeting on th e theme ‘Church of Saat we do is depende n ctuary’ was held to onet on our trustees and of our largest audiences at the St. Pancras Church in early June, with a rousing volunteers. The job of arranging the two rounds of grant applications has and passionate talk by the Bishop of Dover, the Right Rev Rose Hudson-Wilkin.been ably organised as usual by trustees Gillian Dare and Robina Rafferty. Our
Secetary Stella Jeffrey has kept excellent and accurate minutes throughout A major part of the fundraising undertaken by the trustees is the sale of Christmas the year. Our Honorary Treasurer, Dave Bond, has continued to provide us cards and welcome gifts each year, which all successfully sold out this time around. with clear and accurate accounts and facilitated prompt payments to the We were pleased to offer a lovely card painted by a community member from the groups that we have been able to support. West London Welcome Refugee Project, as well as a beautiful landscape painting by our volunteer Jenny Scoones. Thank you to both artists! Our 2024 Speaker Meeting on the theme ‘Church of Sanctuary’ was held to
a lively audience at the Bloomsbury Baptist Church in early June, with the Our final public event is always LCRF’s annual carol-singing gathering, which Reverend Simon Woodman very kindly hosting us within his beautiful and took place once again at Highbury & Islington Station. This time we played inside, superbly equipped building. avoiding a heavy rainstorm that December evening! But this paid off magnificantly with the total money raised easily beating last year’s collection.
A major part of the fundraising undertaken by the trustees is the sale of Christmas cards and welcome gifts, which all successfully sold out this year. We were once again pleased to offer a card using a lovely painting once again by the aclaimed artist Cathy Young and a second one by Rozhan, an Iranian refugee in London. Thank you to both artists!
Stella Jeffrey (on the left), recently retired as an LCRF trustee
The central rose image was painted by artist Rozhan Christmas carols held at Highbury & Islington from Iran for one of our two 2024 LCRF Christmas tube station in early December cards. Rozhan says: “I love art. I love flowers and nature”. The holly wreath was drawn by Ella (aged 11 yrs).
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During the year LCRF was lucky to be joined by a new volunteer Jenny Scoones, who has brought to us both much needed digital and artistic skills. As a result, we now have an Instagram presence and below are two examples of our recent posts!
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LCRF Carol Singing
December 2024 - Highbury & Islington tube station
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LONDON CHURCHES REFUGEE FUND
| RECEIPTS and PAYMENTS Account for the year ended 31st December 2025 Note RECEIPTS Donations HMRC reimbursement (Gift Aid) Sales of Christmas cards TOTAL RECEIPTS PAYMENTS Total grants 2 Administration expen 3 Christmas cards - production and distribution costs TOTAL PAYMENTS RECEIPTS less PAYMENTS for the year ended 31st December 2025 STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION as at 31st December 2025 ASSETS Bank Balances Co-operative Bank Charity and Community Current Account Co-operative Bank Instant Access Savings Account Co-operative Bank Fixed Term Savings Account LIABILITIES ASSETS less LIABILITIES GENERAL FUND Balance brought forward 1st January Receipts less payments in 2025 Balance carried forward 31st December |
2025 £ 40,701 8,092 3,180 51,973 52,030 1,142 439 53,611 1,638 - 2025 £ 197 13,500 20,000 33,697 0 33,697 35,335 1,638 - 33,697 |
2024 £ 44,502 8,215 2,753 55,470 58,288 1,120 646 60,054 4,584 - 2024 £ 35,335 0 0 35,335 0 35,335 39,919 4,584 - 35,335 |
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The accounts were approved by the Trustees on 28 May 2026 and were signed on their behalf by Simon Loveitt
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LONDON CHURCHES REFUGEE FUND NOTES TO ACCOUNTS Fot the year ending 31st December 2025
1. Accounting policies
1.1 Charity Information
LONDON CHURCHES REFUGEE FUND is an unincorporated charity registered in England & Wales. It is registered as THE LONDON CHURCHES FUND FOR DESTITUTE ASYLUM SEEKERS; charity number 1121108.
1.2 Basis of preparation
These financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention and in accordance with "Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice" applicable to charities preparing their financial statements in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102).
This charity is a public benefit entity as defined by FRS 102.
1.3 Income and expenditure
Income and expenditure is recognised when there is a legal obligation, any performance conditions have been met and the amounts can be measured reliably.
1.4 Financial instruments
This charity has elected to apply the provisions of Section 11 'Basic Financial Instruments' and Section 12 'Other Financial Instruments Issues' of FRS 102 to all its financial instruments. It only has financial assets and financial liablilities of a kind that qualify as basic financial instruments.
1.5 Charitable funds
The funds of the charity are classified as general and are all unrestricted and expendable at the discretion of the Trustees in furtherance of the objects of the charity.
2 Grants
During the year the charity provided grants to the following organisations:
£
| £ | |
|---|---|
| Action for Refugees in Lewisham (AFRIL) | 1,700 |
| African Refugee Community | 1,700 |
| Akwaaba | 800 |
| Baobab Centre for Young Survivors in Exile | 1,700 |
| CARAS (Community Action for Refugees and Asylum | 800 |
| Cartesian Academy | 900 |
| C4WS Homeless Project | 800 |
| Citizens of the World Choir | 1,700 |
| Cotton Tree Trust | 1,700 |
| Croydon Health Charity | 900 |
| Croydon Refugee Day Centre | 1,700 |
| Ealing and Acton Support Enterprise | 900 |
| ECPAT UK | 900 |
| Faith Regen Foundation | 550 |
| Federation of Iraqi Refugees | 600 |
| Freedom from Torture | 1,700 |
| Gatwick Detainees Welfare Group | 800 |
| Globe Community Project | 900 |
| Hackney Night Shelter | 900 |
| Happy Baby Community | 1,700 |
| HIAS/JCORE (Jewish Council for Racial Equality) | 1,700 |
| Holy Trinity Church Hounslow | 900 |
| Hope Church Hounslow | 900 |
| Hope for the Young | 800 |
| Housing Justice | 1,700 |
| Inspired | 680 |
| Islington Centre for Refugees and Migrants | 1,700 |
| Jesuit Refugee Service | 1,700 |
| Lewisham Refugee and Migrant Network | 900 |
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| 2 | Grants (Continued) | |
|---|---|---|
| Migrants Organise | 800 | |
| New Citizens' Gateway | 800 | |
| New North London Synagogue Destitute Asylum See | 1,700 | |
| Notre Dame Refugee Centre | 1,700 | |
| Positive Faith (HIV Support - CAPS CIO) | 900 | |
| Refugee Council | 800 | |
| Room to Heal | 1,700 | |
| Separated Child Foundation | 400 | |
| St Dunstan's Church, East Acton | 800 | |
| St James' Church, Piccadilly | 1,700 | |
| Sufra NW London | 800 | |
| Together Productions | 800 | |
| Union Chapel | 800 | |
| Waging Peace | 1,700 | |
| Wanstead and Woodford Migrant Support | 600 | |
| Women against Rape | 1,700 | |
| 52,030 | ||
| Administration expenses Fees and subscriptions Printing, stationery and postages Insurance Speaker meeting expenses Other items |
423 269 227 123 100 |
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| 1,142 |
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Independent Examiners Report for 2026
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of LONDON CHURCHES REFUGEE FUND (the charity) for the year ended 31 December 2025. These accounts have been prepared under the accounting policies set out therein.
This report is made solely to the trustees in accordance with Sections 144-147 and 151-155 of the Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Act). My work has been undertaken so that I might state to the charity’s trustees those matters I am required to state to them in an Independent Examiners' Report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, I do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the charity and the charity’s trustees for my examination work.
Responsibilities and basis of report
As the charity’s trustees of the charity, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ('the Act').
I report in respect of my examination of the accounts of the charity carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act. In carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act.
Independent examiner's statement
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:
1) the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; or
2) the accounts did not accord with the accounting records.
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Stephen Grainge FCA, 15 Vancouver Close, Orpington, BR6 9XQ.
Date: 28[th] May 2026
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