# REFUGEES START

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1166273
- **Other names:** Yorkshire Aid
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** March 30, 2016
- **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=1166273


## Contact

- **Address:** 83 Ducie Street, MANCHESTER
- **Postcode:** M1 2JQ
- **Phone:** 07852120156
- **Email:** hello@yorkshireaid.org
- **Website:** www.yorkshireaid.org



## Activities

**Objects:** TO RELIEVE THE NEED OF ASYLUM SEEKERS AND/OR REFUGEES BY PROVIDING ITEMS AND SERVICES TO: INDIVIDUALS IN NEED, CHARITIES, OR OTHER NON GOVERNMENT ORGANISATIONS WITH THE SAME AIMS

**Activities:** Refugees START was established in response to the refugee crisis in 2015, to support refugees & asylum seekers in both the UK and Europe. We have since incorporated Yorkshire Aid, a pre-existing group of local volunteers in Leeds. Current activities focus on collecting & sorting, or buying, items needed by refugees locally in Yorkshire, and transporting suitable donations to Calais.




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals, Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Other Finance, Provides Services, Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Overseas Aid/famine Relief, Economic/community Development/employment
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin, Other Defined Groups



## Areas of operation

- France
- Greece
- City Of York
- Leeds City



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | — | — | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £541 | £1060 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £1044 | £1697 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £3074 | £1677 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £1802 | £3171 | — | — |
| March 31, 2020 | £1174 | £1531 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **LEIGH BELL** (Chair) — appointed March 30, 2016
- Melanie Ann Steel — appointed March 30, 2016
- WENDY MYERS — appointed March 30, 2016