# United Kingdom for UNHCR

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1183415
- **Other names:** UNITED KINGDOM FOR REFUGEES, UK FOR REFUGEES, UK for UNHCR
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** May 14, 2019
- **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=1183415


## Contact

- **Address:** WE Work, 1 Mark Square, LONDON
- **Postcode:** EC2A 4EG
- **Phone:** 02037618094
- **Email:** supportercare@unrefugees.org.uk
- **Website:** https://www.unrefugees.org.uk/



## Activities

**Objects:** I. THE RELIEF OF REFUGEES, ASYLUM SEEKERS, INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS AND STATELESS PERSONS BY RAISING FUNDS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM IN SUPPORT OF SUCH OF UNHCR'S PROTECTION AND ASSISTANCE PROGRAMMES AS ARE REGARDED AS CHARITABLE UNDER ENGLISH LAW.II. THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, AND THE AWARENESS OF THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL, ABOUT THE SITUATION AND THE NEEDS OF REFUGEES, ASYLUM SEEKERS, INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS AND STATELESS PERSONS WORLDWIDE.III. THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN THE UK AND WORLDWIDE BY PREVENTING REFUGEES, ASYLUM SEEKERS, INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS AND STATELESS PERSONS FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, AND BY RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE REFUGEES, ASYLUM SEEKERS, INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS AND STATELESS PERSONS WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY.FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE, "STATELESS PERSON" HAS THE MEANING GIVEN TO IT IN ARTICLE 1 OF THE 1954 UN CONVENTION RELATING TO THE STATUS OF STATELESS PERSONS AND "SOCIALLY EXCLUDED" MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR A PART OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; ILL HEALTH (MENTAL OR PHYSICAL); DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF ACTUAL OR PERCEIVED ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGION, BELIEF, CREED, RACE, DISABILITY, GENDER IDENTITY, SEX, OR SEXUALITY; POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT; RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN; POOR HOUSING (THAT IS HOUSING THAT DOES NOT MEET BASIC HABITABLE STANDARDS); SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY; OR CRIME.

**Activities:** UK for UNHCR fundraises on behalf of the UNHCR in order to support their assistance programmes, including promoting awareness, encouraging the advancement of education for and social inclusion, for the relief and protection of refugees, asylum seekers, internally displaced and stateless persons.




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Services
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
- **Who:** Other Defined Groups



## Areas of operation

- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Algeria
- Angola
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Bangladesh
- Belgium
- Bosnia And Herzegovina
- Brazil
- Burkina Faso
- Burma
- Burundi
- Cameroon
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- China
- Colombia
- Congo
- Congo (Democratic Republic)
- Costa Rica
- Cyprus
- Denmark
- Djibouti
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- Ethiopia
- France
- Ghana
- Greece
- Guatemala
- Honduras
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Iraq
- Israel
- Italy
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Kosovo
- Kyrgyzstan
- Lebanon
- Liberia
- Libya
- Macau
- Macedonia
- Malawi
- Malaysia
- Mali
- Malta
- Mauritania
- Mexico
- Montenegro
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Nepal
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Pakistan
- Panama
- Peru
- Philippines
- Rwanda
- Saudi Arabia
- Senegal
- Serbia
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Sudan
- Spain
- Sri Lanka
- Sudan
- Syria
- Tajikistan
- Tanzania
- Thailand
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Uganda
- Ukraine
- United States
- Venezuela
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £25532000 | £25329000 | £17423000 | 53 |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £30729000 | £27013000 | £17220000 | 45 |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £55748000 | £46016000 | £13504000 | 33 |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £17678000 | £14206000 | £3772000 | 22 |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £5844005 | £5547180 | £300228 | 10 |



## Trustees

- **Charlotte Boyle** (Chair) — appointed June 15, 2021
- Anita Yuen — appointed July 1, 2025
- Arabella Phillimore — appointed May 15, 2019
- Claire Hajaj-Calestini — appointed June 15, 2021
- Jonathan Sparkes — appointed July 1, 2025
- Jonathan Williams — appointed June 15, 2024
- KEITH DAVID FELTON — appointed Oct. 21, 2019
- Katherine Mary Steward — appointed Oct. 7, 2020
- Lara Boro — appointed July 1, 2025
- Michael Dyson — appointed July 1, 2025
- Sohail Ali — appointed June 15, 2024
- Trinh Tu — appointed June 15, 2024