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United Kingdom for UNHCR

68 /100

Clarity score

Needs improvement

Charity accounts, evidence & financial rating

68/100 Clarity Score · 3 stars · Charity Commission filings · How we score

Register checked 4 October 2026 · latest accounts 2024

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Is United Kingdom for UNHCR a good charity?

United Kingdom for UNHCR scores 68/100 (3 stars, Needs improvement) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, calculated from its UK regulator filings. Its latest accounts year is 2024 (£26m total income, 76% cause spend, 3-yr avg). This reflects financial transparency and stewardship on paper — not the real-world impact of its programmes. See the full breakdown.

Income

£26m

Accounts 2024-12-31

Spending

£25m

Accounts 2024-12-31

Charitable activities

76%

3-yr avg · share of spending

Accounts filing

On time

Charity Commission

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What does United Kingdom for UNHCR do?

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.

Activities reported by the charity on the official register · extract . This is separate from the accounts data used for its rating.

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How much does United Kingdom for UNHCR raise and spend?

Accounts period 2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31 · Source: Charity Commission filings

United Kingdom for UNHCR revenue and expenses for 2024
Category Amount % of spend
Total income £26m —
Total expenditure £25m —
Charitable activities £17m 68%
Fundraising £8.2m 32%
Reported governance £97k 0%

Governance can already be allocated within other expenditure categories. It is not a separate measure of all administration costs; do not add these rows without checking the accounts notes.

What changed in United Kingdom for UNHCR’s latest accounts?

Reported totals for 2024 compared with 2023. Changes can reflect the accounting period, restricted grants or restructuring as well as the charity’s work.

Income change
−16.9%
£31m → £26m
Spending change
−6.2%
£27m → £25m
Charitable activities share
−5.4 pp
73% → 68% · percentage points

These are annual figures. The Clarity Score may use averages across several disclosed years. Source: official accounts.

68%On charitable activities

Where does the money go?

Latest accounts (2024) · £25m spent

  • Charitable activities68%
  • Fundraising32%

Charities usually allocate governance costs across their other spending categories, and these reported figures add up to more than total spending, so governance is not drawn as a separate slice. The accounts table shows it separately.

From the annual return

What does United Kingdom for UNHCR pay its staff, and where does its money come from?

Answers United Kingdom for UNHCR gave in its annual return to the Charity Commission for the year ending 31 December 2024, plus its register entry. These are the charity's own disclosures, not part of the Clarity Score.

How much are United Kingdom for UNHCR's highest-paid staff paid?

United Kingdom for UNHCR's annual return for the year ending 31 December 2024 reports 6 employees paid more than £60,000, including 1 employee paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £110,001–£120,000 (1 employee).

United Kingdom for UNHCR employees paid over £60,000, by salary band
Salary bandEmployees
£110,001–£120,000 1
£80,001–£90,000 2
£70,001–£80,000 1
£60,001–£70,000 2

The register reports headcounts in salary bands, not names. The chief executive's pay is normally disclosed in the remuneration note of the trustees' annual report.

Where does United Kingdom for UNHCR's money come from?

United Kingdom for UNHCR reported £26m total income for the year ending 31 December 2024. The largest sources were donations and legacies £25m (98%), investments £626k (2%). Legacies (gifts in wills) contributed £232k.

  • Donations and legacies £25m · 98%
  • Investments £626k · 2%

Cash at year end: £21m · unrestricted funds: £17m · restricted funds: £367k. Restricted funds can only be spent on purposes set by the donor.

Can I claim Gift Aid, and are the trustees paid?

The register records United Kingdom for UNHCR as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid, so a UK taxpayer can usually add 25p to every £1 they give by making a Gift Aid declaration. Work out your Gift Aid

United Kingdom for UNHCR's annual return for the year ending 31 December 2024 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.

Registration details

Registered as a charity
Also known as
UK for Refugees; UK for UNHCR
Previous names on the register
United Kingdom for Refugees
Where it says it operates
Angola · Guatemala · Kosovo · Kyrgyzstan · Mauritania · Burma · Tanzania · Afghanistan

Source: Charity Commission register and annual return data, Open Government Licence v3.0. A blank answer in the return is shown as not reported, never as “no”.

How have United Kingdom for UNHCR's finances changed over five years?

Income rose 337% from £5.8m in 2020 to £26m in 2024; spending was £25m in 2024.

£0 £20m £40m £60m £80m 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 Income 2020: £5.8m Spending 2020: £5.5m Cause spend 2020: £4.9m Income 2021: £18m Spending 2021: £14m Cause spend 2021: £9.4m Income 2022: £56m Spending 2022: £46m Cause spend 2022: £40m Income 2023: £31m Spending 2023: £27m Cause spend 2023: £20m Income 2024: £26m Spending 2024: £25m Cause spend 2024: £17m
  • Income
  • Spending
  • Cause spend
United Kingdom for UNHCR income and spending by accounts year
Year Income Spending Charitable activities
2024 £26m £25m £17m
2023 £31m £27m £20m
2022 £56m £46m £40m
2021 £18m £14m £9.4m
2020 £5.8m £5.5m £4.9m

Cause spend is plotted only when the filing discloses a split · Source: Charity Commission filings

How does United Kingdom for UNHCR compare?

The share of each group scoring at or below United Kingdom for UNHCR, including tied scores. A group matched on cause, income band and accounts year appears when at least ten records qualify. Broader groups below may mix reporting periods and operating models. Groups include this charity; percentiles measure our financial rating, not impact.

Same cause, income band and accounts year (2024) 50thpercentile

Scores at or above 50% of 10 charities with the same primary cause, income band and latest accounts year · 68/100 vs 75 peer average.

Income band (£10m+) 21stpercentile

Scores at or above 21% of 930 charities in its income band · 68/100 vs 77 peer average.

Disability charities 27thpercentile

Scores at or above 27% of 702 charities in this cause · 68/100 vs 76 peer average.

How does United Kingdom for UNHCR compare, and where else can you look?

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Where United Kingdom for UNHCR sits

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Evidence and interpretation

What the evidence says about United Kingdom for UNHCR

In 2024, reported income was £25,532,000 and expenditure was £25,329,000. Income exceeded expenditure by £203,000. This annual balance is not the charity’s available cash or unrestricted reserves.

More financial context

Income fell 16.9% compared with 2023. Read the accounts notes for restricted grants, legacies and one-off receipts before treating the movement as a trend.

Calculated from our dated accounts dataset, refreshed 2026-09-06. This is not an audit or a manual review of every filing. Original register and accounts · How calculations work.

Find the right support

Who it supports and how to access its work

Reported beneficiaries: Other Defined Groups.

How it works: Makes Grants To Organisations; Provides Services.

Use the official contact details to check eligibility, referrals, waiting lists and current service coverage. Broad register classifications and a contact address do not confirm that a particular service is available to you.

Explore source-checked support routes

Classifications supplied to the register; extract 2026-10-04. Register contact and activity details · Website listed for this charity

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Results and impact evidence

We have not added a source-checked programme outcome for this charity. That is a gap in this profile, not evidence that the charity has no impact. Its annual report may contain results that have not been assessed here.

Reported grants to institutions: £15,526,000 (2024-12-31). This is spending reported in the annual return, not a measure of beneficiary outcomes or an open grant opportunity. It may already be included in charitable expenditure. Check the source accounts.

What these results can tell you

Counts of services delivered describe activity. They do not by themselves establish lasting change, what would have happened without the programme, or cost-effectiveness. Results with different definitions, populations or years should not be ranked against each other.

How to judge charity impact evidence

What is United Kingdom for UNHCR's Beacon report?

Detailed accountability and finance metrics from UK regulator filings — structured for transparency in our four-beacon report.

Accountability & Transparency

Baseline trust from filing discipline, board oversight, and declared governance policies.

93/100

Accountability & Transparency metrics for United Kingdom for UNHCR
Metric Score Value
Filing history (5 years)

No recorded lateness in available history = 15 pts · one late filing = 5 pts · two or more or unknown status = 0 pts. Missing data is not proof of late filing.

 100% 15/15 pts
Trustee oversight

Three or more trustees on the register = 15 pts, scaled down for fewer (governance red flag below three).

 100% 11 trustees · 15/15 pts
Declared policies

Safeguarding (4) · conflict of interest (3) · volunteer management (3) — from Charity Commission annual return.

 70% 7/10 pts

Financial Health

Stability and solvency — reserves, revenue trend, and debt from Charity Commission accounts.

60/100

Financial Health metrics for United Kingdom for UNHCR
Metric Score Value
Reserves (months of expenditure)

3–24 months = full marks, tapering on both sides · 0 months or 4+ years = 0 pts. Reserves are not necessarily cash; needs vary by operating model.

 100% 4 months · 15/15 pts
Income stability / growth

+20% or more over the window = 10 pts · flat = 5 pts · −20% or worse = 0 pts, scaled between.

 0% 0/10 pts · 3-year average
Liabilities to assets

0% liabilities-to-assets = 5 pts, scaling down to 0 pts at 60%+ debt.

 60% 22% · 3/5 pts

Financial Efficiency

How efficiently funds reach the cause — program spend and fundraising cost ratios.

65/100

Financial Efficiency metrics for United Kingdom for UNHCR
Metric Score Value
Program expense ratio

90%+ on charitable activities = full marks, scaling down to 0 pts at 50% or below.

 70% 76% · 7/10 pts (3-year average)
Fundraising efficiency

≤10p to raise £1 = full marks, scaling down to 0 pts at 40p or above (fundraising cost ÷ income).

 60% 22p per £1 income · 6/10 pts (3-year average, disclosed years)

Community Support

Grassroots backing from Charity Commission workforce data — volunteers vs paid staff.

0/100

Community Support metrics for United Kingdom for UNHCR
Metric Score Value
Volunteer-to-staff ratio

Volunteers at 2x staff or more = full marks · no volunteers = 0 pts, scaled between.

 0% 0 volunteers / 53 staff · 0/10 pts

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What trust indicators does United Kingdom for UNHCR have?

Pulled from the Charity Commission register — filing behaviour, board size, and workforce where reported.

  • Accounts filed on time

    up to date · last filing

  • Trustee board size (3–12)

    11 trustees on the Charity Commission register

  • Workforce on register

    53 employees · 0 volunteers (0:1 volunteer-to-staff)

Fundraising Regulator

Status not yet checked

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Official register

Reg 1183415

Full trustee list, accounts, and regulatory history on the Charity Commission.

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Trustees & officers

  • Keith David Felton since 2019
  • Katherine Mary Steward since 2020
  • Charlotte Boyle Chair · since 2021
  • Claire Hajaj-Calestini since 2021
  • Trinh Tu since 2024
  • Jonathan Williams since 2024
  • Sohail Ali since 2024
  • Jonathan Sparkes since 2025
  • Anita Yuen since 2025
  • Lara Boro since 2025
  • Michael Dyson since 2025

How reliable is United Kingdom for UNHCR's data?

Source
Charity Commission (England & Wales)
Accounts year
2024
Filing date
Data refreshed

High confidence — complete filing data

Scores reflect the accounts in our dated data extract. The live register may contain newer filings. Clarity Score measures how clearly the charity accounts for money in those filings — not programme impact.

Check the current register entry · Report a data correction

Financial source extract: 2026-09-06. Organisation identifier: 5135573. Method version: 1.1. View method changes.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Sources: Charity Commission for England and Wales, Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator and Charity Commission for Northern Ireland. Open Government Licence v3.0 .

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  2. 2. Read the accounts in context

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  3. 3. Look for evidence of results

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How we score charities +

The Clarity Score is a 100-point rating from UK regulator filings (Charity Commission for England and Wales, OSCR and CCNI). Four pillars — Accountability & Transparency (40), Financial Health (30), Financial Efficiency (20), and Community Support (10) — each scored on a continuous scale, not pass/fail cutoffs. A statutory inquiry sets the score to 0 automatically.

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Accountability & Transparency

Scored from filings

40 points — filing history (15), trustee oversight (15, scaling up to a board of three or more), declared policies (10).

Financial Health

Scored from filings

30 points — reserves (15, full marks 3–24 months, tapering on both sides), income stability (10), liabilities to assets (5, scaling down as debt rises).

Financial Efficiency

Scored from filings

20 points — program expense ratio and fundraising cost, each on a graduated scale (not a single cutoff). Kept at 20% of the total: financial-ratio scoring alone is not a reliable effectiveness signal (see "why not just an overhead ratio?" below).

Community Support

Scored from filings

10 points — volunteer-to-staff ratio from Charity Commission workforce data, scaling continuously up to a 2:1 ratio.

Overall score

Sum of all pillar points. Display stars use the same bands as the labels: 90–100 → 5★ Exceptional; 75–89 → 4★ Good; 60–74 → 3★ Needs improvement; 1–59 → 2★ Poor; 0 → not rated.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about United Kingdom for UNHCR's rating, finances, and Charity Commission status.

Is United Kingdom for UNHCR a good charity? +

United Kingdom for UNHCR scores 68 out of 100 (3 stars — Needs improvement) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, our independent read of its UK regulator filings. Around 76% of its spending goes to charitable activities (3-yr avg) and its accounts are up to date. That reflects how transparent and financially healthy it looks on paper — it does not measure the real-world impact of its work, so treat it as one factor alongside the cause you care about. CharityCompare never tells you where to donate.

Is United Kingdom for UNHCR a legitimate charity? +

The register data used for this profile lists United Kingdom for UNHCR as a registered charity (charity number 1183415). Verify it on the official register: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=1183415&subId=0. Check the current entry and the identity of anyone requesting money. Registration does not verify a particular appeal; Clarity Score summarises filing transparency, not programme impact.

What is United Kingdom for UNHCR's charity number? +

United Kingdom for UNHCR's charity number is 1183415. Check that number on the official register (Charity Commission, OSCR or CCNI) or this CharityCompare profile before you donate — scammers sometimes reuse real numbers on fake appeals.

What is United Kingdom for UNHCR's charity rating? +

United Kingdom for UNHCR scores 68 out of 100 on CharityCompare (3 stars — Needs improvement). The Clarity Score (method v1.1) sums four pillars from UK regulator filings: Accountability & Transparency (40 pts), Financial Health (30), Financial Efficiency (20), and Community Support (10). Stars use the same bands as those labels — 90+ is 5★ Exceptional. It is not an impact ranking.

Does United Kingdom for UNHCR have reviews and complaints? +

CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for United Kingdom for UNHCR. Instead you get a filing-based Clarity Score, cause spend, reserves and red flags such as late accounts (none flagged on this profile). For formal complaints about a charity, contact the Charity Commission, OSCR, CCNI or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate.

How much of my donation reaches United Kingdom for UNHCR? +

Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, 76% of United Kingdom for UNHCR's total spending went to charitable activities (3-yr avg across disclosed years). That is the closest official figure to "how much of your donation reaches the cause" — it is an average across all spending in the filing, not a pound-by-pound breakdown of an individual gift.

What are United Kingdom for UNHCR's overheads? +

Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, fundraising costs were about 24% of total expenditure and fundraising plus separately reported governance figures amount to about 24% of expenditure (2022–2024, disclosed years); these categories can overlap, so this is not a distinct total of all administration costs at United Kingdom for UNHCR. United Kingdom for UNHCR's annual return for the year ending 31 December 2024 reports 6 employees paid more than £60,000, including 1 employee paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £110,001–£120,000 (1 employee). Individual salaries, including the chief executive's, are disclosed in the trustees' annual report rather than on the register.

How much income does United Kingdom for UNHCR receive? +

United Kingdom for UNHCR reported £26m total income in its 2024 accounts, based on UK regulator filings. Five-year trend: growing.

Are United Kingdom for UNHCR's accounts up to date? +

Filing status: up to date (last filing 2025-10-26). CharityCompare flags late or missing accounts separately from the financial score.

Where is United Kingdom for UNHCR based? +

United Kingdom for UNHCR's registered contact address is in London (EC2A 4EG). It tells the regulator it operates in Angola, Guatemala, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Mauritania, Burma, with a focus on disability.

How much is United Kingdom for UNHCR's chief executive paid? +

The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. United Kingdom for UNHCR's annual return for the year ending 31 December 2024 reports 6 employees paid more than £60,000, including 1 employee paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £110,001–£120,000 (1 employee). Charities normally disclose the chief executive's pay, or the pay of their highest-paid staff, in the remuneration note of the trustees' annual report and accounts.

Where does United Kingdom for UNHCR's money come from? +

United Kingdom for UNHCR reported £26m total income for the year ending 31 December 2024. The largest sources were donations and legacies £25m (98%), investments £626k (2%). Legacies (gifts in wills) contributed £232k.

Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to United Kingdom for UNHCR? +

The register records United Kingdom for UNHCR as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid, so a UK taxpayer can usually add 25p to every £1 they give by making a Gift Aid declaration.

Are United Kingdom for UNHCR's trustees paid? +

United Kingdom for UNHCR's annual return for the year ending 31 December 2024 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.

What was United Kingdom for UNHCR previously called? +

The register lists this previous name for United Kingdom for UNHCR: United Kingdom for Refugees.

When was United Kingdom for UNHCR registered as a charity? +

United Kingdom for UNHCR was entered on the register on 14 May 2019.

How does CharityCompare score United Kingdom for UNHCR? +

We calculate a Clarity Score of 0–100 from four pillars in United Kingdom for UNHCR's regulator filings: Accountability & Transparency (40 points — filing history, trustees, policies), Financial Health (30 — reserves, income trend, debt), Financial Efficiency (20 — cause spend and fundraising cost, on a graduated scale) and Community Support (10 — volunteer-to-staff ratio). An open statutory inquiry scores 0. The score measures reporting on paper, not programme impact. CharityCompare is free for donors, takes no commission on donations, and scores cannot be bought.

How often is this page updated? +

This profile was last updated on 6 September 2026 from the latest UK regulator data available to CharityCompare, and United Kingdom for UNHCR's most recent accounts cover 2024. Scores and figures refresh whenever we re-ingest the register, so the page reflects our latest data pull rather than a one-off review.