REFUGEE BIRIYANI & BANANAS — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: CIO
Registered: 19 May 2020
Removed: Not supplied
Financial period: 1 April 2025 – 31 March 2026
Latest income: £432,049
Latest expenditure: £330,877
Gift Aid: Yes
Owns or uses land: No
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: Yes

Public contact address: 52 Clifton Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE4 8DQ

Website recorded by the regulator: www.refugeebiriyanibananas.org (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

Refugee Biriyani & Bananas is a female and community-led grassroots humanitarian organisation providing emergency aid, advocacy and support to people affected by war, displacement and poverty. We deliver food, water and essential aid, and run the Community Humanitarian Leaders Programme (CHLP), supporting people with lived experience to be involved in humanitarian response and leadership.

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Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2025
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2026
Ar Cycle Reference: AR26
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2027
Date Annual Return Received: 4 October 2026
Date Accounts Received: 4 October 2026
Total Gross Income: £432,049
Total Gross Expenditure: £330,877

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 10 January 2026
Date Accounts Received: 10 January 2026
Total Gross Income: £423,041
Total Gross Expenditure: £373,007

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 20 December 2024
Date Accounts Received: 20 December 2024
Total Gross Income: £240,505
Total Gross Expenditure: £238,928

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 24 October 2023
Date Accounts Received: 24 October 2023
Total Gross Income: £203,373
Total Gross Expenditure: £188,132

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 29 November 2022
Date Accounts Received: 29 November 2022
Total Gross Income: £210,951
Total Gross Expenditure: £137,628

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Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR26
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2025
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2026
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2027
Ar Received Date: 4 October 2026
Total Gross Income: £432,049
Total Gross Expenditure: £330,877
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: Yes
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: Yes
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 10

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2025
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2026
Ar Received Date: 10 January 2026
Total Gross Income: £423,041
Total Gross Expenditure: £373,007
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 355

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2024
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2025
Ar Received Date: 20 December 2024
Total Gross Income: £240,505
Total Gross Expenditure: £238,928
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 240

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2023
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2024
Ar Received Date: 24 October 2023
Total Gross Income: £203,373
Total Gross Expenditure: £188,132
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: Yes
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 40

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2022
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2023
Ar Received Date: 29 November 2022
Total Gross Income: £210,951
Total Gross Expenditure: £137,628
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: No
Charity Commercial Participator: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 85

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Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Country
Geographic Area Description: Egypt
Parent Geographic Area Type: Continent
Parent Geographic Area Description: Africa
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Country
Geographic Area Description: Greece
Parent Geographic Area Type: Continent
Parent Geographic Area Description: Europe
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Region
Geographic Area Description: Throughout England And Wales
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Country
Geographic Area Description: Occupied Palestinian Territories
Parent Geographic Area Type: Continent
Parent Geographic Area Description: Asia
Welsh Ind: No

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Charity Classification

Classification Code: 202
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Elderly/old People

Classification Code: 105
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

Classification Code: 307
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Advocacy/advice/information

Classification Code: 201
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Children/young People

Classification Code: 207
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: The General Public/mankind

Classification Code: 106
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Overseas Aid/famine Relief

Classification Code: 115
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity

Classification Code: 203
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: People With Disabilities

Classification Code: 101
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: General Charitable Purposes

Classification Code: 306
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Services

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Charity Event History

Charity Name: REFUGEE BIRIYANI & BANANAS
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: CIO registration
Date Of Event: 2020-05-19T00:00:00

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Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 19 May 2020
Charitable Objects: TO RELIEVE POVERTY, DISTRESS AND SUFFERING IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO HUNGER, SICKNESS OR PHYSICAL DISABILITY, OR EMOTIONAL OR MENTAL ILL-HEALTH), PRIMARILY ARISING FROM PUBLIC CALAMITY (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, WAR, CONFLICT AND NATURAL DISASTERS) AND GEO-POLITICAL CIRCUMSTANCES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, OPPRESSION OR POLITICAL PERSECUTION) IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF, OR ASSISTANCE IN THE PROVISION OF HUMANITARIAN, MEDICAL, DEVELOPMENTAL, HEALTH, EDUCATIONAL OR SOCIAL PROGRAMMES.

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Charity Policy

Policy Name: Financial reserves policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints policy and procedures

Policy Name: Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Policy Name: Volunteer management

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Policy Name: Internal risk management policy and procedures

Policy Name: Conflicting interests

Policy Name: Complaints handling

Policy Name: Paying staff

Policy Name: Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Policy Name: Social media policy and procedures

Policy Name: Risk management

Policy Name: Bullying and harassment policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures