Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 12
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
(no info on trustees)
    • Grant maker support: +12
    Overall GiG Score: 17 ?

    ADVICE ON INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS IN EUROPE (THE AIRE CENTRE) 

    Providing advice on individual rights in Europe.Providing training on aspects of EU and ECHR human rights lawPro bono advocacy at the European Court of Human Rights
    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
    • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
    • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
    • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

    Financial Data ?

    Income & Spending ?
    Sources of Income ?
    Y/E Income
    £k
    Spending
    £k
    Surplus/
    Deficit
    Fundraising
    Cost £k
    Total
    Funds £k
    Unrestricted
    Funds £k
    Mths
    Rsrvs
    Staff Volun-
    teers
    31/03/23£1,584£1,521£63£45£614£4363.4829
    31/03/22£1,468£1,465£3£39£551£4393.6826
    31/03/21£1,545£1,301£243£40£549£3963.6934
    31/03/20£1,305£1,185£119£37£305£2302.3636
    31/03/19£873£850£23£32£186£1351.9535
    31/03/18£751£810£-59£35£163£430.680
    31/03/17£642£730£-88£29£222£160.370
    31/03/16£797£681£116£0£310£230.490
    31/03/15£578£685£-106£11£194£661.190
    31/03/14£789£680£109£8£300£1222.190
    31/03/13?£606£548£58£7£191£751.6100
    30/04/12£469£490£-22£0£0£0n/a00
    30/04/11£457£480£-23£0£0£0n/a00
    30/04/10£486£389£97£0£0£0n/a00
    30/04/09£400£315£86£0£0£0n/a00
    30/04/08*£244£252£-8£0£0£0n/a00
    30/04/07£211£220£-8£0£0£0n/a00
    30/04/06£262£257£5£0£0£0n/a00
    30/04/05£304£301£3£0£0£0n/a00
    30/04/04£321£379£-58£0£0£0n/a00

    Financial Ratios
    Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 2.9%
    Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 3%
    Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 5%
    Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
    Liabilities/Assets: 45%
    Liabilities/Income: 32%
    Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 71%
    Reserves/Spending: 3.4 months
    Net Current Assets/Spending: 5 months
    Quick Ratio: 1.1
    Asset Split ?
    Established: 22 years
    (30 years as a company)

    www.airecentre.org

    info@airecentre.org

    02078314276

    Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies HouseFacebookX
    UN SDGs
    ?
    Listed activities
    • Education/Training
    • Other Charitable Purposes
    • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
    GiG Classification
    • Social & legal advocacy
    How it operates
    • Provides advocacy/advice/information
    • Provides services
    Where it operates
    • Albania, Bosnia And Herzegovina, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Throughout England,
    Who it helps
    • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
    • Other Defined Groups
    • The General Public/Mankind
    Who works here?
    • 8 employees
    • 29 volunteers

    Who's supporting them? ?

    Donations from Grant Makers ?

    We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

    Major supporters in last 5 years
    Home Office£284,641
    Esmee Fairbairn£115,968
    Tudor Trust£92,000
    Access to Justice Foundation£68,951
    AB Charitable Trust£60,000
    The Legal Education Foundation£30,000
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to The AIRE Centre
    £8,000 06/02/2023
    Towards unrestricted core costs as a Cost of Living Uplift
    AB Charitable Trust - A grant to The AIRE Centre
    £20,000 06/10/2022
    A restricted grant of £20,000 towards UK work( This grant is renewable - year 1 of up to 3 years). The AIRE Centre works to support individuals and communities to benefit from their rights under ....more
    Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to The AIRE Centre
    £80,000 21/09/2022
    Towards unrestricted core costs supporting women experiencing abuse in the UK
    Tudor Trust - Grant to The AIRE Centre
    £90,000 21/03/2022
    36
    over three years as unrestricted continuation funding for an organisation providing legal advice and casework to vulnerable European migrants while also undertaking strategic litigation
    London Legal Support Trust - Centres of Excellence 2021
    £10,000 14/12/2021
    Long term core funding for specialist free legal advice organisations, along with in-kind help and support with ongoing development. Aiming to support a sustainable and robust specialist advice ....more
    The Legal Education Foundation - Understanding and applying retained EU law in post-Brexit Britain
    £30,000 07/07/2021
    Developing training on EU retained law and social welfare entitlements to ensure that local authorities, legal advisers and frontline workers, who engage with vulnerable EEA nationals and their ....more
    AB Charitable Trust - A grant to AIRE Centre
    £20,000 22/04/2021
    An unrestricted grant of £20,000. AIRE Centre use the power of European law to protect fundamental rights through advice, litigation and policy work.
    Home Office - EU Settlement Grant Scheme Funding
    £134,332 01/04/2021
    This grants scheme will enable organisations to provide practical support to vulnerable EU citizens to help them make their EU Settlement Scheme application by 30 June 2021 and continuing support ....more
    Tudor Trust - Grant to The AIRE Centre
    £2,000 12/03/2021
    as an additional grant to support staff, volunteer and trustee wellbeing, to assist the organisation deliver its charitable purpose more effectively
    Greater London Authority - Grant to the AIRE Centre
    £10,000 27/11/2020
    European outreach work
    Access to Justice Foundation - Joint Initiative Flexible COVID-19 Grant
    £68,951 15/06/2020
    A flexible grant as part of wave 1 of the Community Justice Fund. A pooled fund to support the specialist legal welfare advice sector in its response to COVID19
    Paul Hamlyn Foundation - COVID19 Emergency Funding
    £15,000 28/05/2020
    3
    Support to aid the organisation in dealing with the challenges posed by COVID19.
    Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to The Aire Centre (Advice on Individual Rights in Europe)
    £27,968 05/05/2020
    6
    towards unrestricted costs as a COVID-19 Fast Response grant
    Home Office - EU Settlement Grant Scheme Funding 21/22
    £150,309 01/04/2020
    This grants scheme will enable organisations to provide practical support to vulnerable EU citizens to help them make their EU Settlement Scheme application by 30 June 2021 and continuing support ....more
    Greater London Authority - Grant to 'The AIRE Centre'
    £5,000 10/12/2019
    European Outreach Grant
    AB Charitable Trust - A grant to AIRE Centre
    £20,000 27/06/2019
    An unrestricted grant of £20,000. The AIRE Centre specialises in European Human Rights Law, in order to protect individuals human rights. Services include, advice lines & online resources, ....more
    Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to The Aire Centre (Advice on Individual Rights in Europe)
    £167,827 06/03/2019
    36
    Towards unrestricted core costs to support victims of trafficking and gender based violence through the provision of legal assistance and knowledge of rights under European law.
    Tudor Trust - Grant to The AIRE Centre
    £120,000 04/01/2019
    36
    over three years as core funding for a legal charity working to support marginalised and vulnerable EU citizens living in the UK
    AB Charitable Trust - A grant to AIRE Centre
    £15,000 23/01/2018
    £15,000 towards core costs. The AIRE Centre specialises in European Human Rights Law, in order to protect individuals human rights. Services include, advice lines & online resources, ....more
    AB Charitable Trust - Working towards sustainable fundraising streams through implementation of coherent development strategy
    £15,000 26/01/2016
    £15,000 towards the role of the Development Manager
    Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to The Aire Centre (Advice on Individual Rights in Europe)
    £145,131 18/11/2015
    36
    Towards the costs of the Domestic Violence Legal Project, providing legal advice, assistance and training for victims of trafficking, gender-based violence and women offenders.
    AB Charitable Trust - Ensure sustainability and growth through the development of diverse funding streams
    £10,000 27/01/2015
    £10,000 towards the salary of the Fundraising Manager
    AB Charitable Trust - Advice on Individual Rights in Europe
    £10,000 21/01/2014
    £10,000 towards core costs
    Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to The Aire Centre (Advice on Individual Rights in Europe)
    £156,700 15/12/2011
    Towards work on the transposition of the European Union Directive on combating trafficking, implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence.
    Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to The Aire Centre (Advice on Individual Rights in Europe)
    £72,172 17/12/2008
    24
    Towards Core costs Towards the salary of a legal project manager to run domestic violence and trafficking projects and oversee the AIRE Centre's case work.
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    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees

    Sorry we have no information about the Trustees.

    Legal constitution
    • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 30/01/2002, number: 1090336
    • Registered at Companies House on 01/06/1993, number: 02824400
    Gift Aid
    • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
    Policies in force
    • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
    • Complaints handling
    • Complaints policy and procedures
    • Conflicting interests
    • Financial reserves policy and procedures
    • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
    • Internal risk management policy and procedures
    • Paying staff
    • Risk management
    • Safeguarding policy and procedures
    • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
    • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
    • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
    • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
    • Volunteer management
    Filing Record
    20 returns made; AR08: 12 days late,
    Main office

    Second Floor
    8 Union Street
    London
    SE1 1SZ

    Objectives

    THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE COMPANY IS ESTABLISHED ARE:-(A) TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE SOUND ADMINISTRATION OF THE LAW AMONG STATES WHICH HAVE RATIFIED THE EUROPEAN CONVENTION FOR THE PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOM (THE EUROPEAN CONVENTION) AND/OR TREATIES ESTABLISHING AND REGULATING THE EUROPEAN UNION (THE EU TREATIES) IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION) BY PROVIDING SPECIALIST LEGAL ADVICE, AND REPRESENTATION TO PEOPLE WHO ARE UNABLE TO OBTAIN LEGAL REPRESENTATION FROM THEIR OWN RESOURCES, IN CASES WHERE IT IS APPREHENDED THAT THE LAW OF ANY SUCH STATE IS IN BREACH OF ITS OBLIGATIONS UNDER THE EUROPEAN CONVENTION OR THE EU TREATIES.(B) TO RELIEVE POVERTY BY PROVIDING LEGAL REPRESENTATION AND/OR ADVICE FOR PERSONS WHO ARE UNABLE TO OBTAIN LEGAL REPRESENTATION FROM THEIR OWN RESOURCES.(C) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF THE PUBLIC (AND PARTICULARLY BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION THE JUDICIARY AND MEMBERS OF THE LEGAL PROFESSION) IN INTERNATIONAL AND HUMAN RIGHTS LAW HAVING REGARD IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION) TO THE EUROPEAN CONVENTION AND THE EU TREATIES.

    Defined Area of Benefit:

    NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS

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