Finance Score: 8
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 16
  • Good reserves management: +3
  • Future income +5
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +16
Overall GiG Score: 30 ?

ASYLUM SUPPORT APPEALS PROJECT

ASAP works to reduce destitution of asylum seekers in the UK by defending their legal rights to food and shelter. We combine free legal representation, second-tier advice and training on asylum support law and policy work to ensure that asylum seekers are able to access the housing and welfare support they are legally entitled to.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£655£616£40£0£397£3977.71145
31/03/22£607£588£19£0£357£3577.3945
31/03/21£687£640£47£0£338£3155.9949
31/03/20£607£556£50£0£291£2475.31130
31/03/19£557£527£30£0£241£2164.91038
31/03/18£497£484£13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£487£471£16n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£334£304£30n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15*£277£285£-8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£278£269£9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£259£230£29n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£236£233£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£234£193£40n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10£218£198£20n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09£177£166£11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08£101£99£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/07£145£134£10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/06£131£106£25n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05£14£5£9n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 41%
Liabilities/Income: 42%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 7.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 8 months
Quick Ratio: 2.3
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 20 years

www.asaproject.org

office@asaproject.org.uk

02037160284

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies HouseX
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Support for refugees & asylum seekers
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Major supporters in last 5 years
The Legal Education Foundation£305,655
Esmee Fairbairn£292,500
City Bridge Trust£244,000
AB Charitable Trust£188,000
Paul Hamlyn Foundation£150,000
Henry Smith Charity£135,000
Trust for London£125,000
John Ellerman Foundation£120,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
The Legal Education Foundation - Second tier training and knowledge sharing on asylum support law
£170,000 23/05/2024
A grant to ASAP to empower people seeking asylum across the UK to defend their legal right to housing and financial support by: building organisations' skills in asylum support law through free ....more
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Asylum Support Appeals Project
£44,000 23/04/2024
An unrestricted grant of £44,000 (This grant is renewable - year 4 of up to 5 years). ASAP provide free legal representation and advice for people who are appealing a refusal or withdrawal of asylum ....more
London Legal Support Trust - Centres of Excellence 2023
£10,000 28/12/2023
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
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Tackling destitution - reducing systemic factors and increasing justice
£150,000 27/11/2023
36
Asylum Support Appeals Project (ASAP) aims to reduce destitution by protecting the legal rights to food and shelter of those seeking asylum. They provide free legal representation for those appealing ....more
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Asylum Support Appeals Project
£44,000 25/04/2023
An unrestricted grant of £44,000 (This grant is renewable - year 3 of up to 5 years)This grant includes a 10% cost of living uplift. ASAP provide free legal representation and advice for people who ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Asylum Support Appeals Project
£20,000 30/01/2023
Towards unrestricted core costs as a Cost of Living Uplift
London Legal Support Trust - Centres of Excellence 2022
£10,000 22/12/2022
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
Access to Justice Foundation - Community Justice Fund Wave Three
£12,000 22/11/2022
Wave three of the Community Justice Fund aims to support organisations delivering social welfare advice services to people most impacted by the cost-of-living crisis.
Sam and Bella Sebba Charitable Foundation - Grant to ASAP
£4,440 19/10/2022
Towards cost of living crisis
Trust for London - Asylum Support Appeals Project
£10,500 29/09/2022
This is a cost of living uplift for grant reference 360G-trustforlondon-MAIN-S2-05.10.2021-9329
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Asylum Support Appeals Project
£40,000 26/04/2022
An unrestricted grant of £40,000 per year for 5 years (This grant is renewable - year 2 of up to 5 years). ASAP provide free legal representation and advice for people who are appealing a refusal or ....more
John Ellerman Foundation - Core costs
£120,000 31/03/2022
Core costs
Trust for London - Asylum Support Appeals Project
£105,000 09/02/2022
The funding is for a) legal representation for destitute asylum seekers trying to access housing and financial support; b) advocacy to improve the provision of temporary accommodation for asylum ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Asylum Support Appeals Project
£244,000 26/01/2022
60
£244,000 over five years (£47,000; £47,500; £48,500; £50,000; £51,000) towards a proportion of the costs of capacity building and infrastructure for the asylum support sector, including the ....more
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
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to ASAP (Asylum Support Appeals Project)
£135,000 07/12/2021
36
towards three years' running costs of a project providing an advice service for asylum seekers who are appealing against a refusal or withdrawal of asylum support, across the UK.
Sam and Bella Sebba Charitable Foundation - Grant to Asylum Support Appeals Project
£105,000 11/11/2021
Towards core funding
The Legal Education Foundation - Second tier training and knowledge sharing on asylum support law
£135,655 16/06/2021
Delivering training for advice and women's organisations, to enable them to make high quality applications for asylum support. Sharing learning on asylum support law and practice, to increase access ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Asylum Support Appeals Project
£250,000 28/04/2021
Towards unrestricted core costs to reduce destitution amongst asylum seekers by protecting their legal rights to food and shelter.
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Asylum Support Appeals Project
£40,000 27/04/2021
An unrestricted grant of £40,000 per year for 5 years (This grant is renewable - year 1 of up to 5 years). ASAP provide free legal representation and advice for people who are appealing a refusal or ....more
Tudor Trust - Grant to ASAP
£70,000 16/04/2021
24
over two years towards the running costs of an organisation specialising in protecting asylum seekers' legal rights to food and shelter across the UK
The Baring Foundation - Grant to Asylum Support Appeals Project
£29,985 14/12/2020
To provide legal advice and training for organisations around the UK on the impact of Covid-19 on access to asylum support and asylum support appeals.
Access to Justice Foundation - Joint Initiative Flexible COVID-19 Grant
£55,000 16/07/2020
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
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Asylum Support Appeals Project
£22,500 05/05/2020
6
towards unrestricted core costs as a COVID-19 Fast Response grant
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Asylum Support Appeals Project
£20,000 23/04/2020
An unrestricted grant of £20,000. ASAP provide free legal representation for people who are appealing a refusal or withdrawal of asylum support, reducing destitution by protecting their legal rights ....more
Trust for London - Asylum Support Appeals Project
£9,500 22/04/2020
3
The funding is for the cost of buying 8 lap-tops and work mobiles to equip ASAP staff members to work from home during COVID19.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Asylum Support Appeals Project
£90,000 21/03/2019
24
£90,000 over a further two years (2 x £45,000) towards the salary costs of a Solicitor; a Duty Scheme Co-ordinator; and the Director’s salary; plus associated running costs.
Comic Relief - Preventing Homelessness amongst asylum seekers
£200,380 06/03/2019
60
ASAP provide vital work assisting asylum seekers in the UK to access free legal representation at their tribunal appeals. Winning appeals for asylum seekers enables them to access safe and secure ....more
Trust for London - Asylum Support Appeals Project
£90,000 28/02/2019
36
The funding is for a contribution towards the running costs of our duty scheme which provides free legal representation for destitute asylum seekers appealing to the First Tier Tribunal (Asylum ....more
John Ellerman Foundation - Core costs
£90,000 29/11/2018
36
Towards core costs to enable them to prevent destitution amongst asylum seekers through legal representation and improving policy and practice
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Asylum Support Appeals Project
£20,000 15/10/2018
£20,000 towards core costs. Asylum Support Appeals Project provides free legal advice and representation to asylum seekers, runs an advice line for advice agencies, and engages in policy work to ....more
Comic Relief - Asylum Support Appeals Project Sustainability Fund
£13,023 25/07/2018
6
ASAP currently runs a very successful project for asylum seeking women who are at risk of destitution are particularly vulnerable. They do this through expert legal representation to win them ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Asylum Support Appeals Project
£135,000 16/05/2018
36
Towards protecting asylum seekers legal rights to food and shelter.
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Asylum Support Appeals Project
£15,000 04/07/2017
£15,000 towards core costs. Asylum Support Appeals Project provides free legal advice and representation to asylum seekers, runs an advice line for advice agencies, and engages in policy work to ....more
Tudor Trust - Grant to ASAP
£90,000 19/05/2017
36
over three years towards the core costs of an organisation specialising in protecting asylum seekers' legal rights to food and shelter across the UK
The Baring Foundation - Grant to Asylum Support Appeals Project
£150,000 16/05/2017
To empower voluntary sector agencies in the UK to enable them to make greater use of the law in response to the Immigration Act 2016
Trust for London - Asylum Support Appeals Project
£16,950 31/01/2017
6
The funding is towards carrying out pre-litigation research and develop a full casework strategy in respect of anticipated unlawfulness in the implementation ofasylum support changes under Part 5 and ....more
AB Charitable Trust - Protecting asylum seekers legal rights to food and shelter
£15,000 26/04/2016
£15,000 towards core costs
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Asylum Support Appeals Project
£135,000 18/03/2016
36
£135,000 over 3 years (3 x £45,000) towards the salaries of a Solicitor, Duty Scheme Co-ordinator and Director and associated running costs.
National Lottery Community Fund - Assisting asylum seekers in crisis in Yorkshire and Humberside
£749,996 03/03/2016
60
Support for asylum seekers in Yorkshire and Humberside, particularly those with mental health problems and in need of psychotherapy support. Short and long term plans will be put in place including ....more
Unbound Philanthropy - Grant to Asylum Support Appeals Project
£60,000 02/02/2016
36
for general support to an organization that aims to reduce the destitution of asylum seekers and denied asylum seekers
National Lottery Community Fund - Ten Years of Protecting Human Rights: An Impact and Learning Review
£10,000 26/08/2015
12
The group will use the funding to conduct a consultation review of how the organisation has performed in the past 10 years, this will be evidenced through a report and film making to enable the ....more
Comic Relief - Reducing asylum seeking women’s risks to violence and personal harm by tackling their destitution.
£102,903 15/07/2015
36
Asylum seeking women who are at risk of destitution are particularly vulnerable. Fear of authorities, lack of knowledge on their rights, language barriers and cultural traditions can make them at ....more
AB Charitable Trust - Defending asylum seekers' rights to food and shelter
£10,000 21/10/2014
£10,000 towards core costs
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Asylum Support Appeals Project
£115,000 27/08/2014
Towards a programme of work aimed at reducing the destitution of asylum seekers by protecting their legal right to food and shelter and lobbying for changes in policy.
Tudor Trust - Grant to ASAP
£7,500 05/08/2014
as a development grant towards the research and trialling of a new internet-based training delivery model for groups supporting destitute asylum seekers
AB Charitable Trust - Protecting asylum seekers legal rights to support
£10,000 29/10/2013
£10,000 towards core costs
Tudor Trust - Grant to ASAP
£90,000 30/09/2013
36
over three years as continuation funding towards the core costs of an organisation specialising in protecting asylum seekers' legal rights to food and shelter across the UK
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Asylum Support Appeals Project
£25,000 29/06/2012
the salary of the Duty Scheme Co-ordinator
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 9/10 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 33-58
  • ALASDAIR MACKENZIE Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Barrister
  • DAVE GARRATT Appointed: 2015
  • IMOGEN GREENER Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Accountant
  • LORAINE MASIYA MPONELA Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Chair Person
  • MAHDI SAKI Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Charity Worker
  • MARION EDGE Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Pro Bono Lead
  • MARYAM OGHANNA (Chair) Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Solicitor
  • NICOLA PARKER Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Hr Manager
  • SARAH TAAL Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Charity Worker
  • SHAKIR SYED Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Retail Manager
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 25/08/2004, number: 1105625
  • Registered at Companies House on 14/05/2003, number: 04763838
Gift Aid
  • NOT 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
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR15: 6 days late,
Main office

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Container City Building
48 Trinity Buoy Wharf
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Objectives

1. THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SUFFERING AND DISTRESS AMONG INDIVIDUALS SEEKING ASYLUM AND SUPPORT IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE PROVISION OF LEGAL ADVICE AND REPRESENTATION AND OTHER ASSISTANCE;2. THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION THROUGH THE PROVISION OF TRAINING TO PERSONS TO ENABLE THEM TO GIVE LEGAL ADVICE AND REPRESENTATION AND OTHER ASSISTANCE TO THE INDIVIDUALS REFERRED TO IN CLAUSE 2.1; AND3. THE PROMOTION OF SUCH OTHER PURPOSES BEING EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNITED KINGDOM

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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