Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: 5
Support Score: 12
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +12
Overall GiG Score: 22 ?

ASYLUM JUSTICE

Asylum Justice provides legal advice and representation to asylum seekers by OISC-registered or exempt immigration advisers, solicitors and barristers.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 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
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Why are there 14 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12?

Financial issues to consider:

  • There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
N.B. data has been adjusted to reflect year end change
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?£534£457£76£0£216£1243.385
31/01/22£318£313£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/01/21£223£171£52n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/01/20£135£112£22n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/01/19£106£95£12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/01/18£65£57£8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/01/17£49£69£-19n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/01/16£72£52£20n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/01/15£53£16£37n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/01/14£3£3£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/01/13£7£14£-7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/01/12?£11£23£-12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/10£28£16£12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/10/09*£14£13£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/10/08£12£11£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/10/07*£18£17£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/10/06*£12£6£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.1%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.1%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 13%
Liabilities/Income: 7%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 57%
Reserves/Spending: 3.3 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 5 months
Quick Ratio: 5.3
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 19 years

www.asylumjustice.org.uk

info@asylumjustice.org.uk

02920499421

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Other Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Support for refugees & asylum seekers
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
Where it operates
  • Cardiff, City Of Swansea, Newport City,
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups

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
Justice Together Initiative£400,000
Paul Hamlyn Foundation£230,000
Access to Justice Foundation£197,696
Sam and Bella Sebba Charitable Foundation£72,916
AB Charitable Trust£65,000
Lloyds Bank Foundation£52,250
Postcode Community Trust£20,000
National Lottery Community Fund£9,975
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Asylum Justice
£25,000 12/10/2023
An unrestricted grant of £25,000 for 3 years (This grant is renewable - year 1 of up to 3 years). Asylum Justice provide specialist immigration advice, representation and casework to people seeking asylum, refugees and migrants in Wales.
Postcode Community Trust - Project Funding
£20,000 29/09/2023
Funding provided free legal support to 180 people seeking asylum, offering a chance to rebuild lives in safety and dignity.
National Lottery Community Fund - Translation for asylum seekers
£9,975 18/09/2023
Asylum Justice in Cardiff will use a £9975 grant to offer free interpretation to approximately 180 clients enabling refugees and asylum seekers to communicate in their own language on complex and sensitive legal issues. Bydd Asylum Justice yng ....more
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Asylum Justice – Making the Case(Work) for Change
£10,000 18/01/2023
Asylum Justice is a charitable organisation in Wales that offers free specialist legal advice, assistance and representation to asylum seekers, refugees, and other vulnerable migrants. This grant supports Asylum Justice to scale their service ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - One off gift towards cost of living crisis to Asylum Justice
£2,250 14/12/2022
One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis
Access to Justice Foundation - Community Justice Fund Wave Three
£12,196 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 Asylum Justice
£2,916 19/10/2022
Towards cost of living crisis
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Asylum Justice
£20,000 06/10/2022
An unrestricted grant of £20,000. Asylum Justice provides free, independent legal services and casework to people seeking asylum and refugees in Wales.
Access to Justice Foundation - Help Accessing Legal Support (HALS)
£52,500 13/09/2022
Help Accessing Legal Support (HALS) is a programme of The Access to Justice Foundation with the Ministry of Justice. We are working with organisations to sustain and improve access to early social welfare and family legal advice, to enable users ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Asylum Justice
£50,000 21/07/2022
24
Unrestricted grant over two years towards the core costs of Asylum Justice
Justice Together Initiative - Strengthening specialist immigration advice and representation capacity in Wales via evidence gathering and remote hubs
£400,000 01/07/2022
Asylum Justice, working with the British Red Cross to extend the reach and capacity of free immigration advice across Wales. Undertaking complex family reunion applications which “fall outside of the rules, running remote 1-2-1 advice hubs, and ....more
Sam and Bella Sebba Charitable Foundation - Grant to Asylum Justice
£70,000 24/02/2022
Towards core funding
Access to Justice Foundation - Joint Initiative Flexible COVID-19 Grant
£60,000 09/08/2021
A flexible grant as part of wave 2 of the Community Justice Fund. A pooled fund to support the specialist legal welfare advice sector in its response to COVID70
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Asylum Justice
£20,000 01/07/2021
An unrestricted grant of £20,000. Asylum Justice provides free, independent immigration advice and casework to people seeking asylum, refugees, and vulnerable migrants in Wales.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Asylum Justice – Making the Case(Work) for Change
£200,000 08/03/2021
Asylum Justice is a charitable organisation in Wales that offers free specialist legal advice, assistance and representation to asylum seekers, refugees, and other vulnerable migrants. This grant supports Asylum Justice to expand capacity and scale ....more
Tudor Trust - Grant to Asylum Justice
£2,000 28/01/2021
as an additional grant to support staff, volunteer and trustee wellbeing, to assist the organisation deliver its charitable purpose more effectively
Access to Justice Foundation - Joint Initiative Flexible COVID-19 Grant
£73,000 11/08/2020
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
£20,000 07/05/2020
6
Support to aid the organisation in dealing with the challenges posed by COVID19.
Tudor Trust - Grant to Asylum Justice
£130,000 08/11/2019
36
over three years as continuation funding towards core salary and running costs of a charity supporting vulnerable refugees and asylum seekers in and around Cardiff and Swansea
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Asylum Justice
£70,942 20/03/2018
36
Core investment including the recruitment and training of volunteers for this Cardiff based charity providing legal advice and representation to Asylum Seekers.
Tudor Trust - Grant to Asylum Justice
£105,000 16/06/2016
36
over three years as continuation funding towards core costs including the salary of the legal director at an immigration advice service for asylum seekers and refugees in Cardiff
Tudor Trust - Grant to Asylum Justice
£100,000 04/02/2014
24
over two years towards the core costs, including salaries, of an immigration advice service for asylum seekers and refugees in Cardiff
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (14)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 25-67
  • ALEENA ANNIE Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Ai Product Lead
  • COURTNEY VIRCAVS Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Civil Servant
  • DR BERNADETTE ANN RAINEY (Chair) Appointed: 2013, Occupation: University Lecturer
  • DR EMMA JANE NISHIO Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Law Lecturer
  • FEMMIGJE CHATER Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Local Government Officer
  • HOLLY TAYLOR Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Policy Team Leader
  • JOSEFF MORGAN Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Barrister
  • KATE TONER-BASS Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Solicitor
  • MARK BAKER Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Risk Manager
  • NIRUSHAN SUDARSAN Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Charity Worker
  • RICHARD SMITH-JAMES Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Team Manager
  • SRDJAN TODOROVIC Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Software Engineer
  • THOMAS GODWIN Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Digital Communications Officer
  • VICTORIA GOODBAN Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Programme Manager, Oxfam Cymru
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 11/11/2005, number: 1112026
  • Registered at Companies House on 10/05/2005, number: 05447875
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
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
17 returns made; AR09: 14 days late, AR07: 14 days late, AR06: 195 days late,
Main office

57 GALLEON WAY
CARDIFF
CF10 4JA

Objectives

3. THE OBJECT OF THE CHARITY IS TO PROVIDE LEGAL ADVICE, ASSISTANCE AND REPRESENTATION TO PERSONS INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ASYLUM SEEKERS AND REFUGEES WHO BY REASON OF THEIR INADEQUATE MEANS ARE UNABLE TO OBTAIN SUCH ADVICE AND REPRESENTATION FROM THEIR OWN RESOURCES AND WHO, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, HAVE AT ANY STAGE RAISEDARGUMENTS UNDER THE 1951 UNITED NATIONS REFUGEE CONVENTION OR THE EUROPEAN CONVENTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS OR THE HUMAN RIGHTS ACT 1998 TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT OR THE ASYLUM AND IMMIGRATION TRIBUNAL OR IN ANY OTHER LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NATIONALLY

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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