Finance Score: 8
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 11
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +11
Overall GiG Score: 25 ?

VOICES IN EXILE

Works with refugees, asylum seekers and vulnerable migrants with no recourse to public funds in Sussex and Surrey. Offers practical and legal support including generalist advice & specialist immigration casework for those otherwise unable to access justice. Advocates for and works with people to access services, build community and develop potential through learning and creative activities.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • 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 gender

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
31/12/23£686£628£58£0£738£3777.21840
31/12/22£618£553£65£0£680£36881535
31/12/21£482£391£92n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/20£523£327£196£0£523£19271220
31/12/19£425£298£127n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/18£223£250£-26n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/17£303£175£128n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/16£195£126£70n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/15*£79£57£21n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/14£32£35£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/13£17£21£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/12*£34£32£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/11£70£75£-5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/10*£65£45£20n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/09*£78£45£33n/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: 6%
Liabilities/Income: 7%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 51%
Reserves/Spending: 7.2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 14 months
Quick Ratio: 13
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 15 years

www.voicesinexile.org

director@voicesinexile.org

01273328598

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Support for refugees & asylum seekers
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Brighton And Hove, East Sussex, West Sussex,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities

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
Paul Hamlyn Foundation£235,000
Lloyds Bank Foundation£127,250
DCMS£57,226
Sussex Community Foundation£30,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£25,000
Access to Justice Foundation£25,000
National Lottery Community Fund£10,000
AB Charitable Trust£10,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Voices in Exile
£75,000 06/07/2023
36
Unrestricted grant over 3 years towards the core costs of Voices in Exile
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Core funding for Voices in Exile
£15,000 18/01/2023
Voices in Exile are a small frontline charity working with people who migrate and those with no recourse to public funds (NRPF) in Brighton, Sussex and Surrey. They offer practical and legal support ranging from generalist advice to specialist ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - One off gift towards cost of living crisis to Voices in Exile
£2,250 14/12/2022
One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis
National Lottery Community Fund - Voices in Exile Volunteer Co-ordinator
£10,000 18/11/2022
This funding will support the group to part fund a volunteer co-ordinator to support refugees and vulnerable migrants in Brighton and Sussex. The project helps beneficiaries to relieve financial hardship and provide support to secure accommodation ....more
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Voices in Exile
£10,000 11/11/2022
Funding was provided towards running costs.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Core funding for Voices in Exile
£200,000 29/11/2021
48
Voices in Exile are a small frontline charity working with people who migrate and those with no recourse to public funds (NRPF) in Brighton, Sussex and Surrey. They offer practical and legal support ranging from generalist advice to specialist ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£25,000 25/06/2021
Core costs
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Voices in Exile
£5,000 09/12/2020
Funding will support their frontline food bank service. All of their clients are disproportionately at risk of the impact of Covid-19 both because of their immigration status and because they belong to BAMER communities.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Recovery grant to Voices in Exile
£50,000 03/12/2020
24
Unrestricted grant over two years towards the core costs of Voices in Exile, awarded under the Foundation's Asylum Seekers and Refugees funding stream. Part of the Covid Recovery Fund to support charities to emerge from the pandemic.
DCMS - DCMS VSCE CMC Covid Funding
£57,226 03/12/2020
The Community Match Challenge is an £85M fund aimed at supporting the Voluntary Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) in their COVID response. Awards were made to philanthropists, foundations and grant making organisations to match funds raised on ....more
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Voices in Exile
£5,000 18/11/2020
2
Funding was provided for staff and project costs.
Access to Justice Foundation - Joint Initiative Flexible COVID-19 Grant
£25,000 05/10/2020
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
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Voices in Exile
£5,000 21/09/2020
Voices in exile work with refugees, asylum seekers and vulnerable migrants with no recourse to public funds in Brighton & Hove, East and West Sussex. They offer specialist legal advice, practical support, and a range of activities designed to ....more
CAF - Grant to Voices in Exile
£4,350 29/07/2020
3
Grant to Voices in Exile to support the organisation through COVID19
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Voices in Exile
£10,000 02/07/2020
An unrestricted grant of £10,000. Voices in Exile (VIE) work with refugees, asylum seekers and vulnerable migrants in Sussex and Surrey. VIE offer practical and legal support including generalist advice and specialist immigration casework.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Voices in Exile
£5,000 21/04/2020
Voices in Exile work with refugees, asylum seekers and vulnerable migrants with no recourse to public funds in Brighton & Hove, East and West Sussex and increased demand on their services means an urgent need to grow provision. As a result of ....more
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - COVID19 Emergency Funding
£20,000 01/04/2020
3
Support to aid the organisation in dealing with the challenges posed by COVID19.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Access to justice for those who migrate in the South-East
£100,000 11/03/2019
24
To build organisational capacity and strengthen provision of free, accredited immigration legal advice and casework across the South East.
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Voices in Exile
£10,000 24/01/2019
£10,000 towards core costs. Voices in Exile works with refugees & asylum seekers to provide practical help and legal support (including immigration advice up to OISC 2). They also provide support sessions through drop in sessions and a weekly ....more
People's Health Trust - Migrant Welcome Project
£31,081 08/03/2018
This two-year project ran a weekly social and cultural group for local migrants in Brighton and Hove who have English as a Second Language (ESOL). The participants improved their conversational English, provided peer support to each other, and ....more
Joseph Rank Trust - Voices in Exile
£56,000 25/01/2017
36
To fund the running costs of the charity and purchase of equipment
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 41-66
  • ADAM HICKIE Appointed: 2009, Occupation: Chartered Accountant
  • ALEXANDER JOHN SUTTON Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Head Of Programme/Charity Manager
  • ANDREW MARTYN JACKSON Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Lay Anglican Chaplain
  • CATHERINE O'DONNELL Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Barrister
  • JYOTI KAKAD Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Self Employed
  • NICHOLAS SCOTT-FLYNN (Chair) Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Director
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 25/06/2009, number: 1130363
  • Registered at Companies House on 29/04/2009, number: 06891597
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
  • Investing charity funds 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
15 returns made; AR15: 1 days late, AR12: 186 days late, AR10: 14 days late, AR09: 12 days late,
Main office

Fitzherbert Centre
36 Upper Bedford Street
Brighton
East Sussex
BN2 1JP

Objectives

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND RELIEVE FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AMONGST THOSE SEEKING ASYLUM, THOSE GRANTED REFUGEE STATUS AND PEOPLE FROM ABROAD WHO ARE DESTITUTE PARTICULARLY BY THE PROVISION OF LEGAL AND OTHER ADVICE, INCLUDING ADVICE AND SUPPORT CONCERNING ACCOMMODATION

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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