Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 14
  • Deficit latest year: -2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +14
Overall GiG Score: 18 ?

BAIL FOR IMMIGRATION DETAINEES ( BID ) 

Legal advice and information service to people held in immigration detention
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • 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 dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income was lower than spending in the latest year
Established: 25 years

www.biduk.org

enquiries@biduk.org

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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
31/07/22£579£694£-115£58£393£3936.81067
31/07/21£753£657£96£56£508£5089.3910
31/07/20£699£631£67£55£412£3957.5970
31/07/19£652£639£13£54£345£3216973
31/07/18*£703£665£39£61£332£2995.4982
31/07/17£670£647£23£61£293£2414.590
31/07/16£627£632£-6£35£270£1743.390
31/07/15£632£626£6£42£283£1873.6100
31/07/14£661£594£67£43£277£1943.9100
31/07/13£563£544£19£34£210£180490
31/07/12£577£577£0£36£191£1703.590
31/07/11£589£593£-5£42£191£1012100
31/07/10£645£578£67£30£195£982100
31/07/09£545£520£25£31£128£781.890
31/07/08£423£401£22£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/07£358£346£12£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/06£289£355£-66£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/05£210£204£6£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/04*£195£184£11£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 10.1%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 8.4%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 32%
Liabilities/Income: 31%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 6.8 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 7 months
Quick Ratio: 3
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Other Charitable Purposes
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
Who works here?
  • 10 employees
  • 67 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
Esmee Fairbairn£375,000
Joseph Rowntree Foundation£321,208
Trust for London£150,000
City Bridge Trust£150,000
AB Charitable Trust£148,000
Tudor Trust£82,000
The Bromley Trust£75,000
Comic Relief£40,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Tudor Trust - Grant to Bail for Immigration Detainees
£80,000 15/04/2020
24
over two years as continuation funding on an unrestricted basis for a national charity supporting people in immigration detention
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to BAIL FOR IMMIGRATION DETAINEES ( BID )
£200,000 19/07/2023
Towards unrestricted core costs for legal advice and self-help legal advice provision on bail and deportation for people detained under the Immigration Acts
National Lottery Community Fund - Community Voices
£10,000 21/04/2023
The funding will be used to host several group sessions for current and former beneficiaries with lived experience of immigration detention and/or deportation. The project aims to empower former ....more
Alan & Babette Sainsbury Charitable Fund - To provide expert legal advice to pro bono lawyers to secure bail for those at risk of deportation
£30,000 15/11/2022
To provide expert legal advice to pro bono lawyers to secure bail for those at risk of deportation to Rwanda
Joseph Rowntree Foundation - Grant to Bail for Immigration Detainees
£321,208 08/07/2022
Core costs
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Bail for Immigration Detainees
£40,000 05/07/2022
An unrestricted grant of £40,000 (This grant is renewable - year 2 of 2 years). Bail for Immigration Detainees challenges immigration detention by providing free legal advice, information and ....more
The Bromley Trust - Unrestricted grant
£75,000 04/07/2022
BID Challenge immigration detention in the UK through the provision of legal advice and representation alongside research, policy work and strategic litigation. This is a three unrestricted grant ....more
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Bail for Immigration Detainees
£1,000 28/06/2022
A restricted grant of £1,000 towards a consultancy around lived experience. Bail for Immigration Detainees challenges immigration detention by providing free legal advice, information and ....more
Trust for London - Bail for Immigration Detainees
£150,000 05/04/2022
The funding will pay for a full time immigration lawyer who will provide legal advice and representation to London based clients detained under immigration powers in bail and deportation matters. ....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
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Bail for Immigration Detainees
£40,000 06/07/2021
An unrestricted grant of £40,000 (This grant is renewable - year 1 of up to 2 years). Bail for Immigration Detainees challenges immigration detention by providing free legal advice, information and ....more
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Covid-19 Emergency Funding: Supporting volunteer caseworkers
£27,500 07/04/2021
Bail for Immigration Detainees (BID) provides legal advice and representation in bail matters to people detained under immigration powers. They undertake substantive legal casework for people who are ....more
Tudor Trust - Grant to Bail for Immigration Detainees
£2,000 03/02/2021
as an additional grant to support staff, volunteer and trustee wellbeing, to assist the organisation deliver its charitable purpose more effectively
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Bail for Immigration Detainees (BID
£25,000 07/07/2020
An unrestricted grant of £25,000. Bail for Immigration Detainees challenges immigration detention by providing free legal advice, information and representation to people held in detention across ....more
Comic Relief - Legal advice and representation to immigration detainees in the UK
£40,000 23/06/2020
6
COVID19 Recovery funding
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Bail for Immigration Detainees
£25,000 05/05/2020
6
towards unrestricted core costs as a COVID-19 Fast Response grant
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Bail for Immigration Detainees (BID
£17,000 15/10/2019
A restricted grant of £17,000 towards management salaries and associated core costs. Bail for Immigration Detainees challenges immigration detention in the UK. It provides legal advice and ....more
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Bail for Immigration Detainees (BID
£25,000 02/07/2019
An unrestricted grant of £25,000. Bail for Immigration Detainees challenges immigration detention in the UK. It provides legal advice and representation to migrants detained in removal centres and ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Bail for Immigration Detainees
£150,000 18/06/2019
36
Towards unrestricted core costs to provide advice, research, advocacy and strategic litigation to secure people's release from detention and influence policy and practice.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Bail for Immigration Detainees (BID)
£150,000 09/05/2019
60
£150,000 over five years (5 x £30,000) towards Bail for Immigration Detainees' Legal Manager salary and overheads.
Joseph Rowntree Foundation - Grant to Bail for Immigration Detainees
£120,000 16/03/2019
36
Core costs
John Ellerman Foundation - costs of their separated families work
£90,000 26/07/2018
36
Towards the costs of their "Separated Families" project, providing legal advice and representation to parents held in or facing detention for immigration reasons
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Bail for Immigration Detainees (BID
£25,000 03/07/2018
£25,000 towards core costs. Bail for Immigration Detainees challenges immigration detention in the UK. It provides legal advice and representation to migrants detained in removal centres and ....more
Tudor Trust - Grant to Bail for Immigration Detainees
£100,000 20/03/2018
24
over two years as continuation funding for this national advice and campaigning charity supporting people in immigration detention
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund - Grant to Bail for Immigration Detainees
£40,000 07/12/2017
Main Grant unrestricted core costs
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Bail for Immigration Detainees (BID)
£25,000 04/07/2017
£25,000 towards core costs. Bail for Immigration Detainees challenges immigration detention in the UK. It provides legal advice and representation to migrants detained in removal centres and ....more
AB Charitable Trust - Challenging immigration detention in the UK
£20,000 30/06/2016
£20,000 towards core costs
AB Charitable Trust - Challenging immigration detention
£30,000 05/04/2016
£30,000 towards ADAP project
Tudor Trust - Grant to Bail for Immigration Detainees
£95,000 29/03/2016
24
over two years as continuation core funding for this national advice and campaigning charity supporting people in immigration detention
Comic Relief - Assisting immigration detainees to secure release and live safely
£300,000 16/03/2016
44
Anyone subject to immigration control can be detained without time limit and there is no automatic legal representation for those detained. Many detainees have experienced past violence and trauma, ....more
AB Charitable Trust - Challenging immigration detention
£15,000 26/06/2015
£15,000 towards core costs
AB Charitable Trust - Article 8/Deportation Project
£30,000 28/04/2015
£30,000 towards the Article 8 Deportation Project and associated costs
AB Charitable Trust - Challenging immigration detention in the UK
£15,000 08/07/2014
£15,000 towards core costs
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Bail for Immigration Detainees
£200,000 24/06/2014
Towards the core costs of the legal team.
Tudor Trust - Grant to Bail for Immigration Detainees
£100,000 28/03/2014
over two years as continuation funding towards the core costs of this national advice and campaigning charity for people held in immigration detention
AB Charitable Trust - Article 8/Deportation Project
£30,000 29/10/2013
£30,000 towards the Article 8 Deportation Project and associated costs
AB Charitable Trust - Legal advice for immigration detainees
£15,000 09/07/2013
£15,000 towards core costs
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Bail for Immigration Detainees
£120,000 16/03/2011
Towards the core salary costs of the legal team.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Bail for Immigration Detainees
£104,017 20/03/2008
36
Towards Unrestricted core costs Towards revenue costs, including the salary of the legal officer and manager.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 31-76
  • CLAIRE JOST Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Management Consultant
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 26/08/1999, number: 1077187
  • Registered at Companies House on 08/07/1999, number: 03803669
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR18: 40 days late, AR04: 56 days late,
Main office

1b Finsbury Park Road
London
N4 2LA

Objectives

4A. TO PROMOTE HUMAN RIGHTS (AS SET OUT IN THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND SUBSEQUENT UNITE NATIONS CONVENTIONS AND DECLARATIONS, THE EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE HUMAN RIGHTS ACT (1998), WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE RIGHT TO LIBERTY AND THE RIGHT TO BE FREE FORM ARBITRARY DETENTION, THROUGHOUT THE WORLD BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS:= MONITORING ABUSES OF HUMAN RIGHTS;= OBTAINING REDRESS FOR THE VICTIMS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE;= RELIEVING NEEDS AMONG THE VICTIMS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE;= RESEARCH INTO HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES;= EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS;= CONTRIBUTING TO THE SOUND ADMINISTRATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS LAW;= COMMENTING ON PROPOSED HUMAN RIGHTS LEGISLATION;= RAISING AWARENESS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES;= PROMOTING PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS;= PROMOTING RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AMONG INDIVIDUALS AND CORPORATIONS;= ELIMINATING INFRINGEMENTS OF HUMAN RIGHTS. 4B. THE RELIEF OF THE FINANCIAL NEEDS OF THOSE APPLYING FOR BAIL UNDER IMMIGRATION LEGISLATION AND BY PROVIDING SUCH PERSONS WITH OTHER LEGAL AND RELATED SERVICES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

KENT, HANTS AND OXFORDSHIRE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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