Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 5

No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3

Overall weighted support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 8

MIGRANT LEGAL ACTION

To enable:1.The relief of poverty/financial hardship and ending social exclusion of those whose immigration status is unresolved.2. British and foreign nationals and asylum seekers to have their human rights recognised in accordance with British and EU law and under the UN Conventions. 3. Persons who have been trafficked to the UK by the provision of legal advice and representation.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

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

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

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		£175	£175	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/22		£184	£218	£-34	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/21	*	£217	£198	£19	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/20		£242	£231	£11	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/19		£197	£194	£3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/18		£187	£185	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/17	*	£155	£153	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/16	*	£0	£0	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/15	*	£0	£0	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/14		£1	£0	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/13	*	£0	£0	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 12 years

www.migrantlegalaction.org.uk

info@migrantlegalaction.org.uk

02077010141

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

General Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Provides financial or material assistance

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information

Where it operates

Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin

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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Access to Justice Foundation - Joint Initiative Flexible COVID-19 Grant
£30,000	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 COVID51
DCMS - DCMS VSCE CMC Covid Funding
£33,870	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 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 a pound for pound basis, to increase the support to the sector.
Access to Justice Foundation - Joint Initiative Flexible COVID-19 Grant
£39,200	13/10/2020	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
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£10,000	23/09/2020	"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more "The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
AB Charitable Trust - Providing free advice on immigration & asylum
£10,000	26/06/2015	£10,000 towards core office costs

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 40-77

BIM EVASDOTTER WAGNER Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Head Of Human Resources

BINA MANILAL MONJI Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Retired

CHANDRAKANT VALLABHBHAI PATEL Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Retired

LILI NEGAHBANI Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Architect

SUNIL LAKHANI (Chair) Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Solicitor

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 17/05/2013, number: 1152073
Registered at Companies House on 12/12/2011, number: 07879053

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
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Filing Record

11 returns made; AR21: 151 days late, AR17: 70 days late, AR16: 29 days late, AR15: 54 days late, AR13: 205 days late,

Main office

Migrant Legal Action
53 Addington Square
LONDON
SE5 7LB

Objectives

1)THE RELIEF OF POVERTY OR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AMONGST PERSONS WHOSE IMMIGRATION STATUS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM REMAINS UNRESOLVED, BY THE PROVISION OF FREE LEGAL ADVICE AND ADVOCACY SERVICES RELATING TO IMMIGRATION, REFUGEE AND/OR NATIONALITY LAW.2) TO PROMOTE HUMAN RIGHTS (AS SET OUT IN THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND SUBSEQUENT UNITED NATIONS CONVENTIONS AND DECLARATIONS AND UNITED KINGDOM LAW) BY THE PROVISION OF FREE LEGAL ADVICE AND ADVOCACY SERVICES AS A MEANS OF:- RELIEVING NEED AMONG THE VICTIMS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE;- ELIMINATING INFRINGEMENTS OF HUMAN RIGHTS.3) THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AMONG THOSE PERSONS WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED BY VIRTUE OF THEIR UNRESOLVED IMMIGRATION STATUS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM BY THE PROVISION OF FREE LEGAL ADVICE AND ADVOCACY SERVICES RELATING TO IMMIGRATION, REFUGEE AND/OR NATIONALITY LAW.

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