Overall GiG Score: 17 ?
Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 15
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Deficit latest year: -2
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +12

ASYLOS 

Asylos is a network of volunteers who provide on demand, free of charge research for individual asylum claims. It works closely with the legal representatives of the asylum seekers (asylum lawyers and NGOs).
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Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • 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 dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Income was lower than spending in the latest year
Established: 10 years

www.asylos.eu

info@asylos.eu

0031653716476

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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
31/12/22£247£292£-45n/an/an/an/an/a64
31/12/21£234£143£91n/an/an/an/an/a34
31/12/20£152£153£-1n/an/an/an/an/a93
31/12/19£147£136£11n/an/an/an/an/a120
31/12/18£119£111£8£0£0£0n/a030
31/12/17£128£95£33£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/16*£175£103£72£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/15£113£84£29£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
Who works here?
  • 64 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
Where it operates
  • Belgium, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Throughout England And Wales,

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
Paul Hamlyn Foundation£252,000
Justice Together Initiative£155,412
Sam and Bella Sebba Charitable Foundation£90,000
Trust for London£79,050
AB Charitable Trust£60,000
Allen Lane Foundation£10,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Sam and Bella Sebba Charitable Foundation - Grant to Asylos
£90,000 02/03/2023
Towards core funding
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Building a UK Centre of Excellence on Country of Origin Information
£14,000 18/01/2023
Asylos is a charity that works to deliver the just protection of law to vulnerable people fleeing persecution. It does this by producing impartial Country of Origin (COI) reports used by legal ....more
Trust for London - Asylos
£6,050 29/09/2022
This is a cost of living uplift for grant reference 360G-trustforlondon-MAIN-S2-05.10.2021-9335
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Lived experience consultancy
£12,000 11/05/2022
Asylos is a charity that works to deliver the just protection of law to vulnerable people fleeing persecution. This grant will support Asylos to work with an experienced consultant to address ....more
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Asylos
£20,000 21/04/2022
A restricted grant of £20,000 towards UK work(This grant is renewable - year 1 of up to 3 years). Asylos conducts country-of-origin information (COI) research for asylum cases to be used in refugee ....more
Trust for London - Asylos
£73,000 09/02/2022
The funding is for Asylos’ Thematic Research Project: addressing identified information gaps for particularly vulnerable groups of asylum seekers in London and across the UK. This project will ....more
Justice Together Initiative - Reviewing Home Office Country Information to ensure asylum decisions are based on highest quality information available
£155,412 30/11/2021
Reviewing and publicly commenting on Country Policy and Information Notes - information the Home Office compiles and uses to inform its asylum and immigration decisions. The review ensures that this ....more
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Building a UK Centre of Excellence on Country of Origin Information
£210,000 04/10/2021
36
Asylos is a charity that works to deliver the just protection of law to vulnerable people fleeing persecution. It does this by producing impartial Country of Origin (COI) reports used by legal ....more
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund - Grant to Asylos
£1,500 28/04/2021
Small Grant Unrestricted Core Costs
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Asylos
£20,000 22/04/2021
A restricted grant of £20,000 towards UK work. Asylos conducts country-of-origin information (COI) research for asylum cases to be used in refugee host countries, to ensure that asylum decisions are ....more
Allen Lane Foundation - Grant to Asylos
£10,000 11/03/2021
£10,000 single grant towards enabling volunteers to conduct research into Country of Origin Information reports that may then be used to support legal claims for asylum across the UK
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Covid-19 Emergency Funding
£16,000 30/10/2020
12
Asylos is a network of volunteers who provide research to help refugees claim their right to asylum. This grant provides support to aid the organisation in dealing with the challenges posed by ....more
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Asylos
£20,000 09/01/2020
A restricted grant of £20,000 to Country-of-Origin Information research training for front line case workers in the UK. Asylos carries out case-specific research for asylum cases, and gathers data ....more
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Providing evidence for asylum claims from young people
£131,500 09/07/2018
36
Asylos is a pan-European volunteer network that trains and support volunteers to research vital country of origin information to help refugees fleeing war, violence, and persecution to claim their ....more
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Provide evidence for asylum claims from young people
£60,000 17/11/2015
24
Asylos is a pan-European volunteer network that that trains and support volunteers to research vital information to help refugees fleeing war, violence, and persecution to claim their right to ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 8/9 persons

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 28/08/2014, number: 1158386
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Paying staff
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
8 returns made; AR16: 20 days late,
Main office

International House
101 King's Cross Road
LONDON
WC1X 9LP

Objectives

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS THE PROMOTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS LAW AS SET OUT IN THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND SUBSEQUENT UNITED NATIONS OR REGIONAL CONVENTIONS AND DECLARATIONS, AND IN NATIONAL LAW. IN PURSUING THIS OBJECT, ASYLOS WILL FOCUS ON THE ADVANCEMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS LAW WITH RESPECT TO ASYLUM SEEKERS AND STATELESS PEOPLE IN THE UK AND ELSEWHERE.IN FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE THE CHARITY’S ACTIVITIES WILL INCLUDE:- ENGAGING IN RESEARCH INTO HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES AND MONITOR ABUSES OF HUMAN RIGHTS;- CONTRIBUTING TO THE SOUND ADMINISTRATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS BY PROVIDING INFORMATION AND BACKGROUND RESEARCH FOR ASYLUM CASES SO AS TO ENSURE THAT ASYLUM SEEKERS ARE GIVEN A FAIR HEARING FOR THEIR ASYLUM CLAIMS;- RAISING AWARENESS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES AND PROMOTING POPULAR SUPPORT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS BY FACILITATING AN INFORMED AND FACT BASED PUBLIC DEBATE ON ASYLUM;- PROVIDING TECHNICAL ADVICE TO GOVERNMENTS AND OTHERS ON HUMAN RIGHTS MATTERS, BY MAKING ITS RESEARCH AND INFORMATION AVAILABLE ON REQUEST AND PROVIDING RELEVANT TRAINING.IN FURTHERANCE OF THAT OBJECT BUT NOT OTHERWISE, THE TRUSTEES SHALL HAVE POWERTO ENGAGE IN POLITICAL ACTIVITY PROVIDED THAT THE TRUSTEES ARE SATISFIED THAT THE PROPOSED ACTIVITIES WILL FURTHER THE PURPOSES OF THE CHARITY TO AN EXTENT JUSTIFIED BY THE RESOURCES COMMITTED AND THE ACTIVITY IS NOT THE DOMINANT MEANS BY WHICH THE CHARITY CARRIED OUT ITS OBJECTS.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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