SLOUGH IMMIGRATION AID UNIT

Registered charity 1064293 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SIAU

SIAU provides specialist legal advice, assistance and representation to people who live, work or study in Slough and neighbouring areas, and their families, who have difficulties with UK immigration, nationality or refugee law.

Objects

1) TO RELIEVE HARDSHIP BY THE PROVISION OF FREE LEGAL ADVICE, ASSISTANCE AND REPRESENTATION TO PEOPLE WHO LIVE OR WORK OR STUDY IN SLOUGH AND NEIGHBOURING AREAS, AND THEIR FAMILIES, WHO HAVE DIFFICULTIES CAUSED BY IMMIGRATION, NATIONALITY OR REFUGEE LAW AND PRACTICE AND WHO CANNOT AFFORD ALTERNATIVE REPRESENTATION AND TO COLLABORATE WITH OTHERS TO IMPROVE SUCH ADVICE FOR THE PEOPLE OF SLOUGH2. TO PROVIDE INFORMATION AND EDUCATION ON IMMIGRATION, NATIONALITY AND REFUGEE LAW TO THOSE WHO ARE MOST CLOSELY AFFECTED BY THEM, AND OTHERS

Area of benefit: SLOUGH

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £21,445 at the year end, which the trustees describe as cash held to meet running costs. This figure is below the trustees' stated aim of maintaining at least three months' running costs, as the total unrestricted funds carried forward were £21,445 against a net surplus of £9,817 for the year. The charity was funded through unrestricted grants and cost recovery fees, with no mention of material uncertainties or going concern issues.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity 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
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (13/02/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• SUE SHUTTERchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• JOHN RAYMOND BARKLEY
• Keren Beddow
• Shabana Saeed

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Slough

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).