Migrant Help

Registered charity 1088631 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q6844303 · Wikipedia · also known as MIGRANT HELPLINE · also registered in Scotland as SC041022 (OSCR)

1 The relief of refugees and their families and dependants who are in conditions of need,hardship or distress2 to inform, advise and assist foreigners and Commonwealth citizens who are in difficulty or distress during their stay in the UK or in connection with their arrival or departure therefrom3 to promote the rights of refugees through the provision of advocacy and information.

Objects

2.1 The objects for which the Company is established (“the Objects") are:2.1.1 The relief of sickness and financial hardship of Beneficiaries including(a) information and advice on counselling, health, legal and welfare services and assistance;(b) advice on financial maintenance which may include the direct provision of financial assistance, goods and services;(c) advice on and provision of residential accommodation;(d) such other items or services as the Trustees in their discretion choose to provide.2.1.2 To advance the education and training of Beneficiaries and their dependants in need thereof so as to advance them in life and assist them to adapt within a new community.2.1.3 To promote for the public benefit the sound administration of the law by providing advocacy services to Beneficiaries and their dependants.2.1.4 To advance the education of the public in general about the issues relating to human migration.2.2 In this Article 2, "Beneficiaries" are defined as individuals, being:2.2.1 foreign and British nationals, or2.2.2 victims of human trafficking or exploitation or potential victims of human trafficking or exploitation (regardless of their nationality), or 2.2.3 people made vulnerable by displacement, howsoever caused (regardless of their nationality), who are in difficulty in any part of the world.

Area of benefit: UNITED KINGDOM

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Islington, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income increased by 20% to £69.79m, while expenditure rose by 17.6% to £65.62m, resulting in a net surplus for the year. Free unrestricted reserves increased to £14.75m, providing a buffer above the stated target of approximately eight weeks of total expenditure. The charity confirms it has adequate resources to continue as a going concern with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Buzzacott Audit LLP. Discloses 4 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
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• 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
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Migrant Help (matched by registered charity number).

UK research funding (UKRI Gateway to Research)

• Engaging ethnically diverse communities to develop future talent in UK environmental science through water resource management (EMBRACE Enviro). —

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £935k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustpilot: Migranthelpuk scores 3.2/5 from 1 reviews (source) — reviews usually concern the charity’s shops or services, not its charitable performance.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook (10,623 likes) · instagram (2,655 followers)

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~2.7 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (95% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 4.2% of total income — above the median for charities its size (3.7%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Sir HUGH BAYLEYchair
• Amelia Mary Knott
• Brandon Perlberg
• Carina Ann Kemp
• Daniel Cook
• Eric Kolodner
• Jamie Seaford
• Katherine Arie
• Marina Jane Kilcline
• Mayan Shah
• Simon Gallow

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with REFUGEES AT HOME.

• REFUGEES AT HOME income £924k
• REFUGEE LEGAL SUPPORT income £879k
• MIGRATEFUL income £1.2m
• LEWISHAM REFUGEE AND MIGRANT NETWORK income £1.3m
• MIGRANT ACTION income £338k
• MIGRANT SUPPORT income £173k

Side by side with its peers

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