ASYLUM LINK MERSEYSIDE

Registered charity 1095180 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We work mainly from our centre in Edge Hill, close areas where Asylum Seekers are housed and are best described as providing general assistance, specialising in help for the homeless. We work with approximately 3000 individuals a year, 250 of whom are registered with us destitute. The centre functions as a community centre, providing the safe space needed by Asylum Seekers to meet and relax.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£497k
Latest spending
£511k
Registered
2002
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with total funds of £234,285, a decrease from the previous year's £248,163, following a net expenditure of £13,878. The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. The charity reported total income of £497,109 against total expenditure of £510,987 for the year.

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 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Asylum Link (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Knowsley · Liverpool City · Sefton · St Helens · Wirral

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/06/2025£497k£511k
30/06/2024£463k£443k
30/06/2023£450k£473k
30/06/2022£405k£380k
30/06/2021£447k£346k

Common questions

Is ASYLUM LINK MERSEYSIDE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with total funds of £234,285, a decrease from the previous year's £248,163, following a net expenditure of £13,878. The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. The charity reported total income of £497,109 against total expenditure of £510,987 for the year. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds ASYLUM LINK MERSEYSIDE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name ASYLUM LINK MERSEYSIDE as a grant recipient include LLOYDS BANK FOUNDATION FOR ENGLAND & WALES, THE A B CHARITABLE TRUST, MISS E F RATHBONE CHARITABLE TRUST, THE HILDEN CHARITABLE FUND, SIR HARRY PILKINGTON FUND.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
LLOYDS BANK FOUNDATION FOR ENGLAND & WALESFY2022£52kAsylum Seekers and Refugees
THE A B CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£20kMigrants and Refugees
MISS E F RATHBONE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£5k
THE HILDEN CHARITABLE FUNDFY2022£5k
SIR HARRY PILKINGTON FUNDFY2022£3k
THE AMELIA CHADWICK TRUSTFY2022£1k
THE AMELIA CHADWICK TRUSTFY2024£1k
CIVIC POWER FUNDFY2024£1k
ELM HALL DRIVE METHODIST CHURCHFY2023£180Missionary & charitable giving
ELM HALL DRIVE METHODIST CHURCHFY2025£180Missionary & charitable giving

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund19/06/2026£20kVolunteering at Asylum Link Merseyside
A B Charitable Trust13/03/2026£25kA grant to Asylum Link Merseyside (ALM)
A B Charitable Trust17/03/2025£25kA grant to Asylum Link Merseyside (ALM)
Sport England21/05/2024£8kAsylum Link Bike Project
A B Charitable Trust18/04/2024£25kA grant to Asylum Link Merseyside (ALM)
The National Lottery Community Fund06/01/2023£10kALM Continuation
A B Charitable Trust06/12/2021£20kA grant to Asylum Link Merseyside
A B Charitable Trust04/12/2020£20kA grant to Asylum Link Merseyside
A B Charitable Trust10/10/2019£20kA grant to Asylum Link Merseyside
A B Charitable Trust24/04/2018£20kA grant to Asylum Link Merseyside
A B Charitable Trust29/04/2014£10kCasework Support for Asylum Seekers
Sport England14/01/2013£500Table Tennis Asylum Link

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LEEDS ASYLUM SEEKERS SUPPORT NETWORK.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ASYLUM LINK MERSEYSIDE£497k—0unclear—no doubt
LEEDS ASYLUM SEEKERS SUPPORT NETWORK FY2025£319k—0unclear—no doubt
ASYLUM WELCOME FY2025£1.6mUnder £60,0000above—no doubt
THE BOOTH CENTRE FY2026£1.5m——above—no doubt
HACKNEY MIGRANT CENTRE FY2025£562k—0unclear—no doubt
ASYLUM AID FY2025£1.7m—0within—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.