ASYLUM SUPPORT APPEALS PROJECT

Registered charity 1105625 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

ASAP works to reduce destitution of asylum seekers in the UK by defending their legal rights to food and shelter. We combine free legal representation, second-tier advice and training on asylum support law and policy work to ensure that asylum seekers are able to access the housing and welfare support they are legally entitled to.

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Latest income

£737k

Latest spending

£723k

Registered

2004

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The provided document contains only legal, administrative, and trustee information for the Asylum Support Appeals Project. It does not include financial statements, reserves, income, or expenditure data required to assess financial health.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Kingston Burrows Audit Ltd. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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

Total income

£737k

Total spending

£723k

Reserves (reported)

£460k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~7.6 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Maryam Oghannachair
Haris Ismail
Imogen Greener
Loraine Masiya Mponela
Mahdi Saki
Marion Kuczynska
Rebecca Hacker
Shakir Syed
Susan Field
Tatenda Bungwe

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

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

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£737k	£723k
31/03/2024	£709k	£660k
31/03/2023	£655k	£616k
31/03/2022	£607k	£588k
31/03/2021	£687k	£640k

Common questions

Is ASYLUM SUPPORT APPEALS PROJECT financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The provided document contains only legal, administrative, and trustee information for the Asylum Support Appeals Project. It does not include financial statements, reserves, income, or expenditure data required to assess financial health. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Kingston Burrows Audit Ltd.

Who funds ASYLUM SUPPORT APPEALS PROJECT?

Funders whose own accounts filings name ASYLUM SUPPORT APPEALS PROJECT as a grant recipient include JOHN ELLERMAN FOUNDATION, TRUST FOR LONDON, THE ACCESS TO JUSTICE FOUNDATION, THE SAM AND BELLA SEBBA CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, THE A B CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
JOHN ELLERMAN FOUNDATION	FY2022	£120k	Towards core costs of their work to reduce homelessness for asylum seekers across the UK.
TRUST FOR LONDON	FY2022	£105k	Pathways to settlement
THE ACCESS TO JUSTICE FOUNDATION	FY2021	£78k
THE ACCESS TO JUSTICE FOUNDATION	FY2023	£50k	Grants & Donations
THE SAM AND BELLA SEBBA CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2025	£50k	Core funding
THE A B CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£44k
THE A B CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£40k	Migrants and Refugees
THE A B CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£40k
THE SAM AND BELLA SEBBA CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2022	£35k	Core funding
THE SAM AND BELLA SEBBA CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2023	£35k	Core funding
THE BROMLEY TRUST	FY2025	£25k
THE BALCOMBE CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£22k	Health and welfare
THE BALCOMBE CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£10k	Health and welfare
THE BALCOMBE CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£10k	Health and welfare
THE ALLEN OVERY SHEARMAN STERLING FOUNDATION	FY2024	£8k
THE ALLEN OVERY SHEARMAN STERLING FOUNDATION	FY2023	£5k
THE BALCOMBE CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£5k	Health and welfare
THE ACCESS TO JUSTICE FOUNDATION	FY2024	£1k	Grants

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
A B Charitable Trust	28/04/2026	£65k	A grant to Asylum Support Appeals Project
A B Charitable Trust	29/04/2025	£44k	A grant to Asylum Support Appeals Project
A B Charitable Trust	23/04/2024	£44k	A grant to Asylum Support Appeals Project
A B Charitable Trust	25/04/2023	£44k	A grant to Asylum Support Appeals Project
A B Charitable Trust	26/04/2022	£40k	A grant to Asylum Support Appeals Project
City Bridge Foundation	26/01/2022	£244k	Grant to Asylum Support Appeals Project
A B Charitable Trust	27/04/2021	£40k	A grant to Asylum Support Appeals Project
A B Charitable Trust	23/04/2020	£20k	A grant to Asylum Support Appeals Project
City Bridge Foundation	21/03/2019	£90k	Grant to Asylum Support Appeals Project
A B Charitable Trust	15/10/2018	£20k	A grant to Asylum Support Appeals Project
A B Charitable Trust	04/07/2017	£15k	A grant to Asylum Support Appeals Project
A B Charitable Trust	26/04/2016	£15k	Protecting asylum seekers legal rights to food and shelter
City Bridge Foundation	18/03/2016	£135k	Grant to Asylum Support Appeals Project
The National Lottery Community Fund	03/03/2016	£750k	Assisting asylum seekers in crisis in Yorkshire and Humberside
The National Lottery Community Fund	26/08/2015	£10k	Ten Years of Protecting Human Rights: An Impact and Learning Review
A B Charitable Trust	21/10/2014	£10k	Defending asylum seekers' rights to food and shelter
A B Charitable Trust	29/10/2013	£10k	Protecting asylum seekers legal rights to support
The National Lottery Community Fund	11/01/2005	£230k	Advice and Support Services for Asylum Seekers and Agencies

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
DISRUPT FOUNDATION	3	£561k
SOCIETY OF THE HOLY CHILD JESUS CIO	3	£75k
LONDON LEGAL SUPPORT TRUST	2	£17k
THE EVAN CORNISH FOUNDATION	2	£17k
THE REED FOUNDATION	1	—
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. PETER, FORMBY	1	—
THE LEGAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION	1	£345k
JUSTICE COLLABORATIONS	1	£260k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ASYLUM AID.

ASYLUM AID income £1.7m
ASYLUM MATTERS income £326k
DASH (DESTITUTE ASYLUM SEEKERS HUDDERSFIELD) income £295k
ASHA NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE income £497k
Refugee and Migrant Justice income £1.6m
LEEDS ASYLUM SEEKERS SUPPORT NETWORK income £319k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
ASYLUM SUPPORT APPEALS PROJECT	£737k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ASYLUM AID FY2025	£1.7m	—	0	within	—	no doubt
ASYLUM MATTERS FY2025	£326k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
DASH (DESTITUTE ASYLUM SEEKERS HUDDERSFIELD) FY2025	£295k	—	—	below	—	no doubt
ASHA NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE FY2025	£497k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
Refugee and Migrant Justice FY2024	£1.6m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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