MEDICAL JUSTICE NETWORK LIMITED

Registered charity 1132072 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MEDICAL JUSTICE

Assist immigration detainees to get independent medical advice and legal advice, challenge instances of inadequate healthcare provision, monitor how the Home Office and its contractors implement policy and seek improvements to policies.

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Latest income
£935k
Latest spending
£750k
Registered
2009
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £472,866, representing 7.6 months of operating costs, which falls within the charity's stated policy target of 5-9 months. However, the trustees report a difficult financial outlook, forecasting a funding shortfall of between £144,000 and £346,000 in the year ending January 2027 due to the departure of major funders.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 5-9 months' operating costs (held: £473k)
“Medical Justice has a policy of holding the equivalent of 5-9 months’ operating costs as Reserves” — page 20
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Corporate structure

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Medical Justice (matched by registered charity number).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/01/2025)

Total income
£935k
Total spending
£750k
Cost of raising funds
£360
Reserves (reported)
£608k
Employees
17

Reported reserves equal ~9.7 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (85% 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

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

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

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/01/2025£935k£750k
31/01/2024£760k£794k
31/01/2023£845k£782k
31/01/2022£640k£647k
31/01/2021£603k£558k

Common questions

Is MEDICAL JUSTICE NETWORK LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £472,866, representing 7.6 months of operating costs, which falls within the charity's stated policy target of 5-9 months. However, the trustees report a difficult financial outlook, forecasting a funding shortfall of between £144,000 and £346,000 in the year ending January 2027 due to the departure of major funders. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds MEDICAL JUSTICE NETWORK LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name MEDICAL JUSTICE NETWORK LIMITED as a grant recipient include TRUST FOR LONDON, TREEBEARD TRUST, THE SAM AND BELLA SEBBA CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, THE BALCOMBE CHARITABLE TRUST, THE A B CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
TRUST FOR LONDONFY2022£125kPathways to settlement
TREEBEARD TRUSTFY2024£50k
THE SAM AND BELLA SEBBA CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2023£45kCore funding
THE SAM AND BELLA SEBBA CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2025£40kCore funding
THE SAM AND BELLA SEBBA CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2021£40kCore funding
THE SAM AND BELLA SEBBA CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2022£40kCore funding
THE BALCOMBE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£35kHealth and welfare
THE BALCOMBE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£30kHealth and welfare
THE A B CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£25k
THE KURT AND MAGDA STERN FOUNDATIONFY2022£25kunrestricted funding
THE SAM AND BELLA SEBBA CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2024£25kLocal influencing project
THE KURT AND MAGDA STERN FOUNDATIONFY2023£25kYear-two unrestricted funding
THE KURT AND MAGDA STERN FOUNDATIONFY2025£25kFirst payment of a new, two-year unrestricted funding commitment.
THE BROMLEY TRUSTFY2025£20k
THE A B CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£20kMigrants and Refugees
THE A B CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£20k
THE BROMLEY TRUSTFY2024£15kHuman Rights
THE BROMLEY TRUSTFY2023£15kHuman Rights
THE BALCOMBE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£15kHealth and welfare
THE BALCOMBE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£10kEnvironment
THE BROMLEY TRUSTFY2022£10kHuman Rights
THE KURT AND MAGDA STERN FOUNDATIONFY2023£10kUnrestricted inflationary payment
THE SENECA TRUSTFY2023£10k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
A B Charitable Trust05/06/2024£25kA grant to Medical Justice
A B Charitable Trust28/06/2023£25kA grant to Medical Justice
A B Charitable Trust30/06/2022£20kA grant to Medical Justice
A B Charitable Trust01/07/2021£20kA grant to Medical Justice
A B Charitable Trust04/07/2017£10kA grant to Medical Justice
A B Charitable Trust21/01/2014£10kEnd medical mistreatment in immigration detention
A B Charitable Trust22/01/2013£10kChallenge medical abuse in immigration detention

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 Refugee and Migrant Justice.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
MEDICAL JUSTICE NETWORK LIMITED£935k—0within—no doubt
Refugee and Migrant Justice FY2024£1.6m——unclear—no doubt
RESOURCE JUSTICE NETWORK FY2025£2.4m——below—no doubt
Medical Mission Network FY2023£1.4m—0unclear—no doubt
RACIAL JUSTICE NETWORK FY2025£449kUnder £60,0000unclear—no doubt
THE RCJ AND ISLINGTON CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAUX FY2025£3.3m£80,001 - £90,0001unclear—no doubt

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