MIGRANT VOICE

Registered charity 1142963 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also registered in Scotland as SC050970 (OSCR)

Migrant Voice works to increase the skills, capacity and confidence of members of migrant communities (including refugees and asylum seekers) with the aim to engage migrants in developing and conveying key messages about their realities in order to promote a more balanced media coverage and public debate on migration and to encourage integration of migrant communities with the wider public.

Objects

(1) to advance education amongst migrants, refugees and asylum seekers, by the provision of training, advice and support, especially around media work; and(2) to advance the education of the public in general and the media about the issues relating to migrants, refugees and asylum seekers.(3) To promote equality and diversity by the provision of activities to foster understanding between people from diverse backgrounds and to cultivate a sentiment in favour of equality and diversity

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

Causes: Education/training · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income
£451k
Latest spending
£453k
Registered
2011
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's unrestricted reserves stood at £64,660, which is below its stated policy target of maintaining reserves equivalent to a minimum of three months of running costs. Despite reporting a slight net expenditure for the year, the trustees describe the financial outlook as positive and confirm the organization is operating on a going concern basis.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £65k; policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure)
“MV aims to have reserves equivalent to a minimum of 3 months running costs. At the moment our reserves are £64,660.” — page 14
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 20

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 20

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Volunteers: 10

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

Corporate structure

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.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£451k£453k
31/03/2024£387k£425k
31/03/2023£340k£311k
31/03/2022£207k£300k
31/03/2021£474k£319k

Common questions

Is MIGRANT VOICE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity's unrestricted reserves stood at £64,660, which is below its stated policy target of maintaining reserves equivalent to a minimum of three months of running costs. Despite reporting a slight net expenditure for the year, the trustees describe the financial outlook as positive and confirm the organization is operating on a going concern basis. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds MIGRANT VOICE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name MIGRANT VOICE as a grant recipient include JOHN ELLERMAN FOUNDATION, TRUST FOR LONDON.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
JOHN ELLERMAN FOUNDATIONFY2023£120kCore costs towards implementing their new strategy (2022-27) to challenge structural inequality and injustice by building migrants’ voices, power and influence
TRUST FOR LONDONFY2023£103kSupport to build upon their previous learning to strengthen a migrant-led campaign

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
A B Charitable Trust13/01/2026£30kA grant to Migrant Voice
City Bridge Foundation05/03/2025£339kGrant to Migrant Voice
A B Charitable Trust10/10/2024£25kA grant to Migrant Voice
The National Lottery Heritage Fund21/02/2022£249k"Putting Ourselves in the Picture"
The National Lottery Community Fund27/08/2014£10kMany Faces, One City
The National Lottery Community Fund31/07/2014£10kMany Voices, One Community
The National Lottery Community Fund05/02/2013£10kEngaging Pictures
City Bridge Foundation16/02/2012£40kGrant to Migrant Voice
The National Lottery Community Fund24/02/2011£10kTalking Pictures

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 THE VOICE OF DOMESTIC WORKERS.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
MIGRANT VOICE£451k—0below—no doubt
THE VOICE OF DOMESTIC WORKERS FY2025£125k—0unclear—no doubt
MIGRANT SUPPORT FY2025£173k—0above—no doubt
MIGRANTS' RIGHTS NETWORK FY2025£374k—0above—no doubt
VOICES IN EXILE FY2025£960k—0unclear—no doubt
Migrant Help FY2025£69.8m——unclear—no doubt

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