RAINBOW MIGRATION

Registered charity 1158228 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as RAINBOW MIGRATION., UK LESBIAN AND GAY IMMIGRATION GROUP, UK LESBIAN AND GAY IMMIGRATION GROUP., UKLGIG

Our vision is a world where there is equality, dignity, respect and safety for all people in the expression of their sexual orientation or gender identity.

Objects

TO PROMOTE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:- HUMAN RIGHTS AS SET OUT IN THE EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS, THE 1951 CONVENTION RELATING TO THE STATUS OF REFUGEES AND ITS PROTOCOLS, THE EUROPEAN UNION TREATIES AND DIRECTIVES APPLICABLE TO THE UK AND AS APPLICABLE, THE CHARTER OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS OF THE EUROPEAN UNION OF LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANS*, QUEER AND INTERSEX (LGBTQI+) PEOPLE WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE RIGHT TO ASYLUM, TO FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT AND RESIDENCE AND THE RIGHT NOT TO BE SUBJECT TO TORTURE OR CRUEL, INHUMAN OR DEGRADING TREATMENT, AND RESPECT FOR FAMILY AND PRIVATE LIFE; AND- EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND INTERNATIONALLY AS SET OUT IN THE EQUALITY ACT 2010 AND SIMILAR INSTRUMENTS AND THE EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS, THE 1951 CONVENTION RELATING TO THE STATUS OF REFUGEES AND ITS PROTOCOLS, THE EUROPEAN UNION TREATIES AND DIRECTIVES APPLICABLE TO THE UK AND AS APPLICABLE, THE CHARTER OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS OF THE EUROPEAN UNION AND IN PARTICULAR THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF SEXUAL OR GENDER IDENTITY, IN PARTICULAR DIGNITY, RESPECT AND SAFETY FOR LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANS*, QUEER AND INTERSEX PLUS (LGBTQI+) WHO HAVE IMMIGRATION ISSUES RELATED TO THEIR SEXUAL OR GENDER IDENTITY BY:(1) THE PROVISION OF SPECIALIST LEGAL ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE IN THE FIELD OF IMMIGRATION AND ASYLUM LAW TO PEOPLE WHO ARE UNABLE TO OBTAIN SUCH LEGAL ADVICE, ASSISTANCE AND REPRESENTATION AS A RESULT OF THEIR LACK OF RESOURCES;(2) THE RELIEF OF NEED AMONGST LGBTQI+ ASYLUM SEEKERS AND REFUGEES BY THE PROVISION OF NON LEGAL SUPPORT;(3) CONDUCTING OR COMMISSIONING RESEARCH IN IMMIGRATION LAW AND POLICY AND PUBLISHING THE SAME TO THE PUBLIC;(4) RAISING AWARENESS OF ANY ASPECTS OF DISCRIMINATION IN SOCIETY RELATING TO IMMIGRATION ISSUES FOR LGBTQI+ PEOPLE BY PUBLICATIONS, LECTURES, MEDIA, PUBLIC ADVOCACY AND OTHER MEANS OF COMMUNICATION;(5) CONDUCTING OR COMMISSIONING RESEARCH ON HUMAN RIGHTS, EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY RELATING TO IMMIGRATION ISSUES FOR LGBTQI+ PEOPLE AND PUBLISHING THE RESULTS OF THE SAME TO THE PUBLIC;(6) ADVANCING EDUCATION IN HUMAN RIGHTS, EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY RELATING TO IMMIGRATION ISSUES FOR LGBTQI+ PEOPLE WHETHER BY TEACHING OR PRODUCING MATERIALS;(7) CULTIVATING A SENTIMENT IN FAVOUR OF HUMAN RIGHTS, EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY RELATING TO IMMIGRATION ISSUES FOR LGBTQI+ PEOPLE BY THE USE OF PUBLICATIONS, CODES OF PRACTICE, THE MEDIA AND PUBLIC ADVOCACY;(8) ADVOCATING FOR THE RIGHTS OF LGBTQI+ PEOPLE OUTSIDE THE UK;(9) ADVANCING LAW AND POLICY RELATING TO HUMAN RIGHTS AND EQUALITY IN LGBTQI+ ASYLUM AND IMMIGRATION, NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY INCLUDING COMMENTING ON PROPOSED LEGISLATION.”?

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

Causes: Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's unrestricted reserves stood at £492,000 at the end of the year, which is towards the top of the trustees' target range of £250,000 to £500,000. The trustees regard the financial situation as satisfactory and have confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (FY2024) → 0 (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

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
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• 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.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~6.3 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (79% 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: 15.0% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (28/11/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (11/07/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Christopher Scott Addisonchair
• Alexander Lyons
• Charles George Bishop
• Emma-Jane Finch
• Hadeel Omara
• Hussein Hosham Said
• Ilaria Michelis
• Jonathan Pow
• MICHAEL PATRICK WILLIAM Egan · trustee of 1 other charity
• Tanishtha Sen Gupta

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with RAINBOW SURPRISE CIO.

• RAINBOW SURPRISE CIO income £322k
• MICRO RAINBOW INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION income £366k
• RAINBOW LIVING SW income £313k
• RAINBOW CHORUS income £62k
• RAINBOW COMMUNITY NURSERY income £807k
• MIGRANT ACTION income £338k

Side by side with its peers

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