EUROPEAN NETWORK ON STATELESSNESS

Registered charity 1158414 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

ENS is a network of non-governmental organisations, academic initiatives and individual experts committed to address statelessness in Europe. We are dedicated to strengthening the voices of stateless persons in Europe & to advocate for full respect of their human rights.We aim to reach our goals by conducting & supporting legal & policy development, awareness raising & capacity building activities

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Latest income

£691k

Latest spending

£535k

Registered

2014

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus for the year, with total income of £690,979 exceeding total expenditure of £535,196. Free unrestricted reserves increased to £320,788, which the trustees confirm is sufficient to cover approximately four months of operating costs in line with their stated policy. The trustees and auditors both confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £60,001 - £70,000 — above the median for charities its size (£60k)

“In the band £60,001 - £70,000 1 1” — page 35

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: three months' operating costs (held: £321k)

“ENS will therefore seek to accrue free, General Unrestricted reserves necessary to cover at least three months’ operating costs.” — page 15

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Payment to Statefree e.V., an organisation in which trustee Christiana Bukalo is employed, for project work.

“During the year the charity paid a total of £1,500 (2024 £2,250) to Statefree e.V., an organisation in which ENS trustee Christiana Bukalo is employed. The payments were made for ENS project work undertaken by Statefree e.V and were conducted in the normal course of the charity's activities.” — page 41

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Streets Audit LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

AB Charitable Trust — “We would like to acknowledge the generous support we currently receive from AB Charitable Trust, EPIM, Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, Global St…” (source page)
EPIM — “We would like to acknowledge the generous support we currently receive from AB Charitable Trust, EPIM, Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, Global St…” (source page)
Esmée Fairbairn Foundation — “We would like to acknowledge the generous support we currently receive from AB Charitable Trust, EPIM, Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, Global St…” (source page)
Global Statelessness Fund — “We would like to acknowledge the generous support we currently receive from AB Charitable Trust, EPIM, Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, Global St…” (source page)
Oak Foundation — “We would like to acknowledge the generous support we currently receive from AB Charitable Trust, EPIM, Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, Global St…” (source page)
Robert Bosch Stiftung — “We would like to acknowledge the generous support we currently receive from AB Charitable Trust, EPIM, Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, Global St…” (source page)
Porticus — “We would like to acknowledge the generous support we currently receive from AB Charitable Trust, EPIM, Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, Global St…” (source page)
Paul Hamlyn Foundation — “We would like to acknowledge the generous support we currently receive from AB Charitable Trust, EPIM, Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, Global St…” (source page)
Förderverein PRO ASYL e.V. — “We would like to acknowledge the generous support we currently receive from AB Charitable Trust, EPIM, Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, Global St…” (source page)
Sigrid Rausing Trust — “We would like to acknowledge the generous support we currently receive from AB Charitable Trust, EPIM, Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, Global St…” (source page)
Robbins Family Charitable Fund — “We would like to acknowledge the generous support we currently receive from AB Charitable Trust, EPIM, Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, Global St…” (source page)
Scottish Government — “We would like to acknowledge the generous support we currently receive from AB Charitable Trust, EPIM, Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, Global St…” (source page)
UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) — “We would like to acknowledge the generous support we currently receive from AB Charitable Trust, EPIM, Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, Global St…” (source page)

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

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

Total income

£691k

Total spending

£535k

Reserves (reported)

£321k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~7.2 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (90% 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

Can Jonathan Yuregirchair
ALLAN LEAS
Aleksandra Semeriak Gavrilenok
Cecile Clerc
Christiana Bukalo
GABOR GYULAI
Helen Elizabeth Lowe
Jean Denise Lambert
Maurice Wren · trustee of 3 other charities
Mohammed Gharbawi · trustee of 1 other charity
Peter Greig

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

Operates in: Albania · Andorra · Armenia · Austria · Azerbaijan · Belgium · Bosnia And Herzegovina · Bulgaria · City Of London · Croatia · Cyprus · Czech Republic

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£691k	£535k
31/12/2024	£576k	£521k
31/12/2023	£432k	£547k
31/12/2022	£588k	£597k
31/12/2021	£457k	£417k

Common questions

Is EUROPEAN NETWORK ON STATELESSNESS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus for the year, with total income of £690,979 exceeding total expenditure of £535,196. Free unrestricted reserves increased to £320,788, which the trustees confirm is sufficient to cover approximately four months of operating costs in line with their stated policy. The trustees and auditors both confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Streets Audit LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of EUROPEAN NETWORK ON STATELESSNESS earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £60,001 - £70,000 band.

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	26/04/2026	£30k	A grant to European Network on Statelessness
A B Charitable Trust	24/04/2025	£30k	A grant to European Network on Statelessness

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
TRUST FOR LONDON	2	£174k
THE JOSEPH ROWNTREE CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£110k
ROSA FUND	1	£25k
SAFER ROADS FOUNDATION	1	£25k
THE A B CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£20k
JUSTICE COLLABORATIONS	1	£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with EUROPEAN LEADERSHIP NETWORK.

EUROPEAN LEADERSHIP NETWORK income £1.3m
EUROPEAN SOCIETY FOR PAEDIATRIC ENDOCRINOLOGY income £1.4m
EUROPEAN SOCIETY OF ENDOCRINOLOGY income £3.1m
EMERGENCY NUTRITION NETWORK income £1.5m
EASST income £590k
Stand Together Network income £308k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
EUROPEAN NETWORK ON STATELESSNESS	£691k	£60,001 - £70,000	—	above	—	no doubt
EUROPEAN LEADERSHIP NETWORK FY2025	£1.3m	—	—	below	—	noted
EUROPEAN SOCIETY FOR PAEDIATRIC ENDOCRINOLOGY FY2025	£1.4m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
EUROPEAN SOCIETY OF ENDOCRINOLOGY FY2025	£3.1m	—	4	above	—	no doubt
EMERGENCY NUTRITION NETWORK FY2025	£1.5m	£100,001 - £110,000	—	unclear	—	no doubt
EASST FY2025	£590k	—	—	below	—	no doubt

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