FOCUS ON LABOUR EXPLOITATION

Registered charity 1159611 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FLEX · also registered in Scotland as SC053008 (OSCR)

Focus on Labour Exploitation (FLEX) works towards responses to trafficking for labour exploitation that are not only effective in ending exploitation, but also prioritise the needs and voices of trafficked persons and their human rights.FLEX seeks to achieve this through research, advocacy, and capacity building to promote victim-centred responses to trafficking for labour exploitation.

Objects

TO PROMOTE AND ADVANCE THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING, AND IN PARTICULAR THOSE TRAFFICKED FOR THE PURPOSE OF LABOUR EXPLOITATION, IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS: A) MONITORING ABUSES OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING; B) OBTAINING LEGAL OR OTHER REDRESS FOR ABUSES OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING; C) RESEARCH INTO ISSUES AFFECTING THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING, AND IN PARTICULAR THOSE TRAFFICKED FOR THE PURPOSE OF LABOUR EXPLOITATION; D) PROVIDING TECHNICAL GUIDANCE, BOTH TO GOVERNMENTS AND ORGANISATIONS WORKING WITH VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING, ON ISSUES CONCERNING THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING; E) CONTRIBUTING TO THE SOUND ADMINISTRATION OF LAWS WHICH PROTECT THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF VICTIMS OF TRAFFICKING; 3 F) COMMENTING ON THE EFFECT OF PROPOSED LEGISLATION ON THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING; G) RAISING AWARENESS OF, AND PROMOTING PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR, HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES AFFECTING VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING; H) PROMOTING RESPECT FOR THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING AMONGST BOTH INDIVIDUALS AND CORPORATIONS; I) INTERNATIONAL ADVOCACY OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING; IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS, BUT NOT OTHERWISE, THE TRUSTEES SHALL HAVE POWER TO ENGAGE IN POLITICAL ACTIVITY PROVIDED THAT THE TRUSTEES ARE SATISFIED ANY PROPOSED POLITICAL ACTIVITIES WILL FURTHER THE PURPOSES OF THE CHARITY TO AN EXTENT JUSTIFIED BY THE RESOURCES COMMITTED AND THE POLITICAL ACTIVITY IS NOT THE DOMINANT MEANS BY WHICH THE CHARITY CARRIES OUT THESE OBJECTS.

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

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The charity reported a net deficit of £227,373 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total reserves to £538,325. Despite the deficit, unrestricted reserves of £355,834 remain above the stated policy target of £197,071, which covers three months of operating costs. The trustees are confident the charity has adequate resources to operate for the foreseeable future due to these reserves and secured income.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 6 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• 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
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest 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.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2023 (received 08/03/2024, 37 days after the 31/01/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2026)

Reported reserves equal ~6.1 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 (80% 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

• Adam Craig Weisschair
• Anushya Thejamali Kulupana
• Ian Robinson · trustee of 1 other charity
• Peter Andrews
• Rachel Hewitt
• Shereen Hussein

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

Operates in: Brazil · Kenya · Netherlands · Romania · Thailand · Throughout England And Wales · United States

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 HUMAN TRAFFICKING FOUNDATION.

• HUMAN TRAFFICKING FOUNDATION income £250k
• TRAFFIKANALYSIS HUB LTD income £153k
• REFUGEE ACTION income £6.9m
• THE FOXTON CENTRE income £2.0m
• ANTI-TRAFFICKING AND LABOUR EXPLOITATION UNIT (ATLEU) LIMITED income £965k
• THE ANTI-SLAVERY COLLECTIVE income £92k

Side by side with its peers

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