MIGRATEFUL

Registered charity 1180110 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MIGRATEFUL CIO

Migrateful helps refugees and asylum seekers on their journey to employment and independence and promotes integration.

Objects

1. TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY, IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, REFUGEES, ASYLUM-SEEKERS AND OTHER MIGRANTS TO THE UK, THROUGH THE PROVISION OF:GENERAL EDUCATION, INCLUDING LANGUAGE SKILLS;VOCATIONAL AND SKILLS TRAINING, WORK EXPERIENCE, ADVICE AND SUPPORT;SOCIAL AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES AND EVENTS INVOLVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITY;EDUCATIONAL AND AWARENESS CAMPAIGNS TO ENCOURAGE THE PUBLIC TO GENERALLY BE MORE ACCEPTING OF, AND ENGAGE WITH, SOCIALLY EXCLUDED COMMUNITIES.FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS CLAUSE "SOCIALLY EXCLUDED" MEANS "PEOPLE WHO ARE EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; RACE; GENDER; POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT; DISABILITY; ETHNIC ORIGIN; RELIGION; BELIEF; CREED; OR WHO ARE WITHIN, OR HAVE EXPERIENCED, THE PUBLIC CARE OR PENAL SYSTEM".2.TO PROMOTE EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY AND RACIAL AND RELIGIOUS HARMONY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THROUGH THE PROVISION OF:ACTIVITIES TO FOSTER UNDERSTANDING AND GOOD RELATIONS BETWEEN PEOPLE FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS.3. THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY BY PROVIDING: GRANTS, ITEMS AND SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED, IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, REFUGEES, ASYLUM SEEKERS AND OTHER MIGRANTS TO THE UK.

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

Causes: Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income
£1.2m
Latest spending
£1.0m
Registered
2018
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £206,099 for the year ended 30 September 2025, with total income increasing by 18% to £1,220,624. Free reserves stood at £574,584, which the trustees consider appropriate as they fall within the stated policy target range of four to six months of cash costs. The trustees 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

Highest-paid employee band: £60,001 - £70,000 — below the median for charities its size (£70k)
“One employee earned between £60,000 - £70,000 during the current period (2024: none).” — page 89
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Employees paid over £60,000: 1
“One employee earned between £60,000 - £70,000 during the current period (2024: none).” — page 89
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: four to six months of cash costs (held: £575k)
“The trustees have set a reserves policy under which free reserves should be maintained within a range equivalent to four to six months of cash costs.” — page 67
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Godfrey Wilson Limited. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

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.

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 30/09/2025

  • Volunteers: 900
  • Government income: £2,000 — grants £2,000 (1); under 1% of the £1,220,624 total gross income on the same return
  • Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£60,001–£70,000: 1)

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/09/2024

  • Volunteers: 900
  • Government income: £4,590 — grants £4,590 (1); under 1% of the £1,038,046 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/09/2023

  • Volunteers: 711

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

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

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/09/2025)

Total income
£1.2m
Total spending
£1.0m
Cost of raising funds
£80k
Reserves (reported)
£840k
Employees
15

Reported reserves equal ~9.9 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (56% 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: 6.6% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/09/2025£1.2m£1.0m
30/09/2024£1.0m£954k
30/09/2023£942k£924k
30/09/2022£993k£900k
30/09/2021£745k£449k

Common questions

Is MIGRATEFUL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £206,099 for the year ended 30 September 2025, with total income increasing by 18% to £1,220,624. Free reserves stood at £574,584, which the trustees consider appropriate as they fall within the stated policy target range of four to six months of cash costs. The trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Godfrey Wilson Limited.

What does the highest-paid employee of MIGRATEFUL earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £60,001 - £70,000 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

Who funds MIGRATEFUL?

Funders whose own accounts filings name MIGRATEFUL as a grant recipient include THE CRUCIBLE FOUNDATION, THE RAYNE FOUNDATION, THE NISBET TRUST, THE AURUM 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)
THE CRUCIBLE FOUNDATIONFY2023£50k
THE CRUCIBLE FOUNDATIONFY2025£50k
THE RAYNE FOUNDATIONFY2024£40kChef training programme
THE NISBET TRUSTFY2023£25k
THE NISBET TRUSTFY2022£20k
THE AURUM CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£15k
THE A B CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2021£15kMigrants and Refugees
THE ALLEN OVERY SHEARMAN STERLING FOUNDATIONFY2022£10k
THE NORTHWICK TRUSTFY2025£10k
NEWBY TRUST LIMITEDFY2025£10kWelfare
THE NORTHWICK TRUSTFY2026£10k
JOHN JAMES BRISTOL FOUNDATIONFY2021£7kHealth
THE ALLEN OVERY SHEARMAN STERLING FOUNDATIONFY2023Unverified read£5k
THE EDGAR E LAWLEY FOUNDATIONFY2023£2k

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund08/03/2024£20kFree Migrateful Training To Refugees And Migrants In London
The National Lottery Community Fund05/08/2022£10kLondon chef training
The National Lottery Community Fund29/04/2021£9kMigrateful Replication in Kent
A B Charitable Trust22/04/2021£10kA grant to Migrateful
Greater London Authority06/04/2021£45kMigrateful UK
Greater London Authority06/03/2021£45kGrant to Migrateful Cookery School
The National Lottery Community Fund22/04/2020£10kMigrateful chef training
The National Lottery Community Fund10/05/2019£7kMigrateful replication in Bristol

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 MIGRANT ACTION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
MIGRATEFUL£1.2m£60,001 - £70,0001unclear—no doubt
MIGRANT ACTION FY2026£338k——below—no doubt
Migrant Help FY2025£69.8m——unclear—no doubt
MIGRANT SUPPORT FY2025£173k—0above—no doubt
REFUGEE LEGAL SUPPORT FY2025£879k——above—no doubt
Integration Support FY2025£345k—0below—no doubt

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