MIGRANT OFFSHORE AID STATION (MOAS) UK

Registered charity 1181822 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

to save the lives of migrants and refugees and to relieve their sickness and other suffering, anywhere in the world byperforming emergency rescue operations and providing aid and relief in response to humanitarian crises, including but not limited to rescuing migrants and refugees who are at risk of injury or death whilst in transit and raising awareness of migrant and refugee issues.

Objects

The objects of the Charity are, for the public benefit, to save the lives of, and relieve the sickness and other suffering of, migrants, refugees and others who are displaced or adversely affected by armed conflict, natural disaster or other humanitarian crisis, anywhere in the world, in particular but not exclusively by: (a) performing emergency rescue operations and providing aid and relief in response to armed conflicts, natural disasters and other humanitarian crises, including but not limited to rescuing and supporting migrants, refugees and others who have been injured, or who are at risk of injury or death, or who are otherwise suffering; and (b) raising awareness of issues relating to migrants, refugees and others who are displaced or adversely affected by armed conflict, natural disaster or other humanitarian crisis, with the aim of developing public understanding of these issues.

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

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Stockport, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's unrestricted funds increased to £1,234,567 from £1,100,000 in the previous year, indicating a positive financial position. The Trustees confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, with no material uncertainties identified regarding its going concern status.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by b. mcbride. Discloses 3 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
• Campaigns and political activity 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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 11622376

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.

• HINCHLIFFE, Peter — director, appointed 15/10/2018on trustee list
• HINCHLIFFE, Susan — director, appointed 15/10/2018on trustee list

Official officers record.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/10/2023)

Reported reserves equal ~7.6 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% 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 (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Peter Hinchliffechair · trustee of 1 other charity
• SUSAN HINCHLIFFE

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

Operates in: Bangladesh · Italy · Malta · Throughout England And Wales · Ukraine · United States · Yemen

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 Migrant Help.

• Migrant Help income £69.8m
• MIGRANT AND ASYLUM SEEKER SOLIDARITY AND ACTION income £143k
• MIGRANT ACTION income £338k
• WANSTEAD AND WOODFORD MIGRANT SUPPORT income £42k
• MIGRANTS ORGANISE LTD income £1.2m
• MIGRANT SUPPORT income £173k

Side by side with its peers

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