WALTHAM FOREST MIGRANT ACTION

Registered charity 1189600 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WFMA

We run a drop in service in Waltham Forest where migrants can come to socialize and can be given advice on immigration, welfare and housing issues, and any other help which they require and we can give.

Objects

(1) THE RELIEF OR PREVENTION OF POVERTY AND THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF HEALTH AMONGST MIGRANTS, REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS AND THEIR DEPENDANTS WHO RESIDE OR WISH TO RESIDE IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF WALTHAM FOREST.(2) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF MIGRANTS, REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS AND THEIR DEPENDANTS WHO RESIDE OR WISH TORESIDE IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF WALTHAM FOREST AND ARE IN NEED THEREOF SO AS TO ASSIST THEM TO ADAPT WITHIN A NEW COMMUNITY.

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

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

Latest income

£77k

Latest spending

£70k

Registered

2020

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total unrestricted funds carried forward were £20,490, while the charity aims to maintain capital sufficient to operate for 4 to 6 months without income. The trustees report that the organization has secured multi-year funding from major grants, including a £261,000 National Lottery award and a £77,000 grant from Trust for London, which underpins its stability until 2027.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: four to six months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £20k)

“We do not have a formal policy on reserves, but currently aim to maintain sufficient capital to keep the Support Centre operating for between 4 and 6 months without income.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

Complaints policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

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 31/03/2025

Volunteers: 15
Government income: £1,600 — grants £1,600 (1); 2% of the £77,491 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

Volunteers: 25

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

Volunteers: 20
Government income: £765 — grants £765 (1); 2% of the £44,010 total gross income on the same return

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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Caroline Valentine
Christina Boving Foster
Helen Rose Seacombe
Lois Anne Harmer BA, MSc.
Luke Rooney
Poonam Gill
Safiyyah Sheikh
Silvia Schehrer

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

Operates in: Waltham Forest

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£77k	£70k
31/03/2024	£51k	£39k
31/03/2023	£44k	£25k
31/03/2022	£33k	£27k
31/03/2021	£14k	£8k

Common questions

Is WALTHAM FOREST MIGRANT ACTION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total unrestricted funds carried forward were £20,490, while the charity aims to maintain capital sufficient to operate for 4 to 6 months without income. The trustees report that the organization has secured multi-year funding from major grants, including a £261,000 National Lottery award and a £77,000 grant from Trust for London, which underpins its stability until 2027. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds WALTHAM FOREST MIGRANT ACTION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name WALTHAM FOREST MIGRANT ACTION as a grant recipient include TRUST FOR LONDON, CAMDEN GIVING, THE CENTRE FOR INNOVATION IN VOLUNTARY ACTION, THE MRS SMITH AND MOUNT TRUST, CIVIC POWER FUND.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
TRUST FOR LONDON	FY2024	£78k	Ending migrant destitution
CAMDEN GIVING	FY2025	£50k	Big Local (Local Trust): St James Street Partnership
THE HILDEN CHARITABLE FUND	FY2026	Unverified read£14k	Asylum Seekers and Refugees
THE CENTRE FOR INNOVATION IN VOLUNTARY ACTION	FY2025	£5k
THE MRS SMITH AND MOUNT TRUST	FY2024	£5k	Mount Fund
THE MRS SMITH AND MOUNT TRUST	FY2025	£4k	Mount Fund - Community Youth Services
CIVIC POWER FUND	FY2024	£1k
THE PHILIP MARSDEN FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£500

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).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	20/03/2026	£20k	WFMA Welfare Advice Service
City Bridge Foundation	16/03/2025	£10k	Grant to Waltham Forest Migrant Action
The National Lottery Community Fund	25/09/2024	£261k	Free in-house immigration advice & casework for migrants in Waltham Forest
The National Lottery Community Fund	12/01/2024	£19k	Free immigration and welfare advice/casework for migrants in Waltham Forest
City Bridge Foundation	11/04/2023	£20k	Grant to Waltham Forest Migrant Action
The National Lottery Community Fund	14/10/2022	£9k	Free immigration and welfare advice/casework for migrants in Waltham Forest
The National Lottery Community Fund	29/04/2021	£10k	Waltham Forest Migrants' Welfare Advice

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
CHARITY OF SIR RICHARD WHITTINGTON	2	£183k
MOTABILITY	1	£106k
HOUSING JUSTICE	1	£20k
DRAPERS CHARITABLE FUND	1	£20k
THE WILL CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£15k
SOCIETY OF THE HOLY CHILD JESUS CIO	1	£15k
STREETS OF LONDON	1	£15k
CHARLES S FRENCH CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£3k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CITIZENS ADVICE WALTHAM FOREST LTD.

CITIZENS ADVICE WALTHAM FOREST LTD income £1.3m
WANSTEAD AND WOODFORD MIGRANT SUPPORT income £42k
WALTHAM FOREST BLIND ASSOCIATION income £56k
THE WALTHAM FOREST ISLAMIC ASSOCIATION income £665k
WALTHAM FOREST COMMUNITY HUB income £413k
FOREST CHURCHES EMERGENCY NIGHT SHELTER income £331k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
WALTHAM FOREST MIGRANT ACTION	£77k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
CITIZENS ADVICE WALTHAM FOREST LTD FY2025	£1.3m	£60,001 - £70,000	1	above	—	no doubt
WANSTEAD AND WOODFORD MIGRANT SUPPORT FY2025	£42k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
WALTHAM FOREST BLIND ASSOCIATION FY2025	£56k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
THE WALTHAM FOREST ISLAMIC ASSOCIATION FY2025	£665k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
WALTHAM FOREST COMMUNITY HUB FY2025	£413k	—	0	above	—	no doubt

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