DETENTION ACTION

Registered charity 1198554 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Detention Action is a national charity that aims to change the way that migrants are treated by immigration detention policy in the UK. We defend the rights and improve the welfare of people in detention by combining support for individuals with campaigning for policy change. Detention Action was known as London Detainee Support Group until May 2011.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a small deficit of £7,046 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a decrease in total reserves from £154,390 to £147,344. The trustees confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, with unrestricted reserves of £145,722 carried forward.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 13608398

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

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.

• BARDELLI DANIELI, Andrea — director, appointed 19/05/2026not on trustee list
• CRUSE, Mary Elizabeth Victoria Anne — director, appointed 19/05/2026on trustee list
• RAHAMA, Bushra Gamar Hussein — director, appointed 19/05/2026on trustee list
• YOUMANS, Daniel Paul — director, appointed 19/05/2026on trustee list
• LAM, Linda — director, appointed 09/09/2025on trustee list
• MCKENZIE, Jacqueline Theresa — director, appointed 28/02/2023on trustee list
• BROWN, John Forster — director, appointed 08/09/2021on trustee list
• EKONJE, Hans Dibobe — director, appointed 08/09/2021on trustee list

Official officers record.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~2.2 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (13/02/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Hans Dibobe Ekonjechair
• Andrea Bardelli Danieli · trustee of 1 other charity
• Bushra Gamar Hussein Rahama
• Daniel Paul Youmans
• JOHN FORSTER BROWN · trustee of 1 other charity
• Jacqueline McKenzie
• Linda Lam
• Mary Elizabeth Victoria Anne Cruse

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

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