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## **WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE STAND FOR** The trustees are pleased to present their annual directors' report, accompanied by the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31st March 2024, prepared to meet the requirements for a directors' report and of the Companies Act. These financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011, the Companies Act 2006, the Memorandum and Articles of Association, and Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statements of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019). ## **ABOUT US** Since 1967, JCWI has been challenging laws, policies, and media narratives that lead to discrimination, destitution, and the denial of rights for people who move. We provide award-winning legal aid representation to the people who need it most, focusing on representing the most marginalised migrants. And we are building a community-driven and livedexperience led movement for migrant justice. JCWI is a member organisation; a member may be an individual, a corporate body, or an individual or corporate body representing an organisation which is not incorporated. We combine holistic, expert legal advice and representation with advocacy and campaigns that are led by and with those most impacted by experiences of migration, and which bring together groups, networks and individuals with a shared vision for a more just society. ## **OUR VISION** Our vision is a society in which people are able to live safely and are treated with equal dignity and respect, regardless of where they are from or how they came to the UK. ## **OUR MISSION** We exist to support people to have fulfilling lives in the UK. We challenge racist and discriminatory policies and rhetoric on immigration and educate our communities to create systemic change and improve the lives of people who move, whether they move by force or by choice. _**3**_ _**JOINT COUNCIL FOR THE WELFARE OF IMMIGRANTS, 2023-2024**_ ## **OUR YEAR AT A GLANCE** ## **IN THE YEAR ENDED MARCH 2024, WE:** Represented **278 clients to provide legal advice and assistance** , ranging from support with complex asylum claims including survivors of trafficking and torture to representing those in immigration, winning human rights appeals, and supporting people to reunite with family members. Responded to **716 calls to our Irregular Migrant Helpline** , providing tailored, rapid advice to those with pressing questions about their legal status, or who have found themselves cut off from support services. **Advised 59 people who had been detained** , through our Immigration Removal Centre legal aid contract, securing bail in almost all cases. **Advised 56 people who are experiencing or at risk of destitution** , through our partnership with the British Red Cross. Delivered **32 expert-led training sessions to individuals and organisations** , training 264 people across topics including OISC (Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner) training, Unlawful Detention, and skills for managing one’s own case. Responded to **692 referrals through UNISON** , one of the largest unions with 1.3 million members, dealing with all aspects of immigration law. Contributed to **six policy briefings** on key themes including the Illegal Migration Bill and Safety of Rwanda Act. **Launched ‘Resist & Persist: Your Guide to Tackling the Hostile Environment’** , along with 5 other explainers and resources, in collaboration with our lived experience advisory board. We contributed just under **100 quotes to stories in national and international press** and our spokespeople made just under **50 TV and radio appearances** . Published **7 opinion pieces** in outlets ranging from The Independent to New Scientist, and **assisted investigative journalists in breaking stories on issues that affect our clients.** **Provided 6 evidence submissions to government consultations** across issues covering Human Rights Law, systemic racism, the Rwanda plan, and access to legal aid. _**4**_ _**JOINT COUNCIL FOR THE WELFARE OF IMMIGRANTS, 2023-2024**_ ## **MESSAGE FROM THE TRUSTEES** _**5**_ _**JOINT COUNCIL FOR THE WELFARE OF IMMIGRANTS, 2023-2024**_ ## **OUR STRATEGY** At the start of the financial year, we were pleased to launch a new one-year strategy, titled ‘The Road Ahead’, centred around our core values of Justice, Equality, Humanity, Solidarity, Creativity & Accountability. In addition to encompassing the core pillars of our work itself, this roadmap also includes a strategic objective focused on organisational resilience and workplace culture. Our overarching objectives for the year were as follows: **1) Strengthen the movement working to improve the lives of people who move, by amplifying grassroots groups and challenging the establishment.** **2) Use law, advocacy, and the media to respond to and challenge damaging and discriminatory immigration policies and to challenge dominant narratives about migration.** **3) Provide high-quality legal advice and information to support people making the UK their home.** **4) Work as a team to make JCWI a happy, resilient, and rewarding place to work by sharing knowledge, collaborating across the organisation, and implementing the policies and practices we need to manage our resources effectively.** The coming pages will showcase the work achieved under the first three objectives in more detail. Objective four has been pursued through ongoing work, in collaboration with JCWI’s trustees, new Executive Director, and senior leadership team, in reviewing and updating key policies relating to ways of working, hosting reflective practice sessions and safeguarding workshops across the wider team, and building on our successes in cross-team collaboration and knowledge-sharing. _**6**_ _**JOINT COUNCIL FOR THE WELFARE OF IMMIGRANTS, 2023-2024**_ ## **HOW WE MAKE CHANGE** ## **Our Activities** _carried out in an interconnected, holistic way, led and informed by and with our lived experience advisory board and strategy_ **Legal representation & advice Policy Promoting the & needs and voices advocacy of people who move Our Activities** oe **Movement Strategic building & communications collaborations Tangible changes** _aligned to our strategic objectives_ ~~=i~~ **Grassroots People making Dominant Fairer, more groups are the UK their narratives about humane policies amplified, and home receive migration that for people who the movement is dignified, holistic perpetuate harm move are strengthened support are challenged implemented** O00 _**7**_ _**JOINT COUNCIL FOR THE WELFARE OF IMMIGRANTS, 2023-2024**_ ## **HOW WE MAKE CHANGE** ## **Long-term vision** _contributed to by the changes we bring about_ **A society in which people are able to live safely and are treated with equal dignity and respect, regardless of where they are from or how they came to the UK.** ## **Public Benefit** The trustees of JCWI have given due regard to the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008, Charities Act, and Charities Commission guidance on reporting public benefit in the exercising of all duties during the financial year. Within all activities undertaken and within the development of the organisational strategy for the year, the trustees have centred JCWI’s charitable purposes. These are: The prevention or relief of poverty in particular but not exclusively by the provision of advice, counsel, assistance and representation in relation to immigration and nationality to those who could not otherwise obtain these as a result of their lack of resources; To advance education and training on the law and related subjects in particular to law that may affect immigrants; To promote the human rights arising under or by virtue of the Human Rights Act 1998 and the promotion of the Convention Rights As an organisation that provides direct support to clients who are often experiencing extreme poverty and hardship, for whom legal assistance and casework support are often some of the most powerful ways to contribute to alleviating this, and which is dedicated to overcoming the impacts of discrimination and inequities within the UK, we meet our charitable purposes through a multilateral approach. _**8**_ _**JOINT COUNCIL FOR THE WELFARE OF IMMIGRANTS, 2023-2024**_ ## **OUR IMPACT: LEGAL** Whilst as an organisation we seek to create fairer policy and rights, our lawyers help people to access those fundamental rights, both by providing representation to clients, and by providing advice via our helplines and outreach work. We fight for people to gain status, secure their liberty from immigration detention, prevent people from being deported, win human rights appeals, bring families together, and enable those fleeing to the UK to gain safety and security and build new lives in the UK. We seek to bring wider change through systemic challenges, legal interventions, and providing key evidence in cases brought by other organisations. Our legal team often support the most marginalised groups - asylum seekers and stateless persons who have fled persecution, victims of trafficking and torture, unaccompanied children who have arrived alone in the UK, people in immigration detention, and those who have lived years, decades, without status in the UK, under the shadow of the hostile environment. The people we work for include people with complex mental health challenges, those living with the debilitating symptoms of post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and people who are unhoused and without the ability to access the usual forms of support. We know that experiences of migration are compounded by intersectional forms of oppression that we actively seek to dismantle, and the diverse situations of those we work with is a testament to this. Experiences of racism, gender-based discrimination and violence, homophobia, stigma around mental health, and other types of discrimination frequently compound our clients’ challenges in accessing legal structures and bureaucratic systems surrounding migration. We remain intentionally anti-oppressive in our practice and trauma-informed in all that we do. _**9**_ _**JOINT COUNCIL FOR THE WELFARE OF IMMIGRANTS, 2023-2024**_ ## **OUR CLIENTS & WRAPAROUND SUPPORT** A truly safe and welcoming place from which people can regain agency over their lives doesn’t stop at legal status. That’s why JCWI focuses on providing holistic, ‘wraparound’ support to legal clients. We recognise that people’s immigration needs seldom exist in isolation from their wider needs as human beings – secure accommodation, healthcare, food, community. Our legal team steps up to provide connected practical and wellbeing support. This can range from providing emergency food and basic needs vouchers, clothes, finding emergency accommodation via homeless services through to longer-term assistance such as providing help applying for benefits, as well as securing health and support services such as GP or hospital referrals, and counselling or mental health support. When clients are at a stage where they are able to move forward, our Support Worker also works with clients to find educational opportunities, volunteer placements aligned to their goals, grants to pursue education. ## **Wraparound support in action: A’s story** _“Thank you so much for the part you played in our lives. We shall live to remember you.”_ A* is a young woman who first contacted us in 2023 through our immigration advice line. We learnt that she had claimed asylum in the UK and was living in Home Office accommodation, and that she was pregnant and alone in the UK. She was 27 weeks pregnant, and so far had not had access to any kind of maternity healthcare. Our Support Worker was able to help her register with a GP and charity Maternity Action, so that she could have her first screen test for the baby. Together, they also booked appointments with a midwife and mental health services, and we used our support fund to support A to buy clothes and toiletries. They also applied for hardship grants to help her get through the next stage in her pregnancy and parenting journey. A found that the baby was reacting badly to the food she was given to eat in the asylum hotel, and as such felt consistently unwell. With JCWI support, the management were finally pressured to provide her with alternative food. Following more than six months of coordinated legal and casework support, A has now given birth to a healthy baby. _**10**_ _**JOINT COUNCIL FOR THE WELFARE OF IMMIGRANTS, 2023-2024**_ ## **OUR IMPACT: ADVOCACY & COMMUNICATIONS** Our advocacy and communications efforts are what bridge the gap between the work we do to support clients caught up in the hostile environment today, and work to change systems and attitudes in pursuit of a kinder, fairer future for all those who move, whether by force or by choice. Our advocacy campaigns are cross-cutting and connect to all the other strands of our work, in particular our strategic litigation efforts, and our lived experience leadership strategy. Many of the key themes of our campaigns this year were linked to key moments within the political landscape in relation to refugees and other people arriving in the UK in search of safety. The following sections provide a non-exhaustive list of our campaigns: ## **#NotInOurName – campaigning against the Illegal Migration Bill** In July 2023, the Illegal Migration Bill passed into law, becoming an Act. This Act stated, amongst other things, that anyone arriving in the UK via irregular routes such as small boat crossings would not be able to have their asylum claims considered or processed here in the UK. This fed into harmful rhetoric by political leaders around ‘stopping the boats’ and ignores the fact that for many people seeking safety, there are no other routes. That’s why in September 2023, we **led a cross-sector coalition of grassroots and larger organisations advocating for the wholesale rejection** of the Illegal Migration Bill. This included **launching an open letter to the Prime Minister** , which was supported by nearly 2000 people. Well over 100 NGOs, individuals and MPs, including a mix of grassroots groups as well as bigger organisations, then participated in our Not In Our Name digital action. The message was sent loud and clear: this Act was not passed in the name of the British public who care about supporting members of our community in search of peace and safety, nor in the name of the third sector organisations led by and with people who move. _**11**_ _**JOINT COUNCIL FOR THE WELFARE OF IMMIGRANTS, 2023-2024**_ ## **OUR IMPACT: ADVOCACY & COMMUNICATIONS** ## **Challenging unsafe housing in support of better lives for asylum seekers and migrants – a successful joint legal challenge** In February 2024, the Home Office dropped plans to allow landlords to rent unsafe housing to people seeking asylum. This housing would be illegal to rent to British Citizens, and would have suspended fire safety and other standards for houses in multiple occupation procured to house people whose claims for international protection were being processed. These plans were dropped as a result of a joint campaign run by JCWI alongside charities including RAMFEL, Shelter and NACCOM, and the Chartered Institute of Housing, alongside law firm Duncan Lewis. We drafted a joint briefing, organised a joint letter signed by nearly 140 organisations, and contributed evidence to the legal challenge brought by a group of eight asylum seekers represented by Duncan Lewis solicitors. This was a huge win – but one that demonstrates the importance of charities coming together to oppose unsafe and harmful practices, and stand for dignified support for all. **“Everyone deserves a home that is decent and safe – instead of treating people seeking sanctuary as second class citizens, the government must act to quickly and fairly process asylum claims, and make sure local authorities are properly resourced to provide safe housing for all who need it.” - staff member, JCWI** _**12**_ _**JOINT COUNCIL FOR THE WELFARE OF IMMIGRANTS, 2023-2024**_ ## **OUR IMPACT: ADVOCACY** ## **Exploitation of Migrant Workers – a joint report** In March 2024, an in-depth report titled **‘UK agriculture and care visas: worker exploitation and obstacles to redress’** was published, based on research conducted by four NGOs including JCWI, alongside five academics across the Universities of Leicester, Royal Holloway, Bristol, Durham and York. This piece addresses conditions attached to visa routes in both of these work sectors, issues of debt and wage deductions alongside misleading and coercive recruitment policies, and notes the role of the hostile policy environment in enhancing vulnerability to abuse, and making it more difficult for people to report it. These threads run through many of the stories our clients share. ## **Campaigning against the Rwanda plan – joint mobilisation** The Safety of Rwanda Act, passed into law in April 2024, essentially forced decision makers to treat Rwanda as a ‘safe third country’ to which people seeking safety in the UK could be removed to. During the year ended April 2024, we took a number of actions to speak out against this policy, which was subsequently scrapped under a new government. Campaigning against the Bill in November 2023, we led a joint mobilisation of human rights, migrant rights, and other sectors to respond to the Supreme Court ruling, showcasing strong resistance against the plan and creating a platform for future joint campaigning. In addition to releasing a joint statement with over 100 other organisations, we organised a cross-party statement urging the Government to respect the November 2023 Supreme Court decision on safety of Rwanda from 128 local councilors through our Migrant Champions Network. In March 2024 when the Bill became an Act we mobilised 227 councilors to collectively condemn the Rwanda Act and pledge to support constituents at risk of removal to Rwanda. This is a network of local councilors around the country who have pledged to support and promote migrant rights. Prior to the Act being passed, it suffered several defeats in the House of Lords. JCWI evidence was quoted in the House of Lords International Agreements Committee inquiry into the Rwanda Treaty and influenced the committee to recommend against ratifying the treaty, given it cannot be guaranteed that the plan is safe for individuals who would be affected. _**13**_ _**JOINT COUNCIL FOR THE WELFARE OF IMMIGRANTS, 2023-2024**_ ## **OUR IMPACT: ADVOCACY** ## **Our Flagship Campaign: We Are Here.** Our We Are Here campaign seeks to gain **rights, recognition, and routes to status for undocumented migrants** , to build policy alternatives, and support and amplify grassroots groups and people with lived experience. As part of this, a core focus of our legal team has been to challenge the Home Office’s refusal to grant Indefinite Leave to Remain to those who live in the precarious and dangerous situation of being undocumented. As we challenge these injustices through litigation, we also work to **develop progressive alternatives** . We collaborated with Praxis, GMIAU and other NGOs and migrant-led groups including the Refugee Workers Cultural Association to produce a **joint briefing on a 5-year route to settlement** which we gave to the Leader of the Opposition. This campaign builds on efforts from the publication of our 2021 ‘We Are Here’ report, and has formed part of our multi-year advocacy strategy. _**14**_ _**JOINT COUNCIL FOR THE WELFARE OF IMMIGRANTS, 2023-2024**_ ## **IN THE MEDIA** Over the last year, our traditional media activity has been as successful as ever. Our team broke stories, challenged dominant narratives and influenced politicians through our media work. We wrote seven articles in outlets from the Independent to the New Scientist. We contributed just under **100 quotes on key stories** broken by the Guardian, Independent, national, international and specialist print media. We ensured our spokespeople were the first to comment on breaking issues from Bibby Stockholm to Rwanda, with just under **50 radio and TV appearances across the year** . Some of the highlights included our quote on HMO (housing of multiple occupancy) licensed accommodation for people who move making the front page of the Guardian, with a flood of enquiries setting us up as opinion leaders in the area of asylum housing. We also worked with the Big Issue to break a story on the newly introduced seven-day moving on period for those granted refugee status. Our piece set off a cascade of critical journalism and the Home Office quietly dropped their inhumane policy. _**“Without HMO licences, already traumatised people will be at risk of living in places that are unfit for human habitation.” - JCWI spokesperson to the Guardian**_ We featured on multiple broadcast platforms, including the BBC, Sky and ITV. As we continue with our strategy to increase our reach outside of those who already share our views and have access to our content, our spokespeople featured on a Channel 5 Immigration special and LBC news. We also built connections with diaspora media with quotes in Asian Age and Eastern Eye. One quote we gave on Rishi Sunak’s new Channel crossings policy was syndicated 44 times, spreading across multiple platforms and bringing our message to new audiences. _**15**_ _**JOINT COUNCIL FOR THE WELFARE OF IMMIGRANTS, 2023-2024**_ ## **OUR DIGITAL OUTREACH** At JCWI, we see digital communications as multifaceted. As well as using our digital platforms for engagement, we seek to mobilise, organise, educate and shape the online narrative, recognising that this is a space where misinformation can spread quickly, and where there are important opportunities for reaching wider audiences. Throughout the year, we used our digital platforms to lead a values-focused narrative online and to set the agenda on breaking news from Rwanda to Bibby Stockholm. We shared client stories and spread awareness about legal changes, focusing on building human connections and breaking down a narrative of ‘othering’. We promoted the work of our legal team, and built online support around our campaigns, while continuing to strengthen a united movement by sharing our platform with grassroots organisations. Our digital following and reach grew for the third year in a row. JCWI’s Twitter (X) account saw over 18 million views across 370 posts, with an average of 160,000 views each month. As the online space becomes more video-centric we have pivoted our communications modalities to capitalise on this, posting 216 videos, and amassing over 2 million views on TikTok and Instagram. We also ensured that we broke important legal advice during critical moments for migrants, including promoting our legal helpline which received over 550,000 views on Twitter. We’re keen to ensure that our core messages are harmonised across both traditional and digital media outputs, and nothing exemplifies this more than the 400,000 Twitter views received on an article we wrote in the Big Issue. One of our most successful examples of our strategy in this area was the #NotInOurName campaign, (highlighted above) which generated support from more than 160 organisations who joined our digital campaign against the Illegal Migration Bill. The campaign built over 120k views across social media. Twitter Instagram TikTok **19M 12M 8M VIEWS VIEWS VIEWS** _**16**_ _**JOINT COUNCIL FOR THE WELFARE OF IMMIGRANTS, 2023-2024**_ ## **LIVED EXPERIENCE ADVISORY BOARD & STRATEGY** Being led by and with people who have personal or family experience of being new to the UK, and of navigating hostile and complex systems upon their arrival, is a crucial part of our work to be accountable to, and to best deliver change with, those most impacted by the UK’s migration policies. In the prior year, JCWI established a lived experience advisory board. The eight individuals on the Board have distinct immigration experiences such as going through the asylum system as a child, being undocumented, being on the 10-year route and having no recourse to public funds. All members are paid for their time, and provided with necessary training and resources. One of the first major projects worked on by the Advisory Board was to help shape our new organisational strategy, enabling our work to be rooted in and led by the people most affected by it. The Advisory Board also fed into the recruitment process for JWCI’s new Executive Director. The group were also involved in the development of our launching the **We Move manifesto** , which was launched publicly in June 2024. This piece laid out our 5-point vision towards migrant justice through the core foundations of **rights, safety, dignity, justice & community** . Since the end of the period covered within this report the Advisory Board have been drafting a key strategy document for the organisation, titled **From Lived Experience to Leadership: How JCWI Will Foster and Amplify the Voices of People with Lived Experience.** _**“For JCWI, the adoption of a lived experience strategy marks a significant milestone. It signifies an effort to envision a future where individuals with lived experience take the lead, representing and advocating for issues that directly impact us.” – member of the Advisory Board, speaking about their involvement in drafting the JCWI Lived Experience Strategy**_ _**17**_ _**JOINT COUNCIL FOR THE WELFARE OF IMMIGRANTS, 2023-2024**_ ## **TRAINING** JCWI has been a provider of professional legal training for over 50 years. Our courses are continually assessed to ensure that they are up-to-date with all relevant changes in immigration law and practice. Our trainers are experienced practitioners, including barristers and solicitors with a wealth of practical knowledge, which they bring to our courses through our unique participatory training method. Between April 2023 and March 2024, we ran a total of 32 trainings (compared to 26 in the previous year), through which we trained 264 people (up from 116 in the prior year) across topics including: - The OISC (Office of Immigration Services Commissioner) qualification to give immigration advice attended by individuals and charities who will go on to provide vital immigration advice to those who need it; - Specific and complex areas of law e.g. Unlawful detention, Judicial review, or British Nationality for those already working in the migration sector; - ‘Skills for managing your own case’ – information provision aimed to support the agency and capacity for informed decision making amongst those navigating the immigration system and managing their own cases, such as the process of applying for immigration bail or making a fee waiver application; - Bespoke in-house training provided to other organisations, such as Citizens Advice Bureau branches. We also provide smaller organisations with trainings on campaigning and advocacy work, and run outreach and information sessions in collaboration with other actors. For example: - We delivered a session on climate and migration at a City of Sanctuary politics course; We helped draft a climate and migrant justice workshop delivered at No Borders in Climate Justice summit (Sep 2023); - We ran a parliamentary process training for members of Kanlungan, a consortium of grassroots Filipino community organisations (Jan 2024): - We ran workshops and stalls at community events including the Queer Migrant Pride Festival in July 2023 and the Migrant Connections Festival in September 2023. _**18**_ _**JOINT COUNCIL FOR THE WELFARE OF IMMIGRANTS, 2023-2024**_ ## **CLIMATE JUSTICE IS MIGRANT JUSTICE** The impacts of climate breakdown are felt disproportionately by countries in the Global South, who also contribute least to the climate crisis. Climate-induced migration means people are forced to move across borders – including to the UK – by the impacts of climate change and environmental degradation. There are currently no legal guardrails for people who migrate due to climate related factors. The international system of refugee protection offers no specific protections for climate refugees, and states’ national migration policies have not addressed this significant gap. We believe that, in the face of these challenges, everyone should have the right to stay and the right to move. That means protection from the worst impacts of the climate crisis, so that people can stay in their homes and communities – but it also means being able to move across borders to seek safety and a dignified life, if life at home is no longer viable. JCWI is embarking on an exciting new project that aims to transform how we talk and think about climate-linked migration, based on the insights of people who have already had to move because of climate breakdown. Our approach is interdisciplinary and cross-cutting, seeking to create a proposal for a global immigration system that offers routes to safety for people affected by climate breakdown. - Lawyers are using **casework and strategic litigation** to test the current legal protections for people moving because of climate breakdown, and expand new legal remedies for people fleeing climate change. - Our **policy team is bringing together people with lived experience of climate migration** ; mapping existing policy landscapes and undertaking an international comparison of current solutions; - Our communications team is message testing and **developing messages to change attitudes among decision-makers** , climate activists, and the general public. _**19**_ To do this, we have set up a **Climate Steering Committee** to drive our climate migration work going forward, consisting of 8 people with lived experience of climate-induced migration, as well as having appointed a climate justice project officer and a climate justice lawyer as a member of our full-time staff. We are part of the organising committee of the **Climate Justice Coalition** which brings together stakeholders across the climate and migration sectors, for discussions around policy development, messaging and framing of public campaigns. The Coalition will bring together a number of prominent organisations across the climate and migration space. At the same time, we are intentionally supporting grassroots groups to attend, and ensuring their voices are heard. In addition to our wider training efforts, we engaged in a number of climatefocused sessions aimed to upskill the sector as a whole. These included delivering a session on climate and migration at a City of Sanctuary politics course, and helping to develop a climate and migrant justice workshop delivered at No Borders in Climate Justice summit in September 2023. We continue to actively engage with barristers, other legal experts, and organisations across the field in pursuit of an innovative, united litigation strategy in order to better uphold the rights of those forced to leave their homes as a result of climate change. _**20**_ _**JOINT COUNCIL FOR THE WELFARE OF IMMIGRANTS, 2023-2024**_ ## **CROSS-BORDER FORUM** **JCWI hosts the Cross-border Forum** , a network consisting of civil society organisations and activists in Belgium, France, and the UK, which facilitates crossborder collaboration on advocacy and policy work relating to the borders. The Forum meets regularly to share expertise, coordinate joint statements and communications, and run working groups and workshops. It aims to provide a regular and sustainable space for organisations across the three countries to collaborate on migration and asylum issues in the cross-border region. This is vital in the face of the number of tragic deaths taking place in the Channel every year. Our members range from humanitarian organisations engaged in providing direct support at the border to national and international policy and advocacy organisations. In the last year the Cross border Forum Coordinator, based at JCWI, led the co-creation of a strategy on how the Forum can meaningfully work with people who have lived experience of the issues it works on. This will be embedded into the work the Cross Border Forum does going forward. The organisation also launched its first website during this time, expanding opportunities for outreach and engagement moving forward. _**21**_ _**JOINT COUNCIL FOR THE WELFARE OF IMMIGRANTS, 2023-2024**_ ## **MIGRANT CHAMPIONS NETWORK** One of the mechanisms through which we engage in policy discussions and raise awareness amongst policy-makers regarding key issues affecting migrants that we are most proud of is our Migrant Champions Network, launched in February 2023. The network consists of local councillors around the country who have pledged to support and promote migrant rights and wellbeing regardless of immigration status. We set up a website for the Migrant Champions Network, through which resources are published, including guidance for councillors on how to support residents who cannot afford visa application fees, signposting avenues to connect council residents to lawyers, and a detailed explainer of the immigration system to ensure that up-to-date, factual information is accessible for all councillors involved in local policy-making that affects migrants in their communities. Through the Network we have: Drafted a template letter for doctors and other professionals to help them write supporting letters for newly-granted refugees trying to be granted social housing, and a guide for local councillors responding to a government consultation on discriminatory social housing restrictions Organised a joint letter opposing the Illegal Migration Bill from 271 local councillors. Mobilised 227 local councillors to sign a joint statement condemning the Rwanda Act and pledging to support constituents at risk of removal to Rwanda. Hosted an online event focusing on how councillors can resist the far right and support people in asylum accommodation in their areas. This event was shared with more than 110 people, either by attending the live event, or having signed up to receive the recording. _**22**_ _**JOINT COUNCIL FOR THE WELFARE OF IMMIGRANTS, 2023-2024**_ ## **OUR PARTNERSHIPS** JCWI are movement builders: fostering collaborations and supporting coordination across the sector is a big part of what we stand for. We seek to ensure that all those individuals and groups who share our vision for a future where all those who call the UK home and who have newly arrived in search of safety are treated with dignity, compassion and respect can come together and amplify each other’s voices. We specifically focus on making sure that organisations of different sizes, ranging from the smallest civil society groups through to the most well-recognised international charities, have the opportunity to participate and engage in joint actions, and seek to actively involved and amplify the work and messages of lived experience groups who may have less access to traditional advocacy and media channels alone. We are on the steering committee of the Human Rights Act Coalition, and we facilitate the Migrants Coalition which formed out of this. By bringing together organisations focusing on all aspects of human rights – ranging from disability justice and housing rights through to legal and child’s rights – we’re ensuring that we adopt a holistic, whole-person lens to all that we do. We worked closely with two other organisations, Regularise and Migrants’ Rights Network, to establish a **coalition of unions and migrant organisations** committed to migrant workers’ rights. Following a roundtable in September 2023 we held a meeting of unions and grassroots migrant organisations in 2024, and we will be expanding this work in the coming year. We also supported in-person resistance against the hostile environment on the streets, including speaking at demonstrations against Bibby Stockholm Barge and the arms fair, and in support of antiraids protests and activists facing prison time for anti-deportation action. We took part in a World Refugee Day action alongside many grassroots organisations including Praxis, Rainbow Migration Just Rights Scotland, and Women for Refugee Women, which we followed up with a powerful collective call on social media to welcome refugees. On International Workers’ Day we partnered with Migrants Rights Network and Migrants at Work to stage a banner drop on Westminster Bridge which read “Migrants’ Rights are Workers’ Rights”. In addition to our partnership with UNISON, a major union where we run a helpline to support all those with immigration related queries, and the Cross Border Forum, we have also formed long-term partnerships and collaborations with a range of other service-providers. We run regular outreach advice clinics with the Red Cross Destitution Centre, and at Yarl’s Wood ‘Immigration Removal Centre’, where people are often held almost indefinitely, and in which conditions and safety for people forced to remain there are notoriously poor. We are also active members of the Windrush Justice Committee, with our legal team working to take on cases throughout the year. _**23**_ _**23**_ _**JOINT COUNCIL FOR THE WELFARE OF IMMIGRANTS, 2023-2024**_ ## **LOOKING AHEAD – OUR TEAM** Our team, and all people standing in support of migrant justice more broadly, remain the most vital part of our vision for change, going beyond any individual legal submission, media headline, or report. For our clients, too, it is individual team members who create the trust and safety necessary for a person to recount some of the most frightening experiences of their life as part of asylum processes, or who wait with our clients for hours so that they aren’t alone whilst waiting for emergency accommodation following an eviction. JCWI employ over 20 staff and have more than 600 members, all of whom play a pivotal role in the movement to make migrant justice a reality. We employ skilled, experienced, and passionate solicitors, policy and advocacy experts, communications specialists, and support workers who deliver our critical services through face-to-face services, by telephone or online in England. In doing so, we also ensure that the evidence we get from working with people translated into our campaigns. We also have a dedicated team providing the vital support functions that ensure the organisation is enabled to deliver on our strategy. In January 2024, shortly before the end of the financial year, we were delighted to welcome Yasmin Halima as our new Executive Director. Yasmin is an award-winning activist recognised for building powerful partnerships that engage marginalised voices. _**24**_ _**JOINT COUNCIL FOR THE WELFARE OF IMMIGRANTS, 2023-2024**_ ## **LOOKING AHEAD – OUR ELECTION AND ADVOCACY STRATEGY IN 2024 AND BEYOND** Following the end of the financial year ended March 2024, UK elections resulted in a new government for the next four years. During the election period we were a fierce voice for migrant rights, and with a new Government in power, our advocacy team is working to leverage key relationships to bring about policy change: the government has already pulled back on the Rwanda plan, and positive movements for migrant workers’ rights appear to be in prospect. We will kick off the new financial year in April 2025 through the hosting of our event focused on power, erosion of human rights, and media accountability. In doing so, we will bring together immigration lawyers, campaigners, former clients, and activists who have themselves been through the asylum system. We will do this alongside JCWI’s members, donors and supporters, seeking to strengthen bridges across the sector and engage in a ‘deep dive’ discussion around the reciprocal effects of hostile narratives on the policy environment and vice versa, and the ways that we can begin to dismantle and change these. _**25**_ _**JOINT COUNCIL FOR THE WELFARE OF IMMIGRANTS, 2023-2024**_ ## **ACCOUNTABILITY, LEARNING, AND RESPONDING TO CHALLENGES** As with all charities working in this sector, the reality is that the need for our services far outstrips capacity. As a movement, we also find ourselves having to ‘walk back’ and debate fundamental issues relating to rights and safety that should never be up for debate in the first place – such as whether it’s acceptable to house asylum seekers on floating barges, or in fire-unsafe accommodation. At the same time, we have much to be hopeful about, and seek to continue to build on our learnings, and stay accountable to those most impacted by our work in all that we do. In addition to our lived experience advisory board, we seek at all times to be led by the wishes, priorities, needs and capabilities of our clients. We seek feedback from our clients and ensure that this is used to meaningfully improve the services we provide. ## **Example** In 2023 we received feedback from callers to our IML - our telephone adviceline for undocumented migrants, that people were experiencing long waiting times on the line and struggling to pay for the call. We responded by making the number freephone, so no one has to pay to call it, and by introducing a system that means no one waits longer than 20 minutes at one time. By staying up to date with trends across the sector as a whole, we are able to remain agile, adapting our work to the needs of our community and complementing the efforts of the wider sector. For example, our climate justice project was also born out of an awareness that access to climate-related migrant justice was becoming an increasingly unmet need amongst communities of people who move. We have also worked to document key learnings and preserve institutional knowledge relating to advocacy campaigns, in particular around election strategies, in order to continue to improve our ability to drive impact in this area. It is important that we also have a framework for measuring our success and this year and next we will continue to strengthen our performance reporting. The SLT team and Board receives regular reports on progress against the strategy, the delivery of strategic plans, and the success of activities and programmes. If you have any ideas, feedback or suggestions for our work, or are interested in becoming a member to further engage with and shape our work, please don’t hesitate to contact us at membership@jcwi.org.uk _**26**_ _**JOINT COUNCIL FOR THE WELFARE OF IMMIGRANTS, 2023-2024**_ ## **HOW WE WORK** ## **OUR BOARD OF TRUSTEES** JCWI Board of Trustees are also the company directors for the purposes of the Companies Act, and have overall responsibility for the strategy, direction, management and control of the charity. The Board consists of 9 members who give their time on a voluntary basis, receiving no remuneration or other benefits. Out-of-pocket expenses, along with any other costs incurred by trustees in the furtherance of their duties, may be repaid by the charity in line with the Trustee Expenses Polices. All members of the board sign a Trustee Code of Conduct. All the Trustees are members of the company and guarantee to contribute £1 in the event of winding up. The Board has the power to appoint additional Directors. The Board met formally six times during 2023/24, in addition to regular subcommittee meetings (governance, fundraising & finance, people & culture). Our trustees are recruited using open recruitment processes. Vacant positions are advertised and promoted externally through relevant networks. The composition of the Board must be approved by the Members at the Annual General Meeting. The Trustees maintain a good working knowledge of charity and company law and best practice, and are typically elected for a term of three years, with the possibility of increasing this to two 3-year terms. New trustees are provided with copies of the Memorandum and Articles of Association and copies of relevant strategies and policies are introduced to the activities of the charity by the existing Trustees. Training is made available as and when required. In 2024 we are developing a formal trustee induction programme to strengthen our onboarding of new team members. We place our emphasis on having the appropriate balance of skills and experience on our Board, as well as working towards a Board that fully represents the audiences we were established to work in support of. _**27**_ _**JOINT COUNCIL FOR THE WELFARE OF IMMIGRANTS, 2023-2024**_ ## **HOW WE WORK** ## **OUR BOARD OF TRUSTEES** During the year in question, our board was comprised of relatively new trustees, working alongside an interim executive director for the majority of the financial year. Together we have worked with staff and unions, to launch and implement our 23-24 strategy, alongside embarking on a governance review to collaboratively refresh our policies and ensure they are fit for purpose for JCWI’s current and future ways of working. In the coming financial year, our trustees will continue to work alongside the team to prioritise organisational resilience within what is becoming an increasingly challenging funding and operational landscape for charities in the UK, including in particular legal aid charities. A key part of this will be our People Plan to ensure we put our team at the centre of all that we do. So too we will refresh our membership strategy to ensure that our members are receiving the best from JCWI and we are cultivating a strong movement for the sector. ## **Income Generation and Fundraising** This year and next we will focus on strengthening our income generation and fundraising functions. We will start by developing a robust ethical strategy for both, including a donation refusal policy that adheres to the updated Charity Commission Guidance. We recognise that severe challenges for legal aid charities going forward given the chronic underfunding of the sector and the state violence that underpins migration policy at the moment. In 2024- 2025 will explore innovative ways to generate income including diversifying funding streams and new models of partnerships. _**28**_ _**JOINT COUNCIL FOR THE WELFARE OF IMMIGRANTS, 2023-2024**_ REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS Company Number: 02700424 Country of Registration: England and Wales Country of Incorporation: United Kingdom Charity Number: 1117513 Directors and Trustees: ## Executive Committee in alphabetical order Alexa Netty Trustee and Safeguarding Lead, appointed Feb, 2023 Annie Bidwell Trustee, appointed Feb, 2023 David James Treasurer and Chair of Finance and Fundraising Sub-Committee Hannah Wickes Trustee, appointed Feb, 2023 Jun Pang Trustee, appointed Feb, 2023 Louisa Baxter Chair and Chair of Governance Committee, Chair as of December, 2023 Minoo Jalali-Naini Resigned April, 2024 Rebecca Baron Trustee, appointed Feb, 2023 Savan Yassin Qadir Resigned April, 2024 Shveta Shah Trustee and Chair of People and Culture Sub-Committee, appointed Feb, 2023 Simon Israel Trustee, appointed Feb, 2023 Biographies of the Senior Leadership Team and current trustees are available on the website. Company Secretary: Yasmin Halima - appointed January, 2024 ## Senior Leadership Team: Yasmin Halima, Executive Director – appointed January, 2024 Ravishaan Rahel Muthiah, Communications Director Enny Choudhury and Laura Smith, Co-Legal Directors Aria Danaparamita, Advocacy Director – appointed June, 2023 Registered office and principal address: 441 Caledonian Road Unit 4a Cally Yard, London, England, N7 9BG Auditors: Sayer Vincent LLP, 110 Golden Lane, London, EC1Y 0TG Bankers: NatWest Bank Plc., 134 Aldersgate Street, London EC1A 4JB _**29**_ _**JOINT COUNCIL FOR THE WELFARE OF IMMIGRANTS, 2023-2024**_ ## **PRINCIPAL RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES** Acknowledging, understanding and embracing risks and shifting political and socio-economic landscapes is an inherent part of what JCWI stands for. To do otherwise would not enable us to deliver our strategic aims and support our clients within a complex and evolving landscape. JCWI has a well-developed risk framework designed to support the organisation’s leadership to manage, rather than eliminate risk, and to support informed decision-making. The framework supports colleagues to take a consistent approach to identifying and managing risk, ultimately ensuring risk is managed within the Board’s agreed appetite and tolerance. Our approach recognises five primary risk types (operational, financial regulatory compliance, governance and external) and we consider all risk against the risk to the organisation, its people and the delivery of our strategic aims. Each subcommittee reviews the risk register at every meeting and approves the annual risk register which includes reviews of areas of significant risks. JCWI trustees determine how much risk the charity is willing to take in the pursuit of its objectives (its risk appetite) as well as changes requiring the charity to operate an appropriate risk management framework. Risk management is a key responsibility of the Senior Leadership Team. Our principal risks are shown in the following table. This is a summary of the more detailed risk register entries including mitigations. _**30**_ _**JOINT COUNCIL FOR THE WELFARE OF IMMIGRANTS, 2023-2024**_ ## **PRINCIPAL RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES** |**Risk Category**|**Key themes**|**Mitigations and measures taken**| |---|---|---| |**Operational**|Poor planning, management and
leadership leads to organisational drift,
inefficiency and failure to deliver on
our targets.|SLT, management and Board
leadership and management training
scheme undertaken this year. Annual
reviews of progress against strategy
and new organisational KPIs
developed.| |**Financial**|Internal and external financial
pressures result in a greater level of
financial risk to the organisation. These
factors include uncertainty in
fundraised income.
The organisation no longer has
reserves that meet its reserves policy.|We continue to plan on a multi-year
basis and will periodically put in place
such change programmes as are
necessary to manage our cost base
within predicted revenue.
We will seek to diversify income and
fundraising streams and growing our
membership base.
We will continue to strengthen our
internal financial controls.| |**Governance**|Current governance protocols,
documents and committee
arrangements are outdated and do not
meet the current and future
development needs of the
organisation.
Diverging organisational objectives
between trustees and staff.|EC and SLT have reviewed the
governing documents and refreshed
articles of association.
Attendance by SLT at board meetings;
undertake an annual organisation-wide
review of priorities and progress.| |**Regulatory & Compliance**|Adverse changes in regulatory
environment affect our activities or are
designed to contribute to shrinking
civil society space.|Quarterly reporting, annual external
audit ensure we have complete
information when considering
regulatory changes or complying with
existing regulations; Membership of
NCVO, good working relationships with
Charity Commission & Electoral
Commission and close monitoring of
legislation keeps us up to date on
proposed changes; Maintaining
sufficient financial reserves so that, in
the event of significant regulatory
change, we are able to continue
operating and invest in re-tooling.| |**External**|The risk that JCWI is seen by the public
as irrelevant.
The risk of ongoing cuts to legal aid
and an increasing hostile environment
for migrants.|JCWI´s brand is strong, and we will
continue to invest work in growing this.
Through its role as a movement builder,
JCWI´s thought leadership role will be
solidified.| _**31**_ _**JOINT COUNCIL FOR THE WELFARE OF IMMIGRANTS, 2023-2024**_ ## **SAFEGUARDING** JCWI recognises that safeguarding is everyone’s business. We’re committed to ensuring every person we encounter through our work and everyone in JCWI is aware of their responsibilities and is equipped to support our safeguarding practices. Our safeguarding policy and associated procedures take into account the lived reality of the people that we support. Many of the people that we work with at JCWI face intersecting forms of oppression that may place people at greater risk of harm. This will not always mean that an individual is an ‘adult at risk’ as per adult safeguarding legislation, but JCWI recognise additional risk factors that will be addressed as part of our safeguarding culture and approach. Specifically, we recognise that people who are forcibly displaced, have insecure legal status, or have sought safety from persecution may face additional systemic barriers and power dynamics which can create the conditions for safeguarding concerns to arise. We seek at all times to be mindful of the positionality and context within which we operate and adopt safeguarding policies and procedures through this lens. Our safeguarding policy aims to equip everyone associated with JCWI with the knowledge of what safeguarding means to our organisation and how to identify and raise a safeguarding concern. JCWI is committed to the ‘three R’s’ of safeguarding; Recognise, Respond and Report. JCWI also strives to work preventatively to try and pre-empt and mitigate risk wherever possible to do so. As such, this year we’ve invested in improving the governance framework that supports our safeguarding practice. This year we have started a programme of work over 2023/24 which has focused on improved policies, procedures, training and reporting across the organisation. Our safeguarding framework includes trustee sponsorship and involvement in the organisation’s safeguarding reporting and review process. It also includes quarterly and annual reports to the Board to provide assurance that our framework and practice are helping us to maintain our commitment. ## **Data privacy and security** Data protection and security is a key part of our safeguarding structure. We take significant steps to uphold the privacy of personal information of our donors, supporters, clients and staff. We process data ethically and responsibly and are always open and honest about why we collect, use and store personal data. _**32**_ _**JOINT COUNCIL FOR THE WELFARE OF IMMIGRANTS, 2023-2024**_ ## **OUR FINANCES** During the year the Charity had income of £1,281,555 (2023 – £1,332,157) and a deficit for the year ended of £133,500 (2023 – surplus £75,347). As at the year-end the accounts showed funds of £627,724 (2023 - £761,224), of which £247,974 (2023 - £82,252) was restricted. The reserves held in unrestricted funds, which have not been designated or invested in fixed assets, on 31st March 2024 were £342,658 (2023 – £638,009). Income **£1,281,555** Reserves **£342,658** ## **Going Concern** To address the issue of Going Concern, JCWI has prepared a Forecast for the remainder of the current year and a Projection for 2025-26, broken out between months to check for any troughs of liquidity. The Projection was prepared on a conservative basis on which only income from grants from existing providers was included, so does not reflect the priority that JCWI is giving to income generation in its current update of strategy. Even on this basis the lowest projected cash balance at a month end was £207,000, which is more than sufficient to cover a month’s outgoings. Our remuneration policy and fundraising policy are being refreshed this year to take into account Charity Commission Guidance. Based on this Forecast and Projection and the assumptions on which they are based, the trustees consider that there are no material uncertainties about the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. _**33**_ _**JOINT COUNCIL FOR THE WELFARE OF IMMIGRANTS, 2023-2024**_ ## **RESERVES** JCWI´s reserves are maintained in line with Charity Commission guidance to mitigate against and manage risks to the organisation, as well as to invest in new opportunities. When we consider our reserves level, our analysis considers both JCWI´s internal and external circumstances, as well as our activities and principal risks. The aim is to ensure a level of reserves adequate for JCWI to survive economic shocks without compromising on our strategic aims. The minimum reserves level approved by the Board is that both the measures of cash and unrestricted reserves less restricted reserves (less WIP) should be equal to between three and six months of budgeted expenses. The Directors believe that through maintaining reserves at this level, JCWI will be able to maintain financial sustainability and the means to meet its charitable objectives for the foreseeable future. The Directors review the level of required reserves on an annual basis. _**34**_ _**JOINT COUNCIL FOR THE WELFARE OF IMMIGRANTS, 2023-2024**_ ## **STATEMENT OF TRUSTEES RESPONSIBILITIES** The trustees are responsible for preparing the Annual Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulation. Company law requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable company and of the incoming resources and application of resources, including the income and expenditure, of the charitable company for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the trustees are required to: select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently; observe the methods and principles in the Charities SORP; make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; - state whether applicable UK Accounting Standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements; - prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charitable company will continue in business. The trustees are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charitable company and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charitable company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities. _**35**_ _**JOINT COUNCIL FOR THE WELFARE OF IMMIGRANTS, 2023-2024**_ ## **STATEMENT OF DISCLOSURE TO AUDITOR** So far as the trustees are aware, there is no relevant audit information of which the company’s auditors are unaware. Additionally, the trustees have taken all the necessary steps that they ought to have taken as trustees in order to make themselves aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the charity’s auditors are aware of that information. The trustees are responsible for the maintenance and integrity of the corporate and financial information included on the charitable company's website. Legislation in the United Kingdom governing the preparation and dissemination of financial statements may differ from legislation in other jurisdictions. ## **Auditors** A resolution will be proposed at the Annual General Meeting that Sayer Vincent LLP be reappointed as auditors of the Charity for the ensuing year. These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies’ regime within Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006. ## **Approval** This report was approved by the Board and signed on its behalf by: David James Trustee 8 November, 2024 _**3536**_ _**JOINT COUNCIL FOR THE WELFARE OF IMMIGRANTS, 2023-2024**_ ## **AUDITOR'S REPORT** ## **Opinion** We have audited the financial statements of Joint Council for the Welfare of� Immigrants (the ‘charitable company’) for the year ended 31 March 2024 which� comprise the statement of financial activities, balance sheet, statement of cash flows� and notes to the financial statements, including significant accounting policies. The� financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable� law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including FRS 102 _The Financial� Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland_ (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice). In our opinion, the financial statements: - Give a true and fair view of the state of the charitable company’s affairs as at 31� March 2024 and of its incoming resources and application of resources, including� its income and expenditure for the year then ended - Have been properly prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Generally� Accepted Accounting Practice - Have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act� 2006 ## **Basis for opinion** We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further� described in the Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements� section of our report. We are independent of the charitable company in accordance� with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements� in the UK, including the FRC’s Ethical Standard and we have fulfilled our other ethical� responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit� evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our� opinion. _**37**_ _**JOINT COUNCIL FOR THE WELFARE OF IMMIGRANTS, 2023-2024**_ ## **AUDITOR'S REPORT** ## **Conclusions relating to going concern** In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the trustees' use of the� going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is� appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material� uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may� cast significant doubt on Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants' ability to� continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the� financial statements are authorised for issue. Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the trustees with respect to going� concern are described in the relevant sections of this report. ## **Other Information** The other information comprises the information included in the trustees’ annual� report other than the financial statements and our auditor’s report thereon. The� trustees are responsible for the other information contained within the annual report.� Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and,� except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any� form of assurance conclusion thereon. Our responsibility is to read the other� information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially� inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the course of� the audit, or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material� inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine� whether this gives rise to a material misstatement in the financial statements� themselves. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a� material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact. We have nothing to report in this regard. _**38**_ _**JOINT COUNCIL FOR THE WELFARE OF IMMIGRANTS, 2023-2024**_ ## **AUDITOR'S REPORT** ## **Opinion on other matters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006** - In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit: - The information given in the trustees’ annual report for the financial year for� which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial� statements; and - The trustees’ annual report has been prepared in accordance with applicable� legal requirements. ## **Matters on which we are required to report by exception** In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the charitable company and its� environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material� misstatements in the trustees’ annual report. We have nothing to report in respect of� the following matters in relation to which the Companies Act 2006 requires us to� report to you if, in our opinion: - Adequate accounting records have not been kept, or returns adequate for our� audit have not been received from branches not visited by us; or - The financial statements are not in agreement with the accounting records and� returns; or - Certain disclosures of trustees’ remuneration specified by law are not made; or� - We have not received all the information and explanations we require for our� audit; or - The directors were not entitled to prepare the financial statements in accordance� with the small companies regime and take advantage of the small companies’� exemptions in preparing the trustees’ annual report and from the requirement to� prepare a strategic report. _**39**_ _**JOINT COUNCIL FOR THE WELFARE OF IMMIGRANTS, 2023-2024**_ ## **AUDITOR'S REPORT** ## **Responsibilities of trustees** As explained more fully in the statement of trustees’ responsibilities set out in the� trustees’ annual report, the trustees (who are also the directors of the charitable� company for the purposes of company law) are responsible for the preparation of the� financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view, and for� such internal control as the trustees determine is necessary to enable the preparation� of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud� or error. In preparing the financial statements, the trustees are responsible for assessing the� charitable company’s ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable,� matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting� unless the trustees either intend to liquidate the charitable company or to cease� operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so. ## **Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements** Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial� statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or� error, and to issue an auditor’s report that includes our opinion. Reasonable� assurance is a high level of assurance but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted� in accordance with ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists.� Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually� or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic� decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements. Irregularities, including fraud, are instances of non-compliance with laws and� regulations. We design procedures in line with our responsibilities, outlined above, to� detect material misstatements in respect of irregularities, including fraud. The extent� to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud are� set out below. _**40**_ _**JOINT COUNCIL FOR THE WELFARE OF IMMIGRANTS, 2023-2024**_ ## **AUDITOR'S REPORT** ## **Capability of the audit in detecting irregularities** In identifying and assessing risks of material misstatement in respect of irregularities,� including fraud and non-compliance with laws and regulations, our procedures� included the following: - We enquired of management, which included obtaining and reviewing supporting� documentation, concerning the charity’s policies and procedures relating to:� - Identifying, evaluating, and complying with laws and regulations and whether they were aware of any instances of non-compliance; - Detecting and responding to the risks of fraud and whether they have� knowledge of any actual, suspected, or alleged fraud; - The internal controls established to mitigate risks related to fraud or noncompliance with laws and regulations. - We inspected the minutes of meetings of those charged with governance. - We obtained an understanding of the legal and regulatory framework that the� charity operates in, focusing on those laws and regulations that had a material� effect on the financial statements or that had a fundamental effect on the� operations of the charity from our professional and sector experience. - We communicated applicable laws and regulations throughout the audit team and remained alert to any indications of non-compliance throughout the audit.� We reviewed any reports made to regulators. - We reviewed the financial statement disclosures and tested these to supporting� documentation to assess compliance with applicable laws and regulations. - We performed analytical procedures to identify any unusual or unexpected� relationships that may indicate risks of material misstatement due to fraud. - In addressing the risk of fraud through management override of controls, we� tested the appropriateness of journal entries and other adjustments, assessed� whether the judgements made in making accounting estimates are indicative of a� potential bias and tested significant transactions that are unusual or those� outside the normal course of business. _**41**_ _**JOINT COUNCIL FOR THE WELFARE OF IMMIGRANTS, 2023-2024**_ ## **AUDITOR'S REPORT** ## **Capability of the audit in detecting irregularities** Because of the inherent limitations of an audit, there is a risk that we will not detect all� irregularities, including those leading to a material misstatement in the financial� statements or non-compliance with regulation. This risk increases the more that� compliance with a law or regulation is removed from the events and transactions� reflected in the financial statements, as we will be less likely to become aware of� instances of non-compliance. The risk is also greater regarding irregularities occurring� due to fraud rather than error, as fraud involves intentional concealment, forgery,� collusion, omission or misrepresentation. A further description of our responsibilities is available on the Financial Reporting� Council’s website at: www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms� part of our auditor’s report. _**42**_ _**JOINT COUNCIL FOR THE WELFARE OF IMMIGRANTS, 2023-2024**_ ## **AUDITOR'S REPORT** ## **Use of our report** This report is made solely to the charitable company's members as a body, i�n accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006. Our audit work has�� been undertaken so that we might state to the charitable company's members those�� matters we are required to state to them in an auditor’s report and for no other�� purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume�� responsibility to anyone other than the charitable company and the charitable�� company's members as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions�� we have formed. Noelia Serrano (Senior statutory auditor) 12 November 2024 for and on behalf of Sayer Vincent LLP, Statutory Auditor 110 Golden Lane, LONDON, EC1Y 0TG _**43**_ Joint Colmcll for W•lf4rn of Imffllqrants 5tst•m•rrt of fin•Kial adfvit6•s (incory)or*ing an income expenditwe account) For th• •r •ndod 11 Ilavrh 2024 2024 Tatsl Vnre5trKtad 2023 Total Unrestritt•d Re5tncted R•5tricted Grant5 and donaiions charitable xtiviti•5 576.a19 704.n6 40.( 253.394 777.435 SS4.722 249236 455. Tatsl incom• 733.555 548.000 1.281.S55 1.038.763 293.394 1.332.157 Exp•ndltur• an: Charitab￿ activiti•5 Case Vovrk & legal h•lplin•s 544.743 119,983 355.625 120.442 179.172 95.089 665.185 259.1 $5 450.714 368.667 i ai.598 382.569 21 S.993 119.602 38.381 584.659 2SI.21X 420.950 Communication & training Totsl •xp•ndltw• 1.020.352 394,703 1.415.055 882.834 373.976 1.2S6.810 N•t <•xp•ndstur•) I *KOrn• for th• yw 128&797) 1 sa297 155.929 180.$82) 75.a47 Transfors bthvo•n funds 112.425) • iw51 142.881 42.881 N•t mov•rn•th In fimds 2Z 165.n2 (37.701> 75J47 RKonfili*ion •f lundl: Total fund5 brought forward 67&9n Wl 82352 379.750 247.974 761.224 565.924 119.953 685.877 Totsl l￿dI wrl•d fvrnvd 627.724 Wl 6rn9n 82.252 761224 l of the results are dorr4*d cOrth￿n9 ￿tr¥￿ie$. There no rrthu rKowis•d wns or loss•s (￿h￿ than th¢M statod almm. Moven*rt5 in fund5 di5dosed ￿ Note 19a to the stalemrt. Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants ## Balance sheet |As at 31 March 2024|As at 31 March 2024||Company|no. 02700424| |---|---|---|---|---| |Note
£
Fixed assets:
10
Current assets:
11
295,925
12
48,656
516,620
861,201
Liabilities:
13
(234,628)
17a
37,090
342,658
Total unrestricted funds
Total assets less current liabilities
Restricted income funds
Unrestricted income funds:
Designated funds
General funds
Unbilled Fees and Recoverable Disbursements
Debtors
The funds of the charity:
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
Net current assets
Total net assets
Cash at bank and in hand
Tangible assets
Total charity funds|||£|2023
£
-| |||2024||| |||£
1,151||| |||||| |||1,151||-| |||||| ||295,925||523,000|| ||48,656||130,587|| ||516,620||304,206|| |||||| ||861,201||957,793|| ||(234,628)||(196,569)|| ||37,090
342,658|||| |||626,573||761,224| |||||| |||||| |||627,724||761,224| |||||| |||||| |||627,724||761,224| |||247,974||| |||||82,252| |||||| ||||40,963|| ||||638,009|| |||||| |||||| |||379,750||678,972| |||||| |||||| |||627,724||761,224| Approved by the trustees on 08 November 2024 and signed on their behalf by David James FCA Trustee 1 Joint Councll for the Welfare of lrnrnigrants Statement ol cash flow5 For the ear ende4131 March 2024 2024 2023 it (expenditure) l income for the year Adjustments for: Depreciation Decrease l (increase) in WIP & Recoverable Disbursements Decrease in debtors Increase in creditors 8.386 133.2171 43.04 66.480 227.07 81.931 347.248 84,676 Net cash provlded by operating anivltles 213.748 160.023 Cash flows from Investlng actlvltles: Purchase of fixed assets (1.334) Net cash used In Inve5tlng actmtles (1.334> Change In cash and cash equlvalents In the year 212.414 304,206 160.023 Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the year 144.183 Cash and cash equtvalents at the end of the year 516.620 304.206 Analy515 of c•5h and cash equlv4lent5 and of nel debt Other non- At31 cash March 2024 changes At l April 2023 Cash flows Cash at bank and in hand 304.206 516.620 Tot•1 cash and cash equlvalents 304.206 212.414 516.620 int CwncS1 for the Wellare of Invnigrams Note5 to the finwKial statements For the ended 31 Much 2024 l Accowrting policles a) Statutory Irthrniatlon Joint Council for the Welfare of Imm￿rantS 15 a charitable company limited by guarantee a￿1 is Incorplyated in the United Kingdom. The registered office address arKI principal place of t￿InesS is 441 Caledonian Road. Unit 4a Cally Yard, London. N7 98G. The finanaal Statery￿nts have been prepared in acconlance with ACcour￿"￿ and Reporting by Charitie5: Statement of Recornn￿nded fva(tice applicable to charities wepanng their accowrts in accordance with the Financial Reporting StarKlard applicable in the LM( and Republic of Ireland ￿R5 102) - (Charitie5 SORP FRS 102). The Financial Rewrtir¥J StarKlard applicable in the iK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 1021 and the C(xnpanies Act 2006. A55ets and liats"lities are initially recognised at histlxical cost ￿ tran&iction value unle55 OtheThvi5e stated in the relevant accounting policy lx note. In apP￿.￿g the fi'nancial reporting the trustee5 havt mr4le a number of Subjecti￿ judgement5. for example in respect of significant accounting estimates. Estimates arKI judgements are continually evaluated and are based ( historical experience and other fa(tor5, induding expectati¢NIs of future event5 that are believed to b2 reasonable under the circumstances. The nature of the estimation Th￿an$ the actual (Mrtcome5 could differ from those estimates. Any significant estimates and Judgements affectsng these financial statements are detailed within the relevant accounting policy bekAv. ¢ Publlc bEntfll eniity The charity meets the definition of a public benefit entity under FR5 102. The trustees do rK)t consider that there are any sowces of e￿]rnation uncertairty at the ￿e￿ling date that have a Significant risk of causing a material ￿lJus￿lent to the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities *ithin the next reporting period. d) Going concern The irustees consider that ihue are no material uncertainties a1X•￿ the charitys ability to c<)ntinue as a going concem. In arriving at thi5 decisi(￿. the trustees have considered in detw'l the latest forecast for 2024-25 arKI the latest projertion for 2025-26 and partjcularly their a55OCWted cash fl{￿¥5 e) ExpeThllDJre arml Irrec0v￿lE VAT Expenditure 15 recooni5ed once there 15 a legal or conslructive d>ligation to make a payrr*nl to a third party. it 15 probable that Settlement will be required arKI the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably. Expenditure is classified under the follver the peri¢xl of the contracL int CwncS1 for the Wellare of Invnigrams Note5 to the finwKial statements For the ended 31 Much 2024 I Accowning pollcbes (ccfflinued) D Donation5 rf gifts, ser¥ices and faclliii t)onated professional seThice5 and donated facilities are re(ogni5ed as income Mthen the charity has control over the item or received the service. any conditions associated wfjth the donatbon have been met. the receipt of ecorK)mic benefft from the use try the charity of the item is probable and that economic benefit can be measured reliably. In accordance with the Charities SORP ￿Rs 102), volunteer time is not recognised so refer to the trustees, annual report for more inf0m￿tIOn about their contribution. On receipt. donated gifts. profe55ional 5eryices and donated facilitie5 are recognised on the basi5 of the value of the gift to the charity bthich is the amount the charity M)uld have been williw to pay to Obt￿.￿ Se￿i(e5 or facilities of equivalent economic benefrt on the open market; a c(xrespondir¥J arnount IS then recognised in expenditure in the period of recei0. g) Interest rtteivable Interest funds held on deposit is induded TAthen receivable and the amount can be measured reliaNy by the charity. this is nomully upM nOIrfK￿lQn (rf the interest paid or payable by the bank. h) Fund accowrtlng Restricted funds are to be used for 5pecifK purposes as laid ¢kn4m by the dLYMX. Expermliture meets these criteria 15 charged to the fund. Unresuicted funds are grants. donations and ￿her incorning resources received or generated for the chariiatAe purw)ses. Designated funds are unrestritted funds eamiarked ty the trustees for particular pUr￿seS. l) Grart5 payable Grants payable are made to third parties in ffurtherance of the charitys objects. Sirrfjle or multi-year grants are accounted for ￿en either the recipent ha5 a reasonable expectation that they will receibt a gran¢ and the trustees have agreed to pay the grant Vlithout condition, ￿ the recipient has a reasonatAe exFX(tatson that tty will receive a grant and that any (￿ditIon attaching to the grant 15 (xrt5ide of the control of the tharity. PrcNi5ions for grants are made wthen the intention to make a grant has been cornmunicated to the recipient but there 15 uncertainty atmxn eirher the timing of the grant airn Foundation Great Londr)n Authonty Staff Imrrigrant5' Abd Trust jose￿ Roomtree CharitaNe Trust Oak F￿ndatIon Prism Unbound Philanthropv t>onations induding Gift Aid 48.542 48,542 50.000 65.000 200 30,000 91.900 150.000 50.000 65.000 200 30,000 91.900 150,(￿XI 92.5(Kl 92.5 48.850 150.000 55.0fy) 48.850 1 S0.0(X> 55.000 90,1 285.335 181.927 181.927 245,335 40.()00 484.319 92.500 576.819 727.435 40.000 767.435 int Councll for ihe Welfart of In￿grantS Note5 to the finandal statemEnts For the ended 31 Mvch 2024 3 Income from charitable activitses 2024 2023 Unrestricted Restricted Tatal Unrestricted Restricted Total Legal caseM>rk and helpllnes Grart5: Asylum Aid Frontline NetbNtrk Legal Education F(￿ndatIon Oak Foundation Trust for London 5,654 120 45,084 10,980 62,500 5,654 120 45,084 10,980 62.500 92.625 92.625 Contract Income: UNISON - Advice line for mertjers Legal aid, certfficated and other Case￿ fees 33.29) 78.892 33.290 78.892 26,562 222.995 26.562 222.995 Legal casc￿11￿ helpllne5: Tg¢al Income 112,182 92.625 204.807 249.557 124.338 373,894 Tr•lnl Training and Course fee5 Trnlnlry: Total 23.862 23.862 14,979 14,979 23.862 23.862 14.979 14,979 Gr•rt5: Barr(Av Cadbury European Prr Integration and MKJration 15.0 15.000 29.745 29.000 29.000 26.915 29.745 26.915 Paul Haml) Open Society Foundation Cr05s Border For￿).. Total Incon Exeter Lkniver5ity Econornic and Social Research C0￿ClI Indlwrkers Alliance Polden Iljckham - Climate Justice Paul Hamlyn F￿￿latI( 50.000 50.01 58,351 153.095 11.913 58.351 153.095 11.913 44,485 100.400 5,156 5,000 3.500 44,485 100.400 5.156 3.500 109.964 109.964 75.000 75.000 75.0 274.972 J49.972 114.056 114.056 ComThinlcatlon and enga9emert Gr•rt5 and donAtlon5: Barr(x Cadbury Trust BimiinghamlECllnnovate/UKRI Disrupt Foundation.. Covid Inquiry Distruw Foundatson.. New We5bite Homelessness Appeal Neth Trust Ltd Mert￿r$hip 5ub5uip¢ions PublicatiC￿5 & v￿r(handiSe 30.OIYJ 1.858 3,750 28.944 13.351 i o.o(x) 30.000 1.858 3.750 28.944 13.351 io.ooo 35.524 2.668 15,000 15.000 35.524 2.668 34,722 2.070 34,722 2.070 Comnwnlcatlon and en9a9emenr Total IKome 38.192 a7.￿3 126.095 36.792 15.000 51.792 T￿al IrKome from tharlrable a£￿vIlle5 249.236 455.500 704.7 301.328 253.394 554.ni Joirf CounEil fty the W¢llfft of Immigrnrrts Forth nd¢d 31 Marth 2024 4a Afi•tysis of exptnditure (a•rrMi vw) Ch•ritable activiiies Case & legal helplints Communicaiion & TrniniNJ G¢wemance Surwrt 2024 Totsl 2023 Totsl A¢¢t￿nTanty Audii fees communicat￿￿3 and Depreci￿10￿ Le9•1 c4se*rrk costs Other direci costs Other office costs Premises arrtl equipmeffl Staff costs (Noie 61 Ti•ining 37.555 21.025 17.120 8.386 15,238> 153.609 22.082 48.178 941,921 12,173 21.700 27.700 38.737 514 3,840 29.608 4.775 184 1.583 32.161 83.914 99,461 242.1 $6 11.792 38.972 28.573 12.715 40.555 90.263 118.925 99,461 992.830 12.4(X) 28.746 14.625 782 7.582 89 399.788 479 189.535 25 161,350 481.042 236,772 199,426 21,789 476,026 1.415.055 1.256.810 Support COSU 128.527 ￿42.042 Wl 1rn130 WI 12¢527 Wl (476.026) 19.541 1 75.158 Z (150.310 Govemince costs 55.617 Totsl •xwnditur• 2024 665.185 299.155 450.714 1.415.055 Toial txpendiiure 2023 584.659 251.200 420,950 1,256.810 J•int Council for the Welfare of Immigranls Note5 ro the financi•l sr•ternenis For the ar ended 31 March 2024 4b An￿v51% of expendnur* (prior ye4r) Charitable aui¥ities Case 4w>rk & 0*1 htlplinos Communir the Welfare of Irnmiqr￿ts Notes to the financial statements For the ended 31 March 2024 Staff nurnbers The average number of staff employed during the year was 21.3 (2023: 20.2). Staff are split across the actNities of the charity as follows Ifull time equivalent basis): 2024 2023 Case work and legal help lines Advocacy Comrnunications & Training Govemance Support 21.3 20.2 Related party Iransactlons JCWI and The Imrnigranis, Aid Trust riAf) are related parties as some trusiees are common to both. At the year- end IAT owed JCWI £0 (2023 £785). The following transaction5 took place during the year between JCWI and IAT.. •JCWI rents premises owned by IAT at 441 Caledonian Rd, London. for wthich annual rent of £1 00.000 (2022-23 £30.000) is payable. •JCWI receives a Grant of £1 00.000 <2023 £30.000 I for rent from IAT. •There was no thar9e from JCWI to IAT in 2023-24 for either relocation and premises costs (2022-23 £nill or for administration expenses (2022-23 £nil) Taxaiion The charity is exempt from corporation tax as all its income is charitable and is applied for charitable purposes. l O Tanglble flxed assets Fixtures. fittings and equipment Computer & IT Equipment Total C05t At the starr of the year Additions in year 35.521 1.335 3,397 38.918 1.335 At the erKI of the year 36.856 3.397 40.253 Depreciation At the start of the year Charge for the year At the end of the year 3S.521 3.397 38.918 184 35.705 3.397 39.102 Net book value At the end of the year 1.151 At the start of the year All of the above assets are used for charitable purposes. Joint Councll fi>r the Welfare of Irnmiqr￿ts Notes to the financial statements For the ended 31 March 2024 I l Unbilled Legal Fees 2024 2023 Legal Fees - Unbilled and Work-in-Progress Recoverable Disbursements 192.087 103.838 367.000 156.000 295.925 523.000 12 Debtors 2024 2023 Trade debtors Prepayments and other debtors Accrued income 35.845 9.706 3.105 79,124 9,307 42,155 45.656 130.587 13 Credltors: amounts falllng due wlthln one year 2024 2023 Trade ueditor5 Taxation and Social security Other creditors Accruals Deferred income (note 16) 85.649 33.193 9.896 83.428 22.463 56.733 39.900 4.423 71.6SO 23.863 234.628 196.569 14 Defeffed Incorne The deferred income includes contract income of £22.463 received from UNISON in advance for helpline work to be carried out in 2024 {2023.' £23,863). 2024 2023 Balance at the beginning of the year Amount released to income in the year Amount deferred in the year 1 23.16> 14.875 (23.863) Wl 25.351 22.463 116.363) Balance at the end of the year 22.463 23.863 Joint Council for the Welfve of Immigrants Note5 to the financial statements For the ended Jl March 2024 15 Pen51on 5theme The pension cosi charge represents contributions payable by the charity to the fund and amounted to £34.233 (2023.. £27.837). The charity had accrued pension contyibutions of £nil (2023: £Nil). 16a An￿y$l$ ol net assets betrfftn fvnds (curreni year) General unrestricted Designated Restricted Total luTrds Tangible fixed assets Net current assets 1,151 341,509 37.090 247.974 626.573 Nel u5els at 31 March 2024 342.660 37.090 247.974 627.724 16b Analys15 ol net assets betrften fvnds Iprior ye•r - restated) Generaj unrestricted Designated Restricted Total luTrds Tangible fixed assets Net current assets 638,009 40,963 82,252 761.224 Nei as5￿$ at 31 March 2023 638.009 40.963 82.252 761.224 Joint Councll fi>r the Welfare of Irnmiqr￿ts Notes to the financial statements For the ended 31 March 2024 17a Movernenis in funds (current year) At l April 2023 Income & Expenditure gains & losses At 31 March 2024 Transfers Restrlcted funds: Grant5 and Donatrlon5 Immigrants Aid Trust Case work and legal helplinu: Oak Foundation Trust for London Advocary: Barrow Cadbury (Cross Border Forum) EPIM (Cross Border Forum) Paul Hamyln (Cross Border Forum) OSF {Cr055 Border Forum) Economic and Social Research Council (ESCR) Exeter Universiry Greater London Authority Polden Puckham - Climate Justice Homelessness Appeal 92,500 ¢ioo,000) 7,500 9,211 (5.800) (77.642) 769 7.500 4.180 22.483 92.625 20.154 15.000 (21.720) 13.434 4,257 29,745 50.000 58.351 (24,273) {828) <54.85n 9.729 49.172 41.125 37.631 (5,000> 11,913 (17,069) 5,156 (6.000) 109.964 13,351 (34,074) (13,351) 75.890 Cornmunlcallon: BirminghamlECllnnovatelUKRI Disrupt Foundation.. Covid Inquiry Oisrupt Foundation.. New We5bite Newby Trust Ltd Barrow Cadbury Trust 1.858 3.750 28.944 i 0.000 30,000 (2.301) (443) 3.750 16.156 i 0.000 2.500 <12.788) (30,000) 2,500 Total restrlcied funds 82.252 548.000 <394,703) 12,425 247.974 Unrestrlcted lunds: Deslgnaled lunds: Migrant Defence fund 40.963 (3,873) 37.090 General funds 638.008 733.555 (12,425) 34Z.658 Total unrestrlc1ed funds 678.971111 733.555 (1.020.352) WI (12.425) Wl 579.750 Total funds 761.223 1.281.555 (1.415.054) 627.724 The narrative to explain the purpose of each fund 15 given below. Joint Councll fi>r the Welfare of Irnmiqr￿ts Notes to the financial statements For the ended 31 March 2024 17b Movernenis in funds (prior year remtedl At l April 2022 Income & Expenditure gains & losses At l Aprll 2023 Transfers Restrlcted funds: Case work and legal helplines: Asylum Aid Frontline Network Heinz. Anna and Carol Kroch Legal Education Foundation Matrix Chambers Ltd Methodist Church Oak foundation Trust for London Donation5- Wndrush Justice Fund tk)nations - Helpline for Undocumented Migrants Advocacy: Barrow Cadbury (Cross Border EPIM (Cross Border Forum) OSF (Cross Border Forum) Disrupt FoundationlPfism Economic and Social Research Council (ESCR) Exeter University Greater London Auihority Landworkers Alliance Migration Foundalion 5.654 120 <9.306) {440) (1.143) <45.098) (1,566} {737) (1.769) <70.300) (40,990) 3.652 320 634 509 45,084 1,204 390 362 347 10.980 62.$00 9.211 5,341 31,956 2,459 9,034 40.000 <44.643) 4.643 29.000 26.915 44.485 (8.846) <22.658) <6.854) 20.154 4.257 37.631 1.505 (1.505> 5.000 5,156 (6,584) 1.428 6.000 3,500 <3,894) 394 Paul Hamlyn Foundation Refugee Action Sigrid Rausing Trust Donations - Hostile digital environment tyonations - EEA Citizens Rights Litigation Donation5 - Monitoring of EU Settlement Scheme 47,512 932 18,197 <48.618) <3.468) (18,680) 1.106 2,536 483 2.201 (2.201> 1.403 (1 .403) 1.405 (1 .405> Communlcailon.. Barrow Cadbury Trust 1,398 15.000 (38,381) 21,983 Total restrlcied funds 119.953 293.394 <373.976) 42.881 82.253 Unrestrlcted fund5: Designated funds: Migrant Defence fund General funds 42.441 (1.478) 40.963 638.009 678.972 523,483 565.924 1,038,763 1.038.76 (881,356) (442.834) (42,881> (42.881) Total unrestrlcied funds Total funds 685.877 1.332.158 (1.256.810) 761.225 Joint Council for the Welfve of Immigrants Note5 to the financial statements For the ended Jl March 2024 17 Movements in funds (continued) Descrlptlon. nature and purpose of re5tr1cted grants: Legal casevMrk and helpllnes: Asylum Aid Funded a legal secondee from JCWI to work at Asylum Aid as a trainee soliciior for a period of up to four months starting on 25 July 2022. Frontline Nenvork Grant to help people at risk of, or currently experiencing homelessness through pmviding crisis grants to prevent eviction or help access accommodation Heinz. Anna and Carol Kroch Foundation Grant to help people on low incomes or who may have medical needs. be victims of domestic violence or are homeless. Le9al Educatlon Foundatlon Funding a Justice First Fellowship for a trainee to help asylum Seekers separated acros5 Europe with famlly reunion application5. Thls was particularly important for the trainee's work with unaccompanied minor5 arriving in the UK. Matrlx Chwnber5 Funding for an Acces5 to Justice projert researching and producing a guide for mwrants in the UK and those supporting them on instrutting and interacting with lawyers. Methodl3t Church Hardship funding to help people on very low incomes. Oak FouTrd•tlon Support for JCWI to manage ensure it ha5 in place trained staff, robust proce55e5 and procedure5 to generate, manage and project income from le9al aid. manage cashflow and ensure adequate income under Its legal aid contract to cover its costs in undertaking its legal work Trust lor London Funding provided for the provision of a ftee, anonymous advice helpline (the IML) and the development of our understanding of irregularity and associated issues through this work. Wlndnish Justjce Fund Contributions to the Vlindrush Jusiice Fund. are distributed through an open grants programme to smaller. communiry-based organisations working directly with the Windru5h Generation and their descendants. Advocacy: Barrow Cadbury To support the work of the Cross-border Forum facilitating the exchange of Inforniatlon and expertise; enabling a shared analysis of cross-border policies and iheir impact, and providing space for joint advocacy and action- oriented research. EurDpean Programme for Integratlon and Mbgrallon (EPIM) Funding for the Cross-border Forum. a project bringing t¢)gether organisations concerned with the UK-France- Belgium border to exchange infomiation and expertise a construct a shared analysis of cross-border policies and their impatt in order to join forces on advocacy and policy work Open society Fourbdation (05F) Funding ftjr the Cr055-border Forum. to facilitate collaborats.on between Britlsh, French and Belgian organisation5 on advocacy and policy wo Exeter Unlver51ty Funding a projett on Migrant Workers in the Care Sector. in partnership with Kanlungan, FLEX. 5EEAC arKI an academic tearn from Exeter Joint Councll fi>r the Welfare of Irnmiqr￿ts Notes to the financial statements For the ended 31 March 2024 17 Movernenls In fund5 (continued) Greater London Authority Funding provided for distribution through the Windrush Justice Fund programme to other, smaller organisations working with the Windrush Generation and their descendants. JCWI does not accept funding from central or devolved government and is therefore prohibited from using these funds intemally. Lan¢hvorker5 Alllance A collaboration between the New Economics Foundation, Focus on Labour Exploilation, Joinl Council for the Welfare of lrnmigrants, and Sustain, led by the Landworkers. Alliance. investigating the causes of exploitative conditions for UK migrant agricultural workers in the conventional settor for a wbli5hed report. Migratk>n Found•tlon Funding provided for supporting the volunteer-led group UKCEN in the provision of advice and support to European Nationals seeking citizenship and Settled status. Poklen Puckham Grant to address the ways thal climate thange and human migration are interlinked and firKI and promote practical changes to national and global systems of migration that respond to the realities of life for communities afferted by climate breakdown. New Phllanthropy Evidence-led advocary and campaigning work to improve outcomes under the European Selllemeni Scheme. Paul Hamlyn Foundatlon Funding provided for our work to radically transform the UK'5 immigration systern through legal advice and representation, strategic litigalion, building capacity for direct resistance. creating resource5 for community organi5ing, creating a movement of collective action, and driving through long-lerm political change Prlsm Grant to SUPPOrt Remember and Re5iSt to fund a public educats.on carnpaign about the experience5 and inequajities facing East and South Easl Asian communities. Refugee Actlon Funding provided for coordinating public affairs and advocacy work across refugee- and rnigration-ofiented priority issues. Slgrld Rauslng Trust Trust for London Running the Irregular Migrants, Helpline and engaging in evidence-based policy advocacy with and on behalf of people with insecure immigration status. Unbound Phllanthropy Funding received towards work to support European Economic Area(EEA) rnigrant5 by ensuring a fair and just irnmigration system is pui in place based on a ftamework of principle5 and in addition to shift the current Family Migration Rules to more favourable temis for non-EEA migrants, thereby ensuring that future Rules for EEA migrants and their family member5 are fair and equitable. Communlcailon: Barrow Cadbury Trust Strategic comrnunication5 work. Paul Hamlyn Foundatlon Funding provided for public affairs. advocary and engagement work. BlrmlnghamlECllnnovatelUKRI Grant to work with the University of Birmingham on their research into the ways that someone can 105e their immigration statu5 and to produce policy responses to prevent and sUPPOrt people for whom this 15 a risk or a reality Joint Councll fi>r the Welfare of Irnmiqr￿ts Notes to the financial statements For the ended 31 March 2024 17 Movemenis In fvnds (continued> Disrwpt Founda￿0￿. Covid Inqulry Grant to a partnership of organ15ations includlng the Public Interest Law Centre, Dottors of the World, Ball for Immigration Detainee5 and Kanlungan to respond to the Governrnent's Covid-19 enquiry specifically on the ways in which it has impatted migrants. DI5￿p¢ Foundallon: New Websrt Grant to pay for a website developer Fat Beehbve to develop a new webslte for JCWI that enable5 U5 to reach more people and better showcase our work Newby Trust Grant io cover pan of the salary and costs of a support vKJrker for the legal team. to provide practical and emotional sUPPOrt to clients receiving legal representation from the lawyers. De5crlpllon. nature and purpose of unre5tr1cted luTrd5: GeTher￿ funds General fund represtnts funds available io spend at the discretion of the Trustees. Mlgrant Deftnce Fund Funding designated by the JCWI board to 5UPPOrt the provision of unfunded legal advice and support. 17c Transfers ow of restrfcted lunds Imrnlgrants Ald Trust £7,500 ha5 been transfe￿ed in to reverse the accrued income of £7,500 last year. This realigns the grant to £1 00,000 income per year and £1 00.000 expenditure per year Oak FOUnda￿On 1769 ha5 been Iran5ferred in to increase the opening balance to £9.980 Trust for London £7500 has been iransferred in to increase our restricted balance to £22,483 as at 3110312024 Econom1< and Soclal Research Councll (ESCR) 5.000 has been transferred out to adjust our restricted balance held. The £5.000 will be received next year in year 3 of the grant Exeter Unfverslty £5,156 has been transferred in to adjust our opening restricted balance held as at 0110412023 Greater London Authority £6,000 has been transferred out to reduce our restricted balance to £0 Barrow Cadbury Trust £2,500 has been transferred in to inuease our restricted balance held to £2,500 and align grant expenditure with the grant terms 18 Legal siatU5 of the cMrity Joint Council for the Welf•re of Immigrants Note5 to the financial statements For the ar ended 31 March 2024 The charity is a company limited by guarantee and has no share capital. The liability of each member in the event of winding up is limited to £ l . **JOINT COUNCIL FOR THE WELFARE OF IMMIGRANTS** **Phone/** 020 7251 8708 **Email/** info@jcwi.org.uk **Website/** www.jcwi.org.uk **Address/** 441 Caledonian Road, London, N7 9BG