# VOICES IN EXILE

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1130363
- **Other names:** BRIGHTON VOICES IN EXILE
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** June 25, 2009
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1130363


## Contact

- **Address:** Fitzherbert Centre, 36 Upper Bedford Street, Brighton, East Sussex
- **Postcode:** BN2 1JP
- **Phone:** 01273328598
- **Email:** director@voicesinexile.org
- **Website:** www.voicesinexile.org



## Activities

**Objects:** TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND RELIEVE FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AMONGST THOSE SEEKING ASYLUM, THOSE GRANTED REFUGEE STATUS AND PEOPLE FROM ABROAD WHO ARE DESTITUTE PARTICULARLY BY THE PROVISION OF LEGAL AND OTHER ADVICE, INCLUDING ADVICE AND SUPPORT CONCERNING ACCOMMODATION

**Activities:** Works with refugees, asylum seekers and vulnerable migrants with no recourse to public funds in Sussex and Surrey. Offers practical and legal support including generalist advice & specialist immigration casework for those otherwise unable to access justice. Advocates for and works with people to access services, build community and develop potential through learning and creative activities.

**Area of benefit:** UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Accommodation/housing, Economic/community Development/employment, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity, Other Charitable Purposes
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin, Other Defined Groups



## Areas of operation

- Brighton And Hove
- East Sussex
- West Sussex



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £874936 | £746676 | £866444 | 20 |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £686188 | £627961 | £738184 | 18 |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £617644 | £552712 | £679957 | 15 |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £482348 | £390595 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £522598 | £326566 | £523272 | 12 |



## Trustees

- **Nicholas Scott-Flynn** (Chair) — appointed May 1, 2018
- ADAM HICKIE
- Andrew Martyn Jackson — appointed April 7, 2020
- Emma Barbara McDermott — appointed Nov. 25, 2025
- Katrina Anne Cotton — appointed Dec. 5, 2025
- Philip Nicholas Pothen — appointed Dec. 2, 2025