# HELEN BAMBER FOUNDATION

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1149652
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Nov. 7, 2012
- **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=1149652


## Contact

- **Address:** Asylum Aid, 26 Westland Place, LONDON
- **Postcode:** N1 7JH
- **Phone:** 020 3058 2020
- **Email:** reception@helenbamber.org
- **Website:** www.helenbamber.org



## Activities

**Objects:** 2.1 The Charity is established for the following purposes for the benefit of the Beneficiaries: 2.1.1 to relieve their conditions of need, hardship or distress; 2.1.2  to preserve and protect their physical and mental health; 2.1.3  to advance their education and training so as to advance them in life and assist them to adapt within a new community; 2.1.4 to advance public education about the position of and issues relating to the Beneficiaries, including gross violations of human rights, torture, atrocities and other forms of human cruelty and their effect on persons who suffer them; 2.1.5 assisting them in such other exclusively charitable ways as the Charity determines from time to time. 2.2 In this Article 2, “Beneficiaries” means individuals who: 2.2.1 are seeking asylum or other forms of protection in the UK; 2.2.2 have already been granted refugee status, humanitarian protection or other forms of protection status by UK immigration authorities; 2.2.3  have insecure immigration status or are stateless; 2.2.4 are vulnerable by reason of their experience of torture, trafficking, hostilities, genocides or other atrocities or human cruelty, 2.2.5  are vulnerable to destitution, exploitation, abuse, trafficking or other forms of human cruelty including but not limited to those outside their country of origin; and 2.2.6 the dependants of those mentioned in Articles 2.2.1 to 2.2.5 above.

**Activities:** HBF is a human rights charity based in London, founded in 2005.  Our specialist team of therapists, doctors and legal experts hold an international reputation for providing therapeutic care, medical consultation, legal protection and practical support to survivors of human rights violations. Previous Charity No: 1111048. All Accounts available on our website: http://www.helenbamber.org/accounts/.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Northern Ireland
- Scotland
- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £5771255 | £4823253 | £2962024 | 79 |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £3777377 | £3469378 | £2014022 | 69 |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £3045239 | £2623546 | £1706023 | 55 |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £2170076 | £2077130 | £1284330 | 43 |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £2157221 | £1821120 | £1191384 | 36 |



## Trustees

- Adam Epstein — appointed March 30, 2023
- Bronwyn Friedlander — appointed Dec. 11, 2025
- Elizabeth Anne Mottershaw — appointed Jan. 20, 2022
- Janina Julia Kowalska — appointed April 5, 2018
- John Scampion — appointed April 2, 2020
- Lucy Siegle — appointed Dec. 11, 2025
- Mafusi Maime — appointed July 10, 2025
- Nancy McCartney Ms — appointed Sept. 17, 2020
- Olivia Curno — appointed Oct. 6, 2022
- Phillippa Kaufmann — appointed Dec. 11, 2025
- Rehab Jameel — appointed July 10, 2025
- Samantha Peter Ms — appointed April 1, 2020
- Victoria Gray — appointed Dec. 11, 2025