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Asylum Aid

Country
England & Wales
Charity number
328729
Status
Registered
Registered
July 24, 1990
Legal form
Charitable company
Area of benefit
Not Defined

Address

Address
Asylum Aid
26 Westland Place
LONDON
N1 7JH

Contact

Activities

The provision of legal advice and representation to people seeking asylum in the UK, lobbying and campaigning with the aim of achieving a fairer asylum process in the UK and advancing public and understanding of the position of asylum seekers and refugees in the UK.

Objects: 2. Objects2.1 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 (including by providing them with legal advice and representation);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 the situations which give rise to refugee movements; and2.1.5 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 to destitution, exploitation, abuse, trafficking or other forms of human cruelty including but not limited to those outside their country of origin; and2.2.5 the dependants of those mentioned in Articles 2.2.1 to 2.2.4 above.

Classification

How
Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
What
Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin, Other Defined Groups

Areas of operation

Region
Throughout England And Wales

Finances

Period end Income Expenditure Assets Employees Accounts
Dec. 31, 2024 £2,275,078 £1,654,804 £1,678,363 29 PDF
Dec. 31, 2023 £1,723,495 £1,203,361 £1,058,089 24 PDF
Dec. 31, 2022 £883,372 £640,499 £537,955 28 PDF
Dec. 31, 2021 £707,506 £480,331 £295,082 19 PDF
Dec. 31, 2020 £236,025 £168,118 PDF

Trustees

Name Appointed
Elizabeth Anne Mottershaw Jan. 20, 2022
John Scampion July 27, 2020
Katharine Lorenz Nov. 7, 2022
Novide Refahi Nov. 26, 2025
Ruth Tanner Dec. 1, 2022
Shahd Mousalli Nov. 26, 2025
Sir Nicolas Bratza July 27, 2020
Yehia Nasr Dec. 1, 2022