The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Bail for Immigration Detainees ( BID )

Registered charity 1077187 Registered since 1999

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Scotland

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

9 trustees on the board

4.9y median 5y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

5.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

Portfolio (1)

9
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Other Charitable Purposes 9Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Tech and media 9Health and social care 2Education 1

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£714k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

6.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 9.3 in 2021

10 from 9 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.biduk.org
Emailenquiries@biduk.org
Phone02074569750
AddressCrown House, 27 Old Gloucester Street, London, WC1N 3AX

Finances

£713,579 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£753,203£657,413
2022£578,840£693,753
2023£680,602£632,845
2024£746,883£747,330
2025£713,579£770,082

What it does

What

Other Charitable Purposes

Who

People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial OriginOther Defined Groups

How

Provides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

4A. TO PROMOTE HUMAN RIGHTS (AS SET OUT IN THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND SUBSEQUENT UNITE NATIONS CONVENTIONS AND DECLARATIONS, THE EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE HUMAN RIGHTS ACT (1998), WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE RIGHT TO LIBERTY AND THE RIGHT TO BE FREE FORM ARBITRARY DETENTION, THROUGHOUT THE WORLD BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS:= MONITORING ABUSES OF HUMAN RIGHTS;= OBTAINING REDRESS FOR THE VICTIMS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE;= RELIEVING NEEDS AMONG THE VICTIMS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE;= RESEARCH INTO HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES;= EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS;= CONTRIBUTING TO THE SOUND ADMINISTRATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS LAW;= COMMENTING ON PROPOSED HUMAN RIGHTS LEGISLATION;= RAISING AWARENESS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES;= PROMOTING PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS;= PROMOTING RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AMONG INDIVIDUALS AND CORPORATIONS;= ELIMINATING INFRINGEMENTS OF HUMAN RIGHTS. 4B. THE RELIEF OF THE FINANCIAL NEEDS OF THOSE APPLYING FOR BAIL UNDER IMMIGRATION LEGISLATION AND BY PROVIDING SUCH PERSONS WITH OTHER LEGAL AND RELATED SERVICES.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED ON THE 8TH JULY 1999 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION 15 JANUARY 2008.

Trustees (9)

9trustees
40median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Bail for Immigration Detainees · 03803669 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 08/07/1999

2 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

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