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Migrant Help

Migrant Help is a registered charity (number 1088631) based in London, governed by 11 trustees and chaired by Sir Hugh Bayley since 2025. Latest income £70m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.

2.1 The objects for which the Company is established (“the Objects") are:2.1.1 The relief of sickness and financial hardship of Beneficiaries including(a) information and advice on counselling, health, legal and welfare services and assistance;(b)...

  • 11 trustees
  • Income £70m (2025)
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About

What it does
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Accommodation/housing and 1 more
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
Website
www.migranthelpuk.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Migrant Help
Registered
2001

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£70m£66m
  • 2024£58m£56m
  • 2023£46m£42m
Earlier years
  • 2022£33m£28m
  • 2021£22m£21m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 77% · Government grants 7%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

2.1 The objects for which the Company is established (“the Objects") are:2.1.1 The relief of sickness and financial hardship of Beneficiaries including(a) information and advice on counselling, health, legal and welfare services and assistance;(b) advice on financial maintenance which may include the direct provision of financial assistance, goods and services;(c) advice on and provision of residential accommodation;(d) such other items or services as the Trustees in their discretion choose to provide.2.1.2 To advance the education and training of Beneficiaries and their dependants in need thereof so as to advance them in life and assist them to adapt within a new community.2.1.3 To promote for the public benefit the sound administration of the law by providing advocacy services to Beneficiaries and their dependants.2.1.4 To advance the education of the public in general about the issues relating to human migration.2.2 In this Article 2, "Beneficiaries" are defined as individuals, being:2.2.1 foreign and British nationals, or2.2.2 victims of human trafficking or exploitation or potential victims of human trafficking or exploitation (regardless of their nationality), or 2.2.3 people made vulnerable by displacement, howsoever caused (regardless of their nationality), who are in difficulty in any part of the world.

Grants received

19 grants · £13,625,722 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

Most recent

  • Home Office £876,4492024-04-01
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £3,5782024-01-19
  • Home Office £556,8672023-09-29
  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities £44,2022023-04-01
  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities £186,3122021-07-21
Board analysis

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.

11 trustees on the board

2.7y median 3y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

9.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (11)

11
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 11General Charitable Purposes 11The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 11

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

Health and social care 17Manufacturing 12Professional services 8

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£69.8m latest income · income exceeded spending 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.

2.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 3.3 in 2021

565 from 266 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.
85%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1088631
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 05/03/2001AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 06/05/2004AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 22/09/2005AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 13/12/2007AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 28/10/2009AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 15/07/2013AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 31/07/2015 as amended on 18 Aug 2021 as amended on 14 Nov 2023 as amended on 11 Dec 2024
Companies House
Company number 04172880 · Active
Contact on the register
01304218714 · info@migranthelpuk.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
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