The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Migrant Help

Registered charity 1088631 Registered since 2001

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland

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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.

12 trustees on the board

2.6y median 2.5y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (12)

12
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 12General Charitable Purposes 12The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 12

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 18Manufacturing 14Professional services 9

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.

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.

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.migranthelpuk.org
Emailinfo@migranthelpuk.org
Phone01304218714
Address128 City Road, London, EC1V 2NX

Finances

£69,792,000 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£22,395,000£20,561,000
2022£33,499,000£28,096,000
2023£45,734,000£41,739,000
2024£58,163,000£55,813,000
2025£69,792,000£65,616,000

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyAccommodation/housingEconomic/community Development/employment

Who

Other Defined Groups

How

Provides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

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.

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

Trustees (12)

12trustees
49median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Migrant Help · 04172880 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 05/03/2001

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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