Registered charity · Merseyside
Asylum Link Merseyside
- 10 trustees
- Income £497k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Catherine Isabel MccarronChair · since 2024
- Dr Paula ByrneTrustee · since 2015
- Elhadi Ibrahim Abdalla OmerTrustee · since 2024
- James Damian McdonaldTrustee · since 2020
- Joanne Collette TwistTrustee · since 2026
- Mary Theresa PhillipsTrustee · since 2024
- Michael Munro MorrisTrustee · since 2022
- Stephen Ronald HawkinsTrustee · since 2021
- Timothy Martin BeaumontTrustee · since 2019
- William John ChambersTrustee · since 2013
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Arts/culture/heritage/science and 4 more
- Where
- Knowsley, Liverpool City, Sefton, St Helens and more
- Website
- www.asylumlink.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Asylum Link Merseyside
- Registered
- 2002
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£497k£511k
- 2024£463k£443k
- 2023£450k£473k
Earlier years
- 2022£405k£380k
- 2021£447k£346k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 7%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE RELIEF OF REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS RESIDENT IN MERSEYSIDE AND ADJACENT AREAS, WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS, PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH THE PROVISION OF INFORMATION, ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE;TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC, OTHER STATUTORY AND VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND ASYLUM SEEKERS IN ORDER TO ASSIST THEIR INCLUSION INTO THE WIDER COMMUNITY.
Grants received
27 grants · £729,884 total360Giving 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
- Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales · £260,874 (6 grants)
- A B Charitable Trust · £165,000 (8 grants)
- The Tudor Trust · £143,000 (4 grants)
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £80,000 (2 grants)
- John Moores Foundation · £30,000
Most recent
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.
10 trustees on the board
- Catherine Isabel Mccarron Chair since 2024
- Dr Paula Byrne since 2015
- Elhadi Ibrahim Abdalla Omer since 2024
- James Damian Mcdonald since 2020
- Joanne Collette Twist since 2026
- Mary Theresa Phillips since 2024
- Michael Munro Morris since 2022
- Stephen Ronald Hawkins since 2021
- Timothy Martin Beaumont since 2019
- William John Chambers since 2013
Trustees past 6 years
- Dr Paula Byrne since 2015
- James Damian Mcdonald since 2020
- Timothy Martin Beaumont since 2019
- William John Chambers since 2013
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Catherine Isabel Mccarron Chair since 2024
- Elhadi Ibrahim Abdalla Omer since 2024
- Joanne Collette Twist since 2026
- Mary Theresa Phillips since 2024
- Michael Munro Morris since 2022
- Stephen Ronald Hawkins since 2021
- Timothy Martin Beaumont since 2019
- William John Chambers since 2013
Portfolio (2)
- Dr Paula Byrne since 2015
- James Damian Mcdonald since 2020
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1095180
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED ON 25 JUNE 2002.
- Companies House
- Company number 04468629 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01517091713 · info@asylumlink.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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