Registered charity · Cardiff
Asylum Justice
- 11 trustees
- Income £634k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Dr Bernadette Ann RaineyChair · since 2013
- Aleena AnnieTrustee · since 2024
- Courtney VircavsTrustee · since 2024
- Dr Emma Jane NishioTrustee · since 2024
- Femmigje ChaterTrustee · since 2015
- Holly TaylorTrustee · since 2021
- Mark BakerTrustee · since 2019
- Nirushan SudarsanTrustee · since 2024
- Richard Smith-JamesTrustee · since 2024
- Srdjan TodorovicTrustee · since 2024
- Victoria Rachael GoodbanTrustee · since 2026
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Other Charitable Purposes
- Where
- Cardiff, Newport City, City Of Swansea
- Website
- www.asylumjustice.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Asylum Justice
- Registered
- 2005
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£634k£677k
- 2024£648k£542k
- 2023£534k£457k
Earlier years
- 2022£318k£313k
- 2021£223k£171k
Charitable objects
3. THE OBJECT OF THE CHARITY IS TO PROVIDE LEGAL ADVICE, ASSISTANCE AND REPRESENTATION TO PERSONS INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ASYLUM SEEKERS AND REFUGEES WHO BY REASON OF THEIR INADEQUATE MEANS ARE UNABLE TO OBTAIN SUCH ADVICE AND REPRESENTATION FROM THEIR OWN RESOURCES AND WHO, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, HAVE AT ANY STAGE RAISEDARGUMENTS UNDER THE 1951 UNITED NATIONS REFUGEE CONVENTION OR THE EUROPEAN CONVENTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS OR THE HUMAN RIGHTS ACT 1998 TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT OR THE ASYLUM AND IMMIGRATION TRIBUNAL OR IN ANY OTHER LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.
Board analysis for researchers
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
- Dr Bernadette Ann Rainey Chair since 2013
- Aleena Annie since 2024
- Courtney Vircavs since 2024
- Dr Emma Jane Nishio since 2024
- Femmigje Chater since 2015
- Holly Taylor since 2021
- Mark Baker since 2019
- Nirushan Sudarsan since 2024
- Richard Smith-James since 2024
- Srdjan Todorovic since 2024
- Victoria Rachael Goodban since 2026
Trustees past 6 years
- Dr Bernadette Ann Rainey Chair since 2013
- Femmigje Chater since 2015
- Mark Baker since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- Dr Bernadette Ann Rainey Chair since 2013
- Aleena Annie since 2024
- Courtney Vircavs since 2024
- Dr Emma Jane Nishio since 2024
- Femmigje Chater since 2015
- Mark Baker since 2019
- Richard Smith-James since 2024
- Srdjan Todorovic since 2024
- Victoria Rachael Goodban since 2026
Portfolio (2)
- Holly Taylor since 2021
- Nirushan Sudarsan since 2024
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
2.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1112026
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED ON 10 MAY 2005 AS AMENDED ON 14 OCTOBER 2005
- Companies House
- Company number 05447875 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 02920499421 · info@asylumjustice.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 13th September 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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