Registered charity · London
Migrant Legal Action
- 5 trustees
- Income £259k (2024)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
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
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.migrantlegalaction.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Migrant Legal Action
- Registered
- 2013
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2024£259k£173k
- 2023£175k£175k
- 2022£184k£218k
Earlier years
- 2021£217k£198k
- 2020£242k£231k
Income trend, 2020 to 2024.
Income source mix, 2024: Government contracts 18%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
1)THE RELIEF OF POVERTY OR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AMONGST PERSONS WHOSE IMMIGRATION STATUS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM REMAINS UNRESOLVED, BY THE PROVISION OF FREE LEGAL ADVICE AND ADVOCACY SERVICES RELATING TO IMMIGRATION, REFUGEE AND/OR NATIONALITY LAW.2) TO PROMOTE HUMAN RIGHTS (AS SET OUT IN THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND SUBSEQUENT UNITED NATIONS CONVENTIONS AND DECLARATIONS AND UNITED KINGDOM LAW) BY THE PROVISION OF FREE LEGAL ADVICE AND ADVOCACY SERVICES AS A MEANS OF:- RELIEVING NEED AMONG THE VICTIMS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE;- ELIMINATING INFRINGEMENTS OF HUMAN RIGHTS.3) THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AMONG THOSE PERSONS WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED BY VIRTUE OF THEIR UNRESOLVED IMMIGRATION STATUS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM BY THE PROVISION OF FREE LEGAL ADVICE AND ADVOCACY SERVICES RELATING TO IMMIGRATION, REFUGEE AND/OR NATIONALITY LAW.
Grants received
5 grants · £96,066 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
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £43,870 (2 grants)
- Access to Justice Foundation · £42,196 (2 grants)
- A B Charitable Trust · £10,000
Most recent
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
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.
5 trustees on the board
- Bhavesh Kalayanji Kapadia since 2025
- Bim Evasdotter Wagner since 2018
- Bina Manilal Monji since 2024
- Lili Negahbani since 2018
- Sheila Kaur Grewal since 2024
Trustees past 6 years
- Bim Evasdotter Wagner since 2018
- Lili Negahbani since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Bhavesh Kalayanji Kapadia since 2025
- Bim Evasdotter Wagner since 2018
- Bina Manilal Monji since 2024
- Lili Negahbani since 2018
- Sheila Kaur Grewal 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.
Gaps to watch
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
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
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1152073
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 12/12/2011AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 17/04/2013AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 24/11/2014
- Companies House
- Company number 07879053 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 02077010141 · info@migrantlegalaction.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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