Asylum Welcome

Analysis

Asylum Welcome is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxford. It was registered in May 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04361627). It says it makes grants to individuals, provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Asylum Welcome reported income of £1.6m and spending of £1.6m, spending 105% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £748k to £1.6m (+110%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 69%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Asylum Welcome sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Surrey County Football Association Limited (£1.6m), The Institution of Engineering and Technology Benevolent Fund (£1.6m) and Centre for Mental Health (£1.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 70%, donations and legacies 27% and investments 1.7%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £13k. Charitable activities took 91% of spending and raising funds 8.3%. Grants to other organisations totalled £77k. Reserves of £585k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 34 people.