Leeds Asylum Seekers Support Network

Analysis

Leeds Asylum Seekers Support Network is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leeds. It was registered in June 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Leeds Asylum Seekers Support Network reported income of £319k and spending of £439k, spending 138% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £539k to £319k (-41%), an average of -12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 140%. Over the whole period it spent 76% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Leeds Asylum Seekers Support Network sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Eleemosynary Charity of William Hobbayne (£319k), Winnocks and Kendalls Almshouse Charity (£320k) and Hasdei Avot Charitable Trust (£319k).