Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants

Analysis

Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in January 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and human rights/religious or racial harmony/equality or diversity, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02700424). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants reported income of £1.5m and spending of £1.4m, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.2m to £1.5m (+20%), an average of +4.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% 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 Global Network of Civil Society Organisations for Disaster Reduction (£1.5m), New Life Church Milton Keynes (£1.5m) and Lyng Community Association (£1.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 62% and donations and legacies 38%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £374k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 22 people.