Gatwick Detainees Welfare Group

Analysis

Gatwick Detainees Welfare Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Crawley. It was registered in June 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human rights/religious or racial harmony/equality or diversity and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under human rights and equality. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04911257). It says it provides human resources, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Gatwick Detainees Welfare Group reported income of £468k and spending of £429k, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £260k to £468k (+80%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 51%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 700 England and Wales charities whose main cause is human rights and equality and that reported income, Gatwick Detainees Welfare Group sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mslexia Publications Ltd (£468k), Face Equality International (£469k) and Makan Rights (£462k).