Southwark Day Centre for Asylum Seekers

Analysis

Southwark Day Centre for Asylum Seekers is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in September 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty and human rights/religious or racial harmony/equality or diversity, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07519992). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Southwark Day Centre for Asylum Seekers reported income of £487k and spending of £638k, spending 131% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £389k to £487k (+25%), an average of +5.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 35%. Over the whole period it spent 87% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Southwark Day Centre for Asylum Seekers 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 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Different Strokes (Trustees) Limited (£486k), Rotherham Abuse Advocacy and Counselling Service (£487k) and Asit Events Ltd (£486k).