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NNLS Destitute Asylum Seekers Drop in

Registered · see notesRegistered charity number 1177599LondonPoverty relief
Income£145k2025-03-31
Spending£229ksame year
Spent / received117%5-year average
Size in its cause72nd pctPoverty relief
Registered2018CIO
Employees–latest return

Analysis

NNLS Destitute Asylum Seekers Drop in is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, NNLS Destitute Asylum Seekers Drop in reported income of £145k and spending of £229k, spending 158% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £226k to £145k (-36%), an average of -10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 34%. Over the whole period it spent 117% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, NNLS Destitute Asylum Seekers Drop in sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 76th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Great Central Community Association (£145k), Longley 4g Limited (£145k) and Rccg-Eagles Christian Connections (£145k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.

Income and spending

£0£64k£129k£193k£258k2021 Income: £226,3472021 Spending: £186,19620212022 Income: £219,1072022 Spending: £257,84320222023 Income: £145,1342023 Spending: £160,22120232024 Income: £159,3022024 Spending: £213,96720242025 Income: £144,9382025 Spending: £228,9622025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

A Drop In service event held at London school on first Sunday of every month where it seeks to help relieve hardship amongst those seeking asylum and those granted or refused refugee status, particularly by the provision of some financial support, social support, friendship, food, clothing, furniture and equipment, interpreting, translating, advocacy, legal advice, immigration advice and advocacy.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Great Central Community AssociationLeicester£145k
Longley 4g LimitedSheffield£145k
Rccg-Eagles Christian ConnectionsEssex£145k
The Howarth FoundationCleckheaton£145k