Asylum Matters

Analysis

Asylum Matters is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leeds. It was registered in December 2020, 6 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, economic/community development/employment and human rights/religious or racial harmony/equality or diversity, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information, sponsors or undertakes research and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Asylum Matters reported income of £326k and spending of £359k, spending 110% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £453k to £326k (-28%), an average of -7.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 20%. Over the whole period it spent 85% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Asylum Matters 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 Charities of John and Frances West for Pensioners (£326k), Breathe New Life Church (£327k) and RCCG Freedom Centre (£326k).