Asylum Aid

Analysis

Asylum Aid is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in July 1990, 36 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02513874). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Asylum Aid reported income of £1.7m and spending of £1.6m, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £708k to £1.7m (+139%), an average of +24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 95%. Over the whole period it spent 76% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Asylum Aid sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Southampton Citizens Advice Bureau (£1.7m), Westminster Citizens Advice Bureau Service (£1.7m) and Leicester Charity Organisation Society (£1.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 54% and charitable activities 46%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £20k. Charitable activities took 93% of spending and raising funds 4.8%. Reserves of £379k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 26 people.