Asylum Justice

Asylum Justice provides legal advice and representation to asylum seekers by OISC-registered or exempt immigration advisers, solicitors and barristers.

In the charity's own words, from the register.

In Wales

• Cardiff
• Newport City
• City of Swansea

Area of benefit in its governing document: Nationally

The places the charity told the Commission it works in.

In the year ending 31 March 2025, it had income of £634,197 and spent £677,307.

Figures as the charity reported them to the Charity Commission. Staff and volunteer numbers are only asked of charities with income over £10,000. A year with no row was not reported.

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Income over time

Up 184%, from £223,193 in the year to 31 January 2021 to £634,197 in the year to 31 March 2025.

Spending against income

It spent 107% of its income in the year to 31 March 2025. It spent more than its income in 1 of the 5 years shown.

Largest funder

Welsh Government gave £134,881 in the year to 31 March 2025, 21% of that year's income.Read by AI from the charity's accounts.

From the annual returns the charity filed with the Charity Commission. The largest funder comes from its accounts, read by AI.

Government grants in the year ending 31 March 2025: £165,035 from 4 grants. Government contracts: Not reported.

From the charity's annual return to the Charity Commission, which asks every charity with income over £10,000 how much came from government grants and contracts. It does not say which part of government. These totals are separate from the named funders read from its accounts and the grants published on 360Giving, and are not added to them.

In its accounts for the year ending 31 March 2025, the charity named 14 funders who gave £554,451 between them. £165,167 of that came from public bodies.

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Funders that publish to 360Giving list 33 grants to this charity since 2014, worth at least £2,385,564.

Only funders that publish their grants to 360Giving are included, and many do not. These are amounts funders awarded, which can differ from what the charity received in a given year, so they are shown apart from the accounts figures above.

Public bodies' published spending shows 6 payments to this charity worth £130,114 between 10 January 2022 and 9 June 2026.

Councils and Welsh Government publish what they pay suppliers and grant holders above a threshold, usually £500 for councils and £25,000 for Welsh Government, so smaller payments are missing. A payment is shown only when OpenEconomy matched it to this charity with certainty. These figures come from the payer's records. They are a separate measure from the charity's own accounts, 360Giving grants and its annual return, and are never added to them.

Council business that names this charity, from the records councils publish, gathered by OpenCouncil. Newest first.

• 12 December 2022, Cardiff

  Named in an agenda item or minute of Community & Adult Services Scrutiny Committee

  Cardiff Council's Support for Asylum Seekers & Refugees

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Senedd and Welsh Government records that name this charity, gathered by OpenSenedd. Newest first.

• 12 November 2025

  Named by Jane Hutt in the Senedd

  …ent, but also the Counsel General as well. Of course, it's a desert in terms of legal aid and legal advice. We do fund, as a Welsh Government, Asylum Justice. We are funding some legal advice. I also will take the opportunity to say that, on Thursday, I met with 30 law students from Cardiff Universi…

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• 6 November 2025

  Named in a ministerial meeting or engagement: Cabsec SJTCW

  Purpose: Darlithydd yn y Gyfraith - Ysgol y Gyfraith a Gwleidyddiaeth / Lecturer in Law - School of Law and Politics, Cardiff University; Asylum Justice & Myfyrwyr Prifysgol Caerdydd / Cardiff University Students.

  Darlithydd yn y Gyfraith - Ysgol y Gyfraith a Gwleidyddiaeth / Lecturer in Law - School of Law and Politics, Cardiff University; Asylum Justice & Myfyrwyr Prifysgol Caerdydd / Cardiff University Students

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• 14 February 2023

  Named by Jane Hutt in the Senedd

  …in us, because they have played a crucial role. And don't forget that we've been funding the third sector organisations—the British Red Cross, Asylum Justice, Housing Justice Cymru—all of them, and the Welsh Refugee Council, to help them with the resettlement of our Ukrainian guests. Rwy'n credu ei…

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• 24 January 2023

  Named by Jane Hutt in the Senedd

  …espoke advice and support on an individual family household basis. But this is about a partnership that we have with Housing Justice Cymru and Asylum Justice Cymru, who are also helping Ukrainian guests with immigration problems and questions as well. So, as you know, this is about the team Wales ap…

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• 25 October 2022

  Named by Jane Hutt in the Senedd

  …rainian guest who comes through the supersponsor route, or, indeed, supporting hosts, and funding—substantially funding Housing Justice Cymru, Asylum Justice Cymru, the Welsh Refugee Council and the British Red Cross to ensure that they're all engaged in supporting the refugees who are either with h…

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• 27 September 2022

  Named by Jane Hutt in the Senedd

  …cheme can receive advice from the Welsh Government-funded Wales sanctuary service. The service is run by the Welsh Refugee Council, along with Asylum Justice, Displaced People in Action, Ethnic Minorities and Youth Support Team Wales, BAWSO and TGP Cymru. Ukrainians on the Ukraine family scheme can…

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• 21 June 2022

  Named by Jane Hutt in the Senedd

  …o provide funding to the Welsh Refugee Council and its partners to deliver our Wales sanctuary service and move-on services. We've also funded Asylum Justice to continue to provide legal advice and Housing Justice Cymru to expand hosting capacity across Wales. We've provided free access to internet…

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11 trustees run the charity.

• Dr Bernadette Ann RAINEYChairAppointed 19 October 2013
• Aleena AnnieAppointed 25 September 2024
• Courtney VircavsAppointed 25 September 2024
• Dr Emma Jane NishioAppointed 25 September 2024
• Femmigje ChaterAppointed 23 June 2015
• Holly TaylorAppointed 28 May 2021
• Mark BakerAppointed 10 May 2019
• Nirushan SudarsanAppointed 25 September 2024
• Richard Smith-JamesAppointed 25 September 2024
• Srdjan TodorovicAppointed 25 September 2024
• Victoria Rachael GoodbanAppointed 2 February 2026

Trustees are responsible in law for the charity. Names are as they appear on the public register.

Of the last 5 annual returns that were due, 5 arrived by the deadline.

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Charity number

1112026

Status

Registered

Registered with the Commission

11 November 2005

Governing document

MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED ON 10 MAY 2005 AS AMENDED ON 14 OCTOBER 2005

Company number

05447875This company on OpenEconomyThis company on Companies House

Website

www.asylumjustice.org.ukAs the charity gave it on the register.

Council area of its contact address

Cardiff

• Register details, income, spending, trustees and filing dates: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
• Funding from accounts: the charity's filed accounts, read by OpenEconomy's AI accounts reader on 1 November 2026.
• Grants awarded: 360Giving open grants data, from funders that publish there. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
• Payments from public bodies: each body's own published spending data, matched to the charity by OpenEconomy. 5 public bodies' data is included so far.
• In council meetings: councils' published meeting records, gathered by OpenCouncil and matched to the charity by OpenEconomy on 4 November 2026.
• In the Senedd and Welsh Government: records gathered by OpenSenedd and matched to the charity by OpenEconomy on 5 November 2026.

• This charity on the Charity Commission register
• Its accounts and annual returns on the register
• 360Giving open grants data
• This charity on OpenEconomy

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