Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 17
    • Good trustee age range: +3
    • Dynamic board: +3
    • Grant maker support: +17
    Overall GiG Score: 23 ?

    GREATER MANCHESTER IMMIGRATION AID UNIT 

    Advice casework representation for people subject to immigration control.Support groups affected by immigration control e.g. the destitute, women, unaccompanied children/young people.Raising awareness, improving understanding and practice, providing training, workshops, and events. Work with others to secure/develop advice provision Campaign to support people under threat of deportation.
    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
    • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
    • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government and there are significant future grants due to be received
    • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

    Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

    • Over half the Board have joined recently
    Established: 16 years
    (30 years as a company)

    www.gmiau.org

    info@gmiau.org

    01617407722

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    Financial Data ?

    Income & Spending ?
    Sources of Income ?
    Y/E Income
    £k
    Spending
    £k
    Surplus/
    Deficit
    Fundraising
    Cost £k
    Total
    Funds £k
    Unrestricted
    Funds £k
    Mths
    Rsrvs
    Staff Volun-
    teers
    31/03/23£1,603£1,411£192£0£1,388£1,35211.53420
    31/03/22£1,236£1,051£185£0£1,196£1,18113.5286
    31/03/21£1,262£889£374£0£1,011£96613250
    31/03/20£1,027£915£112£0£637£6248.2253
    31/03/19£998£979£19£0£525£4755.82930
    31/03/18£938£937£0£0£506£4806.1290
    31/03/17£938£908£29£0£505£4826.4290
    31/03/16*£757£733£25£0£476£4597.5230
    31/03/15£627£602£25£10£451£4378.7210
    31/03/14£573£576£-3£8£426£4108.5140
    31/03/13*£500£524£-23£8£429£4169.5140
    31/03/12£534£453£81£6£452£40510.7130
    31/03/11£539£440£98£5£371£3579.7130
    31/03/10£621£504£118£7£273£2626.2130
    31/03/09£495£489£5£0£0£0n/a00

    Financial Ratios
    Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
    Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
    Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
    Liabilities/Assets: 30%
    Liabilities/Income: 37%
    Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 97%
    Reserves/Spending: 11.5 months
    Net Current Assets/Spending: 11 months
    Quick Ratio: 1.5
    Asset Split ?
    What it does
    • Other Charitable Purposes
    Who works here?
    • 34 employees
    • 20 volunteers
    Who it helps
    • Children/Young People
    • Other Defined Groups
    • People With Disabilities
    How it operates
    • Other charitable activities
    • Provides advocacy/advice/information
    Where it operates
    • Bolton, Bury, Manchester City, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford City, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Wigan,

    Who's supporting them? ?

    Donations from Grant Makers ?

    We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

    Major supporters in last 5 years
    National Lottery Community Fund£594,164
    Justice Together Initiative£486,437
    Paul Hamlyn Foundation£438,800
    Esmee Fairbairn£395,212
    The Legal Education Foundation£238,920
    Sam and Bella Sebba Charitable Foundation£161,800
    Henry Smith Charity£160,100
    Access to Justice Foundation£145,128
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Children, young people and families affected by the Hostile Environment
    £210,000 27/11/2023
    Greater Manchester Immigration Aid Unit (GMIAU) ensures access to justice for people who have been trafficked, tortured or are survivors of conflict and persecution. This grant supports GMIAU to ....more
    Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to GREATER MANCHESTER IMMIGRATION AID UNIT
    £199,912 06/09/2023
    Towards unrestricted core costs to support children in, and leaving care with unresolved immigration status and to influence Local Authority practice
    National Lottery Community Fund - Preventing Crisis Connecting Communities
    £299,507 16/02/2023
    This funding will enable Greater Manchester Immigration Aid Unit to support people from across Greater Manchester and the North-West to seek free legal immigration advice and representation. It will ....more
    Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to GREATER MANCHESTER IMMIGRATION AID UNIT
    £6,300 06/02/2023
    Towards unrestricted core costs as a Cost of Living Uplift
    Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Advocacy, policy and influencing on issues important to young people who have migrated
    £6,800 18/01/2023
    Greater Manchester Immigration Aid Unit (GMIAU) exists to advise, support, represent and campaign with people subject to immigration control. Through this grant GMIAU will use a range of approaches ....more
    Sam and Bella Sebba Charitable Foundation - Grant to GMIAU
    £10,800 19/10/2022
    Towards cost of living crisis
    Access to Justice Foundation - Improving Outcomes Through Legal Support (IOTLS) grant
    £39,178 23/05/2022
    The funding programme aims to support organisations working to sustain and improve access to early social welfare and family legal support and advice, to enable users to resolve these problems as ....more
    Access to Justice Foundation - Spring Grants Round 2022
    £10,950 30/03/2022
    The 2022 Spring Grants Round aims to support the provision pro bono provision throughout the UK, at a regional and/or local level.
    MACC - Caring & Sharing Rochdale
    £820 21/01/2022
    Migrant Destitution Fund GM, awards to pre-vetted applicant organisations of up to £80 on behalf of individual destitute migrants and other people with no recourse to public funds
    MACC - Greater Manchester Immigration Aid Unit
    £80 21/01/2022
    Migrant Destitution Fund GM, awards to pre-vetted applicant organisations of up to £80 on behalf of individual destitute migrants and other people with no recourse to public funds
    MACC - Equal Education Chances
    £1,180 07/01/2022
    Migrant Destitution Fund GM, awards to pre-vetted applicant organisations of up to £80 on behalf of individual destitute migrants and other people with no recourse to public funds
    MACC - Greater Manchester Immigration Aid Unit
    £80 07/01/2022
    Migrant Destitution Fund GM, awards to pre-vetted applicant organisations of up to £80 on behalf of individual destitute migrants and other people with no recourse to public funds
    MACC - Mustard Tree
    £80 07/01/2022
    Migrant Destitution Fund GM, awards to pre-vetted applicant organisations of up to £80 on behalf of individual destitute migrants and other people with no recourse to public funds
    MACC - Supporting People In Need
    £640 07/01/2022
    Migrant Destitution Fund GM, awards to pre-vetted applicant organisations of up to £80 on behalf of individual destitute migrants and other people with no recourse to public funds
    MACC - The Booth Centre
    £80 07/01/2022
    Migrant Destitution Fund GM, awards to pre-vetted applicant organisations of up to £80 on behalf of individual destitute migrants and other people with no recourse to public funds
    MACC - The Eagle's Wing
    £240 07/01/2022
    Migrant Destitution Fund GM, awards to pre-vetted applicant organisations of up to £80 on behalf of individual destitute migrants and other people with no recourse to public funds
    MACC - The Eagle's Wing
    £720 17/12/2021
    Migrant Destitution Fund GM, awards to pre-vetted applicant organisations of up to £80 on behalf of individual destitute migrants and other people with no recourse to public funds
    MACC - Women Asylum Seekers Together
    £1,760 17/12/2021
    Migrant Destitution Fund GM, awards to pre-vetted applicant organisations of up to £80 on behalf of individual destitute migrants and other people with no recourse to public funds
    Sam and Bella Sebba Charitable Foundation - Grant to Greater Manchester Immigration Aid Unit
    £126,000 23/07/2021
    Towards expansion of the policy and advocacy team
    The Legal Education Foundation - Access to immigration advice in North West England
    £150,000 07/07/2021
    Strengthening the infrastructure of GMIAU to underpin a collaborative, strategic approach to transforming access to immigration legal advice in the north west of England.
    AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Greater Manchester Immigration Aid Unit
    £20,000 22/04/2021
    An unrestricted grant of £20,000 (This grant is renewable - year 3 of 3 years). GMIAU offers free legal advice, representation and support services to people seeking asylum, refugees, children and ....more
    Justice Together Initiative - Access to immigration advice in North West England
    £486,437 20/04/2021
    Building the foundations of a collaborative, strategic approach to transforming access to immigration legal advice in the north west of England. This includes strengthening GMIAU's structure; and ....more
    MACC - Greater Manchester Immigration Aid Unit
    £80 05/03/2021
    Migrant Destitution Fund GM, awards to pre-vetted applicant organisations of up to £80 on behalf of individual destitute migrants and other people with no recourse to public funds
    MACC - Greater Manchester Immigration Aid Unit
    £80 19/02/2021
    Migrant Destitution Fund GM, awards to pre-vetted applicant organisations of up to £80 on behalf of individual destitute migrants and other people with no recourse to public funds
    MACC - Greater Manchester Immigration Aid Unit
    £80 22/01/2021
    Migrant Destitution Fund GM, awards to pre-vetted applicant organisations of up to £80 on behalf of individual destitute migrants and other people with no recourse to public funds
    Sam and Bella Sebba Charitable Foundation - Grant to Greater Manchester Immigration Aid Unit
    £25,000 05/08/2020
    Towards legal support for asylum claims in Merseyside
    Lloyds Bank Foundation - Variation grant to Greater Manchester Immigration Aid Unit
    £5,998 24/07/2020
    Grant to Greater Manchester Immigration Aid Unit meeting the additional costs of adapting services, premises or implementing other safety measures in response to the Covid pandemic.
    Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Greater Manchester Immigration Aid Unit
    £189,000 22/07/2020
    36
    Towards Unrestricted core costs Towards unrestricted core costs to support separated migrant children in care and leaving care through legal case work and challenge to local and national government ....more
    Access to Justice Foundation - Joint Initiative Flexible COVID-19 Grant
    £95,000 16/07/2020
    A flexible grant as part of wave 1 of the Community Justice Fund. A pooled fund to support the specialist legal welfare advice sector in its response to COVID19
    Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Advocacy, policy and influencing on issues important to young people who have migrated
    £202,000 13/07/2020
    Greater Manchester Immigration Aid Unit (GMIAU) exists to advise, support, represent and campaign with people subject to immigration control. Through this grant GMIAU will use a range of approaches ....more
    AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Greater Manchester Immigration Aid Unit
    £20,000 02/07/2020
    An unrestricted grant of £20,000 (This grant is renewable - year 2 of up to 3 years). GMIAU offers free legal advice, representation and support services to people seeking asylum, refugees, children ....more
    Paul Hamlyn Foundation - COVID19 Emergency Funding
    £20,000 01/04/2020
    3
    Support to aid the organisation in dealing with the challenges posed by COVID19.
    The Legal Education Foundation - JFF Host 2020
    £88,920 13/03/2020
    A grant to Greater Manchester Immigration Aid Unit to fund one Justice First Fellowship as part of cohort 7.
    National Lottery Community Fund - Connecting People, Preventing Crisis
    £294,657 12/12/2019
    36
    Funding will go towards a programme aimed at supporting vulnerable migrants and asylum seekers. The group aim is to provide services as well as give support and advocacy to asylum seekers and ....more
    Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Greater Manchester Immigration Aid Unit
    £160,100 10/12/2019
    36
    towards three years' continuation funding of the 'Asylum Support Housing Advice service', providing support and advice to asylum seekers at risk of homelessness in North West England
    AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Greater Manchester Immigration Aid Unit
    £20,000 27/06/2019
    An unrestricted grant of £20,000 (this grant is renewable - year 1 of up to 3 years). GMIAU offers free legal advice, representation and support services to people seeking asylum, refugees, children ....more
    Comic Relief - Greater Manchester Immigration Aid Unit Sustainability Fund
    £50,000 25/07/2018
    6
    Following work they did last year with TSIP (The Social Innovation Partnership) they have already identified the two key areas they need to develop to aid sustainability. Firstly the most significant ....more
    Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Bridging the Gap
    £123,000 09/07/2018
    24
    This grant will support the organisation to explore a collaborative service model for care leavers with insecure immigration status.
    National Lottery Community Fund - Refugee Family Reunion project
    £9,800 27/03/2018
    12
    The funding will be used to provide training to local organisations and volunteers to support them in a refugee family reunion project. The project aims to increase access to advice, support and ....more
    Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
    £20,000 06/02/2018
    Asylum Support Housing Advice
    Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Greater Manchester Immigration Aid Unit
    £71,489 25/09/2017
    36
    The charity delivers much needed social care support alongside its legal casework service supporting asylum seekers and refugees as they transition through the immigration process.
    Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Convening Support
    £4,400 06/01/2017
    12
    Grant to Greater Manchester Immigration Aid Unit to support convening activities.
    Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Greater Manchester Immigration Aid Unit
    £73,800 08/12/2016
    36
    towards three years' running costs of a project in Manchester providing support to refused asylum seekers
    Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Northern Guardianship Programme
    £60,000 28/11/2016
    12
    GMIAU will co-design an advocacy service model with unaccompanied migrant children and young people and with service providers in Manchester and Sheffield. This will involve a comprehensive mapping ....more
    Comic Relief - Somewhere To Go
    £117,408 30/09/2015
    36
    Evidence suggests that the number of women in the UK who have experienced trafficking, domestic violence, rape and honour-based violence are rising, and this is reflected within Greater Manchester ....more
    Tudor Trust - Grant to Greater Manchester Immigration Aid Unit
    £35,000 18/09/2015
    12
    over one year towards the salary of a development worker to support the set up of the new Greater Manchester Law Centre and help devise a new sustainable model for its work
    AB Charitable Trust - Advise and support refugees
    £25,000 26/06/2015
    £25,000 towards Asylum Support Housing Advice (ASHA) project
    Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Greater Manchester Immigration Aid Unit
    £71,489 12/11/2014
    The charity delivers much needed social care support alongside its legal casework service supporting asylum seekers and refugees as they transition through the immigration process.
    AB Charitable Trust - Legal Rights for Refugees
    £15,000 21/10/2014
    £15,000 towards core costs
    National Lottery Community Fund - GMIAU Leadership Project
    £10,000 30/07/2014
    12
    Not Available
    AB Charitable Trust - Family Reunion Support for Refugees
    £10,000 22/01/2013
    £10,000 towards Family Reunion Support for Refugees
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    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees (8)
    Current Trustees appointed

    Age Range of Trustees: 34-63
    • AMY LYTHGOE (Chair) Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Project Manager
    • CHRIS HARROP Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Group Sustainability Director
    • JUDITH NYANJOWA Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Violence Reduction Alliance Facilitator
    • LISA JOWREY Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Communal Services Manager
    Legal constitution
    • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 29/04/2008, number: 1123908
    • Registered at Companies House on 23/07/1993, number: 02838845
    Gift Aid
    • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
    Policies in force
    • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
    • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
    • Complaints handling
    • Complaints policy and procedures
    • Conflicting interests
    • Financial reserves policy and procedures
    • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
    • Internal risk management policy and procedures
    • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
    • Investment
    • Paying staff
    • Risk management
    • Safeguarding policy and procedures
    • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
    • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
    • Social media policy and procedures
    • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
    • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
    • Volunteer management
    Filing Record
    15 returns made; AR16: 1 days late, AR13: 0 days late,
    Main office

    GREATER MANCHESTER IMMIGRATION AID
    1 DELAUNAYS ROAD
    MANCHESTER
    M8 4QS

    Objectives

    TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND RELIEVE FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AMONGST IMMIGRANTS AND THOSE SEEKING ASYLUM PARTICULARLY BY THE PROVISION LEGAL AND OTHER SERVICES

    Defined Area of Benefit:

    UNDEFINED IN PRACTICE GREATER MANCHESTER

    Data Sources

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