Overall GiG Score: 11 ?
Finance Score: -6
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 8
  • Spending declining: -1
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +8

MIGRANTS' RIGHTS NETWORK 

MRN aims to strengthen the voice of migrants in discussion and debates, both within civil society and with regional and national authorities. Bearing this in mind, we conduct research and projects to enable migrant community organisations to engage with key legislative and policy issues.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Spending is declining
  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
Established: 16 years

www.migrantsrights.org.uk

info@migrantsrights.org.uk

07534488696

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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£90£160£-70n/an/an/an/an/a2
31/03/22£132£163£-31n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/21£269£129£140n/an/an/an/an/a1
31/03/20*£176£146£29n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/19£88£131£-43n/an/an/an/an/a1
31/03/18£299£335£-35£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£262£259£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£275£276£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£435£404£31£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£365£337£27£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£266£321£-55£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£381£399£-18£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11*£347£348£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£277£193£85£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£170£154£16£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who works here?
  • 2 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,

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
Esmee Fairbairn£178,000
Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust£52,839
Paul Hamlyn Foundation£40,000
Barrow Cadbury Trust£36,920
The Baring Foundation£29,536
Greater London Authority£18,984
Tudor Trust£5,310
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Greater London Authority - Hongkongers Migrants’ Aspiration Programme
£18,984 31/07/2023
This project aims to empower Hong Kongers and support their integration to the wider society; supporting Hongkongers to build connections between themselves and the wider community, and create a safe ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Migrants' Rights Network
£4,000 06/02/2023
Towards unrestricted core costs as a Cost of Living Uplift
Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust - Migrant Aspiration Programme
£52,839 26/03/2021
to run a Migrant Leadership Programme to support and encourage greater civic participation from members of migrant communities and enable them to speak truth to power
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Migrants' Rights Network
£54,000 24/03/2021
1
Towards unrestricted core costs from the Racialised Communities Top Up Fund
Tudor Trust - Grant to Migrants' Rights Network
£2,000 12/02/2021
as an additional grant to support staff, volunteer and trustee wellbeing, to assist the organisation deliver its charitable purpose more effectively
Barrow Cadbury Trust - COVID-19 - Migrants' Rights Network
£36,920 13/10/2020
6
To support migrants, in particular those with NRPF to access goods and services through adapting a 'Know Your Rights' guide to an on-line tool
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Migrants' Rights Network
£120,000 26/08/2020
36
Towards Unrestricted core costs to support migrant groups, organisations, and local leaders to bring about positive change for migrants.
The Baring Foundation - Grant to Migrants' Rights Network
£29,536 23/06/2020
Funding will go towards a campaign officer salary, campaigning activities including meetings/events, and for beneficiary travel and subsistence costs
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - COVID19 Emergency Funding
£20,000 10/06/2020
3
Support to aid the organisation in dealing with the challenges posed by COVID19.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Emergency funding for core costs
£20,000 09/12/2019
5
Core funding to implement a new strategy fostering connections and collective action on key migration issues.
Tudor Trust - Grant to Migrants' Rights Network
£3,310 12/09/2019
12
as a development grant towards strategy development activities for a national organisation working to secure migrants' rights
Tudor Trust - Grant to Migrants' Rights Network
£50,000 27/02/2019
24
over two years towards core salary costs at a national organisation working for the rights of migrants
Trust for London - Migrants’ Rights Network
£95,000 03/10/2018
36
The funding is for the London+ project which promotes the rights of migrants vulnerable to exploitation and discrimination due to insecure immigration status, by: enabling migrant-led advocacy on ....more
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Strengthening the collective voices of vulnerable migrant communities
£59,317 08/02/2016
18
MRN will work with over 100 migrant organisations as well as service providers to collate evidence of discriminatory practices and policies targeted against migrant communities in three regions ....more
Barrow Cadbury Trust - Supporting migrant rights and strengthening advocacy
£60,000 11/07/2015
24
To support MRN's core work to advocate for the fair treatment of migrants in the UK
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Migrants' Rights Network
£60,000 29/01/2013
Towards a programme of work to build political and public support for a rights-based approach to migration in the UK.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 27-74
  • SARA MARIE BATTEY Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Head Of Communications And Fundraising
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 08/09/2008, number: 1125746
  • Registered at Companies House on 11/12/2006, number: 06024396
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • 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; AR20: 122 days late, AR11: 14 days late,
Main office

Unit 405
Pelican House
138-148 Cambridge Heath Road

Objectives

1. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF MIGRANTS AND REFUGEES THROUGH THE PROVISION OF TRAINING AND SUPPORT, AND DISSEMINATING INFORMATION. 2. TO STRENGTHEN THE CAPACITY BUILDING OF MIGRANTS AND REFUGEES BY INCREASING THE SKILLS OF THESE SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED GROUPS.3. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL, RELEVANT STAKEHOLDERS, AND THE MEDIA ABOUT THE ISSUES RELATING TO MIGRANTS AND REFUGEES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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