Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 10
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +10
Overall GiG Score: 18 ?

VOICES IN EXILE 

Works with refugees, asylum seekers and vulnerable migrants with no recourse to public funds in Sussex and Surrey. Offers practical and legal support including generalist advice & specialist immigration casework for those otherwise unable to access justice. Advocates for and works with people to access services, build community and develop potential through learning and creative activities.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • 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
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender
Established: 15 years

www.voicesinexile.org

director@voicesinexile.org

01273328598

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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
31/12/22£618£553£65£0£680£36881535
31/12/21£482£391£92n/an/an/an/an/a30
31/12/20£523£327£196£0£523£19271220
31/12/19£425£298£127n/an/an/an/an/a40
31/12/18£223£250£-26£0£0£0n/a030
31/12/17£303£175£128£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/16£195£126£70£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/15*£79£57£21£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/14£32£35£-3£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/13£17£21£-4£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/12*£34£32£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/11£70£75£-5£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/10*£65£45£20£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/09*£78£45£33£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: 13%
Liabilities/Income: 16%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 54%
Reserves/Spending: 8 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 15 months
Quick Ratio: 6.1
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Brighton And Hove, East Sussex, West Sussex,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • 15 employees
  • 35 volunteers

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
Paul Hamlyn Foundation£235,000
DCMS£57,226
Lloyds Bank Foundation£52,250
Sussex Community Foundation£30,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£25,000
Access to Justice Foundation£25,000
National Lottery Community Fund£10,000
AB Charitable Trust£10,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Core funding for Voices in Exile
£15,000 18/01/2023
Voices in Exile are a small frontline charity working with people who migrate and those with no recourse to public funds (NRPF) in Brighton, Sussex and Surrey. They offer practical and legal support ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - One off gift towards cost of living crisis to Voices in Exile
£2,250 14/12/2022
One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis
National Lottery Community Fund - Voices in Exile Volunteer Co-ordinator
£10,000 18/11/2022
This funding will support the group to part fund a volunteer co-ordinator to support refugees and vulnerable migrants in Brighton and Sussex. The project helps beneficiaries to relieve financial ....more
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Voices in Exile
£10,000 11/11/2022
Funding was provided towards running costs.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Core funding for Voices in Exile
£200,000 29/11/2021
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Voices in Exile are a small frontline charity working with people who migrate and those with no recourse to public funds (NRPF) in Brighton, Sussex and Surrey. They offer practical and legal support ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£25,000 25/06/2021
Core costs
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Voices in Exile
£5,000 09/12/2020
Funding will support their frontline food bank service. All of their clients are disproportionately at risk of the impact of Covid-19 both because of their immigration status and because they ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Recovery grant to Voices in Exile
£50,000 03/12/2020
24
Unrestricted grant over two years towards the core costs of Voices in Exile, awarded under the Foundation's Asylum Seekers and Refugees funding stream. Part of the Covid Recovery Fund to support ....more
DCMS - DCMS VSCE CMC Covid Funding
£57,226 03/12/2020
The Community Match Challenge is an £85M fund aimed at supporting the Voluntary Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) in their COVID response. Awards were made to philanthropists, foundations and ....more
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Voices in Exile
£5,000 18/11/2020
2
Funding was provided for staff and project costs.
Access to Justice Foundation - Joint Initiative Flexible COVID-19 Grant
£25,000 05/10/2020
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
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Voices in Exile
£5,000 21/09/2020
Voices in exile work with refugees, asylum seekers and vulnerable migrants with no recourse to public funds in Brighton & Hove, East and West Sussex. They offer specialist legal advice, practical ....more
CAF - Grant to Voices in Exile
£4,350 29/07/2020
3
Grant to Voices in Exile to support the organisation through COVID19
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Voices in Exile
£10,000 02/07/2020
An unrestricted grant of £10,000. Voices in Exile (VIE) work with refugees, asylum seekers and vulnerable migrants in Sussex and Surrey. VIE offer practical and legal support including generalist ....more
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Voices in Exile
£5,000 21/04/2020
Voices in Exile work with refugees, asylum seekers and vulnerable migrants with no recourse to public funds in Brighton & Hove, East and West Sussex and increased demand on their services means ....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.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Access to justice for those who migrate in the South-East
£100,000 11/03/2019
24
To build organisational capacity and strengthen provision of free, accredited immigration legal advice and casework across the South East.
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Voices in Exile
£10,000 24/01/2019
£10,000 towards core costs. Voices in Exile works with refugees & asylum seekers to provide practical help and legal support (including immigration advice up to OISC 2). They also provide ....more
People's Health Trust - Migrant Welcome Project
£31,081 08/03/2018
This two-year project ran a weekly social and cultural group for local migrants in Brighton and Hove who have English as a Second Language (ESOL). The participants improved their conversational ....more
Joseph Rank Trust - Voices in Exile
£56,000 25/01/2017
36
To fund the running costs of the charity and purchase of equipment
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 40-65
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 25/06/2009, number: 1130363
  • Registered at Companies House on 29/04/2009, number: 06891597
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
14 returns made; AR15: 1 days late, AR12: 186 days late, AR10: 14 days late, AR09: 12 days late,
Main office

Fitzherbert Centre
36 Upper Bedford Street
Brighton
East Sussex
BN2 1JP

Objectives

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND RELIEVE FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AMONGST THOSE SEEKING ASYLUM, THOSE GRANTED REFUGEE STATUS AND PEOPLE FROM ABROAD WHO ARE DESTITUTE PARTICULARLY BY THE PROVISION OF LEGAL AND OTHER ADVICE, INCLUDING ADVICE AND SUPPORT CONCERNING ACCOMMODATION

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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