Overall GiG Score: 18 ?
Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 12
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Grant maker support: +12

IMMIGRATION LAW PRACTITIONERS' ASSOCIATION LIMITED 

The Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association (ILPA) is a professional association the majority of whose members are barristers, solicitors, advocates and OISC regulated advisers practising in all aspects of immigration, asylum and nationality law.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are low relative to funds raised
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age
Established: 10 years
(35 years as a company)

www.ilpa.org.uk

info@ilpa.org.uk

02072518383

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies HouseX
UN SDGs
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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£693£719£-26£41£823£5549.370
31/03/22£648£562£86£38£849£6551470
31/03/21£552£531£21£0£763£61413.990
31/03/20£712£724£-12£0£742£5148.560
31/03/19£745£662£83£0£754£5359.770
31/03/18£696£661£35£0£670£5189.480
31/03/17£568£629£-61£0£635£59611.480
31/03/16£555£597£-42£0£696£68513.880
31/03/15£604£532£72£32£748£73116.560

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 6.1%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 5.8%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 20%
Liabilities/Income: 30%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 67%
Reserves/Spending: 9.3 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 13 months
Quick Ratio: 4.7
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who works here?
  • 7 employees
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • 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
Paul Hamlyn Foundation£383,000
Trust for London£243,950
Esmee Fairbairn£215,000
The Legal Education Foundation£150,000
Unbound Philanthropy£115,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Immigration Law Practitioners' Association
£15,000 27/02/2023
Towards unrestricted core costs as a Cost of Living Uplift
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Infrastructure for the migration sector's legal professionals
£8,000 18/01/2023
The Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association (ILPA) is a professional association and registered charity whose members practise in all aspects of immigration, asylum and nationality law. This ....more
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - The Strategic Legal Fund for vulnerable migrants
£5,000 18/01/2023
The Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association (ILPA) is a professional association and registered charity, the majority of whose members are barristers, solicitors, advocates and OISC-regulated ....more
Trust for London - Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association (ILPA)
£5,450 29/09/2022
This is a cost of living uplift for grant reference 360G-trustforlondon-MAIN-S2-01.06.2021-9135
Trust for London - Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association (ILPA)
£7,500 29/09/2022
This is a cost of living uplift for grant reference 360G-trustforlondon-MAIN-S2-02.02.21-9016
The Legal Education Foundation - The Strategic Legal Fund and the Strategic Legal Advice Committee
£150,000 15/06/2022
Building connections between lawyers and front-line organisations working with vulnerable migrants and supporting pre-litigation research and third-party interventions that change law, policy and ....more
Trust for London - Immigration Law Practitioners‚Association (ILPA)
£81,000 06/10/2021
36
The funding will part fund the post of Legal and Parliamentary Officer. The role focuses on migrants rights and working to ensure that the new immigration system is fairer, non-discriminatory, ....more
Trust for London - Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association (ILPA)
£150,000 11/06/2021
36
This funding is for the Strategic Legal Fund, which will support work that will enable law, policy and practice that discriminates against asylum seekers, refugees and migrants to be successfully ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Immigration Law Practitioners' Association
£200,000 19/05/2021
Towards delegated grant-making of The Strategic Legal Fund which supports strategic legal work to uphold and improve law, practice and procedures related to the rights of migrant groups in the UK.
Unbound Philanthropy - Grant to Immigration Law Practitioners' Association
£75,000 11/03/2021
For support of the Strategic Legal Fund to achieve successful strategic litigation and interventions to improve implementation and enforcement of policies for vulnerable migrants
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Advancing Justice for Migrants in the UK Fund
£150,000 08/03/2021
The Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association (ILPA) is a registered charity whose professional practise in all aspects of immigration, asylum and nationality law. This grant supports ILPA to host ....more
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Infrastructure for the migration sector's legal professionals
£200,000 28/07/2020
The Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association (ILPA) is a professional association and registered charity whose members practise in all aspects of immigration, asylum and nationality law. This ....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.
Unbound Philanthropy - Grant to Immigration Law Practitioners' Association
£40,000 23/07/2019
24
For support of the Strategic Legal Fund to achieve successful strategic litigation and interventions to improve implementation and enforcement of policies for vulnerable young migrants
Trust for London - Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association
£16,950 21/02/2018
6
The funding is towards the Strategic Legal Fund for Vulnerable Young Migrants, making grants to support pre-litigation research and third party interventions to uphold and promote the rights of ....more
Joseph Rowntree Foundation - Grant to Immigration Law Practitioners' Association
£66,000 02/12/2017
24
Legal Officer
Joseph Rowntree Foundation - Grant to Immigration Law Practitioners' Association
£75,000 15/07/2017
36
Strategic Legal Fund
Unbound Philanthropy - Grant to Immigration Law Practitioners' Association
£40,000 12/07/2017
24
For support of the Strategic Legal Fund to achieve successful strategic litigation and interventions to improve implementation and enforcement of policies for vulnerable young migrants
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Strategic Legal Fund for Vulnerable Young Migrants
£150,000 08/05/2017
36
Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association (ILPA) will host the Strategic Legal Fund for Vulnerable Young Migrants, a small grants programme that has been in operation since 2011 aiming to support ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Immigration Law Practitioners' Association
£150,000 01/03/2017
36
Towards the costs of the Strategic Legal Fund which supports efforts to uphold and promote the rights of vulnerable migrant children and young people.
Trust for London - Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association
£150,000 22/02/2017
36
The funding is to support ILPA who will take forward the Strategic Legal Fund for Vulnerable Young Migrants, making grants to support pre-litigation research and third party interventions to uphold ....more
Unbound Philanthropy - Grant to Immigration Law Practitioners' Association
£150,000 03/08/2016
36
General operating support to enhance communications and partnerships in order to address the changing legal needs of the immigration sector.
AB Charitable Trust - Funding for the role of legal officer
£10,000 27/01/2015
£10,000 towards the Legal Officer salary
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 34-56
  • MATTHEW LEWIS Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Senior Finance Business Partner
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 10/01/2014, number: 1155286
  • Registered at Companies House on 21/02/1989, number: 02350422
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment 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
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
9 returns made; all on time
Main office

C/o. SKS Ramon Lee
93 Tabernacle Street
London

Objectives

TO ADVANCE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT EDUCATION AND TRAINING ON THE LAW AND RELATED SUBJECTS AND IN PARTICULAR IN THE FIELDS OF IMMIGRATION, ASYLUM AND NATIONALITY LAW AND LEGAL ADVICE AND THE REPRESENTATION OF PERSONS WHO ARE OR MAY BECOME IMMIGRANTS TO ANY PART OF GREAT BRITAIN, NORTHERN IRELAND, THE CHANNEL ISLANDS AND THE ISLE OF MAN (TOGETHER THE UNITED KINGDOM) FROM WHATEVER PART OF THE WORLD WHETHER COMING OR INTENDING TO COME TO THE UNITED KINGDOM FOR SETTLEMENT OR FOR SOME MORE LIMITED PURPOSE AND FOR IMMIGRANTS AND EMIGRANTS OF WHATEVER NATIONALITY TO OR FROM ANY OTHER PART OF THE WORLD.TO PROMOTE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFITI. HUMAN RIGHTS AS SET OUT IN THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND SUBSEQUENT UNITED NATIONS CONVENTIONS AND DECLARATIONS, THE EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE HUMAN RIGHTS ACT (1998), WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE RIGHTS TO ASYLUM, TO A NATIONALITY, TO FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT AND RESIDENCE AND NOT TO BE SUBJECT TO TORTURE OR TO SLAVERY;II. EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY AS SET OUT IN THE EQUALITY ACT 2010 AND SIMILAR INSTRUMENTS AND INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS TREATIES CONCERNED WITH THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AND IN PARTICULAR WITH THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF RACE OR SEX;IN PARTICULAR BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS• MONITORING ABUSES• RESEARCH INTO APPLICABLE LAW POLICY AND PRACTICE• EDUCATING THE PUBLIC• CONTRIBUTING TO THE SOUND ADMINISTRATION OF THE LAW• RAISING AWARENESS• PROMOTING PUBLIC SUPPORT• PROMOTING RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS• PROMOTING RESPECT FOR THE RULE OF LAW WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE LAW PERTAINING TO IMMIGRATION, ASYLUM AND NATIONALITY• COORDINATING THE WORK OF IMMIGRATION, ASYLUM AND NATIONALITY LAW PRACTITIONERS

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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