01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- Submission Received Late
- Charity type
- Charitable company
- Registered
- 26 August 1999
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Company number supplied
- 03803669
- Financial period
- 1 August 2024 – 31 July 2025
- Latest income
- £713,579
- Latest expenditure
- £770,082
- Gift Aid
- Yes
- Owns or uses land
- Yes
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- No
Public contact address: Crown House, 27 Old Gloucester Street, London, WC1N 3AX
Website recorded by the regulator: www.biduk.org (displayed as text)
02 Activities
What the charity does
Legal advice and information service to people held in immigration detention
03 Official extract
Charity Annual Return History
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 August 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 July 2025
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 May 2026
- Date Annual Return Received
- 2 June 2026
- Date Accounts Received
- 2 June 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £713,579
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £770,082
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 August 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 July 2024
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 May 2025
- Date Annual Return Received
- 30 May 2025
- Date Accounts Received
- 30 May 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £746,883
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £747,330
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 August 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 July 2023
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 May 2024
- Date Annual Return Received
- 29 May 2024
- Date Accounts Received
- 29 May 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £680,602
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £632,845
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 August 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 July 2022
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 May 2023
- Date Annual Return Received
- 8 February 2023
- Date Accounts Received
- 8 February 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £578,840
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £693,753
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 August 2020
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 July 2021
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 May 2022
- Date Annual Return Received
- 28 April 2022
- Date Accounts Received
- 28 April 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £753,203
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £657,413
04 Official extract
Charity Annual Return Parta
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 August 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 July 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 31 May 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 2 June 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £713,579
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £770,082
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 60001 70000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 80
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 August 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 July 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 31 May 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 30 May 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £746,883
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £747,330
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- Yes
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 80
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 August 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 July 2023
- Ar Due Date
- 31 May 2024
- Ar Received Date
- 29 May 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £680,602
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £632,845
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 100
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 4
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 August 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 July 2022
- Ar Due Date
- 31 May 2023
- Ar Received Date
- 8 February 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £578,840
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £693,753
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- Yes
- Charity Professional Fundraiser
- No
- Charity Commercial Participator
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- No
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 67
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 5
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 August 2020
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 July 2021
- Ar Due Date
- 31 May 2022
- Ar Received Date
- 28 April 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £753,203
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £657,413
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- Yes
- Charity Professional Fundraiser
- No
- Charity Commercial Participator
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- No
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 10
05 Official extract
Charity Annual Return Partb
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 August 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 July 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 31 May 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 2 June 2026
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 562026
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 136634
- Income Investments
- 14919
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 713579
- Income Legacies
- 50000
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £50,177
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £719,905
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 770082
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 3932
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 223400
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 2077
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £382,541
- Assets Total Fixed
- 1631
- Assets Own Use
- 1631
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £455,096
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £72,555
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £384,172
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 72555
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £434,195
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 384172
- Funds Restricted
- 0
- Funds Total
- 384172
- Count Employees
- 10
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 August 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 July 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 31 May 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 30 May 2025
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 574782
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 157300
- Income Investments
- 14801
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 746883
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £54,460
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £692,870
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 747330
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 335
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 224248
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 2902
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £440,675
- Assets Total Fixed
- 3598
- Assets Own Use
- 3598
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £555,989
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £118,912
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £440,675
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 118912
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £539,961
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 440675
- Funds Restricted
- 0
- Funds Total
- 440675
- Count Employees
- 10
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 August 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 July 2023
- Ar Due Date
- 31 May 2024
- Ar Received Date
- 29 May 2024
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 62141
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 126711
- Income Investments
- 6461
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 195313
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £71,402
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £561,443
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 632845
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 0
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 0
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 2902
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £0
- Assets Total Fixed
- 6500
- Assets Own Use
- 6500
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £631,911
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £197,289
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £441,122
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 197289
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £617,493
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 441122
- Funds Restricted
- 0
- Funds Total
- 441122
- Count Employees
- 9
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 4
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 August 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 July 2022
- Ar Due Date
- 31 May 2023
- Ar Received Date
- 8 February 2023
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 413846
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 163630
- Income Investments
- 1364
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 578840
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £58,281
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £635,472
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 693753
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 0
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 172009
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 2174
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £393,365
- Assets Total Fixed
- 9402
- Assets Own Use
- 9402
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £565,927
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £181,964
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £393,365
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 181964
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £549,565
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 393365
- Funds Restricted
- 0
- Funds Total
- 393365
- Count Employees
- 10
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 5
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 August 2020
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 July 2021
- Ar Due Date
- 31 May 2022
- Ar Received Date
- 28 April 2022
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 461657
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 290200
- Income Investments
- 1346
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 753203
- Income Legacies
- 25647
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £55,764
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £601,649
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 657413
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 0
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 141810
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 1910
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £508,278
- Assets Total Fixed
- 8319
- Assets Own Use
- 8319
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £566,474
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £66,515
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £508,278
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 66515
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £550,704
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 508278
- Funds Restricted
- 0
- Funds Total
- 508278
- Count Employees
- 9
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
06 Official extract
Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Country
- Geographic Area Description
- Scotland
- Parent Geographic Area Type
- Continent
- Parent Geographic Area Description
- Europe
- Welsh Ind
- No
- Geographic Area Type
- Region
- Geographic Area Description
- Throughout England And Wales
- Welsh Ind
- No
07 Official extract
Charity Classification
- Classification Code
- 117
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Other Charitable Purposes
- Classification Code
- 206
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- Other Defined Groups
- Classification Code
- 307
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Classification Code
- 204
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
- Classification Code
- 306
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Services
08 Official extract
Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- BAIL FOR IMMIGRATION DETAINEES ( BID )
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- Standard registration
- Date Of Event
- 1999-08-26T00:00:00
09 Official extract
Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED ON THE 8TH JULY 1999 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION 15 JANUARY 2008.
- Charitable Objects
- 4A. TO PROMOTE HUMAN RIGHTS (AS SET OUT IN THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND SUBSEQUENT UNITE NATIONS CONVENTIONS AND DECLARATIONS, THE EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE HUMAN RIGHTS ACT (1998), WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE RIGHT TO LIBERTY AND THE RIGHT TO BE FREE FORM ARBITRARY DETENTION, THROUGHOUT THE WORLD BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS:= MONITORING ABUSES OF HUMAN RIGHTS;= OBTAINING REDRESS FOR THE VICTIMS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE;= RELIEVING NEEDS AMONG THE VICTIMS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE;= RESEARCH INTO HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES;= EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS;= CONTRIBUTING TO THE SOUND ADMINISTRATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS LAW;= COMMENTING ON PROPOSED HUMAN RIGHTS LEGISLATION;= RAISING AWARENESS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES;= PROMOTING PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS;= PROMOTING RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AMONG INDIVIDUALS AND CORPORATIONS;= ELIMINATING INFRINGEMENTS OF HUMAN RIGHTS. 4B. THE RELIEF OF THE FINANCIAL NEEDS OF THOSE APPLYING FOR BAIL UNDER IMMIGRATION LEGISLATION AND BY PROVIDING SUCH PERSONS WITH OTHER LEGAL AND RELATED SERVICES.
- Area Of Benefit
- KENT, HANTS AND OXFORDSHIRE
10 Official extract
Charity Other Names
- Charity Name Id
- 303436
- Charity Name Type
- Working name
- Charity Name
- BID
11 Official extract
Charity Policy
- Policy Name
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Complaints handling
- Policy Name
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Conflicting interests
- Policy Name
- Volunteer management
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Policy Name
- Social media policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Paying staff
- Policy Name
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Risk management
- Policy Name
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures