GREATER MANCHESTER IMMIGRATION AID UNIT — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Charitable company
Registered: 29 April 2008
Removed: Not supplied
Company number supplied: 02838845
Financial period: 1 April 2025 – 31 March 2026
Latest income: £2,274,459
Latest expenditure: £1,994,727
Gift Aid: Yes
Owns or uses land: Yes
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: GREATER MANCHESTER IMMIGRATION AID, 1 DELAUNAYS ROAD, MANCHESTER, M8 4QS

Website recorded by the regulator: www.gmiau.org (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

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.

03 Official extract

Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2025
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2026
Ar Cycle Reference: AR26
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2027
Date Annual Return Received: 12 October 2026
Date Accounts Received: 12 October 2026
Total Gross Income: £2,274,459
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,994,727

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 7 October 2025
Date Accounts Received: 7 October 2025
Total Gross Income: £2,078,282
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,881,029

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 9 December 2024
Date Accounts Received: 9 December 2024
Total Gross Income: £1,969,697
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,577,871

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 31 January 2024
Date Accounts Received: 31 January 2024
Total Gross Income: £1,602,720
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,410,701

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 5 December 2022
Date Accounts Received: 5 December 2022
Total Gross Income: £1,236,420
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,051,382

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Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR26
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2025
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2026
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2027
Ar Received Date: 12 October 2026
Total Gross Income: £2,274,459
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,994,727
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 3
Count Govt Grants: £2
Income From Government Contracts: 500392
Income From Government Grants: £80,000
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: 15

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2025
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2026
Ar Received Date: 7 October 2025
Total Gross Income: £2,078,282
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,881,029
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 4
Count Govt Grants: £2
Income From Government Contracts: 954815
Income From Government Grants: £80,000
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: 15

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2024
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2025
Ar Received Date: 9 December 2024
Total Gross Income: £1,969,697
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,577,871
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 4
Count Govt Grants: £1
Income From Government Contracts: 816154
Income From Government Grants: £23,333
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: 6

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2023
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2024
Ar Received Date: 31 January 2024
Total Gross Income: £1,602,720
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,410,701
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 3
Count Govt Grants: £3
Income From Government Contracts: 556691
Income From Government 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: 20

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2022
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2023
Ar Received Date: 5 December 2022
Total Gross Income: £1,236,420
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,051,382
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: No
Charity Commercial Participator: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: Yes
Count Govt Contracts: 2
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: No
Income From Government Contracts: 522611
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 6

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Charity Annual Return Partb

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR26
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2025
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2026
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2027
Ar Received Date: 12 October 2026
Income Donations And Legacies: 1261706
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 959200
Income Investments: 53553
Income Other: 0
Income Total Income And Endowments: 2274459
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £0
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £1,994,727
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 1994727
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 126497
Expenditure Governance: 33158
Expenditure Support Costs: 176488
Expenditure Depreciation: 29945
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £588,134
Assets Total Fixed: 167109
Assets Own Use: 167109
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £2,456,512
Assets Total Liabilities: £367,174
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £2,256,447
Creditors One Year Total Current: 367174
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £1,865,964
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 2139052
Funds Restricted: 117395
Funds Total: 2256447
Count Employees: 42
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2025
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2026
Ar Received Date: 7 October 2025
Income Donations And Legacies: 1184221
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 857134
Income Investments: 36927
Income Other: 0
Income Total Income And Endowments: 2078282
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £0
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £1,881,029
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 1881029
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 88365
Expenditure Governance: 1678
Expenditure Support Costs: 170706
Expenditure Depreciation: 17423
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £610,293
Assets Total Fixed: 182019
Assets Own Use: 182019
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £2,281,750
Assets Total Liabilities: £487,054
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £1,976,715
Creditors One Year Total Current: 487054
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £1,574,632
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 1908013
Funds Restricted: 68702
Funds Total: 1976715
Count Employees: 42
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2024
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2025
Ar Received Date: 9 December 2024
Income Donations And Legacies: 1111308
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 828592
Income Investments: 29797
Income Other: 0
Income Total Income And Endowments: 1969697
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £0
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £1,577,871
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 1577871
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 71640
Expenditure Governance: 1284
Expenditure Support Costs: 144382
Expenditure Depreciation: 8182
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £592,211
Assets Total Fixed: 125953
Assets Own Use: 125953
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £2,206,581
Assets Total Liabilities: £553,072
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £1,779,462
Creditors One Year Total Current: 530919
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 22153
Assets Cash: £1,315,545
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 1705283
Funds Restricted: 74179
Funds Total: 1779462
Count Employees: 37
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2023
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2024
Ar Received Date: 31 January 2024
Income Donations And Legacies: 43325
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 1558391
Income Investments: 1004
Income Other: 0
Income Total Income And Endowments: 1602720
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £0
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £1,410,701
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 1410701
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 3719
Expenditure Support Costs: 132188
Expenditure Depreciation: 5074
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £1,352,297
Assets Total Fixed: 114681
Assets Own Use: 114681
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £1,864,017
Assets Total Liabilities: £591,062
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £1,387,636
Creditors One Year Total Current: 591062
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £902,212
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 1352297
Funds Restricted: 35339
Funds Total: 1387636
Count Employees: 34
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2022
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2023
Ar Received Date: 5 December 2022
Income Donations And Legacies: 11998
Income Other Trading Activities: 2900
Income Charitable Activities: 785741
Income Investments: 25
Income Other: 0
Income Total Income And Endowments: 800664
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £317
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £948,670
Expenditure Other: 102395
Expenditure Total: 1051382
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 0
Expenditure Support Costs: 468
Expenditure Depreciation: 4060
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £1,181,130
Assets Total Fixed: 113204
Assets Own Use: 113204
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £1,361,420
Assets Total Liabilities: £279,007
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £1,195,617
Creditors One Year Total Current: 279007
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £803,454
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 1181130
Funds Restricted: 14487
Funds Total: 1195617
Count Employees: 28
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

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Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Bury
Parent Geographic Area Type: Metropolitan Counties
Parent Geographic Area Description: Greater Manchester
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Stockport
Parent Geographic Area Type: Metropolitan Counties
Parent Geographic Area Description: Greater Manchester
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Manchester City
Parent Geographic Area Type: Metropolitan Counties
Parent Geographic Area Description: Greater Manchester
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Tameside
Parent Geographic Area Type: Metropolitan Counties
Parent Geographic Area Description: Greater Manchester
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Salford City
Parent Geographic Area Type: Metropolitan Counties
Parent Geographic Area Description: Greater Manchester
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Oldham
Parent Geographic Area Type: Metropolitan Counties
Parent Geographic Area Description: Greater Manchester
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Wigan
Parent Geographic Area Type: Metropolitan Counties
Parent Geographic Area Description: Greater Manchester
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Rochdale
Parent Geographic Area Type: Metropolitan Counties
Parent Geographic Area Description: Greater Manchester
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Trafford
Parent Geographic Area Type: Metropolitan Counties
Parent Geographic Area Description: Greater Manchester
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Bolton
Parent Geographic Area Type: Metropolitan Counties
Parent Geographic Area Description: Greater Manchester
Welsh Ind: No

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Charity Classification

Classification Code: 201
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Children/young People

Classification Code: 206
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Other Defined Groups

Classification Code: 310
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Other Charitable Activities

Classification Code: 203
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: People With Disabilities

Classification Code: 117
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Other Charitable Purposes

Classification Code: 307
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Advocacy/advice/information

08 Official extract

Charity Event History

Charity Name: GREATER MANCHESTER IMMIGRATION AID UNIT
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 2008-04-29T00:00:00

Charity Name: GREATER MANCHESTER IMMIGRATION AID UNIT
Charity Event Order: 2
Event Type: Asset transfer in
Date Of Event: 2016-06-21T00:00:00
Reason: Ceased to exist
Assoc Organisation Number: 4040760
Assoc Registered Charity Number: 1129311
Assoc Charity Name: ASYLUM SUPPORT HOUSING ADVICE

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Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION (INCORPORATED) 23 JULY 1993 AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 26 JANUARY 2008 AND 1 NOVEMBER 2008 as amended on 17 Nov 2018 as amended on 28 Jun 2023
Charitable Objects: TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND RELIEVE FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AMONGST IMMIGRANTS AND THOSE SEEKING ASYLUM PARTICULARLY BY THE PROVISION LEGAL AND OTHER SERVICES
Area Of Benefit: UNDEFINED IN PRACTICE GREATER MANCHESTER

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Charity Policy

Policy Name: Volunteer management

Policy Name: Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures

Policy Name: Investing charity funds policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal risk management policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Policy Name: Social media policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Policy Name: Financial reserves policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures

Policy Name: Bullying and harassment policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints policy and procedures

Policy Name: Risk management

Policy Name: Complaints handling

Policy Name: Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Policy Name: Paying staff

Policy Name: Investment

Policy Name: Conflicting interests