ABRAS - Associacao Brasileiro no Reino Unido

What ABRAS - Associacao Brasileiro no Reino Unido does

ABRAS – Associação Brasileira no Reino Unido is a UK-registered, non-profit community association founded in 2006 to support Brazilian nationals living in the United Kingdom. The organization operates from its headquarters at 59 Station Road, London, NW10 4UX, and is structured as a company limited by guarantees, governed by English law, without external shareholders or venture backing. ABRAS also holds OISC registration (F201300678) authorizing specific advisory activities.

The organization provides its services exclusively through a 6-month membership model. Core offerings include face-to-face, telephone, and internet-based consultations (via Skype and WhatsApp), each limited to 30 minutes with a maximum of one appointment per week, alongside paid add-on services such as document translation, claims representation before authorities (e.g., Home Office, Consulates), correspondence and mailbox handling, and document services (photocopying, fax, scanning). Membership also unlocks discounts on third-party services such as translators, and the premises include a small hall available for lectures, courses, and seminars.

ABRAS targets a single customer segment — Brazilian immigrants and community members in the UK — and operates a community-led go-to-market model reliant on word-of-mouth referrals, organic social presence (Facebook, Twitter), and its website (abras.org.uk). Revenue is generated principally through membership fees for a 6-month cycle and case-by-case fees for translation and representation work. Pricing is variable and not publicly disclosed, and the organization employs roughly six staff to deliver its service portfolio.

Name

ABRAS - Associacao Brasileiro no Reino Unido

Legal name

ABRAS - Associacao Brasileira no Reino Unido

Website

https://abras.org.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

ABRAS – Associação Brasileira no Reino Unido is a non-profit community association, founded in 2006, that provides membership-based consultations, translation, and claims representation services to Brazilian nationals residing in the United Kingdom.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership Fees: Primary revenue stream from membership fees charged for a 6-month validity period. Membership covers free consultations and discounts on third-party services such as translators.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

ABRAS is a Brazilian community association operating on a 6-month membership basis that delivers Portuguese-language consultations (face-to-face, telephone, Skype, or WhatsApp) to Brazilian immigrants in the UK, alongside paid document translation, claims representation before the Home Office and Consulates, correspondence and mailbox handling, photocopying/fax/scanning, and a small event hall. Membership includes free consultations and discounts on third-party services such as translators, with additional services priced per case.

Product overview

ABRAS operates as a membership-based organization offering a unified service portfolio centered on consultation, document handling, and community support for Brazilian residents in the UK. The core offering is membership services providing access to consultations (face-to-face, telephone, and internet-based), which bundles with discounts on third-party services. Additional paid services include document translation, claims representation before authorities, correspondence handling, document services (photocopying, fax, scanning), and event space rental. The organization is structured as a non-profit company limited by guarantees, with all services governed by membership terms and conditions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Membership Services 6-month time-limited membership for Brazilian residents in the UK that includes free 30-minute consultations (max one per week, up to 2 persons) delivered face-to-face, by telephone, or via Skype/WhatsApp, plus discounts on third-party services such as translators. Validity runs from the date of payment.
• Consultation Services

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Third-party translators and service providersminorOthersABRAS provides members with discounts on services from third-party service providers including translators. These are not formal partnerships but commercial relationships offering preferential rates to ABRAS members.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Others

• Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants (JCWI): UK-wide charity providing immigration legal advice, policy advocacy and casework support for migrants and refugees. Directly adjacent function to ABRAS's claims representation and Home Office advocacy services.
• Refugee Council: UK's largest organization working with refugees and asylum seekers, providing advice, casework and integration support. Comparable in advisory and representation function, though focused on the asylum-seeker sub-segment rather than settled diaspora members.
• Migrants' Rights Network: UK charity offering advice and advocacy on immigration, asylum and nationality issues for migrant communities. Similar advisory and rights-navigation service role for non-UK nationals, supporting members on government correspondence and bureaucratic processes.

Direct peers

• Latin American Women's Rights Service (LAWRS): UK-based specialist organization serving Latin American migrants with advice, advocacy, casework and translation services in Spanish, Portuguese and English. Operates in a similar community-organization, membership-and-cases model targeting the same diaspora.
• Latin American House (LAHA): London-based community organization providing advice, translation, advocacy, cultural and immigration support to the Latin American diaspora in the UK, directly mirroring ABRAS's model for Brazilians. Closest comparable service model and target demographic.

Broad incumbents

• Citizens Advice UK: National UK network providing free, confidential advice on legal, immigration, money and consumer issues. Broader and incumbent compared to ABRAS, but provides comparable face-to-face consultation, document and claims advice functions at scale.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/212443815437522
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/abras---associacao-brasileiro-no-reino-unido

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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