Anti Trafficking and Labour Exploitation Unit (ATLEU)

What Anti Trafficking and Labour Exploitation Unit (ATLEU) does

ATLEU is a UK-registered charity founded in 2014 that provides free, specialist legal representation and holistic support to survivors of human trafficking and modern slavery in England and Wales. Headquartered in London with a team of 22 staff (as of the April 2024 Companies House filing), it is, by its own positioning, the only UK charity offering dedicated, full-spectrum legal services to this client group — covering asylum and immigration, compensation claims, housing, and challenges to trafficking decisions. Its service model blends individual casework with strategic litigation (notably the Mrs P case, which expanded survivors' right to compensation), professional training through the ATLAW programme, and policy advocacy at Westminster and Whitehall.

The operational surface comprises several distinct components: (i) direct legal casework delivered by solicitors and caseworkers; (ii) ATHUB, an online legal information resource for frontline professionals; (iii) the Changemakers lived-experience advisory group and the Rise & Lead Fellowship, which build survivor leadership; and (iv) coalition work through bodies such as the Trafficking and Exploitation Champions Group (TCAG) and the Seasonal Worker Interest Group, alongside joint reports with partners including the Helen Bamber Foundation and ECPAT UK.

Revenue is generated through a mixed charity-sector model: restricted and unrestricted grants from trusts and foundations (e.g., Samworth Foundation, London Legal Support Trust), statutory legal aid funding for casework, donations, and earned income from the ATLAW training programme. There is no commercial product or technology platform; the underlying "technology" is institutional legal expertise, a body of training content, and a curated ATHUB knowledge base. Operations are confined to England and Wales (Scotland and Northern Ireland fall outside scope), and the organisation is governed as a non-profit with no equity ownership structure.

Name

Anti Trafficking and Labour Exploitation Unit (ATLEU)

Legal name

Anti Trafficking and Labour Exploitation Unit

Website

https://atleu.org.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

ATLEU is a London-based UK charity providing free specialist legal representation and holistic support to survivors of human trafficking and modern slavery in England and Wales, supplemented by professional training, policy advocacy, and survivor leadership programmes.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Anti-Trafficking Legal Services

NAICS

Legal Services (5411), Individual and Family Services (6241), Educational Support Services (611710)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Migrant & Refugee Legal Aid and Documentation Services (BPADAHAE)

akta.pro secondary industry

Refugee & Humanitarian Newcomer Orientation (Resettlement Support) (EDAAADAI)

Keywords

• Anti-trafficking legal aid
• Modern slavery support
• Specialist legal advice
• Survivor advocacy services
• Professional training programs

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Charitable Grants and Donations: ATLEU operates as a UK charity funded by trusts, foundations, philanthropists, and corporate partners. They receive support from organizations like the Samworth Foundation and individual donors.
2. Training Services: Online training delivered by legal experts to professionals working with survivors. Revenue generated from training course fees.
3. Legal Aid: Government-funded legal aid for qualifying cases providing free specialist legal advice to survivors of trafficking and slavery in England and Wales.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

ATLEU is a UK charity that provides free specialist legal advice, representation, and advocacy to survivors of human trafficking and modern slavery in England and Wales. Its services cover asylum and immigration, challenging trafficking-related decisions, housing and support, and compensation claims (including Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority claims). The organization also delivers professional training, online legal resources (ATHUB), and runs a lived-experience activism program (Changemakers) to influence policy and legislation.

Product overview

ATLEU is the only UK charity providing dedicated, holistic legal support to survivors of trafficking and modern slavery. The organization operates as a unified legal services charity rather than a platform product, offering direct legal representation (covering asylum/immigration, challenging trafficking decisions, housing/support, and compensation), professional training courses (including ATLAW for lawyers), the ATHUB online information resource for professionals, the Rise & Lead Fellowship for survivors with lived experience, and the Lived Experience Activism (Changemakers) program for survivor leadership. TCAG connects practitioners working on compensation claims.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• ATLEU Changemakers: A lived experience activism program involving survivors of trafficking and modern slavery who contribute to policy development and organizational leadership.
• ATHUB
• ATLAW
• TCAG
• Rise & Lead Fellowship

Products and services

• Legal Help Services Dedicated, holistic legal support to survivors of trafficking and slavery in England and Wales, covering asylum and immigration, challenging trafficking-related decisions, housing and support, and compensation claims.
• Training Courses (including ATLAW) Online training delivered by legal experts for lawyers and professionals working with survivors of trafficking and slavery, including the ATLAW programme and specialist courses on trafficking-related law.
• ATHUB Online Information Resource

Quantifiable outcome

• Eight survivors received £247,417 in Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA) compensation through ATLEU's compensation project
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Freshfields Bruckhaus DeringercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGlobal law firm Freshfields provides pro bono support through Paul Yates, Counsel and Head of Pro Bono. The partnership enhances ATLEU's pro bono efforts in anti-trafficking work through specialized legal expertise.
• Seasonal Worker Interest GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAlliance of key organizations supporting migrant seasonal agricultural workers. ATLEU is a member working on legal challenges to the Seasonal Worker Visa scheme and policy reform.
• Helen Bamber FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint report co-author on 'Road to Nowhere' examining the impact of insecure immigration status on survivors of trafficking. Partnership on research and policy advocacy.
• EPCAT UKcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-authored 'Road to Nowhere' report with ATLEU and Helen Bamber Foundation on immigration status challenges for trafficking survivors.
• Voice of Domestic WorkerscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership on 'Untapping a Power' research report on employing survivors. Peer Researchers with lived experience contributed to the study led by Professor Sundari Anitha.
• Experts by Experience Employment NetworkcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerATLEU is a proud member working to create a charitable sector led by people with lived experience of the asylum and immigration system, challenging one-size-fits-all employment practices.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Justice and Care: UK-based anti-trafficking organisation providing investigative, legal, and survivor-aftercare support — overlapping mission and beneficiary base with ATLEU.
• ECPAT UK: UK branch of the ECPAT child-protection network focused on child trafficking — co-author of 'Road to Nowhere' with ATLEU and a directly comparable counterparty on trafficking policy and survivor advocacy.
• Anti-Slavery International: The world's oldest anti-slavery organisation, operating from the UK with overlapping policy, advocacy, and survivor-support mandates; a directly comparable peer in the same trafficking/modern-slavery NGO space.
• Helen Bamber Foundation: UK charity providing holistic support (legal, medical, therapeutic) to survivors of trafficking and torture. Co-author of ATLEU's 'Road to Nowhere' report and a directly comparable counterparty in survivor legal aid and policy advocacy.
• Hope for Justice: International anti-trafficking NGO with UK operations focused on victim identification, survivor rehabilitation, and policy reform — overlapping survivor-support and influencing functions with ATLEU.
• Kalayaan: UK charity providing advice and advocacy for migrant domestic workers, including trafficking survivors — a close peer in the migrant-worker legal aid niche.
• Medaille Trust: UK charity providing safe-housing and recovery support for survivors of modern slavery — complementary to ATLEU on the survivor-care pathway and competing for the same donor funding pool.
• Unseen UK: UK charity running the Modern Slavery Helpline and survivor support services — directly comparable in operating survivor-facing legal and safety services in the UK.
• Migrants' Rights Network: UK charity advocating for migrant rights through policy, campaigns, and legal support — overlaps with ATLEU on immigration-justice advocacy for vulnerable migrants.

Emerging players

• Snowdrop Project: UK charity providing long-term trauma-informed support to survivors of trafficking in the Sheffield region — a regionally focused peer with overlapping survivor-support remit but narrower legal-services scope.

Market position

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks1 record

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/ATLEU_UK
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/atleu-charity

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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