Work Rights Centre (worc)

What Work Rights Centre (worc) does

Work Rights Centre (WoRC) is a UK-registered charity (Charity No. 1165419) founded in 2016 that delivers free employment and immigration legal advice to migrants and racially disadvantaged Britons. Its operations span two offices — London (primary) and Manchester — supported by a multilingual team covering English, Romanian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian, Russian, Spanish, and Polish. Core services comprise one-on-one employment legal advice (415 people supported in 2025), immigration status support (481 people in 2025), frontline professional training (184 professionals trained in 2025), and systemic advocacy through research, strategic litigation, parliamentary submissions, and coalition lobbying.

The charity's technology stack is a relatively standard digital service-delivery platform: a multilingual WordPress-based website with seven country subdomains, self-service tools (employment status quiz, rights guides, step-by-step claim guides), CRM-style case intake via phone, email, and web forms, plus a 'Write to your MP' advocacy tool. There is no proprietary software product, API, or mobile application; the platform's role is to lower the cost of beneficiary access rather than to deliver differentiated technology. The organization holds regulated accreditations including the Advice Quality Standard, Immigration Advice Authority (IAA) accreditation, Cyber Essentials, and Living Wage Foundation accreditation, which together constrain competition in regulated immigration advice.

Commercially, Work Rights Centre is a non-traded non-profit. All services to beneficiaries are free; there are no fees, subscriptions, or commercial contracts. The revenue model is donations and charitable grants from grant-making organizations and the public (donations_charitable), with no disclosed institutional investment. The go-to-market is community-led: beneficiaries reach the charity through website forms, phone (0300 4000 100), email, multilingual word-of-mouth, and coalition partner referrals. Distribution is augmented by earned media, parliamentary advocacy, and partnerships with 130+ organizations, trade unions (UNISON), and academic partners (Oxford COMPAS). Recent strategic focus has been on opposing the UK government's 'earned' settlement proposals — an advocacy bet that, if successful, materially shapes the operating environment for its core beneficiary base.

Name

Work Rights Centre (worc)

Legal name

Work Rights Centre

Website

https://workrightscentre.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Work Rights Centre is a UK charity (founded 2016) that provides free multilingual employment and immigration legal advice to migrants and disadvantaged Britons, supported by research, campaigns, and a coalition of 130+ partner organizations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Charitable Legal Aid Services

NAICS

Human Rights Organizations (813311), Individual and Family Services (6241)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Labor, Worker Rights & Employment Policy Advocacy (BPAGAFAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Migrant & Refugee Legal Aid and Documentation Services (BPADAHAE), Immigrant & Refugee Rights Advocacy (BPAGAFAG), Legal Aid & Client Advocacy Services (BPAGAEAM)

Keywords

• Employment rights advice
• Immigration legal services
• Migrant worker advocacy
• Charitable legal aid
• Workplace justice support

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Donations and Charitable Funding: As a registered charity (No. 1165419), Work Rights Centre relies on donations from the public and funding from grant-making organizations to sustain operations and provide free legal services.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Work Rights Centre is a UK-registered charity (No. 1165419) that provides free one-on-one employment and immigration legal advice to migrants and racially disadvantaged Britons, complemented by multilingual self-service information tools (rights guides, employment status quiz, step-by-step claim guides) and systemic advocacy campaigns combining research, policy advocacy, strategic litigation, and media interventions.

Product overview

Work Rights Centre operates as a single integrated service offering rather than a modular product platform. The core offering consists of three interconnected pillars: free multilingual legal advice services (employment and immigration), educational information and self-service tools for understanding rights, and systemic advocacy through research and campaigns. Supporting these are publications including research reports, policy briefs, and legal case analyses. All services are delivered by a multilingual team of advisers and are accessible in multiple languages including English, Romanian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian, Russian, Spanish, and Polish.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Free Legal Advice Services
• Frontline Professional Training

Quantifiable outcome

• 97% of clients know more about their labour rights after support
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Coalition of Trade Unions, Grassroots Organizations and CharitiescoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 12 March 2026Coalition of more than 500 people representing trade unions, grassroots organisations and charities who descended on parliament to lobby MPs against 'earned' settlement proposals.
• Coalition of 130+ Organizations and LawyerscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 16 April 2025Over 130 migrants' rights experts including immigration barristers, law firms, charities, and academics signed open letter to Home Secretary calling for policy changes to protect human rights of migrants exploited under work sponsorship system. Includes Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants (JCWI), Focus on Labour Exploitation, Immigration Law Practitioners' Association (ILPA), Free Movement, Association of Labour Providers (ALP), UK BME Anti-Slavery Network (BASNET), AFRUCA Safeguarding Children.
• Neil Duncan-Jordan MPcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLabour MP Neil Duncan-Jordan collaborating with Work Rights Centre on open letter urging Home Secretary to halt 'earned' settlement consultation. Over 70 parliamentarians joined call to axe retrospective settlement plans.
• UNISONcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTrade union partner in Westminster event collaboration to enable migrant workers to tell MPs and journalists how 'earned' settlement plans would impact their families, careers, and dreams.
• University of Oxford (OSGA/COMPAS)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partnership on 'Taxing Migrants' project examining how migrants understand and navigate the UK tax system.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Law Centres Network: UK federation of local law centres providing free legal advice including immigration and employment law to disadvantaged communities. Directly comparable model of publicly funded specialist legal aid provision.
• UK BME Anti-Slavery Network (BASNET): UK charity tackling modern slavery and labour exploitation affecting Black and minority ethnic communities. Named Work Rights Centre coalition partner with overlapping migrant worker safeguarding focus.
• Immigration Law Practitioners' Association (ILPA): Membership organisation for immigration lawyers that provides training, policy input, and casework resources. Named coalition partner with closely aligned immigration rights advocacy.
• Migrant Voice: UK charity amplifying migrant voices in policy and media. Direct peer in migrant-led advocacy and community-led campaigning with overlapping policy influence mission.
• Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants (JCWI): UK charity providing immigration law advice, policy advocacy, and strategic litigation on migrant rights. A named Work Rights Centre coalition partner with directly overlapping immigration and employment rights casework.
• Focus on Labour Exploitation (FLEX): UK charity focused on preventing labour exploitation and supporting victims of modern slavery. Named coalition partner of Work Rights Centre with overlapping migrant worker advocacy and policy work.
• Coram Children's Legal Centre: UK charity providing specialist immigration and asylum legal advice, representation, and policy work for children and families. Closely comparable immigration legal aid and advocacy model.
• AFRUCA - Africans United Against Child Abuse: UK charity safeguarding children of African descent, including migrant children facing exploitation. Named Work Rights Centre coalition partner with overlapping vulnerable migrant family support work.
• Free Movement: UK immigration law information and advice platform providing accessible guidance to migrants and practitioners. Named Work Rights Centre coalition partner with directly overlapping immigration rights content mission.

Broad incumbents

• Citizens Advice: National UK advice charity offering free advice on employment, immigration, housing, and benefits. Larger incumbent covering overlapping employment and immigration advice services at significantly greater scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/workrightscentre
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/work-rights-centre

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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