Finance Score: -3

Governance Score: -6

Support Score: 12

Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -3 times
Strong growth: +2
Deficit latest year: -2
No PartB

No volunteer policy: -2
Only 4 Trustees: -1
Static board: -3

Large volunteers +5
Overall weighted support: +7

Overall GiG Score: 3

C.A.S.T.

We assist asylum-seekers and refugees and new members of our community, offering advice and support and signposting them to appropriate services; and liaise with local community and statutory organisations and are active in night shelters and the Southend Homeless Action Network. At the same time, CAST is an activist organisation that challenges existing structures.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
There has been strong growth in spending since inception
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
There are only 4 trustees
The Board composition appears to be rather static

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Accounts have been filed late on 3 occasions over the last 4 years and the current period appears to have been extended
Income was significantly lower than spending in the latest year

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income	Spending	Surplus/ Deficit
31/03/23	*	£348,220	£439,424	£-91,204
31/03/22	*	£385,745	£386,805	£-1,060
31/03/21		£253,794	£234,197	£19,597
31/03/20	*	£73,187	£63,775	£9,412

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 6 years

www.castsanctuary.com

info@castsanctuaryuk.org

01702436659

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Disability
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Philanthropic intermediaries and voluntarism promotion

How it operates

Other charitable activities
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Essex, Southend-on-sea,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years

DCMS	£229,215
National Lottery Community Fund	£127,000
Essex Community Foundation	£38,400

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Communities and Sanctuary Seekers Together
£7,000	08/09/2022	to provide IT Infrastructure for a Southend based charity working with refugees and asylum seekers
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Communities and Sanctury Seekers Together
£10,000	24/03/2022	to run a return to work and life skills programme for refugees, asylum seekers and victims of modern slavery in Southend and surrounding areas
DCMS - Culture Recovery Fund: Continuity Support
£120,680	22/10/2021	To support cultural organisations who have received funding from the Culture Recovery Fund: Grants programme, in the first or second rounds, and can clearly demonstrate the financial need for further ....more To support cultural organisations who have received funding from the Culture Recovery Fund: Grants programme, in the first or second rounds, and can clearly demonstrate the financial need for further funding in order to be able to operate on a viable and sustainable basis by 31 March 2022.
National Lottery Community Fund - Southend Sanctuary - extension
£127,000	05/05/2021	CAST was set up and continues to be run by a collective of people with lived experience as refugees and asylum seekers and has been running for 10 years (registered as a charity now a CIO since ....more CAST was set up and continues to be run by a collective of people with lived experience as refugees and asylum seekers and has been running for 10 years (registered as a charity now a CIO since 2016). CAST houses and supports people who are isolated due to their level of English mental health challenges due to the trauma they have faced lack of income substance misuse physical health issues and finding it challenging to access community services. It will use the funding to fund senior personnel an Immigration Adviser and new office space.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£108,535	23/10/2020	"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more "The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Communities and Sanctury Seekers Together
£11,400	05/05/2020	to provide IT equipment, basic resources and additional legal hours to an organisation providing support to refugees and asylum seekers in Southend during COVID19
Essex Community Foundation - Salary
£10,000	16/04/2020 11	towards salary costs at a Southend based charity which supports the needs of asylum seekers and refugees
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Communities and Sanctury Seekers Together
£7,500	12/04/2018 23	To employ a Community Empowerment Coordinator to train volunteers and develop and support a programme of structured initiatives.
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Communities and Sanctury Seekers Together
£4,000	06/09/2017	To respond to the needs of refugees and asylum seekers living in Southend, through reseach and support services.
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Communities and Sanctury Seekers Together
£5,000	25/10/2016	To respond to the needs of refugees and asylum seekers living in Southend, through reseach and support services.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

CHARLES DLIWAYO Appointed: 2018

JENNIFER GORA Appointed: 2018

TSEBO LETSIE Appointed: 2018

WASHINGTON ALI- NASOLO (Chair) Appointed: 2018

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 21/12/2018, number: 1181331

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Complaints policy and procedures
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Filing Record

4 returns made; AR23: 49 days late, AR22: 52 days late, AR20: 9 days late,

Main office

59 Queens Road
SOUTHEND-ON-SEA
SS1 1NL

Objectives

1. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL ABOUT THE ISSUES RELATING TO REFUGEES AND THOSE SEEKING ASYLUM.2. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF THOSE SEEKING ASYLUM AND THOSE GRANTED REFUGEE STATUS AND THEIR DEPENDENTS IN NEED THEREOF SO AS TO ADVANCE THEM IN LIFE AND ASSIST THEM TO ADAPT WITHIN A NEW COMMUNITY.3. TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND RELIEVE FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AMONGST THOSE SEEKING ASYLUM AND THOSE GRANTED REFUGEE STATUS PARTICULARLY BY THE PROVISION OF LEGAL AND OTHER ADVICE.4. THE PROMOTION OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PROMOTING ACTIVITIES TO FOSTER UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN PEOPLE FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS.