C.A.S.T.

Charity number: 1181331
Charity reporting is up to date (49 days late)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

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.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 March 2023

Total income: £348,220
Total expenditure: £439,424

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • Education/training
  • Disability
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
  • Economic/community Development/employment
  • Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
Who the charity helps:
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Services
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
  • Other Charitable Activities
Where the charity operates:
  • Essex
  • Southend-on-sea

Governance

Registration history:
  • 21 December 2018: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Other
Other names:
  • COMMUNITIES AND SANCTUARY-SEEKERS TOGETHER (Working name)
Gift aid:
Not recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • 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
Land and property:
This charity owns and/or leases land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

4 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
WASHINGTON ALI- NASOLO Chair 03 April 2018
None on record
TSEBO LETSIE Trustee 03 April 2018
None on record
JENNIFER GORA Trustee 03 April 2018
None on record
CHARLES DLIWAYO Trustee 03 April 2018
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/03/2020 31/03/2021 31/03/2022 31/03/2023
Total gross income £73.19k £253.79k £385.75k £348.22k
Total expenditure £63.78k £234.20k £386.81k £439.42k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A N/A N/A £0

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 March 2023 20 March 2024 49 days late
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2023 20 March 2024 49 days late Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2022 24 March 2023 52 days late
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2022 24 March 2023 52 days late Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2021 11 January 2022 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2021 11 January 2022 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2020 09 February 2021 9 days late
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2020

(These accounts
have been qualified)

27 July 2021 177 days late Download Open in new window
Submit annual return Open in new window

Contact information

Address:
59 Queens Road
SOUTHEND-ON-SEA
SS1 1NL
Phone:
01702436659