ODYSSEY ENSEMBLE FOR REFUGEES

Charity Number: 1208621
Recently registered

Charity overview

This charity has been recently registered - it does not need to update its information until 10 months after its first financial period ends

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Odyssey Ensemble is an orchestra that uses music and creative arts to communicate real-life stories of asylum seekers and refugees and advocate for their dignity to be upheld. Through interdisciplinary collaborative performances, we hope to harness the power of music to promote respect for the human dignity and human rights of asylum seekers and refugees by members of the public and policymakers.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • Education/training
  • Arts/culture/heritage/science
  • Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
Who the charity helps:
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
  • Other Charitable Activities
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout England And Wales

Governance

Registration history:
  • 11 June 2024: CIO registration
Organisation type:
CIO
Other names:
  • ODYSSEY ENSEMBLE (Working name)
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
No policies declared
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease 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

6 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Peter William Mawditt Chair 11 June 2024
THE LYTTELTON WELL LIMITED
Received: On time
Elizabeth Victoria Marthinet-Payne Trustee 15 April 2025
None on record
Natasha Treunen Trustee 28 February 2025
None on record
Gloria Leccese-Debney Trustee 18 July 2024
None on record
Morag Elizabeth Anne Gillespie Trustee 11 June 2024
None on record
Jane Deborah Whitfield Trustee 11 June 2024
SMILE INTERNATIONAL
Received: On time

Financial history

This charity was registered recently. It does not have to provide information until 10 months after its first financial period.

Accounts and annual returns

This is a newly registered charity - accounts and annual return not required yet. The charity does not need to update its information until 10 months after its first financial period ends.

Governing document

Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 11 Jun 2024

Charitable objects

(A) TO PROMOTE HUMAN RIGHTS (AS SET OUT IN THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND SUBSEQUENT UNITED NATIONS CONVENTIONS AND DECLARATIONS) OF ASYLUM SEEKERS AND REFUGEES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD THROUGH THE MEDIUM OF MUSIC AND CREATIVE ARTS BY: (I) RAISING AWARENESS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES; (II) PROMOTING PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS; AND (III) PROMOTING RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AMONG INDIVIDUALS AND CORPORATIONS. IN FURTHERANCE OF THIS OBJECT BUT NOT OTHERWISE, THE TRUSTEES SHALL HAVE POWER TO ENGAGE IN POLITICAL ACTIVITY PROVIDED THAT THE TRUSTEES ARE SATISFIED THAT THE PROPOSED ACTIVITIES WILL FURTHER THE PURPOSES OF THE CIO TO AN EXTENT JUSTIFIED BY THE RESOURCES COMMITTED AND THE ACTIVITY IS NOT THE DOMINANT MEANS BY WHICH THE CIO CARRIES OUT ITS OBJECTS. (B) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ARTS THROUGH PROVIDING A PLATFORM FOR AND ENABLING ASYLUM SEEKERS AND REFUGEES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM TO TELL THEIR STORIES THROUGH MUSIC IN CONJUNCTION WITH OTHER CREATIVE ARTS INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, LITERATURE, DANCE, DRAMA, AND THE VISUAL ARTS. (C) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL AND TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT ASYLUM SEEKERS AND REFUGEES, THROUGH CONVEYING STORIES AND ACCURATE INFORMATION RELATING TO FORCED MIGRATION, PRIMARILY IN PUBLIC EVENTS INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, CONCERTS, RECITALS, MUSIC WORKSHOPS, OPEN REHEARSALS, LECTURES, AND DISCUSSION FORUMS.

Contact information

Address:
c/o Elite Law Solicitors
Enterprise Centre
Michael Way,Raunds
WELLINGBOROUGH
Northamptonshire
NN9 6GR
Phone:
07496253428
Email:
contact@odysseyensemble.co.uk
Website:

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