INDIGO VOLUNTEERS

Charity number: 1158459
Removed charity

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

indiGO Volunteers are a development organisation and UK registered charity that help humanitarian projects around the world by connecting them directly with skilled volunteers. We are changing the culture of the volunteering sector by not charging any fees and we only promote responsible volunteering placements.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 04 April 2024

Total income: £51,505
Total expenditure: £74,560

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
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • Disability
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
  • Amateur Sport
  • Economic/community Development/employment
  • Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
  • Recreation
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • Elderly/old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Human Resources
  • Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
Where the charity operates:
  • Essex
  • Bosnia And Herzegovina
  • Cambodia
  • Greece
  • Haiti
  • Honduras
  • India
  • Indonesia
  • Kenya
  • Kosovo
  • Laos
  • Lebanon
  • Malawi
  • Mexico
  • Romania
  • Rwanda
  • Serbia
  • Tanzania
  • Uganda
  • Zambia

Governance

Registration history:
  • 05 September 2014: CIO registration
  • 19 August 2025: Removed (Removed by application)
  • 19 August 2025: Funds transferred to
Organisation type:
CIO
Other names:

No other names

Gift aid:
Not recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease land or property

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 04/04/2020 04/04/2021 04/04/2022 04/04/2023 04/04/2024
Total gross income £122.53k £129.89k £86.89k £91.17k £51.51k
Total expenditure £95.90k £131.61k £90.84k £93.94k £74.56k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

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 04 April 2025 Not submitted
Accounts and TAR 04 April 2025 Not submitted
Annual return 04 April 2024 31 March 2025 55 days late
Accounts and TAR 04 April 2024 04 February 2025 On time
Annual return 04 April 2023 07 November 2023 On time
Accounts and TAR 04 April 2023 07 November 2023 On time
Annual return 04 April 2022 02 February 2023 On time
Accounts and TAR 04 April 2022 02 February 2023 On time
Annual return 04 April 2021 03 February 2022 On time
Accounts and TAR 04 April 2021 03 February 2022 On time

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 05 Sep 2014

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN PARTICULAR BY PROVIDING AN PLATFORM TO MATCH CHARITIES AND VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS WITH PROSPECTIVE VOLUNTEERS. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS CLAUSE, “THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR” MEANS CHARITIES AND VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS DEFINED AS FOLLOWS: • CHARITIES ARE ORGANISATIONS, WHICH ARE ESTABLISHED FOR EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES. • ·VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS ARE INDEPENDENT ORGANISATIONS, WHICH ARE ESTABLISHED FOR PURPOSES THAT ADD VALUE TO THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE, OR A SIGNIFICANT SECTION OF THE COMMUNITY, AND WHICH ARE NOT PERMITTED BY THEIR CONSTITUTION TO MAKE A PROFIT FOR PRIVATE DISTRIBUTION. VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS DO NOT INCLUDE LOCAL GOVERNMENT OR OTHER STATUTORY AUTHORITIES.