EUROPEAN NETWORK ON STATELESSNESS

Charity Number: 1158414
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

ENS is a network of non-governmental organisations, academic initiatives and individual experts committed to address statelessness in Europe. We are dedicated to strengthening the voices of stateless persons in Europe & to advocate for full respect of their human rights.We aim to reach our goals by conducting & supporting legal & policy development, awareness raising & capacity building activities

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 December 2023

Total income: £431,568
Total expenditure: £546,515

People

11 Trustee(s)

5 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

Number of employees
£60k to £70k 1

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
Who the charity helps:
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Makes Grants To Individuals
  • Makes Grants To Organisations
  • Provides Services
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
  • Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
Where the charity operates:
  • Islington
  • Albania
  • Andorra
  • Armenia
  • Austria
  • Azerbaijan
  • Belgium
  • Bosnia And Herzegovina
  • Bulgaria
  • Croatia
  • Cyprus
  • Czech Republic
  • Denmark
  • Estonia
  • Finland
  • France
  • Georgia
  • Germany
  • Greece
  • Hungary
  • Iceland
  • Ireland
  • Italy
  • Latvia
  • Liechtenstein
  • Lithuania
  • Luxembourg
  • Macedonia
  • Malta
  • Moldova
  • Monaco
  • Montenegro
  • Netherlands
  • Norway
  • Poland
  • Portugal
  • Romania
  • San Marino
  • Serbia
  • Slovakia
  • Slovenia
  • Spain
  • Sweden
  • Switzerland
  • Turkey
  • Ukraine

Governance

Registration history:
  • 01 September 2014: CIO registration
Organisation type:
CIO
Other names:

No other names

Gift aid:
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 handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • 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
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
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

11 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Can Jonathan Yuregir Chair 27 September 2021
None on record
Helen Elizabeth Lowe Trustee 23 April 2025
None on record
Cecile Clerc Trustee 27 March 2024
None on record
Alexia Savva Trustee 27 March 2024
None on record
Aleksandra Semeriak Gavrilenok Trustee 06 November 2023
None on record
Peter Greig Trustee 10 June 2021
None on record
Christiana Bukalo Trustee 26 January 2021
None on record
Jean Denise Lambert Trustee 20 September 2019
None on record
GABOR GYULAI Trustee 01 September 2014
None on record
Maurice Wren Trustee 01 September 2014
INA BOYLE SOCIETY LIMITED
Received: On time
BENNELONG FOUNDATION (UK)
Received: On time
LONDINIUM
Received: On time
ALLAN LEAS Trustee 01 September 2014
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/12/2019 31/12/2020 31/12/2021 31/12/2022 31/12/2023
Total gross income £304.86k £504.86k £457.00k £588.29k £431.57k
Total expenditure £289.55k £360.64k £417.46k £597.31k £546.52k
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
Income - Donations and legacies N/A £1.32k N/A £11.44k N/A
Income - Other trading activities N/A £0 N/A £0 N/A
Income - Charitable activities N/A £502.72k N/A £576.82k N/A
Income - Endowments N/A £0 N/A £0 N/A
Income - Investment N/A £0 N/A £37 N/A
Income - Other N/A £819 N/A £0 N/A
Income - Legacies N/A £0 N/A £0 N/A
Expenditure - Charitable activities N/A £360.64k N/A £597.31k N/A
Expenditure - Raising funds N/A £0 N/A £0 N/A
Expenditure - Governance N/A £0 N/A £5.69k N/A
Expenditure - Grants institution N/A £0 N/A £0 N/A
Expenditure - Investment management N/A £0 N/A £0 N/A
Expenditure - Other N/A £0 N/A £0 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 31 December 2023 08 August 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2023 08 August 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2022 16 October 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2022 16 October 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2021 16 August 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2021 16 August 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2020 05 September 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2020 05 September 2021 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2019 28 September 2020 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2019 28 September 2020 On Time Download Open in new window
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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 - Association Registered 01 Sep 2014 as amended on 02 Oct 2024

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE THE RIGHT TO A NATIONALITY AND THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF STATELESS PERSONS (AS DEFINED) AS SET OUT IN THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND SUBSEQUENT UNITED NATIONS AND COUNCIL OF EUROPE TREATIES, IN PARTICULAR THOSE CONTAINED WITHIN: (I) THE 1966 INTERNATIONAL COVENANT ON CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS; (II) THE 1966 INTERNATIONAL COVENANT ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS; (III) THE 1954 UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION RELATING TO THE STATUS OF STATELESS PERSONS; (IV) THE 1961 UNITED CONVENTION ON THE REDUCTION OF STATELESSNESS; (V) THE 1989 CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD; (VI) THE 1979 CONVENTION ON THE ELIMINATION OF ALL FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN; (VII) THE 1965 INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION ON THE ELIMINATION OF ALL FORMS OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION; (VIII) THE 1950 EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS; (VIIII) THE 1997 EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON NATIONALITY; AND (X) THE 2006 EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON THE AVOIDANCE OF STATELESSNESS IN RELATION TO STATE SUCCESSION. THROUGHOUT THE WORLD BY MEANS OF ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING ACTIVITIES: (A) MONITORING ABUSES OF SUCH HUMAN RIGHTS; (B) OBTAINING REDRESS FOR THE VICTIMS OF SUCH HUMAN RIGHTS; (C) RELIEVING NEED AMONG THE VICTIMS OF SUCH HUMAN RIGHTS; (D) RESEARCH INTO ISSUES AFFECTING SUCH HUMAN RIGHTS; (E) EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ABOUT SUCH HUMAN RIGHTS; (F) PROVIDING TECHNICAL ADVICE TO GOVERNMENTS AND OTHERS ON MATTERS CONCERNING SUCH HUMAN RIGHTS; (G) CONTRIBUTING TO THE SOUND ADMINISTRATION OF THE LAW AFFECTING SUCH HUMAN RIGHTS; (H) COMMENTING ON PROPOSED LEGISLATION AFFECTING SUCH HUMAN RIGHTS; (I) RAISING AWARENESS OF ISSUES CONCERNING SUCH HUMAN RIGHTS; (J) PROMOTING PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR SUCH HUMAN RIGHTS; (K) PROMOTING RESPECT FOR SUCH HUMAN RIGHTS AMONG INDIVIDUALS AND CORPORATIONS; (L) INTERNATIONAL ADVOCACY OF SUCH HUMAN RIGHTS; (M) ELIMINATING INFRINGEMENTS OF SUCH HUMAN RIGHTS. IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS AND TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW BUT NOT OTHERWISE, THE CHARITY TRUSTEES SHALL HAVE POWER TO ENGAGE IN POLITICAL ACTIVITY PROVIDED THAT THE CHARITY 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 CIO CARRIED OUT ITS OBJECTS. STATELESS PERSONS MEANS PERSONS WHO ARE NOT CONSIDERED AS A NATIONAL BY ANY STATE UNDER THE OPERATION OF ITS LAW (WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE 1954 CONVENTION RELATING TO THE (STATUS OF STATELESS PERSONS), OR AT RISK OF STATELESSNESS ACCORDING TO THIS DEFINITION.

Contact information

Address:
28 Stainforth Road
LONDON
E17 9RD
Phone:
02045266653
Email:
info@statelessness.eu
Website:

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