CAMBRIDGE CONVOY REFUGEE ACTION GROUP

Charity number: 1170180
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

We organise volunteers who live in and around Cambridge working to help the refugees in Northern France and elsewhere. We send regular convoys of volunteers to Europe, and we carry out activities in UK to raise awareness of the situation. We raise funds and organise donations of clothing and other items. All the money we raise goes towards providing aid to the refugees or supporting our convoys.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 30 June 2024

Total income: £34,330
Total expenditure: £38,631

People

10 Trustee(s)

268 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No information available

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
  • Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
Who the charity helps:
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Makes Grants To Individuals
  • Makes Grants To Organisations
  • Provides Other Finance
  • Provides Services
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
  • Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
  • Other Charitable Activities
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout England And Wales
  • France

Governance

Registration history:
  • 15 November 2016: CIO registration
Organisation type:
CIO
Other names:
  • CAMCRAG (Working name)
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting 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

10 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Dr Ian Christopher Tod Chair 14 March 2019
None on record
Elena Pascal Trustee 27 June 2024
None on record
Birgit Federle Trustee 27 June 2024
None on record
Dr Tugba Basaran Trustee 19 October 2022
THE PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF WOLFSON COLLEGE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE
Received: On time
Karam Alkatlabe Trustee 29 July 2021
None on record
Elizabeth Stephan Trustee 12 November 2020
None on record
DR Tony Richard King Trustee 27 September 2018
None on record
Catharine Lucy Walston Trustee 27 September 2018
CAMBRIDGE REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT CAMPAIGN
Received: On time
Edward Thomas Sexton Trustee 28 September 2017
None on record
TERRY NEIL SPENCER MSc,MICE Trustee 10 November 2015
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 30/06/2020 30/06/2021 30/06/2022 30/06/2023 30/06/2024
Total gross income £23.91k £25.48k £52.59k £47.28k £34.33k
Total expenditure £30.38k £9.65k £43.55k £56.57k £38.63k
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 30 June 2024 11 November 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 30 June 2024 11 November 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 30 June 2023 26 November 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 30 June 2023 26 November 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 30 June 2022 15 November 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 30 June 2022 15 November 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 30 June 2021 31 October 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 30 June 2021 31 October 2021 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 30 June 2020 16 March 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 30 June 2020 16 March 2021 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 15 Nov 2016

Charitable objects

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT: 1) THE RELIEF OF PEOPLE IN NEED BY REASON OF ILL HEALTH, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER SOCIAL AND/OR ECONOMIC DISADVANTAGE IN PARTICULAR PEOPLE WHO ARE REFUGEES, ASYLUM SEEKERS AND OTHER MIGRANTS IN NEED BY PROVIDING AND ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF HEALTHCARE FACILITIES, FOOD, WATER, SHELTER AND CLOTHING. 2) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AMONG PEOPLE LIVING IN REFUGEE CAMPS BY PROVIDING AND ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES AND RESOURCES FOR EDUCATION. 3) THE PROMOTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS (AS SET OUT IN THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND SUBSEQUENT UNITED NATIONS CONVENTIONS AND DECLARATIONS) IN PARTICULAR AMONG REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS: •MONITORING ABUSES OF HUMAN RIGHTS; •OBTAINING REDRESS FOR THE VICTIMS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE; •CONTRIBUTING TO THE SOUND ADMINISTRATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS LAW; AND •RAISING AWARENESS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES. IN FURTHERANCE OF THAT 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 CHARITY TO AN EXTENT JUSTIFIED BY THE RESOURCES COMMITTED AND THE ACTIVITY IS NOT THE DOMINANT MEANS BY WHICH THE CHARITY CARRIED OUT ITS OBJECTS.

Contact information

Address:
co Cambridge Ethnic Community Forum
16-18 Arbury Court
CAMBRIDGE
CB42JQ
Phone:
07758628734
Email:
treasurer@camcrag.org.uk
Website:

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