ASYLUM RESEARCH CENTRE FOUNDATION (ARC FOUNDATION)

Charity number: 1170807
Removed charity

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

ARC Foundation provides a case-specific country of origin information (COI) research service to legal representatives assisting asylum seekers. We also review COI published by the UK Home Office and the European Asylum Support Office (EASO) and produce COI country reports and query responses, in order to ensure that those in need of protection are recognised as such.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 December 2021

Total income: £71,782
Total expenditure: £76,841

Fundraising

This charity does not raise funds from the public

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:
  • Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
Who the charity helps:
  • Other Defined Groups
How the charity helps:
  • Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout England

Governance

Registration history:
  • 16 December 2016: CIO registration
  • 19 October 2022: Removed (Removed by application)
  • 19 October 2022: Funds transferred to
Organisation type:
CIO
Other names:
  • ARC FOUNDATION (Working name)
  • ASYLUM RESEARCH CONSULTANCY FOUNDATION (Previous name)
Gift aid:
Not recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
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 31/12/2017 31/12/2018 31/12/2019 31/12/2020 31/12/2021
Total gross income £0 £8.75k £52.59k £76.13k £71.78k
Total expenditure £0 £1.71k £53.77k £73.57k £76.84k
Income from government contracts £0 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants £0 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 31 December 2021 12 July 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2021 12 July 2022 On Time
Annual return 31 December 2020 03 June 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2020 03 June 2021 On Time
Annual return 31 December 2019 31 July 2020 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2019 31 July 2020 On Time
Annual return 31 December 2018 07 October 2019 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2018 07 October 2019 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 16 DEC 2016 AMENDED ON 01 MAY 2018

Charitable objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS: FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO UNDERTAKE RESEARCH INTO HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS AROUND THE WORLD, TO PROMOTE RESPECT FOR PEOPLEÆS RIGHTS, TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE SOUND ADMINISTRATION OF ASYLUM LAW, TO PROVIDE TECHNICAL ADVICE AND TRAINING TO GOVERNMENTS AND OTHERS ON HUMAN RIGHTS MATTERS, AND TO RAISE AWARENESS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES (AS SET OUT IN THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS, THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION RELATING TO THE STATUS OF REFUGEES AND SUBSEQUENT UNITED NATIONS, EUROPEAN UNION, AFRICAN UNION AND INTER-AMERICAN CONVENTIONS, AND RELATED DOMESTIC LEGISLATIVE INSTRUMENTS). ASYLUM RESEARCH CONSULTANCY FOUNDATIONÆS RESEARCH WILL PARTICULARLY HELP TO IMPROVE STANDARDS IN REFUGEE STATUS DETERMINATION PROCESSES, THE REALISATION OF ASYLUM SEEKERSÆ AND REFUGEESÆ RIGHTS AND ENTITLEMENTS AND ENSURE THAT THOSE IN NEED OF PROTECTION ARE RECOGNISED AS SUCH. IN FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE THE CHARITY'S ACTIVITIES WILL INCLUDE: Ò UNDERTAKING RESEARCH INTO HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT LIMITED TO: O COUNTRY OF ORIGIN INFORMATION (COI) RESEARCH WHICH MAY INCLUDE THE LEGAL, SOCIAL, POLITICAL, HUMANITARIAN SITUATIONS AND HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES THAT FORCE PEOPLE TO FLEE THEIR COUNTRY OF ORIGIN AND TO SEEK INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION O HOW COI IS USED IN THE REFUGEE STATUS DETERMINATION PROCESS (RSD) O IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF THE RSD PROCESS AND THE REALISATION OF ASYLUM SEEKERSÆ RIGHTS AND ENTITLEMENTS O OBTAINING REDRESS FOR VICTIMS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE AND Ò RAISING AWARENESS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES IN PARTICULAR THROUGH, BUT NOT LIMITED TO: O THE DISSEMINATION OF COI AND RSD RELATED PUBLICATIONS TO ASYLUM SEEKERS, LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES, REFUGEE DECISION MAKERS, STATE BODIES AND THE JUDICIARY, EU AGENCIES, UN AGENCIES, NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS, REFUGEE COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS, ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS, THE MEDIA ETC. O PROMOTING THE ADHERENCE TO INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNISED RESEARCH STANDARDS AND METHODOLOGIES, INCLUDING USE OF ACCURATE, CURRENT, RELIABLE, RELEVANT, TRANSPARENT AND TRACEABLE COI BY RSD PRACTITIONERS AND COI SERVICE PROVIDERS O PROVIDING COUNTRY-SPECIFIC, THEMATIC AND CUSTOMISED COI TRAINING 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 CARRIES OUT ITS OBJECTS. NOTHING IN THIS CONSTITUTION SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CIO FOR THE PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005 AND SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008.