UNIARK CIO

Charity Number: 1199070
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

UniArk provides free admission support to students from persecuted/vulnerable communities. Our support includes personalised feedback on the admission application as well providing small grants to our students where necessary to remove financial barriers. These grants include admission related costs such as English tests which are too expensive for some of our students from developing countries.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 December 2023

Total income: £17,991
Total expenditure: £25,707

People

3 Trustee(s)

35 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
  • Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • Other Defined Groups
How the charity helps:
  • Makes Grants To Individuals
  • Provides Services
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
Where the charity operates:
  • Cambridgeshire

Governance

Registration history:
  • 24 May 2022: CIO registration
Organisation type:
CIO
Other names:
  • UNIARK CIC (Previous name)
Gift aid:
Not 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
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • 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

3 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Shukria Rezaei Chair 24 May 2022
None on record
Dr Goncalo Araujo Regado Trustee 01 April 2024
None on record
Najib Sharifi Trustee 24 June 2022
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/12/2022 31/12/2023
Total gross income £24.28k £17.99k
Total expenditure £1.38k £25.71k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A
Income from government grants 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 2023 14 August 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2023 14 August 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2022 09 September 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2022 09 September 2023 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 - FOUNDATION Registered 24 May 2022

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE: 3.1 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF PERSONS OF DISADVANTAGED BACKGROUND IN SUCH WAYS AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES THINK FIT, INCLUDING BY: 3.1.1 PROVIDING GENERAL ACADEMIC ADVICE AND IN PARTICULAR, ANY GUIDANCE, ADVICE OR WORK DONE RELATING TO UNIVERSITY APPLICATIONS WHICH INCLUDE (WITHOUT LIMITATION) PROVIDING INTERVIEW PRACTICES AND FEEDBACK ON PERSONAL STATEMENTS AND ASSISTING ON THE PREPARATION FOR ADMISSIONS TESTS AND SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS; AND 3.1.2 AWARDING TO SUCH PERSONS SUBSIDIES, MAINTENANCE ALLOWANCES OR GRANTS ASSOCIATED OR IN CONNECTION WITH THEIR UNIVERSITY APPLICATION PROCESS, INCLUDING (WITHOUT LIMITATION): (A) APPLICATION FEES FOR ADMISSIONS APTITUDE TESTS (SUCH AS, AMONGST OTHERS, THE BIOMEDICAL ADMISSIONS TEST (BMAT), MATHEMATICS ADMISSIONS TEST (MAT), NATIONAL ADMISSIONS TEST FOR LAW (LNAT), SIXTH TERM EXAMINATION PAPER (STEP) AND UNIVERSITY CLINICAL APTITUDE TEST (UCAT)), AND (B) SHALL INCLUDE THE TRAVELLING OR TRANSPORTATION FEES INCURRED FOR THE PURPOSE OF TAKING SUCH TESTS OR FOR ATTENDING UNIVERSITY ENTRANCE INTERVIEWS. 3.2 FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE 3, PERSONS OF 'DISADVANTAGED BACKGROUND' MEAN PERSONS WHO SUFFER FROM FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND INCLUDE, WITHOUT LIMITATION, PERSONS COMING FROM COMMUNITIES WITHIN THE LOW- AND MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES THAT SUFFER FROM RACIAL AND/OR RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION, INCLUDING (WITHOUT LIMITATION) HAZARAS, TAMILS, KURDS, CHINESE INDONESIANS, ROHINGYAS AND ANY SUCH COMMUNITIES THAT THE CHARITY TRUSTEE MAY DECIDE FROM TIME TO TIME ("PERSECUTED COMMUNITIES"). 3.3 IN FURTHERING ITS OBJECTS, THE CIO SHALL GIVE PRIORITY TO PERSONS OF DISADVANTAGED BACKGROUND COMING FROM PERSECUTED COMMUNITIES, HOWEVER THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO SHALL NOT BE RESTRICTED TO ADVANCING EDUCATION OF SUCH PERSONS AND THE CIO SHALL BE ENTITLED TO FURTHER ITS OBJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF PERSONS COMING FROM OTHER DISADVANTAGED BACKGROUNDS AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES THINK FIT.

Contact information

Address:
71 Hawkeshead Road
MANCHESTER
M8 0QZ
Phone:
07519675825
Email:
Uniarkfoundation@gmail.com
Website:

UniArk.org