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Hostage International

Hostage, Hostage UK

Country
England & Wales
Charity number
1161072
Status
Registered
Registered
March 26, 2015
Legal form
CIO

Address

Address
Brigham House
High Street
Biggleswade
Bedfordshire
SG18 0LD

Activities

Hostage International provides practical and emotional support and specialist services to families during and after the kidnap of a loved one, and to hostages after they return home. Hostage International also offers education and training for organisations on family support and hostage reintegration, and advocates for improved government and organisational policy and practice on hostage issues.

Objects: The Objects of the CIO are:To relieve the suffering of victims of hostage-taking (which expression shall include kidnapping and abduction) and of state-perpetrated arbitrary detentions, being the hostages or detainees and their families or the released hostages or detainees and their families by:(a) Providing support to the hostages or detainees and their families during and after a hostage-taking or arbitrary detention;(b) Providing education and training relating to the support of victims of hostage-taking and arbitrary detention and similar incidents; (c) Advocating for better support for the victims of hostage-taking and arbitrary detention; and(d) Advancing public knowledge and understanding of hostage-taking and arbitrary detention and their effects. 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.

Classification

How
Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
What
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
Who
Children/young People, Elderly/old People, Other Defined Groups

Areas of operation

Country
Australia, Canada, Lebanon, Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Scotland, South Africa
Region
Throughout England And Wales

Finances

Period end Income Expenditure
March 31, 2025 £199,304 £215,908
March 31, 2024 £281,140 £206,121
March 31, 2023 £204,285 £160,483
March 31, 2022 £213,107 £154,518
March 31, 2021 £214,023 £176,543

Trustees

Name Appointed
Claire Browne July 23, 2018
Donald Melville McGown March 4, 2025
Elisabeth Anne Bassett Feb. 27, 2018
James Brandon March 4, 2025
Jantine Van Herwijnen March 4, 2025
Niall Andrew McEnery MacGinnis March 4, 2025
Pulina Whitaker Nov. 5, 2018
Sarah Katharine Gleadall March 4, 2025