# C.A.S.T.

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1181331
- **Other names:** COMMUNITIES AND SANCTUARY-SEEKERS TOGETHER
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** Dec. 21, 2018
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1181331


## Contact

- **Address:** 59 Queens Road, SOUTHEND-ON-SEA
- **Postcode:** SS1 1NL
- **Phone:** 01702436659
- **Email:** info@castsanctuaryuk.org
- **Website:** www.castsanctuary.com



## Activities

**Objects:** 1. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL ABOUT THE ISSUES RELATING TO REFUGEES AND THOSE SEEKING ASYLUM.2. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF THOSE SEEKING ASYLUM AND THOSE GRANTED REFUGEE STATUS AND THEIR DEPENDENTS IN NEED THEREOF SO AS TO ADVANCE THEM IN LIFE AND ASSIST THEM TO ADAPT WITHIN A NEW COMMUNITY.3. TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND RELIEVE FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AMONGST THOSE SEEKING ASYLUM AND THOSE GRANTED REFUGEE STATUS PARTICULARLY BY THE PROVISION OF LEGAL AND OTHER ADVICE.4. THE PROMOTION OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PROMOTING ACTIVITIES TO FOSTER UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN PEOPLE FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS.

**Activities:** We assist asylum-seekers and refugees and new members of our community, offering advice and support and signposting them to appropriate services; and liaise with local community and statutory organisations and are active in night shelters and the Southend Homeless Action Network. At the same time, CAST is an activist organisation that challenges existing structures.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** Education/training, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Economic/community Development/employment, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Essex
- Southend-on-sea



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £1240209 | £1138246 | £84340 | 6 |
| March 31, 2024 | £401377 | £403455 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £348220 | £439424 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £385745 | £386805 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £253794 | £234197 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **WASHINGTON ALI- NASOLO** (Chair) — appointed April 3, 2018
- CHARLES DLIWAYO — appointed April 3, 2018
- JENNIFER GORA — appointed April 3, 2018
- TSEBO LETSIE — appointed April 3, 2018