# INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY ORGANISATION OF SUNDERLAND

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1186618
- **Other names:** ICOS
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** Nov. 27, 2019
- **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=1186618


## Contact

- **Address:** 14 FOYLE STREET, SUNDERLAND
- **Postcode:** SR1 1LE
- **Phone:** 07596538482
- **Email:** office@icos.org.uk
- **Website:** icos.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** 1 THE PROMOTION OF RACIAL HARMONY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BYA PROMOTING KNOWLEDGE AND MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN DIFFERENT RACIAL GROUPSB ADVANCING EDUCATION AND RAISING AWARENESS ABOUT DIFFERENT RACIAL GROUPS TO PROMOTE GOOD RELATIONS BETWEEN PERSONS OF DIFFERENT RACIAL GROUPSC WORKING TOWARDS THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF RACE2 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC, IN PARTICULAR THOSE FROM ETHNIC MINORITY GROUPS LIVING IN THE CITY OF SUNDERLAND AND THE SURROUNDING ARE THROUGH THE PROVISION OF LANGUAGE CLASSES AND TRAINING3 TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE

**Activities:** We work with migrant people in the North East of England, especially Sunderland. We focus on those with limited access to information and support network, including migrants and refugee and the Eastern European community. We came to being in 2009 and have now converted to a CIO. More information including projects- icos.org.uk




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** Disability, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity



## Areas of operation

- Durham
- Gateshead
- Hartlepool
- Middlesbrough
- Newcastle Upon Tyne City
- North Tyneside
- Northumberland
- Redcar And Cleveland
- South Tyneside
- Sunderland



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £325993 | £373281 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £435279 | £352630 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £351122 | £350979 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £347375 | £277808 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £293979 | £248426 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Rafal Kazimierz Marzec** (Chair) — appointed Nov. 27, 2019
- Agnieszka Serafin — appointed Dec. 12, 2020
- Anna Heyman — appointed Jan. 31, 2020
- Iga Justyna Borsut — appointed Nov. 27, 2019
- Joy Adekola — appointed Nov. 26, 2025
- NYASHADZASHE T AFAUNE — appointed March 24, 2023