{"country": "England & Wales", "country_code": "EW", "charity_number": "1219027", "register_url": "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=1219027", "name": "INDEPENDENT CUSTODY VISITING ASSOCIATION", "known_as": null, "other_names": [{"name": "ICVA", "name_type": "Working name"}], "status": "Registered", "date_registered": "2026-07-28", "date_removed": null, "legal_form": "Charitable company", "company_number": "08632556", "company_number_url": "https://opencompanies.uk/company/08632556", "parent": null, "subsidiaries": [], "area_of_benefit": null, "address": "C/O EDWARDS & KEEPING, UNITY CHAMBERS, 34 HIGH EAST STREET, DORCHESTER", "postcode": "DT1 1HA", "phone": "00000000000", "email": "info@icva.org.uk", "website": "www.icva.org.uk", "lat": 50.715894, "lng": -2.435764, "activities": "The Independent Custody Visiting Association (ICVA) leads, supports and represents independent custody visiting schemes across the UK. These schemes manage local volunteers who make unannounced visits to police stations to check on the rights, entitlements, wellbeing and dignity of people held in police custody.", "purposes": null, "what_charity_does": null, "how_charity_works": null, "who_charity_helps": null, "beneficiaries": null, "objectives": null, "charitable_objects": "THE COMPANY'S OBJECTS ARE RESTRICTED SPECIFICALLY, IN EACH CASE ONLY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO PROMOTE HUMAN RIGHTS AMONG PERSONS WHO ARE HELD IN CUSTODY, AS SET OUT IN THE OPTIONAL PROTOCOL TO THE CONVENTION AGAINST TORTURE, THE UN CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD AND UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION AGAINST TORTURE. 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