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Registered charity · Southend-on-Sea

C.A.S.T.

C.A.S.T. is a registered charity (number 1181331) based in Southend-on-Sea, governed by 4 trustees and chaired by Washington ALI- Nasolo since 2018. Latest income £1.2m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

Also known as Communities and Sanctuary-Seekers Together (Charity Commission)

  • 4 trustees
  • Income £1.2m (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Economic/community Development/employment and 1 more
Where
Essex, Southend-on-sea
Website
www.castsanctuary.com (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2018

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£1.2m£1.1m
  • 2024£401k£403k
  • 2023£348k£439k
Earlier years
  • 2022£386k£387k
  • 2021£254k£234k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2023: Government grants 0%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable 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.

Grants received

9 grants · £749,894 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

Most recent

  • Essex Community Foundation £7,0002022-09-08
  • Essex Community Foundation £10,0002022-03-24
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £120,6802021-10-22
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £127,0002021-05-05
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £108,5352020-10-23
Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

4 trustees on the board

8y median 8y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

0
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Disability 4Education/training 4The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 4

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£1.2m latest income
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

0.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months

6
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1181331
Status
Registered
Governing document
CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 26 APR 2016AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 18 DEC 2018
Contact on the register
01702436659 · info@castsanctuaryuk.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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