01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- Submission Received
- Charity type
- Charitable company
- Registered
- 12 September 2000
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Company number supplied
- 04026398
- Financial period
- 1 April 2024 – 31 March 2025
- Latest income
- £1,352,963
- Latest expenditure
- £1,427,904
- Gift Aid
- Yes
- Owns or uses land
- No
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- No
Public contact address: The Trust Centre, Falkner Street, GLOUCESTER, GL1 4SQ
Website recorded by the regulator: www.garas.org.uk (displayed as text)
02 Activities
What the charity does
Promoting the welfare of refugees, asylum seekers and other migrants within and around Gloucestershire through the drop-in centre offering a 'safe space' activities, refreshments, information &advice on health, housing,benefits,immigration,law,education, career; Counselling provision for those effected by trauma;access to other agencies;food clothing,toys,furniture,household items& bedding.
03 Official extract
Charity Annual Return History
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2025
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2026
- Date Annual Return Received
- 22 January 2026
- Date Accounts Received
- 22 January 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £1,352,963
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,427,904
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2024
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2025
- Date Annual Return Received
- 7 November 2024
- Date Accounts Received
- 7 November 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £1,340,600
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,240,629
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2023
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2024
- Date Annual Return Received
- 8 December 2023
- Date Accounts Received
- 8 December 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £1,264,113
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,137,231
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2022
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2023
- Date Annual Return Received
- 1 December 2022
- Date Accounts Received
- 1 December 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £946,596
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £810,220
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2020
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2021
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2022
- Date Annual Return Received
- 18 November 2021
- Date Accounts Received
- 18 November 2021
- Total Gross Income
- £533,849
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £518,288
04 Official extract
Charity Annual Return Parta
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 22 January 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £1,352,963
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,427,904
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 5
- Count Govt Grants
- £1
- Income From Government Contracts
- 1022388
- Income From Government Grants
- £33,000
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 49
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 7 November 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £1,340,600
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,240,629
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £8
- Income From Government Grants
- £1,021,924
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 70
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2023
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2024
- Ar Received Date
- 8 December 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £1,264,113
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,137,231
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £8
- Income From Government Grants
- £977,511
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 50
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 4
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2022
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2023
- Ar Received Date
- 1 December 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £946,596
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £810,220
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- Yes
- Charity Professional Fundraiser
- No
- Charity Commercial Participator
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- Yes
- Count Govt Grants
- £8
- Income From Government Grants
- £753,142
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 46
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 5
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2020
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2021
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2022
- Ar Received Date
- 18 November 2021
- Total Gross Income
- £533,849
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £518,288
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- Yes
- Charity Professional Fundraiser
- No
- Charity Commercial Participator
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- Yes
- Count Govt Grants
- £5
- Income From Government Grants
- £374,522
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 38
05 Official extract
Charity Annual Return Partb
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 22 January 2026
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 1332899
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 7429
- Income Charitable Activities
- 1135
- Income Investments
- 11500
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 1352963
- Income Legacies
- 20000
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £0
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £1,427,904
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 1427904
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 8125
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 78500
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 3221
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £392,311
- Assets Total Fixed
- 5260
- Assets Own Use
- 5260
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £599,329
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £39,929
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £564,660
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 39929
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £398,614
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 532311
- Funds Restricted
- 32349
- Funds Total
- 564660
- Count Employees
- 26
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 7 November 2024
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 89067
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 1750
- Income Charitable Activities
- 1150
- Income Investments
- 12227
- Income Other
- 1236406
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 1340600
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £0
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £1,240,629
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 1240629
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 6012
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 78207
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 3856
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £100,000
- Assets Total Fixed
- 6074
- Assets Own Use
- 6074
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £673,980
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £40,453
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £639,601
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 40453
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £526,507
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 609189
- Funds Restricted
- 30412
- Funds Total
- 639601
- Count Employees
- 25
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2023
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2024
- Ar Received Date
- 8 December 2023
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 178807
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 1507
- Income Charitable Activities
- 0
- Income Investments
- 3609
- Income Other
- 1080190
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 1264113
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £0
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £1,137,231
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 1137231
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 6446
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 0
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 2504
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £74,255
- Assets Total Fixed
- 4515
- Assets Own Use
- 4515
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £604,866
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £69,751
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £539,630
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 69751
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £525,350
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 512065
- Funds Restricted
- 27565
- Funds Total
- 539630
- Count Employees
- 20
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 4
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2022
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2023
- Ar Received Date
- 1 December 2022
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 133261
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 6408
- Income Investments
- 57
- Income Other
- 53728
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 193454
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £0
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £810,220
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 810220
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 2499
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 0
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 1758
- Gain Loss Investment
- 57
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £291,818
- Assets Total Fixed
- 4038
- Assets Own Use
- 4038
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £427,796
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £19,086
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £412,748
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 19086
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £329,211
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 385159
- Funds Restricted
- 27589
- Funds Total
- 412748
- Count Employees
- 17
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 5
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2020
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2021
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2022
- Ar Received Date
- 18 November 2021
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 78187
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 732
- Income Investments
- 137
- Income Other
- 80271
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 159327
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £0
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £518,288
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 518288
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 7278
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 0
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 1666
- Gain Loss Investment
- 137
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £156,204
- Assets Total Fixed
- 4215
- Assets Own Use
- 4215
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £287,245
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £15,088
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £276,372
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 15088
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £264,458
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 245547
- Funds Restricted
- 30825
- Funds Total
- 276372
- Count Employees
- 16
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
06 Official extract
Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Gloucestershire
- Welsh Ind
- No
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Oxfordshire
- Welsh Ind
- No
07 Official extract
Charity Classification
- Classification Code
- 103
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- Classification Code
- 101
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- General Charitable Purposes
- Classification Code
- 105
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- Classification Code
- 306
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Services
- Classification Code
- 307
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Classification Code
- 206
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- Other Defined Groups
08 Official extract
Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- GLOUCESTERSHIRE ACTION FOR REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- Standard registration
- Date Of Event
- 2000-09-12T00:00:00
09 Official extract
Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- MEMORANDUM & ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 4 JULY 2000 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS DATED 14 AUGUST 2000 AND 24 OCTOBER 2006. as amended on 07 Dec 2023
- Charitable Objects
- TO RELIEVE SICKNESS POVERTY AND DISTRESS IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT WITH THE PARTICULAR AIM OF PROMOTING THE WELFARE OF REFUGEES, ASYLUM SEEKERS AND OTHER MIGRANTS IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT.
- Area Of Benefit
- NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE GLOUCESTERSHIRE.
10 Official extract
Charity Other Names
- Charity Name Id
- 422994
- Charity Name Type
- Working name
- Charity Name
- GARAS
11 Official extract
Charity Policy
- Policy Name
- Investing charity funds policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Conflicting interests
- Policy Name
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Volunteer management
- Policy Name
- Paying staff
- Policy Name
- Social media policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Policy Name
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Complaints handling
- Policy Name
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Risk management
- Policy Name
- Financial reserves policy and procedures