CENTRAL AFRICA'S RIGHTS & AIDS (CARA) SOCIETY — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Charitable company
Registered: 21 April 2010
Removed: Not supplied
Company number supplied: 06673504
Financial period: 1 April 2024 – 31 March 2025
Latest income: £97,678
Latest expenditure: £89,949
Gift Aid: Yes
Owns or uses land: No
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: CARA, 18 - 22 ASHWIN STREET, DALSTON, HACKNEY, LONDON, UNITED K

Website recorded by the regulator: www.cara-online.org (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

CARA defends the legal rights of poor people who cannot afford a lawyer and helps them to save their homes, keep their jobs and protect their loved ones by providing advice and information on immigration, debt, welfare benefits, housing and employment, HIV/AIDS prevention, care and support; quality basic education for all (especially girls), water and sanitation. Please donate to our work.

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: 25 December 2025
Date Accounts Received: 25 December 2025
Total Gross Income: £97,678
Total Gross Expenditure: £89,949

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: 13 January 2025
Date Accounts Received: 6 January 2025
Total Gross Income: £108,727
Total Gross Expenditure: £96,915

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: 16 January 2024
Date Accounts Received: 16 January 2024
Total Gross Income: £156,200
Total Gross Expenditure: £149,204

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: 18 January 2023
Date Accounts Received: 22 December 2022
Total Gross Income: £195,679
Total Gross Expenditure: £189,821

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: 21 January 2022
Date Accounts Received: 11 January 2022
Total Gross Income: £92,872
Total Gross Expenditure: £137,802

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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: 25 December 2025
Total Gross Income: £97,678
Total Gross Expenditure: £89,949
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
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
Count Volunteers: 41

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: 13 January 2025
Total Gross Income: £108,727
Total Gross Expenditure: £96,915
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
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
Count Volunteers: 44

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: 16 January 2024
Total Gross Income: £156,200
Total Gross Expenditure: £149,204
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
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
Count Volunteers: 38

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: 18 January 2023
Total Gross Income: £195,679
Total Gross Expenditure: £189,821
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: No
Charity Commercial Participator: No
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 41

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: 21 January 2022
Total Gross Income: £92,872
Total Gross Expenditure: £137,802
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: No
Charity Commercial Participator: No
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 41

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Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Country
Geographic Area Description: Cameroon
Parent Geographic Area Type: Continent
Parent Geographic Area Description: Africa
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Country
Geographic Area Description: Central African Republic
Parent Geographic Area Type: Continent
Parent Geographic Area Description: Africa
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Country
Geographic Area Description: Congo (Democratic Republic)
Parent Geographic Area Type: Continent
Parent Geographic Area Description: Africa
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Country
Geographic Area Description: Congo
Parent Geographic Area Type: Continent
Parent Geographic Area Description: Africa
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Region
Geographic Area Description: Throughout England And Wales
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Country
Geographic Area Description: Angola
Parent Geographic Area Type: Continent
Parent Geographic Area Description: Africa
Welsh Ind: No

06 Official extract

Charity Classification

Classification Code: 207
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: The General Public/mankind

Classification Code: 105
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

Classification Code: 104
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Disability

Classification Code: 116
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Recreation

Classification Code: 303
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Other Finance

Classification Code: 112
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Environment/conservation/heritage

Classification Code: 201
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Children/young People

Classification Code: 106
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Overseas Aid/famine Relief

Classification Code: 102
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Education/training

Classification Code: 206
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Other Defined Groups

Classification Code: 301
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Makes Grants To Individuals

Classification Code: 110
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Amateur Sport

Classification Code: 308
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Sponsors Or Undertakes Research

Classification Code: 304
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Human Resources

Classification Code: 202
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Elderly/old People

Classification Code: 309
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Classification Code: 103
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

Classification Code: 117
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Other Charitable Purposes

Classification Code: 302
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Makes Grants To Organisations

Classification Code: 115
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity

Showing 20 of 30 supplied records in this dataset.

07 Official extract

Charity Event History

Charity Name: CENTRAL AFRICA'S RIGHTS & AIDS (CARA) SOCIETY
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 2010-04-21T00:00:00

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Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 14 AUGUST 2008 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION ADOPTED ON 20 MARCH 2010 AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE 13 APRIL 2010
Charitable Objects: (1) TO RELIEVE FINANCIAL HARDSHIP BY GIVING ADVISORY AND OTHER CHARITABLE SERVICESSUCH AS MONEY, FOOD, CLOTHING AND HOUSING TO ASYLUM SEEKERS, REFUGEES, OFFENDERSAND THOSE SUFFERING FROM DISABILITIES, SICKNESS, OLD AGE, AND JOBLESSNESS; (2) TOPROMOTE HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS OF PERSONS WITH DISEASES SUCH ASHIV/AIDS PANDEMIC, STIS, TB, CANCER AND THOSE SUFFERING FROM THE EFFECTS OFPHYSICAL, MENTAL AND LEARNING DISABILITIES THROUGH EDUCATION, COUNSELLING,PREVENTION AWARENESS CAMPAIGNS, ACCESS TO MEDICAL FACILITIES, SUPPORT AND THEPURSUIT OF HEALTHY RECREATION, E.G. EXERCISE AND SPORT; (3) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION OFTHE PUBLIC BY PROVIDING EDUCATIONAL ADVISORY AND OTHER SERVICES TOPARENTS/GUARDIANS AND THOSE IN SCHOOLS, COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES (I.E. BY SETTING UPCHILDREN'S PLAYGROUPS, PARENTS/SCHOOLS COMMITTEES, RESEARCH GROUPS, WORK-RELATEDTRAINING, AND PROVIDING LINKS WITH JOB AGENCIES; (4) THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT FORTHE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN SUCH WAYS AS MAY BE THOUGHT FIT, INCLUDING ASSISTANCE TOFMD EMPLOYMENT; (5) TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIESFOR PEOPLE LIVING IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE WHO ARE INNEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT,POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVING THECONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS; (6) THE PROMOTION OF RACIAL HARMONY; (7)TO ESTABLISH OR TO SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE AND TO MAINTAINAND MANAGE, OR TO CO-OPERATE WITH ANY LOCAL STATUTORY AUTHORITY IN ITS MAINTENANCEAND MANAGEMENT; (8) TO FURTHER SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THECOMMUNITY AND THE PUBLIC AS THE DIRECTORS SEE FIT;
Area Of Benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, OVERSEAS

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Charity Other Names

Charity Name Id: 369353
Charity Name Type: Working name
Charity Name: CARA

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Charity Policy

Policy Name: Volunteer management

Policy Name: Internal risk management policy and procedures

Policy Name: Risk management

Policy Name: Conflicting interests

Policy Name: Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints handling

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures

Policy Name: Social media policy and procedures

Policy Name: Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Policy Name: Bullying and harassment policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Policy Name: Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Policy Name: Financial reserves policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints policy and procedures