REFUGEE INFO BUS — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: CIO
Registered: 1 August 2016
Removed: Not supplied
Financial period: 1 April 2024 – 31 March 2025
Latest income: £11,519
Latest expenditure: £1,452
Gift Aid: Yes
Owns or uses land: No
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: Yes

Public contact address: PO BOX 28652, Edinburgh, EH4 9EX

Website recorded by the regulator: www.refugeeinfobus.com (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

We are dedicated to supporting refugees and asylum seekers on the move, or who have recently arrived in the UK, France and Greece, with up-to-date practical, accessible information and assistance, access to the internet and phone charging.

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: 28 January 2026
Date Accounts Received: 28 January 2026
Total Gross Income: £11,519
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,452

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: 27 January 2025
Date Accounts Received: 27 January 2025
Total Gross Income: £17,321
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,997

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: 22 January 2024
Date Accounts Received: 29 January 2024
Total Gross Income: £52,036
Total Gross Expenditure: £55,980

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: 29 January 2023
Date Accounts Received: 29 January 2023
Total Gross Income: £92,721
Total Gross Expenditure: £79,599

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: 31 January 2022
Date Accounts Received: 31 January 2022
Total Gross Income: £64,740
Total Gross Expenditure: £65,728

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: 28 January 2026
Total Gross Income: £11,519
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,452
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: 0

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: 27 January 2025
Total Gross Income: £17,321
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,997
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: 0

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: 22 January 2024
Total Gross Income: £52,036
Total Gross Expenditure: £55,980
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: 14

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: 29 January 2023
Total Gross Income: £92,721
Total Gross Expenditure: £79,599
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: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 10

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: 31 January 2022
Total Gross Income: £64,740
Total Gross Expenditure: £65,728
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: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 11

05 Official extract

Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Country
Geographic Area Description: France
Parent Geographic Area Type: Continent
Parent Geographic Area Description: Europe
Welsh Ind: No

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

06 Official extract

Charity Classification

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

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

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

Classification Code: 306
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Services

Classification Code: 307
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Advocacy/advice/information

Classification Code: 305
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space

07 Official extract

Charity Event History

Charity Name: REFUGEE INFO BUS
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: CIO registration
Date Of Event: 2016-08-01T00:00:00

08 Official extract

Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: CIO - Foundation Registered 01 Aug 2016
Charitable Objects: THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:1) TO PROMOTE HUMAN RIGHTS (AS SET OUT IN THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND SUBSEQUENT UNITED NATIONS CONVENTIONS AND DECLARATIONS) BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS:A) RAISING AWARENESS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUESB) PROMOTING PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR HUMAN RIGHTSC) PROMOTING RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AMONG INDIVIDUALS AND CORPORATIONSIN FURTHERANCE OF THAT OBJECT BUT NOT OTHERWISE, THE TRUSTEES SHALL HAVE POWER TO ENGAGE IN POLITICAL ACTIVITY PROVIDED THAT THE TRUSTEES ARE SATISFIED THAT THE PROPOSED ACTIVITIES WILL FURTHER THE PURPOSES OF THE CHARITY TO AN EXTENT JUSTIFIED BY THE RESOURCES COMMITTED AND THE ACTIVITY IS NOT THE DOMINANT MEANS BY WHICH THE CHARITY CARRIED OUT ITS OBJECTS.2) TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE WHO ARE DISPLACED AS A RESULT OF WAR, NATURAL DISASTER, TROUBLE OF CATASTROPHE BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT FOR COMMUNICATION AND ACCESS TO INFORMATION AND SELF-LEARNING ONSITE AT FORMAL OR INFORMAL CAMPS.

09 Official extract

Charity Policy

Policy Name: Complaints handling

Policy Name: Volunteer management

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Policy Name: Investment

Policy Name: Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Policy Name: Financial reserves policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures

Policy Name: Paying staff

Policy Name: Conflicting interests

Policy Name: Risk management