01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- Submission Received
- Charity type
- CIO
- Registered
- 10 January 2024
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Financial period
- 10 January 2024 – 31 March 2025
- Latest income
- £53,550
- Latest expenditure
- £35,509
- Owns or uses land
- No
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- Yes
Public contact address: 194 HIGH STREET, RICKMANSWORTH, HERTS, WD3 1BD
Website recorded by the regulator: www.calaislight.com (displayed as text)
02 Activities
What the charity does
Our aim is to promote social inclusion for refugees. We send volunteer convoys to France to assist charities giving practical support to refugees and the displaced. We source donations of food, quality clothing and toiletries to meet refugees' basic needs. Our Befriender Hubs teach UK refugees English language skills to speed social integration. We try to shift public opinion towards compassion.
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Charity Annual Return History
- Fin Period Start Date
- 10 January 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2025
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2026
- Date Annual Return Received
- 29 July 2025
- Date Accounts Received
- 29 July 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £53,550
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £35,509
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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
- 10 January 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 29 July 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £53,550
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £35,509
- 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
- 60
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Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Region
- Geographic Area Description
- Throughout England And Wales
- Welsh Ind
- No
- Geographic Area Type
- Country
- Geographic Area Description
- France
- Parent Geographic Area Type
- Continent
- Parent Geographic Area Description
- Europe
- Welsh Ind
- No
06 Official extract
Charity Classification
- Classification Code
- 113
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Economic/community Development/employment
- Classification Code
- 104
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Disability
- Classification Code
- 105
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- Classification Code
- 206
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- Other Defined Groups
- Classification Code
- 207
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- The General Public/mankind
- Classification Code
- 101
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- General Charitable Purposes
- Classification Code
- 302
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Makes Grants To Organisations
- Classification Code
- 306
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Services
- Classification Code
- 205
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
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Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- CALAIS LIGHT
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- CIO registration
- Date Of Event
- 2024-01-10T00:00:00
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Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 10 Jan 2024
- Charitable Objects
- A) FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION AMONG PEOPLE WHO ARE REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED ON THE GROUNDS OF THEIR SOCIAL & ECONOMIC POSITION AND TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS WHO ARE IN NEED BY REASON OF THEIR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND/OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DISADVANTAGE, BY PROVIDING:I) SELECTED AND TRAINED VOLUNTEERS AND GRANTS TO ASSIST THOSE CHARITIES AND ORGANISATIONS PROVIDING PRACTICAL SUPPORT TO REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS IN THE UK AND NORTHERN FRANCEII) FOOD, GOOD QUALITY CLOTHING AND OTHER ITEMS OR SERVICES TO MEET THE BASIC NEEDS OF REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS, IN THE UK AND NORTHERN FRANCE.III) A PLATFORM TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC AND/ OR PROMOTE PUBLIC AWARENESS ABOUT THE ISSUES RELATING TO ASYLUM SEEKERS & REFUGEES.IV) EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND IN VOCATIONAL SKILLS;V) SOCIAL AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES AND EVENTS INVOLVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITY.
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Charity Policy
- Policy Name
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Social media policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Complaints policy and procedures