01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- Submission Received
- Charity type
- CIO
- Registered
- 11 June 2024
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Financial period
- 11 June 2024 – 31 August 2025
- Latest income
- £59,199
- Latest expenditure
- £45,296
- Gift Aid
- Yes
- Owns or uses land
- No
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- Yes
Public contact address: 164 MARLBOROUGH ROAD, OXFORD, OX1 4LT
Website recorded by the regulator: www.odysseyensemble.co.uk (displayed as text)
02 Activities
What the charity does
Odyssey Ensemble is an orchestra that uses music and creative arts to communicate real-life stories of asylum seekers and refugees and advocate for their dignity to be upheld. Through interdisciplinary collaborative performances, we hope to harness the power of music to promote respect for the human dignity and human rights of asylum seekers and refugees by members of the public and policymakers.
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Charity Annual Return History
- Fin Period Start Date
- 11 June 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 August 2025
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Reporting Due Date
- 30 June 2026
- Date Annual Return Received
- 16 December 2025
- Date Accounts Received
- 16 December 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £59,199
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £45,296
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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
- 11 June 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 August 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 30 June 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 16 December 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £59,199
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £45,296
- 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
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 5
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Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Region
- Geographic Area Description
- Throughout England And Wales
- Welsh Ind
- No
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Charity Classification
- Classification Code
- 206
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- Other Defined Groups
- Classification Code
- 115
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
- Classification Code
- 310
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Other Charitable Activities
- Classification Code
- 207
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- The General Public/mankind
- Classification Code
- 307
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Classification Code
- 109
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Classification Code
- 102
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Education/training
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Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- ODYSSEY ENSEMBLE FOR REFUGEES
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- CIO registration
- Date Of Event
- 2024-06-11T00:00:00
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Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 11 Jun 2024
- Charitable Objects
- (A) TO PROMOTE HUMAN RIGHTS (AS SET OUT IN THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND SUBSEQUENT UNITED NATIONS CONVENTIONS AND DECLARATIONS) OF ASYLUM SEEKERS AND REFUGEES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD THROUGH THE MEDIUM OF MUSIC AND CREATIVE ARTS BY: (I) RAISING AWARENESS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES; (II) PROMOTING PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS; AND (III) PROMOTING RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AMONG INDIVIDUALS AND CORPORATIONS. IN FURTHERANCE OF THIS 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 CIO TO AN EXTENT JUSTIFIED BY THE RESOURCES COMMITTED AND THE ACTIVITY IS NOT THE DOMINANT MEANS BY WHICH THE CIO CARRIES OUT ITS OBJECTS. (B) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ARTS THROUGH PROVIDING A PLATFORM FOR AND ENABLING ASYLUM SEEKERS AND REFUGEES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM TO TELL THEIR STORIES THROUGH MUSIC IN CONJUNCTION WITH OTHER CREATIVE ARTS INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, LITERATURE, DANCE, DRAMA, AND THE VISUAL ARTS. (C) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL AND TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT ASYLUM SEEKERS AND REFUGEES, THROUGH CONVEYING STORIES AND ACCURATE INFORMATION RELATING TO FORCED MIGRATION, PRIMARILY IN PUBLIC EVENTS INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, CONCERTS, RECITALS, MUSIC WORKSHOPS, OPEN REHEARSALS, LECTURES, AND DISCUSSION FORUMS.
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Charity Other Names
- Charity Name Id
- 676672
- Charity Name Type
- Working name
- Charity Name
- ODYSSEY ENSEMBLE
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Charity Policy
- Policy Name
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Financial reserves policy and procedures