INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY ORGANISATION OF SUNDERLAND

Registered charity 1186618 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ICOS

We work with migrant people in the North East of England, especially Sunderland. We focus on those with limited access to information and support network, including migrants and refugee and the Eastern European community. We came to being in 2009 and have now converted to a CIO. More information including projects- icos.org.uk

Objects

1 THE PROMOTION OF RACIAL HARMONY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BYA PROMOTING KNOWLEDGE AND MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN DIFFERENT RACIAL GROUPSB ADVANCING EDUCATION AND RAISING AWARENESS ABOUT DIFFERENT RACIAL GROUPS TO PROMOTE GOOD RELATIONS BETWEEN PERSONS OF DIFFERENT RACIAL GROUPSC WORKING TOWARDS THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF RACE2 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC, IN PARTICULAR THOSE FROM ETHNIC MINORITY GROUPS LIVING IN THE CITY OF SUNDERLAND AND THE SURROUNDING ARE THROUGH THE PROVISION OF LANGUAGE CLASSES AND TRAINING3 TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Disability · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Sunderland, North East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £11,306 for the year ended 31 March 2026, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £263,011 to £253,084. Per the trustees' report, the organization is actively pursuing financial sustainability through social enterprise plans, including the establishment of a community café, to address these financial challenges.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — ICOS (matched by registered charity number).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rafal Kazimierz Marzecchair
• Agnieszka Serafin
• Anna Heyman
• Iga Justyna Borsut
• Joy Adekola
• NYASHADZASHE T AFAUNE

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Durham · Gateshead · Hartlepool · Middlesbrough · Newcastle Upon Tyne City · North Tyneside · Northumberland · Redcar And Cleveland · South Tyneside · Sunderland

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with INTERCONTINENTAL CHURCH SOCIETY.

• INTERCONTINENTAL CHURCH SOCIETY income £502k
• IRISH COMMUNITY CARE income £674k
• SANCTUARY FOUNDATION income £100k
• MOORLANDS HOME LINK income £306k
• 291 COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION CIO income £74k
• SHURDINGTON COMMUNITY CENTRE income £144k

Side by side with its peers

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