RELEASE MATES CIO

Registered charity 1210951 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as RELEASE MATES CIC

Release Mates provides support to people leaving prison, helping with reintegration and resettlement

Objects

3.1 THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC: 3.1.1 TO PROMOTE THE RESETTLEMENT AND REHABILITATION OF OFFENDERS AND THOSE AT RISK OF RE-OFFENDING; AND3.1.2 TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY.FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE 3.1.2, ‘SOCIALLY EXCLUDED’ MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PART OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF BEING AN OFFENDER REHABILITATING INTO SOCIETY.IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS THE CHARITY WILL PROVIDE PRACTICAL SUPPORT, INFORMATION AND ADVICE, EMOTIONAL SUPPORT, AND SIGNPOSTING TO RELEVANT SERVICES AND RESOURCES WHEN APPROPRIATE.

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

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Waltham Forest, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

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Registered
2024

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Policies the charity declares

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Common questions

Who funds RELEASE MATES CIO?

Funders whose own accounts filings name RELEASE MATES CIO as a grant recipient include Bates Wells Foundation, THE WEAVERS' COMPANY BENEVOLENT FUND, DUCHY OF LANCASTER BENEVOLENT FUND, THE NOEL BUXTON TRUST, THE FRIEDA SCOTT CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
Bates Wells FoundationFY2024£25kStephen Lloyd Awards winner
THE WEAVERS' COMPANY BENEVOLENT FUNDFY2023£25kSalary costs as charity moves towards sustainability
DUCHY OF LANCASTER BENEVOLENT FUNDFY2025£10k
THE NOEL BUXTON TRUSTFY2025£5kTo support prison leavers recovering from substance abuse as they move out of HMP Lancaster Farms.
THE WEAVERS' COMPANY BENEVOLENT FUNDFY2022£5kPump-priming funding for 'through-the-gate' support package for men leaving HMP Preston.
THE FRIEDA SCOTT CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£2k

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund11/06/2026£20kRelease Mates Midlands