Finance Score: -4

Governance Score: -3

Support Score: 2

Spending falling: -1
Volatile income: -3
No PartB

No conflicts policy: -1
Narrow trustee age band: -2

Grant maker support: +2

Overall GiG Score: -5

MINORITY ETHNIC NETWORK EASTERN REGION

Supporting, coordinating and giving advice and information to visible ethnic voluntary organisations; Liaising with funding and regional development organisations to ensure that the needs of the visible minority ethnic voluntary organisations are addressed; Mapping the visible minority ethnic voluntary sector in the eastern region.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
Income has been volatile recently

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff
31/03/23		£0	£1	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/22		£0	£0	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/21		£2	£0	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/20		£1	£1	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/19		£1	£1	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/18		£1	£2	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/17		£5	£2	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/16	*	£1	£1	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/15		£5	£4	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/14		£1	£36	£-35	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/13	*	£86	£150	£-64	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/12		£270	£368	£-98	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/11	*	£901	£871	£30	£9	£326	£215	3	19
31/03/10	*	£872	£795	£77	£9	£297	£239	3.6	16
31/03/09		£697	£654	£43	£5	£219	£191	3.5	13
31/03/08		£399	£417	£-18	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/07		£466	£392	£74	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/06		£402	£421	£-20	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/05	*	£442	£396	£45	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/04	*	£294	£237	£57	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 22 years

www.menter.org.uk

KATE.BELINIS@CDAHERTS.ORG.UK

01992289051

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Economic/Community Development/Employment
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Grant-making foundations

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Bedford, Cambridgeshire, Central Bedfordshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Norfolk, Suffolk,

Who it helps

Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
Other Defined Groups
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Department for Work and Pensions - PATHWAZE LIMMITED
£4,908	01/04/2022	The Kickstart Scheme provides funding to employers to create jobs for 16 to 24 year olds on Universal Credit.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 70-81

BERNI CALLAGHAN Appointed: 2013, Occupation: None

KULDIP SINGH RUPRA OBE, Occupation: Proprietor

KATE BELINIS DL (Chair), Occupation: Chief Executive, Other trusteeships: SOROPTIMIST INTERNATIONAL GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND - EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND, STEVENAGE WORLD FORUM FOR ETHNIC COMMUNITIES, HERTFORDSHIRE EQUALITY COUNCIL,

PAULETTE RENNIE Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Consultant, Other trusteeship: MOUNT ZION PENTECOSTAL CHURCH BEDFORD,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 29/05/2002, number: 1092250
Registered at Companies House on 22/08/2000, number: 04058054

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

There are no Policies registered with the Charities Commission

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR16: 1 days late, AR13: 146 days late, AR11: 1 days late, AR10: 2 days late, AR05: 17 days late, AR04: 1 days late,

Main office

MENTER C/O C D A FOR HERTS
The Castle
Hertford
SG14 1HR

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE COMPANY (THE OBJECTS) ARETO PROMOTE RACIAL HARMONY IN THE EASTERN REGION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN PARTICULAR BY1. SUPPORTING CO-ORDINATING AND GIVING ADVICE & INFORMATION TO VISIBLE ETHNIC VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS,2. LIASING WITH FUNDING AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT ORGANISATIONS TO ENSURE THAT THE NEEDS OF THE VISIBLE MINORITY ETHNIC VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS ARE ADDRESSED;3. MAPPING THE VISIBLE MINORITY ETHNIC VOLUNTARY SECTOR IN THE EASTERN REGION.THE EASTERN REGION IS DEFINED AS THE COUNTRIES OF CAMBRIDGESHIRE HERTFORDSHIRE, NORFOLK, SUFFOLK, ESSEX AND BEDFORDSHIRE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

CAMBRIDGESHIRE -SUFFOLK- NORFOLK- ESSEX- HERTFORDSHIRE

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