Finance Score: 4
Governance Score: -11
Support Score: 13
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Future income +5
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Very static board: -5
  • Multiple returns filed late: -3
  • Overall weighted support: +13
Overall GiG Score: 6 ?

VOICE4CHANGE ENGLAND LIMITED

Voice4Change England is a national membership organisation that advocate for the Black and Minority Ethnic voluntary and community sector (BME VCS). BME voluntary and community organizations? are a crucial part of civil society that have emerged from and work for BME communities. By supporting the BME VCS we aim to improve the life outcomes for BME and other disadvantaged communities.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government and there are significant future grants due to be received

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return
  • Why are there only 4 trustees?
  • Why is the Board composition very static and has little diversity in terms of age?
  • Returns have been filed late on 3 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23*£1,140£1,180£-40£0£111£160.272
31/03/22*£998£1,332£-333£24£151£80.1102
31/03/21£1,466£992£474£14£484£1401.774
31/03/20£54£50£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19*£35£51£-16n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£124£128£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£139£121£18n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16*£61£78£-17n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15*£137£158£-21n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£132£230£-99n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£157£278£-121n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£338£350£-12n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 7%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 37%
Liabilities/Income: 6%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 15%
Reserves/Spending: 0.2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 1 months
Quick Ratio: 2.2
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 14 years

http://www.voice4change-england.co.uk/

info@voice4change-england.co.uk

0207 485 4789

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Philanthropic intermediaries and volunteering
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Throughout England,
Who it helps
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Major supporters in last 5 years
National Lottery Community Fund£2,289,074
Sport England£513,744
Comic Relief£440,000
Home Office£300,000
Indigo Trust£290,000
City Bridge Trust£250,000
Esmee Fairbairn£200,000
Barrow Cadbury Trust£70,114
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Greater London Authority - Your vote, your voice
£45,430 08/10/2023
Voice4Change England will work with their member organisations in London, with an emphasis on members from the Black and minoritised ethnic community groups. Activity will include online and face-to-face workshops, information stalls at community ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Voice4Change England Infrastructure Support
£1,393,654 19/07/2023
Funding will be used to upskill and grow at least 50 Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) organisations across England so they can better support people from BME backgrounds. This will include outreach learning support infrastructure and networking / ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to VOICE4CHANGE ENGLAND LIMITED
£200,000 22/02/2023
Towards core costs PATHWAY SOCIAL INVESTMENT FUND DEVELOMENT PHASE
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Voice4Change England
£250,000 26/01/2023
£250,000 over eighteen months to Voice4Change England to support the development of ?Pathway?, a new social impact investment market wholesaler focused on racial justice and to pilot an enterprise programme for London-focused Black and ....more
Greater London Authority - Your Vote: Your Voice
£14,390 13/01/2023
Voice4Change England developed a Pan-London social media awareness campaign, created printed resources and worked with 19 member organisations in London with emphasis on members from the Black and minoritized ethnic community groups. Activity ....more
Barrow Cadbury Trust - Embedding Racial Justice In Public Markets Research
£30,000 13/10/2022
Research funding to explore how racial justice can be embedded in public markets in the UK.
John Ellerman Foundation - Cover time for the project team and V4CE’s input, including oversight from Chief Executive, communications and finance support.
£30,000 26/05/2022
Cover time for the project team and V4CE’s input, including oversight from Chief Executive, communications and finance support.
National Lottery Community Fund - The Pathway Fund
£498,834 04/02/2022
The project will use the funding for a two year partnership aimed at improving accessibility and diversity in the social investment sector helping more black and minoritised community-led organisations to become self sufficient. The funding will ....more
Barrow Cadbury Trust - Reframing Race - transfer grant
£40,114 03/02/2022
To build a strategic communications movement for race equality
Sport England - COVID-19 Tackling Inequalities Fund
£256,872 12/10/2021
Funding under Sport England's COVID-19 Tackling Inequalities Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled COVID-19 Tackling Inequalities Fund. This project is a Sport participation and capacity building project, with a focus on beneficiaries ....more
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Testing new frames on ‘race’, racism and racial justice
£20,000 24/08/2021
7
Voice4Change is a membership-based infrastructure charity for Black and minoritized ethnic charities, community groups and social enterprises. This grant supports Voice4Change to test public thinking on ‘race’ and racism before and after reading ....more
Indigo Trust - Further core unrestricted funding to support its work during the Covid-19 pandemic
£20,000 14/01/2021
Further core unrestricted funding to support its work during the Covid-19 pandemic
Indigo Trust - Further core unrestricted funding to support its work during the Covid-19 pandemic
£20,000 14/01/2021
Further core unrestricted funding to support its work during the Covid-19 pandemic
Home Office - Windrush Community Fund
£300,000 04/12/2020
In March 2020 the Home Secretary announced a £500,000 Community Fund for community and grassroots organisations to help promote and raise awareness of the Windrush Scheme and Windrush Compensation Scheme. By providing this funding the Community ....more
Sport England - COVID-19 Tackling Inequalities Fund
£256,872 01/12/2020
8
Funding under Sport England's COVID-19 Tackling Inequalities Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled COVID-19 Tackling Inequalities Fund. This project is a Sport participation and capacity building project, with a focus on beneficiaries ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Voice4Change COVID Emergency Project
£396,586 08/07/2020
12
Voice4Change England is a national advocate for the Black Asian and Minority Ethnic voluntary and community sector and works to strengthen the sector to meet the needs of communities across England. It will use this funding to support BAME led ....more
Comic Relief - Voice 4 Change - BAME Intermediary Partner
£440,000 23/06/2020
12
COVID19 - V4CE is uniquely well placed to act as a funding partner for Comic Relief. V4CE is a national membership organisation helping BAME groups and communities since 2006 and has expertise and a track record of success in reaching BAME groups. ....more
Indigo Trust - Covid-19 Emergency core unrestricted funding
£125,000 08/06/2020
In response to Covid-19 Emergency - core unrestricted funding
Indigo Trust - Covid-19 Emergency core unrestricted funding
£125,000 08/06/2020
In response to Covid-19 Emergency - core unrestricted funding
Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust - No ID
£7,440 16/01/2020
6
to campaign against the introduction of voter ID, working with the Electoral Reform Society
Barrow Cadbury Trust - Shifting Gears
£44,240 08/02/2018
9
Improve engagement with BME VCSEs to improve take up social investment (SI)
Barrow Cadbury Trust - Making the Case for Race Equality
£11,750 12/12/2017
6
Follow-on grant for continuation of scoping work for a strategic communications approach to race equality
Joseph Rowntree Foundation - Grant to Voice4Change England
£20,000 15/07/2017
6
Enabling joint work for racial justice and migrants' rights: Scoping the scene
Barrow Cadbury Trust - Review of strategic communications for race equality
£5,000 22/03/2017
3
A review of cause-related strategic communications initiatives with a view to understanding how existing ideas and practice could be used to enhance race equality outcomes in the UK.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Voice4Change England
£122,240 23/09/2015
24
£122,240 over two years (2 x £61,120) towards a part-timeDevelopment Director plus associated running costs of a project to support the BME voluntary sector in London to develop policies and good practice around volunteering and asset management.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Voice4Change England
£60,000 19/06/2014
£60,000 as a third year’s contribution towards the salary and associated running costs of a project developing models of collaborative and partnership working.
Barrow Cadbury Trust - Race Equality Coalition - development proposal
£8,500 28/03/2013
Race Equality Coalition - development proposal
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Voice4Change England
£10,000 12/02/2013
Towards the Coalition for Advancing Race Equality project, which aims to create a strong coalition of organisations to work together to change the discourse, thinking and approaches on race and racism in the UK.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 55-71
  • GILLES CABON MR Appointed: 2016
  • ILA CHANDAVARKAR Appointed: 2010, Occupation: Charity Consultant
  • KARL OXFORD Appointed: 2010, Occupation: Director- Parity Associates
  • NEENA SAMOTA (Chair) Appointed: 2011, Occupation: Consultant On Criminal Justice And Social Policy
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 01/03/2011, number: 1140624
  • Registered at Companies House on 22/07/2010, number: 07322971
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • 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
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
12 returns made; AR23: 177 days late, AR22: 59 days late, AR19: 112 days late, AR16: 44 days late, AR15: 130 days late,
Main office

Kosmos Centre
2c Falkland Road
LONDON
NW5 2PT

Objectives

1) THE PROMOTION OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY: A) THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER, INCLUDING (BUT NOT LIMITED TO RACE, GENDER, DISABILITY, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, AGE, RELIGION AND BELIEFS; B) ADVANCING EDUCATION AND RAISING AWARENESS IN EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY; C) PROMOTING ACTIVITIES TO FOSTER UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN PEOPLE FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS; D) CONDUCTING OR COMMISSIONING RESEARCH ON EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY ISSUES AND PUBLISHING THE RESULTS TO THE PUBLIC; E) CULTIVATING A SENTIMENT IN FAVOUR OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY.2) THE PROMOTION OF RACIAL HARMONY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY:A) PROMOTING KNOWLEDGE AND MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN DIFFERENT RACIAL GROUPS;B) ADVANCING EDUCATION AND RAISING AWARENESS ABOUT DIFFERENT RACIAL GROUPS TO PROMOTE GOOD RELATIONS BETWEEN PERSONS OF DIFFERENT RACIAL GROUPS; AND/ORC) WORKING TOWARDS THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF RACE3) TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY WORKING WITH PEOPLE IN ENGLAND WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED ON THE GROUNDS OF THEIR ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGION, BELIEF OR CREED TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF SUCH PEOPLE AND ASSIST THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY: 4) THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF THE MEMBERS OF THE SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED BME COMMUNITIES IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY, AND HELP MEET, THEIR NEEDS AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NATIONAL.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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