Finance Score: 1

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 5

Reasonable growth: +1
No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3

Grant maker support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 12

ALLIANCE FOR COHESION AND RACIAL EQUALITY LTD

1. Strategic Engagement: Promoting equality across the protected characteristics under the Equality Act 2010. 2. Community Cohesion: Promoting community cohesion; embracing diversity; and encouraging integration. 3. Community Engagement and Development: Addressing imbalances in power and bring about change founded on social justice, equality and inclusion.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

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	Volun- teers
31/03/23	£287	£233	£53	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	15
31/03/22	£140	£142	£-2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	25
31/03/21	£121	£96	£24	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	17
31/03/20	£75	£74	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	15
31/03/19	£133	£132	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	11
31/03/18	£141	£142	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17	£171	£153	£18	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	£182	£175	£7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15	£180	£183	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14	£179	£204	£-25	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 12 years

www.acre-reading.org

info@acre-reading.org

01189510279

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
Other Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Social & legal advocacy

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Other charitable activities
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Reading, West Berkshire, Wokingham,

Who it helps

Other Defined Groups
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
15 volunteers

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
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Alliance for Cohesion and Racial Equality Ltd
£45,269	19/04/2023	Reading Windrush 75th Festival
Department for Work and Pensions - GORDON BROOKS PROPERTY LIMMITED
£2,240	01/04/2022	The Kickstart Scheme provides funding to employers to create jobs for 16 to 24 year olds on Universal Credit.
Department for Work and Pensions - GORDON BROOKS PROPERTY
£2,933	01/04/2021	The Kickstart Scheme provides funding to create new jobs for 16 to 24 year olds on Universal Credit who are at risk of long term unemployment.
National Lottery Community Fund - Stories Behind the Stats
£9,970	08/02/2017 12	The funding will be used to run a support group, promote awareness and encourage discussion of female genital mutilation (FGM) in the area. The project aims to provide help for survivors and educate ....more The funding will be used to run a support group, promote awareness and encourage discussion of female genital mutilation (FGM) in the area. The project aims to provide help for survivors and educate people on this sensitive topic.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 25-82

SHREEYA PAUDEL Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Capital Investment

SUNILA LOBO Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Educationist

ANDREW KOSSI SINGO Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Lecturer

DR MOHAMMED EJAZ ELAHI Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Self Employed

GLEN ANTHONY DENNIS Appointed: 2019, Occupation: It Professional

ALICE MPOFU-COLES Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Phd Student, University Of Reading, Other trusteeship: CITY OF SANCTUARY UK,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 25/10/2012, number: 1149491
Registered at Companies House on 10/10/2012, number: 08248195

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
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

10 returns made; all on time

Main office

Middle Building
344 Oxford Road
READING
RG30 1AF

Objectives

1. TO WORK TOWARDS THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION; AND2. TO PROMOTE EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY, AND GOOD RELATIONS BETWEEN PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT RACIAL GROUPS AND DIVERSE COMMUNITIES; ESPECIALLY IN THE GREATER READING AREA.

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