Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: -3

Support Score: 5

No PartB

No volunteer policy: -2
Mainly male board: -1

Grant maker support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 2

RELIGION MEDIA CENTRE

Providing information to journalists on stories about religion, including research briefings and access to reputable sources of expertise and a range of informed opinion on a particular topic. Offering events where people connected with stories about religion engage and discuss issues with journalists. Providing religious literacy training to journalists and media training to religious leaders.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity
The Board is predominantly male

Financial issues to consider:

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

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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	£133	£121	£13	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	12
31/03/22	£121	£115	£6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	12
31/03/21	£129	£136	£-8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
31/03/20	£121	£48	£73	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
31/03/19	£42	£25	£17	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
31/03/18	£30	£16	£14	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 8 years

www.religionmediacentre.org.uk

info@religionmediacentre.org.uk

0203 970 0709

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Education/Training
Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
Religious Activities

GiG Classification

Christian congregations

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 And Wales,

Who it helps

Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
12 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
Culham St Gabriel's Trust - A second grant to build on their highly successful Creating Connections project.
£25,000	06/07/2022	This new award will bring this initiative to another five cities across the UK over the coming 12 months.
Rank Foundation - GOLDEN AWARDS RELIGION MEDIA CENTRE 2022
£20,000	23/03/2022	The Golden Award was given to Religion Media Centre who addresses issues of religious literacy, raising awareness of 'faith matters' without any fixation on denomination or specific faith.
Culham St Gabriel's Trust - “Encounters” in five cities in England and Wales
£2,500	20/10/2021	To create a film of their project.
Culham St Gabriel's Trust - To organise “encounters” in five cities in England and Wales in 2021, where faith and civic leaders meet the media in events which engage RE teachers.
£15,000	17/12/2020	Their aim is for journalists to gain greater knowledge and understanding of the faith groups in their community; and for faith leaders to improve their communication with the media, to increase ....more Their aim is for journalists to gain greater knowledge and understanding of the faith groups in their community; and for faith leaders to improve their communication with the media, to increase social cohesion, challenge misrepresentation and tell new stories. The hope is that RE advisers and teachers, through for example their Standing Advisory Council on Religious Education, will support the project in advising on the faith make-up of the local areas and content of the event, as well as encouraging faith leaders to take part. The city encounters will take the form of a training session, networking event and social gathering, following a pattern set by a successful meeting in Cardiff in 2016, where 80 journalists met the same number of faith leaders, leading to greater contact and more stories being told.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

BENEDICT SAMUEL RICH Appointed: 2016

DR HASSAN ABDEIN Appointed: 2023

DR LOIS LEE Appointed: 2020

MICHAEL PAUL WAKELIN (Chair) Appointed: 2016

REV CHRISTOPHER LANDAU Appointed: 2016

DR JASJIT SINGH Appointed: 2021, Other trusteeships: INFORMATION NETWORK FOCUS ON RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS, SOUTH ASIAN ARTS-UK,

KEVIN JAQUISS Appointed: 2017, Other trusteeships: CHETHAM'S HOSPITAL SCHOOL AND LIBRARY, THE VINE METHODIST CHURCH,

ROGER BOLTON Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Chairman

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 10/10/2016, number: 1169562

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

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
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
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

Filing Record

6 returns made; all on time

Main office

Collaboration House
77-79 Charlotte Street
London
W1T 4PW

Objectives

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN WORLD RELIGION, INCLUDING THE BAHA’I FAITH; BUDDHISM; CHRISTIANITY; HINDUISM; ISLAM; JAINISM; JUDAISM; SIKHISM AND ZOROASTRIANISM BY: THE DISSEMINATION OF ACCURATE, AUTHORITATIVE, INDEPENDENT AND IMPARTIAL INFORMATION AND RESEARCH ABOUT RELIGIOUS FAITHS TO THE MEDIA; AND THE PROVISION OF MEDIA TRAINING TO RELIGIOUS ORGANISATIONS.

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