Overall GiG Score: 8 ?
Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 10
  • Volatile income & significant deficit in latest year: -5
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Grant maker support: +10

THE RACE EQUALITY CENTRE 

We provide advice, advocacy, support to all communities in Leicester to address issues related to racial inequality, discrimination and harassment.
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
  • The Board appears to be well diversified 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
  • Income has been volatile recently and was significantly lower than spending in the latest year
Established: 28 years

www.theraceequalitycentre.org.uk

administrator@theraceequalitycentre.org.uk

01162042790

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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£226£288£-62n/an/an/an/an/a18
31/03/22£414£304£110n/an/an/an/an/a15
31/03/21£531£331£200£0£306£1977.11115
31/03/20£287£240£47n/an/an/an/an/a7
31/03/19£244£249£-4n/an/an/an/an/a15
31/03/18£265£250£15£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£189£204£-15£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£265£271£-6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£302£329£-27£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£403£381£22£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£339£334£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£265£236£28£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£218£196£21£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£214£215£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£252£276£-24£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£318£387£-69£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£347£405£-58£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£672£611£62£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£559£863£-304£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£476£467£8£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
Who works here?
  • 18 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Leicester City, Leicestershire,

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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Lloyds Bank Foundation£102,250
National Lottery Community Fund£70,481
DCMS£57,597
UK Community Foundations£20,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Lloyds Bank Foundation - One off gift towards cost of living crisis to The Race Equality Centre
£2,250 14/12/2022
One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to The Race Equality Centre
£50,000 07/12/2022
24
Unrestricted grant over two years towards the core costs of The Race Equality Centre
National Lottery Community Fund - The Race Equality Centre - Refugee Support Service 6 month continuation
£50,543 30/09/2021
The funding will be used by the group to continue to deliver mental health and wellbeing support to refugees and asylum seekers in Leicester. This gives the group the opportunity to deliver its ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Recovery grant to The Race Equality Centre
£50,000 03/12/2020
24
Unrestricted grant over two years towards the core costs of The Race Equality Centre, awarded under the Foundation's Racial Equity funding stream. Part of the Covid Recovery Fund to support charities ....more
DCMS - DCMS VSCE CMC Covid Funding
£57,597 03/12/2020
The Community Match Challenge is an £85M fund aimed at supporting the Voluntary Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) in their COVID response. Awards were made to philanthropists, foundations and ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Regroup
£19,938 15/09/2020
6
The Race Equality Centre (TREC) based in the Highfields area of Leicester city centre promotes equality of opportunity and good relations among different racial groups. This project aims to assist ....more
UK Community Foundations - BAME Infrastructure Fund
£20,000 13/08/2020
Restricted funding for COVID-19 Relief (led by people of Black, Asian and/or Minority Ethnic Heritage)
National Lottery Community Fund - Leicester/shire Refugee Support Service (LRSS)
£377,037 26/10/2018
36
This project will provide mental health specific settlement support to newly arrived immigrants. People will receive a one-to-one mental health assessment and be provided with information, advice, ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Telephone system upgrade
£8,000 04/06/2018
12
An existing telephone system will be upgraded to improve how the organisation meets the needs of people.
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Race Equality Centre
£15,000 16/05/2018
purchase of IT equipment and software for a charity which works with disadvantaged minority communities in Leicester
National Lottery Community Fund - Galvanise Programme
£285,806 22/02/2017
36
The project aims to assist asylum seekers who are given refugee status to secure and sustain tenancies and move from benefits to employment. A range of one to one and group activities and drop in ....more
The Rayne Foundation - Grant to The Race Equality Centre
£10,000 05/05/2016
12
Towards the integration of refugees, supporting them into employment, education and volunteering.
AB Charitable Trust - Resettlement and Integration support for refugees.
£5,000 26/04/2016
£5,000 towards an Assistant Resettlement and Integration Adviser
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to The Race Equality Centre
£74,811 07/01/2015
36
The charity provides ongoing support and advice for refugees and asylum seeker. The grant will fund the costs of the advisor some volunteer expenses and a contribution to overheads.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to The Race Equality Centre
£10,000 14/05/2014
Together we won the war
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to The Race Equality Centre
£27,000 27/01/2012
the salary and on costs of the Resettlement Service Worker, travel and subscription costs
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (12)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 38-83
  • GAIL PRINGLE Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Head Of Student Equality Diversity And Inclusion
  • SURINDER SHARMA (Chair) Appointed: 1995, Occupation: Corporate Equal Opp. Man.
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 22/02/1996, number: 1053154
  • Registered at Companies House on 22/12/1995, number: 03140691
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
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • 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
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; all on time
Main office

Highfield Youth & Community Centre
1st Floor
96 Melbourne Road
LEICESTER

Objectives

(1) TO WORK TOWARDS THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION;(2) TO PROMOTE EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY AND GOOD RELATIONS BETWEEN PERSONS OF DIFFERENT RACIAL GROUPS WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF GENDER, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, DISABILITY, OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS.(3) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND RELIEVE POVERTY AMONGST IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES PARTICULARLY BY THE PROVISION OF LEGAL AND OTHER ADVICE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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