Overall GiG Score: 28 ?
Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 17
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +17

ACTION FOR RACE EQUALITY 

The charity's aims are to increase education attainment, employment and entrepreneurship rates for BAME people to the national average; to ensure that BAME communities and individuals contribute to the economic growth of their communities; to work with individuals and communities to improve integration and cohesion.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are low relative to funds raised
  • 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
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition
Established: 28 years

www.actionforraceequality.org.uk

hello@actionforraceequality.org.uk

02078325810

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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£1,100£890£211£56£815£5737.71311
31/03/22£947£820£127£51£604£5077.41130
31/03/21£807£613£194£64£477£3456.8925
31/03/20£430£424£6n/an/an/an/an/a36
31/03/19£322£360£-38n/an/an/an/an/a50
31/03/18£361£366£-5£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£339£350£-11£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£519£455£64£6£330£229670
31/03/15£533£466£68£16£266£1804.670
31/03/14£477£453£24£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£290£309£-19£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£330£351£-22£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£734£779£-45£10£216£2103.2150
31/03/10*£778£901£-123£21£261£1702.3190
31/03/09£626£766£-139£58£384£1762.8130
31/03/08*£951£1,037£-86£54£523£2733.2170
31/03/07*£1,607£1,422£185£125£609£2932.5220
31/03/06*£832£729£103£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05*£783£718£65£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£525£511£14£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 5.7%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 6.3%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 10%
Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000
Liabilities/Assets: 41%
Liabilities/Income: 50%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 70%
Reserves/Spending: 7.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 11 months
Quick Ratio: 2.4
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
Who works here?
  • 13 employees
  • 11 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Throughout England,

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
Esmee Fairbairn£476,400
National Lottery Community Fund£431,035
Paul Hamlyn Foundation£410,000
The Clothworkers Foundation£350,000
Trust for London£350,000
Comic Relief£275,000
AB Charitable Trust£180,000
Barrow Cadbury Trust£153,500
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Action For Race Equality
£300,000 28/11/2023
Racial Equity Programme - Strategic support
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to ACTION FOR RACE EQUALITY
£300,000 09/11/2023
Towards unrestricted core costs to support policy work in tackling systemic racism in the criminal justice system
Barrow Cadbury Trust - Tackling Systemic Racism in the Criminal Justice System
£100,000 21/10/2023
To support a programme of work that aims to end racial inequality for children and young adults involved in the criminal justice system
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Action For Race Equality
£37,000 26/09/2023
Towards The Alliance for Police Accountability
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Action For Race Equality
£13,000 17/07/2023
Towards The Alliance for Police Accountability
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Action for Race Equality
£3,400 20/02/2023
Towards unrestricted core costs as a Cost of Living Uplift
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Windrush grants and organisational development programme
£10,000 18/01/2023
Action for Race Equality (ARE) works to end race inequality for Black, Asian and mixed heritage communities. This grant provides funds for ARE to deliver a programme of rapid small grants to support ....more
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Action for Race Equality (ARE)
£100,000 05/07/2022
A restricted grant of £100,000 towards the Windrush Justice Fund (This grant is renewable - year 1 of up to 3 years). The Windrush Justice Fund supports community and grassroots organisations and ....more
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Action for Race Equality (ARE)
£10,000 10/05/2022
A restricted grant of £10,000 towards a consultancy for HR and organisational development and associated costs. Action for Race Equality works to end race inequality for Black, Asian and mixed ....more
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Windrush grants and organisational development programme
£400,000 09/05/2022
Action for Race Equality (ARE) works to end race inequality for Black, Asian and mixed heritage communities. This grant provides funds for ARE to deliver a programme of rapid small grants to support ....more
Trust for London - Action for Race Equality (ARE)
£115,000 05/05/2022
The funding is to continue to support the core activities of the MoU programme and step up ARE's role in identifying and disseminating evidence of what works to improve employment outcomes for young ....more
Trust for London - Black Training and Enterprise Group - BTEG
£120,000 13/10/2021
24
The funding is for either employing an experienced Comms professional or part-time Comms consultant. This will significantly enhance the high quality and consistent strategic communications capacity, ....more
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Black Training Enterprise Group (BTEG)
£25,000 07/10/2021
A restricted grant of £25,000 per year for 3 years towards the core costs of EQUAL (This grant is renewable - year 1 of up to 3 years). EQUAL aims to address poorer outcomes experienced by B.A.M.E ....more
Lankelly Chase Foundation - Grant to Black Training and Enterprise Group (BTEG) (Prev known as Action For Race Equality)
£36,156 01/04/2021
Black Training and Enterprise Group (BTEG) (Prev known as Action For Race Equality)
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to BTEG
£54,000 24/03/2021
1
Towards unrestricted core costs from the Racialised Communities Top Up Fund
Barrow Cadbury Trust - Ending CJ race inequality for young adults 2021-22
£53,500 16/03/2021
12
To support a programme of work that aims to end racial inequality for children and young adults involved in the criminal justice system
National Lottery Community Fund - Route2Success
£349,435 15/12/2020
36
The organisations is using the funding in partnership with CEN (Communities Empowerment Network) to deliver a role model and mentoring programme over the next three years connecting BAME young people ....more
The Baring Foundation - Grant to Black Training and Enterprise Group (BTEG)
£30,000 14/12/2020
Ensure BAME focused frontline organisations have the confidence, legal tools and expertise to challenge the CJS to deliver race equality effectively
Trust for London - Black Training and Enterprise Group - BTEG
£115,000 14/10/2020
24
The funding is for BTEG & Shared Enterprise to continue their collaboration with Trust for London, City Bridge Trust and other partners on the Moving on Up (MoU) programme which was initiated in ....more
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to BTEG - Black Training Enterprise Group
£30,000 13/10/2020
A restricted grant of £30,000 towards the delivery of the Legal Action Project. The Black Training and Enterprise Group (BTEG) supports Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic civil society organisations ....more
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to BTEG - Black Training Enterprise Group
£15,000 02/07/2020
A restricted grant of £15,000 towards the core costs of the EQUAL project. EQUAL aims to address poorer outcomes experienced by BAME groups and Muslims in the Criminal Justice System, and help those ....more
The London Community Foundation - Grant to Black Training & Enterprise Group (BTEG)
£15,000 30/06/2020
The funding is for additional capacity to support BAME community organisations to have the capacity to ?think differently and strategically? and source relevant funding and resources to accommodate ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - BAME Covid-19 Capacity building
£81,600 25/06/2020
6
BTEG will use funding to provide culturally appropriate capacity building support to frontline BAME civil society organisations across England helping to ensure their survival through the current ....more
Comic Relief - BAME Intermediary Partner
£275,000 23/06/2020
12
COVID19 - BTEG is a national BAME charity that reaches a network of over 1000 community based organisations. BTEG has supported frontline organisations for 29 years and has built up expertise working ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to BTEG
£17,000 05/05/2020
6
towards unrestricted core costs as a COVID-19 Fast Response grant
City Bridge Trust - Grant to BTEG
£13,750 09/04/2020
A one-off, unrestricted grant of £13,750, equivalent to one regular quarterly payment for the organisation’s current grant. COVID19
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to BTEG
£102,000 28/08/2019
36
Towards core costs for EQUAL, to work with Ministry of Justice and HMPPS to improve outcomes for Black and/or Muslim offenders.
Lankelly Chase Foundation - Core funding
£75,000 26/11/2018
18
To make a final contribution for at least a year, and for us to step back our active involvement.
Greater London Authority - Young Londoners Fund
£150,000 01/10/2018
Route2Success will reach 600 young people aged 10-18 from ethnic minority backgrounds, to provide positive role models from similar backgrounds, supporting with careers advice, entrepreneurial ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to BTEG
£110,000 02/05/2018
24
£110,000 over two years (2 x £55,000) for the "BAME Connectivity Programme" with funding to cover the costs of a part-time Project Manager and support costs.
Joseph Rowntree Foundation - Grant to Black Training and Enterprise Group
£110,000 02/12/2017
36
Core costs
Barrow Cadbury Trust - Ending CJ race inequality for children and young adults
£100,000 21/10/2017
36
To support a programme of work that aims to end racial inequality for children and young adults involved in the criminal justice system
Trust for London - Black Training and Enterprise Group - BTEG
£150,000 12/10/2017
36
The funding is to support Moving on Up Phase Two who will test new approaches to improving employment outcomes for ethnic groups facing persistently high levels of unemployment. This work will focus ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - How To Close Race Disparities Platform
£21,480 12/06/2017
5
The project aims to look at the use of government and other data to create a platform to highlight racial disparities in public services and social and economic outcomes and to crowd source ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Ready4Work
£10,000 20/04/2016
12
The group will use the funding to deliver an employment skills programme for young people who are unemployed in the Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) community. The project will enhance job ....more
Barrow Cadbury Trust - T2A Race Equality Training and consultancy support
£15,250 16/12/2015
6
To support the six T2A Pathway projects to increase their confidence and expertise in addressing race equality challenges in their organisation's work and local area.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to BTEG
£91,497 02/09/2015
36
To support phase two of the Young Review in order to improve outcomes for Black and/or Muslim young offenders.
Lankelly Chase Foundation - Grant to Black Training and Enterprise Group
£90,000 08/07/2015
36
To drive the implementation of the Young Review recommendations to address ethnic inequalities in the criminal justice system.
Barrow Cadbury Trust - Young Review - implementation programme
£100,000 24/01/2015
40
To support a race equality programme that will influence and improve criminal justice policy and practice.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Black Training and Enterprise Group (BTEG)
£165,000 27/11/2014
36
£165,000 over three years (3 x £55,000) for the ‘Valuing Volunteers' project with funding to cover the costs of a project manager and support costs.
Barrow Cadbury Trust - Race Equality Review of T2A Alliance
£30,000 27/09/2013
Race Equality Review of T2A Alliance
National Lottery Community Fund - Routes2Success (R2S) Community Role Model Programme
£362,035 12/07/2012
48
This project will inspire young black males of African, Caribbean and mixed backgrounds to raise their aspirations and reach their full potential in learning, employment and self-employment. It will ....more
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How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 32-70
  • FEMI BOLA Appointed: 2002, Occupation: Manager
  • LAURA DURRANT Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Consultant And Solicitor
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 10/06/1996, number: 1056043
  • Registered at Companies House on 24/05/1996, number: 03203812
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment 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
20 returns made; AR10: 135 days late, AR08: 27 days late, AR07: 27 days late, AR06: 38 days late, AR05: 1 days late,
Main office

200A PENTONVILLE ROAD
LONDON
N1 9JP

Objectives

1. THE PROMOTION OF GOOD RACE RELATIONS, THE ELIMINATIONOF DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF RACE AND ENCOURAGING EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY BETWEEN PERSONS OF DIFFERENT RACIAL GROUPS PARTICULARLY IN THE AREAS OF EMPLOYMENT AND JOB OPPORTUNITIES 2. THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN THE AREAS OF VOCATIONAL TRAINING AND BUSINESS ENTERPRISE. 3 THE RELIEF OF POVERTY THROUGH ASSISTING WITH OR OBTAINING EMPLOYMENT TRAINING FOR EMPLOYMENT OR GAINING WORK EXPERIENCE. 4 THE PROMOTION OF INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY ASSISTING IN PROMOTING OPPORTUNITIES FOR EMPLOYMENT, IN PARTICULAR AREAS AMONGST PARTICULAR COMMUNITIESWHERE INVOLUNTARY UNEMPLOYMENT IS CAUSING SUFFERING BY REASON OF POVERTY OR ILL HEALTH.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

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