Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 8
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +8
Overall GiG Score: 12 ?

RACE ON THE AGENDA

Race on the Agenda (ROTA) is one of Britain's leading social policy think-tanks focusing on issues that affect Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) communities. Originally set up in 1984, ROTA aims to increase the capacity of BAME organisations and strengthen the voice of BAME communities through increased civic engagement and participation in society.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • 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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
  • 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 £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/24£269£151£118n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/23£159£186£-27n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£236£254£-19n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£333£229£104n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20?£191£221£-31n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£318£269£49n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£262£250£12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£185£215£-29n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£259£284£-24n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£199£285£-86n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£360£369£-9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£351£331£20n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£535£602£-67£16£200£1673.380
31/03/10£543£506£37£11£267£168490
31/03/09£496£384£112n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08£391£414£-22n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/07*£290£361£-71n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/06*£426£293£133n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05£362£317£45n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04*£198£233£-34n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 27 years

www.rota.org.uk

rota@rota.org.uk

02076974093

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Legal & financial advice
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Other charitable activities
  • 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
City Bridge Trust£178,115
Tudor Trust£21,100
National Lottery Community Fund£20,124
Paul Hamlyn Foundation£10,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Race on the Agenda
£60,000 12/06/2023
£60,000 over 12 months to enable Race On The Agenda to offer a competitive salary to recruit a suitable CEO.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Race on the Agenda
£20,000 20/04/2023
£20,000 over 12 months to enable Race On The Agenda to offer a competitive salary to recruit a suitable CEO.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - CEO Recruitment
£10,000 20/03/2023
Race on the Agenda (ROTA) works with communities impacted by systemic racism to help create policies and practices to tackle inequality. This grant will fund recruitment of a CEO to manage the team and focus on increasing visibility, developing ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Race on the Agenda Volunteers Organiser
£20,124 11/06/2021
Race on the Agenda (ROTA) is one of Britain's leading social policy think-tanks focusing on issues that affect Black Asian and minority ethnic communities. ROTA will use funding to establish a formal volunteer programme which will offer tailored and ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Race On The Agenda
£85,200 08/07/2020
36
£85,200 over 3 years (£30,900, £28,400, £25,900) as contribution towards the core costs of the organisation.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Race On The Agenda
£12,915 19/06/2020
£12,915 towards three months of costs as outlined in your application.
Tudor Trust - Grant to Race on the Agenda (COVID19 Grant)
£21,100 29/05/2020
12
over one year as additional funding for the Avocado project, towards the development of a virtual hub to provide support to smaller BAME-led voluntary and community groups around the UK, as they respond to the Coronavirus crisis
Barrow Cadbury Trust - Secretariat for the Coalition for Race Equality
£86,652 13/07/2019
24
Allocation of pooled fund to provide a secretariat for the Coalition of Race Equality Organisations
Lankelly Chase Foundation - Core funding
£5,000 18/03/2019
For exploratory work about how systems thinking could be useful in the service of race equality work
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Race On The Agenda
£10,000 22/11/2018
12
This project will train and support disadvantaged BME young people in London boroughs to influence education policy and practice. Young people will be empowered by knowing their rights, grow in confidence and develop communication and leadership ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Trauma - Mentoring Young People
£9,910 26/10/2018
12
The project will provide mentor training to local role models who will support young people from ethnic backgrounds and live with complex issues. The aim is to improve life chances.
Tudor Trust - Grant to Race on the Agenda
£80,000 08/10/2018
24
over two years as continuation funding towards the running costs of the Avocado Project, run in partnership with Black Fundraisers UK and Money4Youth, which provides capacity-building and fundraising support to small BAMER organisations
Trust for London - Race on the Agenda - ROTA
£90,000 21/02/2018
36
The funding is to increase BAME involvement in housing, regeneration and employment campaigns and other equalities issues. It will also assist BAME organisation's racial justice campaigns and ensure their clients get high quality public services ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - BMER Young People Together for Employment Rights
£9,900 28/06/2017
12
This project will use funding to raise awareness of employment rights and anti-discrimination laws amongst people from BAME backgrounds. This will involve running workshops for young people to empower them to become employment champions within their ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Active Lives, Healthy Minds
£335,000 04/04/2016
36
A project to provide support, training and skills for disadvantaged groups in Ealing and Hounslow. The project will include English language sessions, tailoring, cookery training, and advice on mental and physical health issues, such as diabetes, ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Race On The Agenda
£112,700 28/01/2016
24
£112,700 over two further years (£55,600; £57,100) for the salary of a f/t Project Officer and related costs of a project providing training, capacity-building, advice and information to London’s voluntary sector.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Race On The Agenda
£55,000 19/06/2014
£55,000 over one year towards the salary and associated running costs of a Specialist Project Officer providing training, capacity building support and advice and information on the Equalities Act 2010.
National Lottery Community Fund - Social Media and Online Resources for All
£10,000 14/11/2013
12
This is a project by a group in Islington. The group will use the funding to provide young people from disadvantaged backgrounds with training in the use of social media. This will enable the beneficiaries to use social media in a positive way and ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Healthy, Mobilised and Black Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME)
£283,200 15/03/2012
36
This project will improve the mental health and wellbeing of BAME people living in deprived areas while making them more active and involved in their communities. The scheme also aims to shape the delivery of mental health services and educate ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 32-70
  • ALI HASSAN AHMED (Chair) Appointed: 2007, Occupation: Policy And Partnerships Manager
  • BAKARI UKUU Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Trustee
  • DR ARIEL BREAUX Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Trustee
  • DR TELE AMULUDUN, Occupation: Freelance Consultant
  • FEVZI HUSSEIN Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Trustee
  • GIFFORD SUTHERLAND Appointed: 2008, Occupation: Director
  • KADRA ABDINASIR Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Associate Director
  • LORRAINE DONGO Appointed: 2008, Occupation: Community Involvement Co-Ordinator
  • MICHELLE DALEY Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Equality Trainer
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 22/10/1997, number: 1064975
  • Registered at Companies House on 27/08/1997, number: 03425664
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
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds 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; AR07: 34 days late, AR06: 113 days late, AR04: 1 days late,
Main office

Race on the Agenda
The Resource Centre
356 Holloway Road
London
N7 6PA

Objectives

TO WORK TOWARDS THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION AND TO PROMOTE EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY, HUMAN RIGHTS AND GOOD RELATIONS BETWEEN PERSONS OF DIFFERENT GROUPS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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