Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 4
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • No PartB
    • Overall weighted support: +4
    Overall GiG Score: 5 ?

    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

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

    Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
    Balance Sheet History
    Established: 12 years

    www.acre-reading.org

    info@acre-reading.org

    01189510279

    Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies HouseFacebook
    UN SDGs
    ?
    Listed activities
    • Education/Training
    • General Charitable Purposes
    • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
    • Other Charitable Purposes
    GiG Classification
    • Legal & financial advice
    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 supports 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
    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

    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees (5)
    Current Trustees appointed

    Age Range of Trustees: 59-83
    • ANDREW KOSSI SINGO Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Lecturer
    • ALICE MPOFU-COLES Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Phd Student, University Of Reading
    • DR MOHAMMED EJAZ ELAHI Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Self Employed
    • GLEN ANTHONY DENNIS Appointed: 2019, Occupation: It Professional
    • SUNILA LOBO Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Educationist
    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.

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    360 Giving

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