GATESHEAD VISIBLE ETHNIC MINORITIES SUPPORT GROUP

Registered charity 1008100 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Our charity aims to undertake activities which help individuals and groups to understand and learn about different cultures and to support them in their efforts to overcome ignorance, language barriers, disadvantage, prejudice and racism. We undertake a variety of activities and events to fulfull our vision of creating a multi-cultural all-inclusive community.

Objects

(A) TO RELIEVE THE INHABITANTS OF THE GATESHEAD AREA WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS, PARTICULARLY SUCH OF THEM THAT BELONG TO ETHNIC MINORITY GROUPS AND WHO ARE RESIDENT OR LIVING THEREIN BY THE PROVISION FOR SUCH PERSONS OF (1) AN ADVICE AND INFORMATION SUPPORT SERVICE DEALING WITH SUCH MATTERS AS WELFARE RIGHTS AND BENEFITS, HOUSING, EMPLOYMENT AND LEGAL AND OTHER PROBLEMS (INCLUDING THOSE ENCOUNTERED AS A RESULT OF INADEQUATE COMMAND OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE) (2) FACILITIES FOR EDUCATION AND CULTURAL TRAINING (3) FACILITIES TO PROMOTE THEIR HEALTH (B) TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR THE RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF SUCH INHABITANTS WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE (C) TO PROMOTE GOOD RACE RELATIONS BETWEEN PERSONS OF DIFFERENT ETHNIC MINORITY GROUPS GENERALLY AND ALL OTHER INHABITANTS OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT

Area of benefit: THE GATESHEAD AREA

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Accommodation/housing · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Gateshead, North East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds increased to £762,960 from £698,207 in the prior year, with unrestricted reserves standing at £198,505. The charity reports a surplus for the year and holds a designated fund of £170,500 to meet its reserves policy target of three months' running costs. No material uncertainties or going concern issues were identified by the independent examiner.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• 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
• Investment
• 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

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Arts Council England — “GemArts would like to thank the generous stakeholders, funders, donors, partners and advocates who enable our charity to bring valuable work…” (source page)

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Manjit Singh Dhindsachair
• Ala Miah
• Angela Gill
• Birinder Singh Brar
• Krishan Kant Attri · trustee of 2 other charities
• MICHAEL HARTE
• Stuart Phillipson Bell

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Gateshead · Newcastle Upon Tyne City

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE CHEV GATESHEAD LTD.

• THE CHEV GATESHEAD LTD income £122k
• VOICEABILITY ADVOCACY income £15.9m
• CITIZENS ADVICE GATESHEAD income £7.2m
• Diversity Rights income £72k
• THE CENTRE FOR EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY income £37k
• CREATIVE SOLUTIONS income £40k

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