RACE EQUALITY FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1051096 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as R.E.U., RACE EQUALITY UNIT

To promote good race relations and to endeavour to eliminate discrimination on the grounds of race. Activities include: research, training, consultancy and development work in social care, education, health and housing.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£1.3m

Latest spending

£1.3m

Registered

1995

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a small deficit for the financial year, with unrestricted reserves falling to approximately £308,000. This figure is within the trustees' stated policy target of maintaining free reserves equivalent to three months of operational expenditure. The charity holds a significant surplus in its defined benefit pension scheme, which has been recognized as a designated reserve.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: over £60,000 — below the median for charities its size (£70k)

“Two employees each earned over £60,000 (including taxable benefits but excluding employer pension contributions) during the year (2024: one).” — page 54

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Employees paid over £60,000: 2

“Two employees each earned over £60,000 (including taxable benefits but excluding employer pension contributions) during the year (2024: one).” — page 54

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: three months of operational expenditure (held: £308k)

“The Management Committee considers that, given the nature of the charity’s work, the level of free reserves should, as a minimum, approximate the next three month’s operational expenditure, currently £275,000 to £320,000.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Goldwins Ltd. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (FY2024) → 2 (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 03121679

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Race Equality Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

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

The National Lottery Community Fund — “We have been awarded £5 million over five years by The National Lottery Community Fund as part of their Health Inequities: Structural Racism…” (source page)

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

BENBRIH, Samia — director, appointed 22/05/2025on trustee list
PATTERSON, Dunston — director, appointed 22/05/2025not on trustee list
PATEL, Vijay — director, appointed 22/05/2025on trustee list
AMRIWALA-ANAND, Reena — director, appointed 19/05/2022on trustee list
JHUTTI-JOHAL, Jagbir, Dr — director, appointed 19/05/2022on trustee list
LAWSON, Patricia Anne — director, appointed 19/05/2022on trustee list
WOODLEY, Karin Lee — director, appointed 19/05/2022on trustee list
PINTO, Amanda — director, appointed 19/05/2022on trustee list
OWUSU, Melvina, Dr — director, appointed 27/02/2020on trustee list

Official officers record.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income

£1.3m

Total spending

£1.3m

Reserves (reported)

£309k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~2.8 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (90% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Amanda Pinto
Dr Melvina Owusu
Dunston Patterson MSc · trustee of 1 other charity
Jagbir Jhutti-Johal · trustee of 2 other charities
Karin Lee Woodley
PATRICIA ANNE LAWSON · trustee of 1 other charity
Reena Amriwala-Anand
Samia Benbrih
Vijay Patel · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£1.3m	£1.3m
31/03/2024	£1.3m	£1.1m
31/03/2023	£1.0m	£996k
31/03/2022	£798k	£867k
31/03/2021	£1.3m	£1.2m

Common questions

Is RACE EQUALITY FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity incurred a small deficit for the financial year, with unrestricted reserves falling to approximately £308,000. This figure is within the trustees' stated policy target of maintaining free reserves equivalent to three months of operational expenditure. The charity holds a significant surplus in its defined benefit pension scheme, which has been recognized as a designated reserve. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Goldwins Ltd.

What does the highest-paid employee of RACE EQUALITY FOUNDATION earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the over £60,000 band, and 2 employees earned over £60,000.

Who funds RACE EQUALITY FOUNDATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name RACE EQUALITY FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include THE BURDETT TRUST FOR NURSING, THE HEALTH FOUNDATION.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE BURDETT TRUST FOR NURSING	FY2022	£179k	Nurse-led programme for inherited cardiac conditions
THE HEALTH FOUNDATION	FY2025	£49k	Improving people's health and reducing inequalities

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	26/07/2024	£20k	Bridge the Gap
UK government	01/04/2019	£70k	Health and Wellbeing Alliance T1- Race Equality Foundation
UK government	01/04/2019	£70k	Health and Wellbeing Alliance T1- Race Equality Foundation
UK government	01/04/2019	£60k	Health and Wellbeing Alliance-Race Equality Foundation
UK government	01/04/2018	£60k	Health and Wellbeing Alliance-Race Equality Foundation
UK government	01/04/2018	£50k	Health and Wellbeing Alliance - Additional Work- Race Equality Foundation
City Bridge Foundation	20/03/2017	£48k	Grant to Race Equality Foundation
UK government	—	£19k	Knife Crime Community Fund 17-18

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
PAUL HAMLYN FOUNDATION	2	£420k
BRIDGE HOUSE ESTATES	1	£1.8m
GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' FOUNDATION	1	£502k
MISSION44	1	£166k
THE BARROW CADBURY TRUST	1	£130k
THE LEGAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION	1	£125k
NETWORK FOR SOCIAL CHANGE CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£109k
COLUMBIA THREADNEEDLE FOUNDATION	1	£60k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with RIGHTS AND EQUALITIES IN NEWHAM.

RIGHTS AND EQUALITIES IN NEWHAM income £591k
STAND AGAINST RACISM & INEQUALITY income £775k
ACTION FOR RACE EQUALITY income £2.0m
WARRINGTON ISLAMIC ASSOCIATION income £237k
CLASS 13 CIO income £334k
MERKY FOUNDATION LIMITED income £991k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
RACE EQUALITY FOUNDATION	£1.3m	over £60,000	2	unclear	—	no doubt
RIGHTS AND EQUALITIES IN NEWHAM FY2025	£591k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
STAND AGAINST RACISM & INEQUALITY FY2025	£775k	—	0	within	—	no doubt
ACTION FOR RACE EQUALITY FY2025	£2.0m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
WARRINGTON ISLAMIC ASSOCIATION FY2025	£237k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
CLASS 13 CIO FY2025	£334k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.