THE RACE EQUALITY CENTRE

Registered charity 1053154 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LEICESTER & LEICESTERSHIRE RACIAL EQUALITY COUNCIL, LEICESTER RACIAL EQUALITY COUNCIL

We provide advice, advocacy, support to all communities in Leicester to address issues related to racial inequality, discrimination and harassment.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£506k
Latest spending
£477k
Registered
1996
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £28,712 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total funds carried forward increasing to £272,721. The independent examiner confirmed that accounting records were kept and accounts prepared in accordance with relevant requirements, noting no material matters of concern.

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 4 of 6 completeness components.

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

Total income
£506k
Total spending
£477k
Reserves (reported)
£106k
Employees
10

Reported reserves equal ~2.7 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Leicester City · Leicestershire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£506k£477k
31/03/2024£285k£394k
31/03/2023£226k£288k
31/03/2022£414k£304k
31/03/2021£531k£331k

Common questions

Is THE RACE EQUALITY CENTRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £28,712 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total funds carried forward increasing to £272,721. The independent examiner confirmed that accounting records were kept and accounts prepared in accordance with relevant requirements, noting no material matters of concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund11/10/2024£91k"Inherently Global"
Postcode Lottery31/07/2023£19kProject Funding
The National Lottery Community Fund15/09/2020£20kRegroup
The National Lottery Community Fund26/10/2018£377kLeicester/shire Refugee Support Service (LRSS)
The National Lottery Community Fund04/06/2018£8kTelephone system upgrade
The National Lottery Heritage Fund14/05/2014£10k"Together we won the war"
The National Lottery Community Fund13/01/2011£8kIT Equipment upgrade

Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Race Equality North Somerset.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE RACE EQUALITY CENTRE£506k0unclearno doubt
Race Equality North Somerset FY2024£119k0unclearno doubt
Race Equality Network FY2025£200k0unclearno doubt
WEST LONDON EQUALITY CENTRE FY2025£171k0unclearno doubt
ACTION FOR RACE EQUALITY FY2024£2.0m£60,001 - £70,0001unclear16.8%noted
RACE EQUALITY FOUNDATION FY2025£1.3m£60,001 - £70,0002withinno doubt

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