RIGHTS AND EQUALITIES IN NEWHAM

Registered charity 1089672 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NEWHAM COUNCIL FOR RACIAL EQUALITY, RACE EQUALITY IN NEWHAM, REIN RACE EQUALITY IN NEWHAM

Eliminate Racial Discrimination and Promote Equality of Opportunity, justice and good relations between persons of different racial groups

Objects

(A) TO PROMOTE EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY AND GOOD RELATIONS BETWEEN PERSONS OF DIFFERENT RACIAL GROUPS IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF NEWHAM (B) TO PROMOTE THE EMPLOYMENT PROSPECTS, EDUCATION, TRAINING AND SKILLS OF LOCAL PEOPLE, PARTICULARLY THE YOUNG AND THOSE AT A DISADVANTAGE AND TO PROMOTE EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY (C) TO PROMOTE THE IMPROVEMENT OF COMMUNITY SAFETY.

Area of benefit: NEWHAM

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a net surplus of £20,820 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total unrestricted reserves standing at £182,914. The trustees report that this level of unrestricted reserves meets their stated policy target of holding three months' operating costs. The charity was entitled to exemption from audit under the small companies regime and underwent an independent examination instead.

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
• Campaigns and political activity 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

Funders the charity credits

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

• Home Office — “We created and delivered a pilot project funded by the Home Office, which enabled REIN, working in partnership with AAA, to deliver a school…” (source page)
• Mayor of London — “Mind, Body & Soul Food is our Crowdfunding project, supported by the Mayor of London.” (source page)

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~3.9 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (92% 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: 4.5% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• The Venerable Dr Chigor Chikechair · trustee of 3 other charities
• Colin Adams
• Helen Tredoux
• Joy Laguda · trustee of 1 other charity
• Katie Panayi
• Pamela Rene
• Surinder Singh Jandu · trustee of 1 other charity
• Valerie Brown

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

Operates in: Newham

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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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 FOUNDATION.

• RACE EQUALITY FOUNDATION income £1.3m
• STAND AGAINST RACISM & INEQUALITY income £994k
• WARRINGTON ISLAMIC ASSOCIATION income £237k
• Race Equality North Somerset income £119k
• CLASS 13 CIO income £334k
• TOGETHER FOR THE COMMON GOOD income £118k

Side by side with its peers

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