BATH ETHNIC MINORITY SENIOR CITIZENS ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1090914 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity's activities are the relief of elderly people in particular from ethnic minority groups within the area of Bath and North East Somerset by advancing education and providing facilities in the interests of social welfare for recreation and leisure time occupation with the objects of improving the conditions of life for these minority groups.

Objects

3.1 The charity’s objects (the objects) are(a) The relief of people in need in particular but not exclusively people who are African, Asian, African Caribbean, Chinese and from other ethnic minority groups within the area of Bath and North East Somerset (hereinafter called the Area of Benefit), by advancing education and providing facilities in the interests of social welfare for recreation and leisure time occupation with the objects of improving the conditions of life of the said inhabitants; and(b) The advancement of education, protection of health and the relief of poverty sickness and distress of people within the Area of Benefit.

Area of benefit: BATH AND NORTH EAST SOMERSET

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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Registered contact address: Bath and North East Somerset, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased to £59,328, while the charity reported a net income of £36,697 for the year. The trustees note that reserves policy targets of three to six months' expenditure were not maintained throughout the year, though they express a reasonable expectation of adequate resources for the foreseeable future.

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
• 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

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.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2023 (received 02/02/2024, 2 days after the 31/01/2024 due date); year ending 31/03/2021 (received 16/05/2022, 105 days after the 31/01/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Toni Swabychair
• Brenda McFarquhar
• Celia Mead · trustee of 1 other charity
• Lizandra Williams-Alexander
• Lois Francis

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

Operates in: Bath And North East Somerset

Income and spending

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• ETHNIC MINORITY CENTRE LIMITED income £44k
• SENIOR CITIZENS SUPPORT GROUP income £73k
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• BATH AND NORTH EAST SOMERSET CARERS CENTRE income £806k
• AGE UK SOMERSET income £948k
• COMMUNITY LIVES MATTER income £91k

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