RIGHTS & EQUALITY SANDWELL

Registered charity 1122030 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Supporting Communities in Sandwell

Objects

THE COMPANY’S OBJECTS ARE PRINCIPALLY (BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY) IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT:-1.1. TO WORK TOWARDS THE ELIMINATION OF UNLAWFUL DISCRIMINATION. TO PROMOTE EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY AND GOOD RELATIONS BETWEEN PERSONS OF DIFFERENT GROUPS UNDER EACH OF THE PROTECTED CHARACTERISTICS AS SET OUT IN THE EQUALITY ACT 2010 IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT WITHIN AND ACROSS PUBLIC, PRIVATE, VOLUNTARY AND COMMUNITY SECTORS.

Area of benefit: SANDWELL WEST MIDLANDS

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 Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Accommodation/housing · Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Sandwell, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£105k
Latest spending
£78k
Registered
2007
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £27,452 against a trustee-stated ideal policy target of six months of expenditure. The trustees note concerns regarding future funding levels and state that the charity's ability to continue is dependent on securing further funding from different funders.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 6 months (reserves figure: £27k)
“The trustees consider that the ideal level of reserves is 6 months.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor
“However there are some concerns over the future level of funds held and the expected level of income. The charity has recently been successful with a funding bid and have asked for further funding to support the overheads from different funders. The future ability of the charity is dependent on being successful in obtaining more funding moving forwards.” — page 13
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 6

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 5

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Volunteers: 3

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 31/03/2024 (received 24/04/2025, 83 days after the 31/01/2025 due date); year ending 31/03/2023 (received 23/04/2025, 448 days after the 31/01/2024 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.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Sandwell

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£105k£78k
31/03/2024£36k£35k
31/03/2023£11k£33k
31/03/2022£8k£86k
31/03/2021£164k£188k

Common questions

Is RIGHTS & EQUALITY SANDWELL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £27,452 against a trustee-stated ideal policy target of six months of expenditure. The trustees note concerns regarding future funding levels and state that the charity's ability to continue is dependent on securing further funding from different funders. 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 Community Fund21/03/2024£20kInspire Growth and Hope
The National Lottery Community Fund25/11/2022£34kMaking Voices matter differently
The National Lottery Community Fund07/01/2022£10kVoices of Colour
UK government19/08/2020£78kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund17/05/2019£10kEmpowering Women
The National Lottery Heritage Fund31/03/2014£78k"'where's our spake gone?' investigation into the journey of the black country dialect"
The National Lottery Community Fund06/01/2014£1kTravelling to Success
The National Lottery Community Fund20/11/2008£247kTackling racism amongst adolescents:A route to greater well-being and cohes
The National Lottery Community Fund26/11/2007£193kPromoting Support Strategies in Education for Black British and Dual Herita
The National Lottery Community Fund13/05/2005£109kCommunity Justice Project
The National Lottery Community Fund13/05/2005£109kAdvice and Support Relating to Housing Initiatives
The National Lottery Community Fund31/08/2004£112kWork to Regenerate the Community

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
RIGHTS & EQUALITY SANDWELL£105k—0unclear—noted
ST. GILES CHARITY ESTATES FY2025£1.0m—1unclear—no doubt
SANDWELL HOMELESS AND RESETTLEMENT PROJECT LIMITED FY2025£566k—0above—no doubt
THE STOCKWELL PARTNERSHIP LIMITED FY2025£296k—0unclear—noted
STAND AGAINST RACISM & INEQUALITY FY2026£994k—0within—no doubt
PUBLISH WHAT YOU FUND FY2025£781k£80,001 - £90,0001unclear—no doubt

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