SUNDERLAND BLACK AND MINORITY ETHNIC NETWORK LIMITED

Registered charity 1130886 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SUNDERLAND BME NETWORK / SBMEN

Promoting the black and minority ethnic voluntary and community sector for the benefit of the people of Sunderland, and the North East, and promoting the effective use of charitable resources by the black and minority ethnic VCS. The Network worked on the Communities, Action, Reflection and Change progamme of the FCDL and leading the Communities Living Sustainably partnership bid.

Objects

A. TO PROMOTE THE EFFECTIVE USE OF CHARITABLE RESOURCES FOR THEBENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC OF BLACK AND MINORITY ETHNIC (BME) CHARITIESAND VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS IN SUNDERLAND AND THE NORTH EAST.B. TO PROMOTE THE BLACK AND MINORITY ETHNIC (BME) VOLUNTARYSECTOR FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN SUNDERLAND AND THE NORTHEAST. "THE BLACK AND MINORITY ETHNIC (BME) VOLUNTARY SECTOR"MEANS BLACK AND MINORITY ETHNIC (BME) CHARITIES AND VOLUNTARYORGANISATIONS.

Area of benefit: SUNDERLAND AND THE NORTH EAST.

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 · Economic/community Development/employment · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated an operating surplus of £14,962 for the period ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £112,515 and expenditure of £97,552. Per the balance sheet, unrestricted reserves stood at £17,918, representing a net asset position of £28,202. The filing confirms the accounts were prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.

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.

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
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• 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
• 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

Trustees · trustee networks

• ABU SHAMA
• Julia Aleksandra Wysocka
• Lacina Diabate · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rachidy Bikaya
• Ramanathas Kamareswaradas

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

Operates in: Gateshead · Newcastle Upon Tyne City · North Tyneside · South Tyneside · Sunderland

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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