Equally Ours

Registered charity 1135357 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as EQUALITY & DIVERSITY FORUM, EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY FORUM

Equally Ours main activities are: building voluntary sector capacity to advance equality and human rights through a website, e-newsletter and monthly member meetings; informing policy and practice through research, reports, events, guidance, policy briefings and building greater public consensus about the value of equality and human rights

Objects

3.1 TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC EQUALITY AND IN PARTICULAR THE ELIMINATION OFDISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF AGE, DISABILITY, GENDER, GENDER IDENTITY, RACE,RELIGION OR BELIEF, AND SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR ANY COMBINATION THEREOF BY:3.1.1 ADVANCING EDUCATION AND RESEARCH ON EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY AND PUBLISHING THEUSEFUL RESULTS OF THE SAME TO THE PUBLIC;3.1.2 CULTIVATING A SENTIMENT IN FAVOUR OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY;3.1.3 ENCOURAGING GOOD PRACTICE IN RELATION TO EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY INGOVERNMENTAL, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTOR ORGANISATIONS; AND3.1.4 PROMOTING ACTIVITIES TO FOSTER UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN PEOPLE FROM DIVERSEBACKGROUNDS.3.2 TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC HUMAN RIGHTS (AS SET OUT IN THE UNIVERSALDECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS ("UDHR") AND SUBSEQUENT UNITED NATIONS CONVENTIONSAND DECLARATIONS AND IN REGIONAL CODES OF HUMAN RIGHTS WHICH INCORPORATE THE RIGHTSCONTAINED IN THE UDHR AND THOSE SUBSEQUENT CONVENTIONS AND DECLARATIONS) BY ALL ORANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS:3.2.1 RESEARCH INTO HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES AND PUBLICATION OF THE USEFUL RESULTSTHEREOF;3.2.2 EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS;3.2.3 PROVIDING TECHNICAL ADVICE TO GOVERNMENT AND OTHERS ON HUMAN RIGHTSMATTERS;3.2.4 CONTRIBUTING TO THE SOUND ADMINISTRATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS LAW;3.2.5 COMMENTING ON PROPOSED HUMAN RIGHTS LEGISLATION;3.2.6 RAISING AWARENESS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES;3.2.7 PROMOTING PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS;3.2.8 PROMOTING RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AMONG INDIVIDUALS, THE PUBLIC SECTOR ANDBUSINESSES;3.2.9 ADVOCACY OF HUMAN RIGHTS; AND3.2.10 ELIMINATING INFRINGEMENTS OF HUMAN RIGHTS.3.3 TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF VOLUNTARYSECTOR PROVIDERS (AS DEFINED IN ARTICLE 3.4) WORKING IN THE AREAS OF AGE, DISABILITY,GENDER, GENDER IDENTITY, RACE, RELIGION OR BELIEF, SEXUAL ORIENTATION AND HUMAN RIGHTS(AS DEFINED IN ARTICLE 3.2) OR ANY COMBINATION THEREOF BY:3.3.1 PROMOTING GOOD PRACTICE WITHIN VOLUNTARY SECTOR PROVIDERS;3.3.2 PROVIDING TRAINING, CONFERENCES AND SEMINARS ON RELEVANT SUBJECTS;3.3.3 IDENTIFYING NEEDS IN VOLUNTARY SECTOR PROVIDERS AND ESTABLISHING PROJECTS ORPOLICIES TO ADDRESS THEM;3.3.4 PROVIDING INFORMATION TO THE PRESS AND THE PUBLIC ON THE OPERATION OF, ORPROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED BY, VOLUNTARY SECTOR PROVIDERS;3.3.5 ACTING AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR PROVIDERS IN RELATION TOGOVERNMENT POLICIES, LEGISLATION AND REGULATION.3.4 VOLUNTARY SECTOR PROVIDERS MEANS CHARITIES AND VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AS FOLLOWS:3.4.1 CHARITIES ARE ORGANISATIONS, WHICH ARE ESTABLISHED FOR EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLEPURPOSES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES,3.4.2 VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS ARE INDEPENDENT ORGANISATIONS, WHICH ARE ESTABLISHEDFOR PURPOSES THAT ADD VALUE TO THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE, OR A SIGNIFICANTSECTION OF THE COMMUNITY, AND WHICH ARE NOT PERMITTED BY THEIR CONSTITUTION TOMAKE A PROFIT FOR PRIVATE DISTRIBUTION. VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS DO NOT INCLUDELOCAL GOVERNMENT OR OTHER STATUTORY AUTHORITIES.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, NATIONAL

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

Causes: Education/training · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Southwark, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £16,577 for the year, resulting in total funds decreasing from £319,383 to £302,806. Unrestricted funds stood at £100,313, while restricted funds were £202,493. The independent examiner confirmed that no matters came to their attention giving cause to believe the accounts did not comply with applicable requirements.

Automated summary of the FY2026 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.

Year-over-year changes

• Employees paid over £60,000: 0 (FY2025) → 1 (FY2026).

Comparing this charity’s FY2025 and FY2026 accounts as analysed by this site.

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
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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.

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, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2022 (received 07/02/2023, 7 days after the 31/01/2023 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.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 06464749

Funders the charity credits

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

• The Aziz Foundation — “We’d like to thank these organisations for funding our work: The Aziz Foundation” (source page)

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• FIELD, Melanie — director, appointed 19/11/2025on trustee list
• COLLINGRIDGE, Noella Rose — director, appointed 05/11/2025on trustee list
• WEBB, Elizabeth Alice — director, appointed 05/11/2025on trustee list
• HADI, Fazilet — director, appointed 05/11/2025on trustee list
• COPSON, Andrew — director, appointed 09/10/2024on trustee list
• NAIK, Sonali — director, appointed 25/03/2024not on trustee list
• HAINSWORTH FADAEI, Anne Zarin — director, appointed 11/10/2023not on trustee list
• MANN, Sarah Juliet — director, appointed 11/10/2023on trustee list
• BATOOL, Kudsia — director, appointed 14/12/2022on trustee list
• DAVIDSON, Colin Graham — director, appointed 14/12/2022on trustee list
• ALI, Mohammed Ibrahim — director, appointed 14/07/2021on trustee list

Official officers record.

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (86% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Sonali Naik KCchair
• Andrew Copson
• Anne Zarin Hainsworth Fadaei
• Colin Graham Davidson
• Elizabeth Webb
• Fazilet Hadi
• Kudsia Batool
• Melanie Field
• Mohammed Ali
• Noella Rose Collingridge
• Sarah Juliet Mann

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with EQUALITY NOW.

• EQUALITY NOW income £2.6m
• EQUALITIES WORK income £45k
• Race Equality Network income £200k
• THE CENTRE FOR EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY income £37k
• THE EQUALITY TRUST income £430k
• Health Equalities Group income £545k

Side by side with its peers

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