LANCASHIRE BME NETWORK

Registered charity 1136057 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as Inclusive North, LANCASHIRE BLACK AND MINORITY ETHNIC (BME) PACT, LANCASHIRE BME NETWORK LTD

Lancashire BME Pact and Lancashire Women's Network recently merged to form Lancashire BME Network. The founding organisations have a long history of partnership working and will be working to address needs and issues affecting BME communities.

Objects

A. To advance the education of the public, primarily but not exclusively minority ethnic and deprived communities in the county of Palatine Lancashire and surrounding areas by whatever charitable means the Board of Management think fit with the object of improving the conditions of life of the said beneficiaries. B. To provide recreational facilities in the interests of social welfare for those who have need by reason of their youth, age, disability, ethnicity, social or economic circumstances so as to improve their conditions of life.

Area of benefit: LANCASHIRE

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

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · 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 reported a deficit of £170,528 for the year ended August 2025, continuing a planned deficit from the previous year. The trustees maintain that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, adhering to a going concern basis. Unrestricted reserves stood at £193,345, which the trustees consider appropriate given the funding environment and volatility.

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
• 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).

• The Phoenix Community Trust — “The Phoenix Community Trust” (source page)
• Young Loud and Leading — “Young Loud and Leading” (source page)
• Peer Mentoring Programme — “Peer Mentoring Programme” (source page)
• Peer Action Collective — “Peer Action Collective” (source page)
• Cancer Screening Champions — “Cancer Screening Champions” (source page)

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2023)

Reported reserves equal ~5.8 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (100% 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 (3.0%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (13/03/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Adam Sidat
• Alina Lord · trustee of 1 other charity
• Haroon Asghar
• Jordan Richards
• SADAR UDDIN · trustee of 2 other charities
• Zulekha Dala · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Blackburn With Darwen · Blackpool · Bolton · Bury · Lancashire · Liverpool City · Manchester City · Oldham · Rochdale · Wigan

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).