BME UNITED LIMITED
Benefiting inhabitants of West Midlands, in particular people from minority ethnic communities, by association with community groups and national organisations. Education, health, poverty, crime, develop capacity and skills. Encourage participation from the communities fully in society, promote equality of opportunities, good race relations between persons of different racial and ethnic groups.
Objects
4 THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ("OBJECTS") ARE TO PROMOTE, BY SUCH EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLEMEANS AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE, THE BENEFIT OF THEINHABITANTS OF WOLVERHAMPTON AND ITS SURROUNDING AREAS ("THE AREA OF BENEFIT"),IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT BY WAY OF LIMITATION, PERSONS FROM MINORITY ETHNICCOMMUNITIES, BY ASSOCIATION WITH COMMUNITY GROUPS, VOLUNTARY AND NATIONALORGANISATIONS AND LOCAL AUTHORITIES IN A COMMON EFFORT TO:4.1 ACHIEVE EDUCATION, PRESERVE AND PROTECT HEALTH, RELIEVE POVERTY AND TO PREVENTCRIME AMONG MINORITY ETHNIC PEOPLE.4.2 DEVELOP THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF MINORITY ETHNIC PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLYDISADVANTAGED IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY, AND HELP MEET,THEIR NEEDS AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY.4.3 PROMOTE EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY AND GOOD RACE RELATIONS BETWEEN PERSONS OFDIFFERENT RACIAL AND ETHNIC GROUPS.
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a net outgoing of resources for the year, resulting in total restricted funds of £15,823. The trustees confirm that the company was entitled to exemptions from audit under the Companies Act 2006 and that no audit was requested. The independent examiner reported that no matters came to their attention requiring further explanation.
What the accounts disclose
Policies the charity declares
- 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
Trustees
- BHAJAN SINGH DEVSIchair
- Kuldip Chana
- MAUREEN BENNET
- NIGHAT BEGUM
- NIRMLA MAL
- PAUL ARMSTRONG
- TARA CHERYCE STEPHENS-FOSTER
Income and spending
| Financial year end | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 31/03/2025 | £151k | £133k |
| 31/03/2024 | £131k | £116k |
| 31/03/2023 | £32k | £42k |
| 31/03/2022 | £210k | £222k |
| 31/03/2021 | £210k | £222k |
Common questions
Is BME UNITED LIMITED financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net outgoing of resources for the year, resulting in total restricted funds of £15,823. The trustees confirm that the company was entitled to exemptions from audit under the Companies Act 2006 and that no audit was requested. The independent examiner reported that no matters came to their attention requiring further explanation. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Government & lottery funding
| Funder | Date | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 24/03/2023 | £443k | Tackling Health Inequalities in Wolverhampton |
| The National Lottery Heritage Fund | 19/12/2019 | £59k | "Punjabi Food Traditions in Wolverhampton 1945 to 1999" |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 02/11/2018 | £10k | Youth Employment Skills |