CEIA

Registered charity 1142232 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

CEIA specialises in promoting the benefits of ethnic minority citizens in the United Kingdom and in particular but not exclusively in the county of Shropshire by, the advancement of education and training; the relief of financial hardship; the promotion of good health; and the relief of unemployment.

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF ETHNIC MINORITY CITIZENS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN THE COUNTY OF SHROPSHIRE BY:A)THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING;B)THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP;C)THE PROMOTION OF GOOD HEALTH; ANDD)THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT.

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 · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Telford and Wrekin, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net expenditure of £12,841, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £36,676 to £23,835. The trustees report that despite these challenges, the charity has maintained stability and built essential reserves to cover general operating costs. The future prospects are described as positive, with a shift towards community-led service delivery to ensure sustainability.

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
• 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
• 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

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, 3 were received after the due date: year ending 27/08/2024 (received 03/07/2025, 6 days after the 27/06/2025 due date); year ending 27/08/2023 (received 24/09/2024, 89 days after the 27/06/2024 due date); year ending 27/08/2021 (received 17/08/2022, 51 days after the 27/06/2022 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.

Funders the charity credits

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

• Community Foundation for Staffordshire — “Educational Transition and Support For Black, Asian and Monitory Ethnic Communities (Funded by Community Foundation for Staffordshire and Na…” (source page)
• National Emergencies Trust — “Educational Transition and Support For Black, Asian and Monitory Ethnic Communities (Funded by Community Foundation for Staffordshire and Na…” (source page)
• The National Lottery Community Fund — “Funding from the Coronavirus Community Support Fund, distributed by The National Lottery Community Fund, has helped us to deliver Aap Ka Saa…” (source page)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Asha Shaheen Raja
• Emma-Janne Owen
• RAFEEN RASHID
• SHAMIM BEGUM
• Tasneem Arshad

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ASPEERA CIO.

• ASPEERA CIO income £142k
• THE CENTRE FOR AFRICAN ENTREPRENEURSHIP income £642k
• THE CELIA BLAKEY CHARITABLE TRUST income £203k
• THE CENTRE FOR EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY income £37k
• SAAYA income £19k
• SANDWELL IRISH COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £37k

Side by side with its peers

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