RACE EQUALITY FIRST LIMITED

Registered charity 1143830 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as RACE EQUALITY FIRST

Race Equality First is an independent charity working in Wales to promote equality. We offer a range of services including free, confidential advice and support to victims of discrimination/harrassment. We also offer advice, training, and information relating to equalities. We provide information about equality and a lobby voice for issues regarding diversity.

Causes: Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a net expenditure of £17,402, resulting in total funds of £641,258. The trustees report that the charity remains in a strong financial position with healthy reserves, noting that unrestricted funds stood at £502,229. The auditor confirmed that the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by HSJ Audit Limited. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Race Equality First (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Aliya Mohammed — Chief Executive Officer (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Funders the charity credits

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

• National Lottery Community Fund — “National Lottery Community Fund” (source page)
• Community Matters Fund — “Community Matters Fund” (source page)
• Santander Foundation — “Santander Foundation” (source page)
• South & West Wales Wildlife Trust — “South & West Wales Wildlife Trust” (source page)
• Gwent Wildlife Trust — “Gwent Wildlife Trust” (source page)
• North Wales Wildlife Trust — “North Wales Wildlife Trust” (source page)

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2026)

Reported reserves equal ~2.1 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (97% 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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (03/12/2012) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• GURMIT RANDHAWAchair
• Captain Catherine Burton FRAeS
• Hugh Dela Cruz
• Kebba Manneh
• Khalid Osman
• Mohammad Taha Idris OBE, JP
• Professor Meena Upadhyaya · trustee of 2 other charities
• Reynette Roberts
• Sakina Jamal
• Samina Khan · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Throughout 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).