RACE COUNCIL CYMRU

Registered charity 1148598 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q128810150 · also known as RCC

Race Council Cymru (RCC) was established in 2010 by ethnic minority grassroots communities as an overarching umbrella body with the mission to bring together key organisations within Wales to co-operate on promoting integration, championing justice and race equality. RCC works to promote race equality, Art, heritage and cultural activities for black and minority ethnic communities across Wales.

Objects

THE PROMOTION OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY:A)THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF RACE, GENDER, DISABILITY, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR RELIGION B)ADVANCING EDUCATION AND RAISING AWARENESS OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY C)PROMOTING ACTIVITIES TO FOSTER UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN PEOPLE FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS D)CONDUCTING OR COMMISSIONING RESEARCH ON EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY ISSUES AND PUBLISHING THE RESULTS TO THE PUBLIC E)CULTIVATING A SENTIMENT IN FAVOUR OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY F) PROMOTING ARTS, CULTURE AND HERITAGE TO FOSTER UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN PEOPLE FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS G) PROMOTING ACTIVITIES TO TACKLE AND PREVENT POVERTY AFFECTING PEOPLE FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS H) UNDERTAKING ACTIVITIES TO PROMOTE THE RIGHTS OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

Causes: Arts/culture/heritage/science · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Other Charitable Purposes · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a deficit of £173,931, resulting in total unrestricted free reserves of £94,276. Per the trustees' report, these unrestricted reserves are above the stated policy target of £30,000 to £60,000. The charity is subject to independent examination rather than audit.

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.

Funders the charity credits

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

• Home Office — “Funded by the Home Office” (source page)
• AFC Trust Fund — “AFC Trust Fund Supported” (source page)
• Welsh Government — “Welsh Government Funded” (source page)

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~0.4 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (93% 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• RAMESHWAR SINGH CBEchair
• Daniel Martin De'Ath
• Dr Amol Pandit
• Dr Hasmukhlal Shah · trustee of 1 other charity
• PROFESSOR EMMANUEL OGBONNA PHD
• Pamela Prinye COOKEY
• Professor Meena Upadhyaya · trustee of 2 other charities
• Professor Terry Roslyn Threadgold-Taylor

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

Operates in: Throughout Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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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 RACE EQUALITY FIRST LIMITED.

• RACE EQUALITY FIRST LIMITED income £1.0m
• DISABILITY WALES / ANABLEDD CYMRU income £414k
• RACE EQUALITY FOUNDATION income £1.3m
• ENFIELD RACIAL EQUALITY COUNCIL income £46k
• Race Equality Network income £200k
• WALES COUNCIL OF THE BLIND income £206k

Side by side with its peers

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