MINORITY DEVELOPMENT & ADVOCACY (MDA) LTD

Registered charity 1155624 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MDA

Legal and social policy work

Objects

1) FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AMONGST BLACK ETHNIC MINORITY (BME) INDIVIDUALS AND THOSE SEEKING ASYLUM OR THOSE GRANTED REFUGEE STATUS PARTICULARLY BY THE PROVISION OF LEGAL AND OTHER ADVICE.2) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY ABOUT ISSUES THAT AFFECT BME COMMUNITIES, INCLUDING REFUGEES AND THOSE SEEKING ASYLUM IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, BY UNDERTAKING OR SUPPORTING RESEARCH AND THE PUBLICATION OF THE USEFUL RESULTS THEREOF.3) TO PROMOTE HUMAN RIGHTS (AS SET OUT IN THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND SUBSEQUENT UNITED NATIONS CONVENTIONS AND DECLARATIONS) THROUGHOUT THE WORLD BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS:- MONITORING ABUSES OF HUMAN RIGHTS;- OBTAINING REDRESS FOR THE VICTIMS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE;- RELIEVING NEED AMONG THE VICTIMS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE;- RESEARCH INTO HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES;- PROVIDING TECHNICAL ADVICE TO GOVERNMENT AND OTHERS ON HUMAN RIGHTS MATTERS;- CONTRIBUTING TO THE SOUND ADMINISTRATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS LAW;- COMMENTING ON PROPOSED HUMAN RIGHTS LEGISLATION;- RAISING AWARENESS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES;- PROMOTING PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS;- PROMOTING RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AMONG INDIVIDUALS AND CORPORATIONS;- INTERNATIONAL ADVOCACY OF HUMAN RIGHTS;- ELIMINATING INFRINGEMENTS OF HUMAN RIGHTS.IN FURTHERANCE OF THAT OBJECT BUT NOT OTHERWISE, THE TRUSTEES SHALL HAVE POWERTO ENGAGE IN POLITICAL ACTIVITY PROVIDED THAT THE TRUSTEES ARE SATISFIED THAT THE PROPOSED ACTIVITIES WILL FURTHER THE PURPOSES OF THE CHARITY TO AN EXTENT JUSTIFIED BY THE RESOURCES COMMITTED AND THE ACTIVITY IS NOT THE DOMINANT MEANS BY WHICH THE CHARITY CARRIED OUT ITS OBJECTS

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 · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · 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 net movement in funds of negative £758 for the year ended 31 May 2025, resulting in unrestricted reserves of £33,970. The trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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 3 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
• 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
• 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 · trustee networks

• AMAL ABDULLAHIchair
• ABDI ABBY
• CATHERINE WOODALL
• MOHAMMED OMAR

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

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