BELONG NOTTINGHAM

Registered charity 1160407 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Our charity focusses on the social and economic integration of asylum seekers, refugees and migrants of mostly but not exclusively of African background.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Economic/community Development/employment · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£604k
Latest spending
£572k
Registered
2015
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net movement in funds of £31,629 for the year ended 31 July 2025, resulting in total funds carried forward of £82,645. Per the trustees' report, the charity delivered services to hundreds of individuals and secured new contracts, including a Public Health contract with Nottingham City Council. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention that would indicate non-compliance with accounting standards or regulations.

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 4 of 6 completeness components.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2025)

Total income
£604k
Total spending
£572k
Reserves (reported)
£39k
Employees
20

Reported reserves equal ~0.8 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (56% 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).

Register events

Operates in: Nottingham City · Nottinghamshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/07/2025£604k£572k
31/07/2024£459k£443k
31/07/2023£421k£413k
31/07/2022£514k£549k
31/03/2021£406k£328k

Common questions

Is BELONG NOTTINGHAM financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net movement in funds of £31,629 for the year ended 31 July 2025, resulting in total funds carried forward of £82,645. Per the trustees' report, the charity delivered services to hundreds of individuals and secured new contracts, including a Public Health contract with Nottingham City Council. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention that would indicate non-compliance with accounting standards or regulations. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds BELONG NOTTINGHAM?

Funders whose own accounts filings name BELONG NOTTINGHAM as a grant recipient include THE A B CHARITABLE TRUST, THE JONES 1986 CHARITABLE TRUST, THE THOMAS FARR CHARITY, J N DERBYSHIRE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE A B CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£25k
THE A B CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£15k
THE JONES 1986 CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£10kCommunity Support
THE THOMAS FARR CHARITYFY2023£5k
THE THOMAS FARR CHARITYFY2025£5kDonations made during the year
J N DERBYSHIRE TRUSTFY2025£3k

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
A B Charitable Trust13/03/2026£25kA grant to Belong Nottingham
Sport England16/05/2025£12kGirls Unite in Sport
A B Charitable Trust17/03/2025£25kA grant to Belong Nottingham
A B Charitable Trust29/10/2024£4kA grant to Belong Nottingham
A B Charitable Trust18/04/2024£25kA grant to Belong Nottingham
The National Lottery Heritage Fund17/02/2022£87k"Jacob Wainwright - Shedding Light on a Misunderstood Individual"
The National Lottery Community Fund10/09/2021£10kCovid Employment Recovery Project
A B Charitable Trust21/01/2021£15kA grant to Belong Nottingham
Barrow Cadbury Trust30/09/2020£50kCOVID-19 - Belong Nottingham
UK government01/09/2020£10kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
The National Lottery Heritage Fund17/08/2020£14k"COVID19 BELONG NOTTINGHAM"
UK government20/05/2020£5kVSCE CMC Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund11/01/2019£10kSkills for Enterprise & Employment
The National Lottery Heritage Fund19/04/2018£73k"David Livingstone - The African Perspective"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund28/03/2013£69k"George Africanus - From Slavery to Freedom and Citizenship"

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with NOTTINGHAM AND NOTTINGHAMSHIRE REFUGEE FORUM.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
BELONG NOTTINGHAM£604k—0unclear—no doubt
NOTTINGHAM AND NOTTINGHAMSHIRE REFUGEE FORUM FY2025£1.5m—0within—no doubt
WE BELONG FY2025£628k—0below—no doubt
THE NORTH OF ENGLAND REFUGEE SERVICE LIMITED FY2025£529k—0unclear—no doubt
MIGRATEFUL FY2025£1.2m£60,001 - £70,0001unclear—no doubt
RMC CHARITY FY2025£4.4mmore than £60,0003unclear—no doubt

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