MOVEMENT FOR JUSTICE AND RECONCILIATION
MJR is a community-based organisation dedicated to drawing public attention to the legacy of C18th and C19th slave trade and industrial exploitation through research and community reconciliation projects. In 2022 MJR plan to premiere thier film 'After The Flood: The Church, Slavery and Reconciliation' and have public viewings across the globe.
Objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:1. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL ON THE SUBJECT OF COLONIAL SLAVERY AND INDUSTRIAL EXPLOITATION IN THE 18TH AND 19TH CENTURIES AND THE EFFECT IT HAS HAD ON TODAY’S SOCIETY, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY RAISING AWARENESS AND PROVIDING INFORMATION ABOUT HOW THIS ERA OF OUR NATION’S HISTORY IS IMPACTING ON BRITISH SOCIETY TODAY, AND BY PROMOTING RESEARCH IN ALL ASPECTS OF THIS SUBJECT AND PUBLISHING THE USEFUL RESULTS.2. TO DEVELOP THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF MEMBERS OF SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY, AND HELP MEET, THEIR NEEDS AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY3. SUCH OTHER PURPOSES AS ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE.
Policies the charity declares
- Complaints handling
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Conflicting interests
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Social media policy and procedures
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025
- Volunteers: 2
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024
- Volunteers: 10
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023
- Volunteers: 8
Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)
Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 4 were received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2024 (received 11/02/2025, 11 days after the 31/01/2025 due date); year ending 31/03/2023 (received 30/10/2024, 273 days after the 31/01/2024 due date); year ending 31/03/2022 (received 28/02/2023, 28 days after the 31/01/2023 due date); year ending 31/03/2021 (received 23/03/2022, 51 days after the 31/01/2022 due date).
Trustees
- ALTON PATRICK BELL
- Clive Ireson
- KEITH ROY COTTRELL
- Khareem Troussaint Jamal
- Sarah-Jane Niiadejei
Income and spending
| Financial year end | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 31/03/2025 | £4k | £5k |
| 31/03/2024 | £24k | £3k |
| 31/03/2023 | £7k | £7k |
| 31/03/2022 | £2k | £55k |
| 31/03/2021 | £110 | £5k |