THE EQUALITY TRUST

Registered charity 1161545 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q18712935 · Wikipedia

We work to improve the quality of life in the UK through the reduction of economic inequality. We do this by researching and disseminating research on inequality in the UK, aiming to highlight areas of good and bad policy and practice. We also support a network of local group activists, who work to raise awareness of, and reduce, economic inequality in their local area.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE: 1) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION, PARTICULARLY EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC THROUGH UNDERTAKING AND/OR PROMOTING RESEARCH INTO THE SCALE, DEVELOPMENT, CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF SOCIO-ECONOMIC INEQUALITY AND MEANS TO REDUCE SOCIO-ECONOMIC INEQUALITY, PUBLISHING, OR PROCURING THE PUBLICATION OF, THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH; 2) TO RELIEVE POVERTY, INCLUDING THROUGH THE RELIEF OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC NEED AND DISADVANTAGE RELATED, IN WHOLE OR PART, TO SOCIO-ECONOMIC INEQUALITY; 3) TO ADVANCE HEALTH, IN PARTICULAR THROUGH IDENTIFYING AND ADDRESSING PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES ARISING, IN WHOLE OR PART, FROM SOCIO-ECONOMIC INEQUALITY; 4) TO PROMOTE EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY, IN PARTICULAR SOCIO-ECONOMIC EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY WITHIN SOCIO-ECONOMIC GROUPS;5) TO PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC (SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT BEING DEVELOPMENT WHICH MEETS THE NEEDS OF THE PRESENT WITHOUT COMPROMISING THE ABILITY OF FUTURE GENERATIONS TO MEET THEIR OWN NEEDS).

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

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Lambeth, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net decrease in funds of £92,060 for the year ended 31 December 2025, driven by total expenditure exceeding total income. Per the trustees' report, this financial shortfall resulted from an organisational restructure and redundancies in late 2025 due to funding pressures. Despite this, the trustees consider the charity to be in a strong position to continue its activities, with free reserves of £105,544 just exceeding the stated policy target.

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.

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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• 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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Equality Trust (matched by registered charity number).

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (72% 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: 0.9% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Aliyah Lurline Green · trustee of 1 other charity
• Camilla Constance Lupton
• Chi Lael
• Hannah Fairbrother
• James Christian Oswald
• Julie Ann Northam
• Rebecca Thomas
• Samia Khatun · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE EQUAL RIGHTS TRUST.

• THE EQUAL RIGHTS TRUST income £231k
• EQUITABLE CHARITY TRUST income £367k
• EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT TRUST income £73.8m
• TRUST FOR LONDON income £10.7m
• Health Equalities Group income £545k
• Health Equality Foundation income £2k

Side by side with its peers

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