MEDWAY ETHNIC MINORITY FORUM

Registered charity 1166452 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MEMF

To promote social inclusion for public benefit in Medway and the surrounding areas for minority ethnic communities, relieving their needs and assisting them to integrate into society by: Providing them support to reduce the barriers that these communities face and promoting increased access to opportunities available to them from local authorities and service provider

Objects

TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR PUBLIC BENEFIT, BY WORKING WITH PEOPLE IN MEDWAY AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS, WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED ON THE GROUNDS OF BEING MEMBERS OF MINORITY ETHNIC COMMUNITIES, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF SUCH PEOPLE AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY, IN PARTICULAR BY:PROVIDING SUPPORT TO ETHNIC MINORITY COMMUNITY AND VOLUNTARY GROUPS, TO REDUCE THE BARRIERS THAT THESE COMMUNITIES FACE, AND PROMOTING INCREASED ACCESS TO OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE TO THEM FROM LOCAL AUTHORITIES AND SERVICE PROVIDERS.

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a loss of £9,071 for the year ended 31 March 2025, compared to a profit of £6,243 in the prior year. Net assets decreased from £60,083 to £51,012, with unrestricted reserves standing at £51,012. The filing notes that the company was entitled to exemption from audit under small company provisions.

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
• 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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 04257752

Funders the charity credits

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

• National Lottery Community Fund — “Thanks, National Lottery Community Fund and Medway Diversity Forum for arranging the Woodworking sessions under Reconnect Golden Buddies pro…” (source page)

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• RAHMAN, Aminur Khosru — director, appointed 22/05/2026on trustee list
• JOSHI, Sanjay — director, appointed 05/12/2025on trustee list
• NESTOROV, Marian Angelov — director, appointed 05/12/2025on trustee list
• THOTTUNGAL, Athmaja Raghavan, Dr — director, appointed 15/11/2024on trustee list
• CHAGGAR, Gurjit Singh — director, appointed 15/11/2024on trustee list
• LARTEY, David — director, appointed 01/09/2023on trustee list
• RAI, Shivaram — director, appointed 01/09/2023on trustee list
• DAMODARAN, Karthik — director, appointed 28/08/2023on trustee list
• GINAI, Zaffer — director, appointed 31/03/2022on trustee list
• OBADARE, Oluseyi — director, appointed 31/03/2022on trustee list
• JHITA, Kulwant Singh — director, appointed 14/12/2020on trustee list
• ALLOTEY-PAPPOE, Theo — director, appointed 10/12/2020on trustee list
• ORAVCOVA, Monika — director, appointed 14/10/2019on trustee list
• SETHI, Shaheda Jabeen — director, appointed 27/06/2017on trustee list
• CHAGGAR, Gurjit Singh — secretary, appointed 10/12/2024

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Aminur Khosru Rahman
• Cllr Marian Nestorov · trustee of 1 other charity
• David Lartey
• Dr Athmaja Thottungal
• Gurjit Chaggar
• Jabeen Shaheda Sethi
• Karthik Damodaran
• Kulwant Singh Jhita · trustee of 1 other charity
• Monika Oravcova
• Oluseyi Obadare
• Sanjay Joshi · trustee of 1 other charity
• Shivaram Rai
• Theo Allotey-Pappoe
• Zaffer Ginai

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

Operates in: Medway

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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