ASHFORD BME ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1172705 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity works with individuals and groups from the BAMER and wider commmunity on issues that affect them. The charity aims to promote community cohesion and reduce social isolation.We have volunteering and mentoring opportunities, community events and youth projects and advance social and cultural intergration of disadvantaged BAME, refugee, asylum seekers and migrant communities.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£128k
Latest spending
£112k
Registered
2017
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a total surplus of £16,048 for the year ended 31 March 2024, with unrestricted funds increasing from £325 to £19,812. The trustees consider the state of affairs to be satisfactory, and the independent examiner reported no material matters requiring attention.

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-sector contracts awarded

From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.

BuyerContractAwardedValue
Kent County CouncilHoliday Activities and Food (HAF) services DPS (SC240025)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Cameroon · Kent · Newcastle Upon Tyne City · Nigeria · Sierra Leone · South Africa · Zimbabwe

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£128k£112k
31/03/2024£128k£112k
31/03/2023£66k£67k
31/03/2022£130k£126k
31/03/2021£90k£97k

Common questions

Is ASHFORD BME ASSOCIATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a total surplus of £16,048 for the year ended 31 March 2024, with unrestricted funds increasing from £325 to £19,812. The trustees consider the state of affairs to be satisfactory, and the independent examiner reported no material matters requiring attention. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund08/03/2024£20k'Project Unity: Building Bridges Beyond Borders'
The National Lottery Community Fund10/02/2023£10kHelp During Crisis
UK government17/07/2020£35kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
Sport England06/08/2019£11kA woman's worth