REDBRIDGE RAINBOW COMMUNITY

Registered charity 1180952 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Redbridge Rainbow Community supports LGBT people who live, work, study or socialise in our borough. We arrange meet-ups for friendship and support. Provide training for local organisations on LGBT issues. We work with the local council, allies and partners so we can ensure Redbridge meets the needs of our diverse community.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF REDBRIDGE RAINBOW COMMUNITY ARE 3.1 TO PROMOTE EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY: - THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION IN RELATION TO LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANS, INTERSEX, QUEER, QUESTIONING (LGBT) AND ALLIES AND ASSOCIATES LIVING WITHIN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF REDBRIDGE AND ITS ENVIRONS; - CHALLENGING HOMOPHOBIA, BIPHOBIA, TRANSPHOBIA, OR ANY ASSOCIATED NEGATIVE ATTITUDES AND BEHAVIOUR WITHIN SOCIETY; - WORKING WITH PARTNERS AND ORGANISATIONS, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE, IN DEVELOPING INITIATIVES THAT WILL ENHANCE AND SAFEGUARD LGBT PEOPLE'S LIVES, ENSURING THEIR INCLUSION IN ALL ASPECTS OF LIFE, AND THAT THEIR HUMAN RIGHTS ARE PROTECTED; AND BY - ADVANCING EDUCATION, RAISING AWARENESS AND PROMOTING A CULTURE BASED ON EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY. 3.2 TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANS, INTERSEX, QUEER, QUESTIONING PEOPLE (LGBT) AND ALLIES AND ASSOCIATES FROM BEING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY ON THE GROUNDS OF SEXUAL ORIENTATION AND GENDER IDENTITY; AND.3.3 TO ADVANCE THE INTERESTS OF LGBT+ INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES THROUGH SUCH MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF CHARITY ("THE OBJECTS").

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

Causes: Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves decreased from £31,142 to £25,051 during the year, while total funds remained stable at approximately £55,962. The charity reported a net outgoing of £6,091 against unrestricted funds but a net incoming of £6,219 against restricted funds, resulting in a small overall surplus of £128. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention regarding the accounts or accounting records.

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

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• 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
• 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

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Redbridge Rainbow Community (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Richard Haywoodchair
• Agnieszka Kazmierczak
• Ian Thomas
• Isabelle Olivia Mai Herbert
• Judith Garfield
• MARK SANTOS
• Muhammad Kazim

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

Operates in: Barking And Dagenham · Havering · Redbridge

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Community Action Redbridge.

• Community Action Redbridge income £1.1m
• REDBRIDGE CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU income £588k
• REDBRIDGE EQUALITIES AND COMMUNITY COUNCIL income £85k
• Rainbow Hub NW Ltd income £1.4m
• REDBRIDGE EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP income £212k
• SUPPORT U LTD income £50k

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