BASILDON PRIDE CIO

Registered charity 1193090 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Our key activities include the delivery of the annual Basildon Pride Festival and the delivery of our Basildon Pride Everyday programme which seeks to provide support to the LGBT Plus community and their allies within the Basildon Borough whilst educating the wider community concerning LGBT Plus issues with the view of driving greater acceptance.

Objects

TO PROMOTE EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AND IN PARTICULAR THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER IDENTITY BY DELIVERING AN ANNUAL BASILDON PRIDE EVENT AND DELIVER BASILDON PRIDE EVERYDAY WHICH CREATES A PROGRAMME OF AWARENESS AND SUPPORT EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES FOR THE LGBT+ COMMUNITY AND ITS ALLIES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR IN ORDER TO ELIMINATE DISCRIMINATION AND ADVANCE EDUCATION AND AWARENESS IN EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY.

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

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Economic/community Development/employment · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£89k
Latest spending
£93k
Registered
2021
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that total income for the year was £96,453.65 against total expenditure of £84,647.00, resulting in a surplus. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £11,825.00 as of 1st November 2024, with no stated reserves policy target provided in the document.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none
“Our total income for the year from 1st November 2023 to 31st October 2024 is £96,453.65 This consists of £4,098.00 raised from Fundraising activities, £17,900.00 from Sponsorship and £6,025.00 from Stallholder Fees. £65,500 received in grants and £1,517.00 in donations and £1,413 in sales.” — page 10
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Essex

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/10/2025£89k£93k
31/10/2024£97k£89k
31/10/2023£58k£56k
31/10/2022£43k£44k
31/10/2021£34k£27k

Common questions

Is BASILDON PRIDE CIO financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that total income for the year was £96,453.65 against total expenditure of £84,647.00, resulting in a surplus. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £11,825.00 as of 1st November 2024, with no stated reserves policy target provided in the document. Its FY2024 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 Fund18/08/2023£10kBasildon Pride Festival 2023
The National Lottery Community Fund18/02/2022£10kBasildon Pride Festival and Parade
The National Lottery Community Fund19/03/2021£10kBasildon Pride Festival