BLACK EQUITY ORGANISATION (BEO)

Registered charity 1195506 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

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Causes: Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that free reserves increased significantly to £1,130,147, exceeding the trustees' policy target of six months of core operating costs. Total income decreased by 15% to £1,680,930, while total expenditure fell by 23% to £1,330,828, resulting in a net surplus for the year. The charity reports no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Sayer Vincent LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "within" (FY2024) to "above" (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Funders the charity credits

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

• The Runnymede Trust — “The Runnymede Trust, which has been addressing these challenges since 1968, looks forward to working with the BEO to continue to challenge r…” (source page)
• Open Society Foundations — “Open Society Foundations are immensely proud to support the Black Equity Organisation, and stand behind their mission – to promote economic,…” (source page)
• Esmée Fairbairn Foundation — “We are immensely grateful for the generous contributions of our partners and funders, who are working with us to achieve equity for Black pe…” (source page)
• Paul Hamlyn Foundation — “We are immensely grateful for the generous contributions of our partners and funders, who are working with us to achieve equity for Black pe…” (source page)
• Unbound — “We are immensely grateful for the generous contributions of our partners and funders, who are working with us to achieve equity for Black pe…” (source page)
• Legal Education Foundation — “We are immensely grateful for the generous contributions of our partners and funders, who are working with us to achieve equity for Black pe…” (source page)
• Liberty — “We are immensely grateful for the generous contributions of our partners and funders, who are working with us to achieve equity for Black pe…” (source page)
• Sky — “At Sky, we’re proud to partner with the Black Equity Organisation on the Future 100 Growth Fund. This pioneering programme is giving Black e…” (source page)
• Aviva — “We are immensely grateful for the generous contributions of our partners and funders, who are working with us to achieve equity for Black pe…” (source page)
• McKinsey — “We are immensely grateful for the generous contributions of our partners and funders, who are working with us to achieve equity for Black pe…” (source page)
• WPP — “We are immensely grateful for the generous contributions of our partners and funders, who are working with us to achieve equity for Black pe…” (source page)
• Allen and Overy — “We are immensely grateful for the generous contributions of our partners and funders, who are working with us to achieve equity for Black pe…” (source page)
• DLA Piper — “We are immensely grateful for the generous contributions of our partners and funders, who are working with us to achieve equity for Black pe…” (source page)
• Freshfields — “We are immensely grateful for the generous contributions of our partners and funders, who are working with us to achieve equity for Black pe…” (source page)
• Hogan Lovells — “We are immensely grateful for the generous contributions of our partners and funders, who are working with us to achieve equity for Black pe…” (source page)

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~10.2 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (79% 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: 3.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dame VIVIAN YVONNE HUNTchair
• Adjoa Aiboom Helen Andoh
• Athian Apuruot Akec
• David Adetayo Olusoga
• Karen Tracey Blackett
• Kwame Yaa Kwei-Armah
• Leon Mann
• MARK BOISSON · trustee of 2 other charities
• Marcia Elaine Willis Stewart KC Hon
• RICHARD WAYNE LEWIS · trustee of 4 other charities
• Siobhan Gite Aarons

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

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Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.