BLACK VOICES CORNWALL

Registered charity 1196131 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Peer support, advocacy & signposting for people experiencing racial discrimination. Build local networks & empower communities through volunteering. Conduct research and lobby for racial justice. Host and support cultural arts and events. Work with community partners for social cohesion. Combat systemic racism through education.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO, TO BE CARRIED OUT IN CORNWALL, ARE: 1) THE PROMOTION OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY:A) THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF RACE;B) ADVANCING EDUCATION AND RAISING AWARENESS IN EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY;C) PROMOTING ACTIVITIES TO FOSTER UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN PEOPLE FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS;D) CULTIVATING A SENTIMENT IN FAVOUR OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY. 2) THE PROMOTION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF THE PREVENTION OF HATE CRIME AND HARASSMENT, IN PARTICULAR THAT MOTIVATED BY RACE, AND THE RELIEF OF PEOPLE AFFECTED BY IT, IN PARTICULAR BY IMPLEMENTING SYSTEMS TO INCREASE REPORTING OF INCIDENTS TO THE POLICE AND WORKING WITH LOCAL AUTHORITIES AND THE POLICE TO DEVELOP MORE EFFECTIVE SERVICES IN THE REPORTING OF RACIALLY MOTIVATED HATE CRIME AND MEETING THE NEEDS OF THOSE AFFECTED BY IT.

Area of benefit: LOCAL

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Economic/community Development/employment · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total reserves increased by £9,746 to £42,265, while total income was £179,998 and total expenditure was £170,252. The trustees report that the charity has adequate resources to continue as a going concern and has no material uncertainties regarding its financial position.

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 5 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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• Maria Cocklechair
• Charanjeet Singh
• Dr Nneamaka Ekebuisi
• Sam Dalrymple-Irwin
• Shanice Morrison

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

Operates in: Cornwall

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with VOLUNTEER CORNWALL.

• VOLUNTEER CORNWALL income £2.4m
• CORNWALL PRIDE income £155k
• YOUNG PEOPLE CORNWALL income £1.9m
• GEORGIA'S VOICE income £206k
• VOICE4CHANGE ENGLAND LIMITED income £1.5m
• CORNWALL PEOPLE FIRST income £126k

Side by side with its peers

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