BIRMINGHAM ETHNIC EDUCATION AND ADVISORY SERVICE TRUST

Registered charity 515098 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BEEAS

We are committed to supporting the local community, as well as refugees, migrants, and individuals from diverse ethnic backgrounds, by providing access to education, guidance, and employment opportunities.

Objects

(A) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AMONG ETHNIC MINORITIES IN THE BENEFICIAL AREA BY WAY OF TEACHING OF LANGUAGES, HEALTH EDUCATION, OR IN ANY SUCH OTHER WAYS AS THE GENERAL COUNCIL SHALL DETERMINE. (B) RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THE SAID ETHNIC MINORITIES BY THE PROVISION OF AN ADVICEAND INFORMATION SERVICE. (C) PROVIDING OR SPONSORING THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE. PLEASE SEE CONSTITUTION FOR FOR FURTHER DETAILS.

Area of benefit: BIRMINGHAM AND THE WEST MIDLANDS

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity maintained an adequate level of reserves, with total funds carried forward reaching £879,981. Per the trustees' report, the organization faces key risks linked to funding sources, as it relies primarily on one main commissioner of service. The charity is also undergoing a legal status change from an Unincorporated Trust to a Charitable Incorporated Organisation.

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.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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
• 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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/09/2021)

Reported reserves equal ~16.4 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (100% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.0%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Lynne Patricia Morris CBEchair
• Edobhiye Aigbe Oaikhinan · trustee of 3 other charities
• Judith Margaret Taylor
• MRS LIZ POWELL · trustee of 1 other charity
• Naila Tabassam
• Nazanin Ranjbar Khaneghah · trustee of 1 other charity
• Yasmin Yunus Patel Karim · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Birmingham City

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE BIRMINGHAM SHADHILIYA TRUST.

• THE BIRMINGHAM SHADHILIYA TRUST income £11k
• KONGOLESE CENTRE FOR INFORMATION AND ADVICE income £169k
• BIRMINGHAM DIOCESAN TRUST income £24.2m
• BIRMINGHAM EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP LIMITED income £2.3m
• LEICESTERSHIRE EDUCATION BUSINESS COMPANY LIMITED income £1.1m
• BIRMINGHAM CITY MISSION income £1.4m

Side by side with its peers

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