WALTHAM FOREST RACE EQUALITY COUNCIL

Registered charity 803357 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The WFREC's activities have not changed and are in line with the activities previously stated.

Objects

(1) TO WORK TOWARDS THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION; AND (2) TO PROMOTE EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY, AND GOOD RELATIONS, BETWEEN PERSONS OF DIFFERENT RACIAL GROUPS.

Area of benefit: LONDON BOROUGH OF WALTHAM FOREST

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

Latest income
£14k
Latest spending
£17k
Registered
1990
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a surplus of £6,500, bringing total net assets to £39,214. The trustees report that unrestricted reserves are managed to cover three months of unrestricted expenditure, a policy target that the current unrestricted balance of £23,978 exceeds. The filing confirms there is no material uncertainty regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern despite economic pressures.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £24k)
“Policy on reserves is to hold reserves to cover three months of unrestricted expenditure.” — page 9
Per its FY2025 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Waltham Forest

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2026£14k£17k
31/03/2025£25k£19k
31/03/2024£36k£30k
31/03/2023£18k£27k
31/03/2022£37k£31k

Common questions

Is WALTHAM FOREST RACE EQUALITY COUNCIL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a surplus of £6,500, bringing total net assets to £39,214. The trustees report that unrestricted reserves are managed to cover three months of unrestricted expenditure, a policy target that the current unrestricted balance of £23,978 exceeds. The filing confirms there is no material uncertainty regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern despite economic pressures. Its FY2025 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 Fund06/01/2025£20kPreventing hate crimes and Community Cohesion
Sport England20/09/2024£12kGo Active, Get Health, Get Into Sports &Physical Activities.
The National Lottery Community Fund28/09/2023£10kIMPROVING LIVES OF FORGOTTEN HUMAN BEINGS SUFFERING COST OF LIVING CRISIS.
Sport England30/03/2023£15kGetting Refugees, Asylum Seekers & Immigrants Active
The National Lottery Community Fund03/12/2021£10kDigital access and Digital Literacy for Refugees Asylum Seekers & Immigrants
The National Lottery Community Fund23/08/2021£3kRebuilding COVID-19 shattered lives for Refugees Asylum seekers and immigrants
UK government15/09/2020£32kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
Sport England21/11/2019£10kGet Healthy Get Active Project for Rebuilding Lives
The National Lottery Community Fund08/06/2016£10kNEW BEGGINGS, REBUILDING LIVES, INTERGRATION FOR REFUGEES AND ASYLUM S
The National Lottery Community Fund23/11/2005£5kCapacity Development Project