MEDWAY ETHNIC MINORITY FORUM — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Charitable company
Registered: 8 April 2016
Removed: Not supplied
Company number supplied: 04257752
Financial period: 1 April 2024 – 31 March 2025
Latest income: £54,355
Latest expenditure: £63,426
Gift Aid: No
Owns or uses land: No
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: W. Maurice Ltd, 160 High Street, Rochester, Kent, ME1 1ER

Website recorded by the regulator: www.medwaydiversityforum.co.uk (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

To promote social inclusion for public benefit in Medway and the surrounding areas for minority ethnic communities, relieving their needs and assisting them to integrate into society by: Providing them support to reduce the barriers that these communities face and promoting increased access to opportunities available to them from local authorities and service provider

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Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 14 January 2026
Date Accounts Received: 14 January 2026
Total Gross Income: £54,355
Total Gross Expenditure: £63,426

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 24 October 2024
Date Accounts Received: 24 October 2024
Total Gross Income: £44,817
Total Gross Expenditure: £38,574

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 15 January 2024
Date Accounts Received: 15 January 2024
Total Gross Income: £74,346
Total Gross Expenditure: £57,745

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 12 December 2022
Date Accounts Received: 5 January 2023
Total Gross Income: £36,212
Total Gross Expenditure: £23,566

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2020
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2021
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2022
Date Annual Return Received: 25 November 2022
Date Accounts Received: 25 November 2022
Total Gross Income: £37,958
Total Gross Expenditure: £20,819

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Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2025
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2026
Ar Received Date: 14 January 2026
Total Gross Income: £54,355
Total Gross Expenditure: £63,426
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £3
Income From Government Grants: £53,605
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 5

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2024
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2025
Ar Received Date: 24 October 2024
Total Gross Income: £44,817
Total Gross Expenditure: £38,574
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £5
Income From Government Grants: £44,601
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 5

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2023
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2024
Ar Received Date: 15 January 2024
Total Gross Income: £74,346
Total Gross Expenditure: £57,745
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £5
Income From Government Grants: £64,212
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 4

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2022
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2023
Ar Received Date: 12 December 2022
Total Gross Income: £36,212
Total Gross Expenditure: £23,566
Charity Raises Funds From Public: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: Yes
Count Govt Grants: £3
Income From Government Grants: £12,190
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 8

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2020
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2021
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2022
Ar Received Date: 25 November 2022
Total Gross Income: £37,958
Total Gross Expenditure: £20,819
Charity Raises Funds From Public: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: Yes
Count Govt Grants: £4
Income From Government Grants: £37,562
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 5

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Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Medway
Welsh Ind: No

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Charity Classification

Classification Code: 113
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Economic/community Development/employment

Classification Code: 309
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Classification Code: 206
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Other Defined Groups

Classification Code: 115
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity

Classification Code: 307
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Advocacy/advice/information

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Charity Event History

Charity Name: MEDWAY ETHNIC MINORITY FORUM
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 2016-04-08T00:00:00

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Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 24 JUL 2001AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 21 MAR 2016
Charitable Objects: TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR PUBLIC BENEFIT, BY WORKING WITH PEOPLE IN MEDWAY AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS, WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED ON THE GROUNDS OF BEING MEMBERS OF MINORITY ETHNIC COMMUNITIES, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF SUCH PEOPLE AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY, IN PARTICULAR BY:PROVIDING SUPPORT TO ETHNIC MINORITY COMMUNITY AND VOLUNTARY GROUPS, TO REDUCE THE BARRIERS THAT THESE COMMUNITIES FACE, AND PROMOTING INCREASED ACCESS TO OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE TO THEM FROM LOCAL AUTHORITIES AND SERVICE PROVIDERS.

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Charity Other Names

Charity Name Id: 565363
Charity Name Type: Working name
Charity Name: MEMF

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Charity Policy

Policy Name: Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures

Policy Name: Risk management

Policy Name: Conflicting interests

Policy Name: Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Policy Name: Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Policy Name: Volunteer management

Policy Name: Complaints handling

Policy Name: Internal risk management policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints policy and procedures

Policy Name: Social media policy and procedures

Policy Name: Financial reserves policy and procedures

Policy Name: Bullying and harassment policy and procedures

Policy Name: Paying staff