BLACK BRITISH INITIATIVE — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: CIO
Registered: 22 February 2022
Removed: Not supplied
Financial period: 1 January 2024 – 31 December 2024
Latest income: £63,908
Latest expenditure: £176,036
Gift Aid: No
Owns or uses land: No
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: Yes

Public contact address: 12 HAY HILL LTD, 12 HAY HILL, LONDON, W1J 8NR

Website recorded by the regulator: https://blackbritishinitiative.com (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

Black British Initiative, believes, racial injustice is a societal wide issue, only eradicated with the support of all races, genders and age groups. To deliver its mission, in partnership with the Stephen Lawrence Day Foundation, BBI has devised MBA 30, as short business course designed to boost prospects for 30 underserved Black Entrepreneurs, also commemorating Stephen's 30th anniversary.

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Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 31 October 2025
Date Accounts Received: 31 October 2025
Total Gross Income: £63,908
Total Gross Expenditure: £176,036

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 30 October 2024
Date Accounts Received: 30 October 2024
Total Gross Income: £415,195
Total Gross Expenditure: £216,025

Fin Period Start Date: 22 February 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 31 October 2023
Date Accounts Received: 31 October 2023
Total Gross Income: £0
Total Gross Expenditure: £0

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Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2024
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2025
Ar Received Date: 31 October 2025
Total Gross Income: £63,908
Total Gross Expenditure: £176,036
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
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: 0

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2023
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2024
Ar Received Date: 30 October 2024
Total Gross Income: £415,195
Total Gross Expenditure: £216,025
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
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: 0

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 22 February 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2022
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2023
Ar Received Date: 31 October 2023
Total Gross Income: £0
Total Gross Expenditure: £0
Charity Raises Funds From Public: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 0

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Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Region
Geographic Area Description: Throughout England And Wales
Welsh Ind: No

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Charity Classification

Classification Code: 102
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Education/training

Classification Code: 109
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Arts/culture/heritage/science

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

Classification Code: 308
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Sponsors Or Undertakes Research

Classification Code: 305
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space

Classification Code: 204
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin

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Charity Event History

Charity Name: BLACK BRITISH INITIATIVE
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: CIO registration
Date Of Event: 2022-02-22T00:00:00

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Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 22 Feb 2022
Charitable Objects: THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT: (I) THE PROMOTION OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY BY THE FOLLOWING MEANS: A. CULTIVATING A SENTIMENT IN FAVOUR OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY, INCLUDING BY PROMOTING THE BENEFITS OF DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION IN THE ARTS, WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO BRITISH PERSONS OF AFRICAN OR AFRO-CARIBBEAN HERITAGE; B. PROMOTING ACCESS TO AND THE BENEFITS OF FORMAL AND INFORMAL EDUCATION AMONG YOUNG BRITISH PEOPLE OF AFRICAN OR AFRO-CARIBBEAN HERITAGE; C. PROMOTING ACTIVITIES TO FOSTER UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN PEOPLE OF DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS, SUCH AS THE ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF AN ART GALLERY SHOWCASING THE WORKS OF ARTISTS OF AFRICAN OR AFRO-CARIBBEAN HERITAGE; (II) TO PROMOTE RACIAL HARMONY INCLUDING BY PROMOTING KNOWLEDGE AND MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN DIFFERENT RACIAL GROUPS INCLUDING BY CONDUCTING OR COMMISSIONING RESEARCH ON EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY ISSUES AND PUBLISHING THE RESULTS TO THE PUBLIC; (III) TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PERSONS OF AFRICAN OR AFRO-CARIBBEAN HERITAGE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PERSONS OF AFRICAN OR AFRO-CARIBBEAN HERITAGE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE 3(III) ‘SOCIALLY EXCLUDED’ MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PART OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF BEING A MEMBER OF A SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DEPRIVED COMMUNITY INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, BY REASON OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF SEX, RACE, ETHNIC ORIGIN; POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT; EXPERIENCE PUBLIC CARE OR THE PENAL SYSTEM; (IV) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN RESPECT OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY, INCLUDING BY THE FOLLOWING MEANS: A. PROMOTING ACCESS TO FORMAL AND INFORMAL EDUCATION AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE OF AFRICAN OR AFRO-CARIBBEAN HERITAGE; AND B. THE ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF MUSEUMS AND/OR ART GALLERIES ABOUT THE HISTORY OF PERSONS OF AFRICAN OR AFRO-CARIBBEAN HERITAGE IN THE UK AND THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO CULTURE AND THE ARTS IN THE UK, BY SUCH MEANS AS ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW AND IN SUCH MANNER AS THE TRUSTEES MAY IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION CONSIDER APPROPRIATE.BY SUCH MEANS AS ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW AND IN SUCH MANNER AS THE TRUSTEES MAY IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION CONSIDER APPROPRIATE.

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Charity Policy

Policy Name: Bullying and harassment policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

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

Policy Name: Complaints policy and procedures

Policy Name: Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Policy Name: Financial reserves policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Policy Name: Social media policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal risk management policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee expenses policy and procedures