MEDWAY ETHNIC MINORITY FORUM

Charity number: 1166452
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

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

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 March 2024

Total income: £44,817
Total expenditure: £38,574

Total income includes £44,601 from 5 government grant(s)

People

13 Trustee(s)

5 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No employees have total benefits over £60k for this charity

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • Economic/community Development/employment
  • Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
Who the charity helps:
  • Other Defined Groups
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
  • Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
Where the charity operates:
  • Medway

Governance

Registration history:
  • 08 April 2016: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:
  • MEMF (Working name)
Company number:
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Gift aid:
Not recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • 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
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

13 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Momtaz Ahmed Trustee 15 November 2024
None on record
Gurjit Chaggar Trustee 15 November 2024
None on record
Dr Athmaja Thottungal Trustee 15 November 2024
None on record
David Lartey Trustee 01 September 2023
None on record
Shivaram Rai Trustee 01 September 2023
None on record
Karthik Damodaran Trustee 28 August 2023
None on record
Zaffer Ginai Trustee 31 March 2022
None on record
Oluseyi Obadare Trustee 31 March 2022
None on record
Kulwant Singh Jhita Trustee 14 December 2020
KENT RAMGARHIA DARBAR (GURDWARA)
Theo Allotey-Pappoe Trustee 10 December 2020
None on record
Monika Oravcova Trustee 14 October 2019
None on record
Jabeen Shaheda Sethi Trustee 27 June 2017
None on record
DAYANTHA PORAMBE LIYANAGE Trustee 29 February 2016
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/03/2020 31/03/2021 31/03/2022 31/03/2023 31/03/2024
Total gross income £10.95k £37.96k £36.21k £74.35k £44.82k
Total expenditure £12.14k £20.82k £23.57k £57.75k £38.57k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants £10.95k £37.56k £12.19k £64.21k £44.60k

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 March 2024 24 October 2024 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2024 24 October 2024 On time
Annual return 31 March 2023 15 January 2024 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2023 15 January 2024 On time
Annual return 31 March 2022 12 December 2022 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2022 05 January 2023 On time
Annual return 31 March 2021 25 November 2022 298 days late
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2021 25 November 2022 298 days late
Annual return 31 March 2020 19 January 2021 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2020 Not required
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 24 JUL 2001 AS 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.

Contact information

Address:
W. Maurice Ltd
24a Longley Road
Rainham
GILLINGHAM
Kent
ME8 7RU
Phone:
07875503708
Email:
office@memf.co.uk
Website:

www.medwaydiversityforum.co.uk Open in new window