Registered charity · Guildford
Surrey Minority Ethnic Forum LTD
- 9 trustees
- Income £607k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Neelam Devesher MBE DLChair · since 2012
- Aftab AlaTrustee · since 2026
- Dr Mohamed KharbouchTrustee · since 2026
- Elizabeth TinsleyTrustee · since 2015
- Hayet ShahrezaeyTrustee · since 2019
- Mohammed Monjur ElahiTrustee · since 2026
- Philip GoldenbergTrustee · since 2026
- Sonal SherTrustee · since 2026
- Tekbahadur GurungTrustee · since 2024
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage and 2 more
- Where
- Surrey
- Website
- www.smef.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Surrey Minority Ethnic Forum LTD
- Registered
- 2013
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£607k£480k
- 2024£407k£558k
- 2023£545k£522k
Earlier years
- 2022£698k£408k
- 2021£337k£207k
Charitable objects
TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY WORKING WITH PEOPLE IN SURREY AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED ON THE GROUNDS OF BEING MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITIES AND RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF SUCH PEOPLE AND ASSIST THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY, IN PARTICULAR BY:PROVIDING ASSISTANCE TO ETHNIC MINORITY AND VOLUNTARY GROUPS, ACTING AS A FORUM FOR SUCH GROUPS, AND MAKING REPRESENTATIONS CONCERNING ETHNIC MINORITY COMMUNITIES TO LOCAL AUTHORITIES AND SERVICE PROVIDERS.
Board analysis for researchers
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
9 trustees on the board
- Neelam Devesher MBE DL Chair since 2012
- Aftab Ala since 2026
- Dr Mohamed Kharbouch since 2026
- Elizabeth Tinsley since 2015
- Hayet Shahrezaey since 2019
- Mohammed Monjur Elahi since 2026
- Philip Goldenberg since 2026
- Sonal Sher since 2026
- Tekbahadur Gurung since 2024
Trustees past 6 years
- Neelam Devesher MBE DL Chair since 2012
- Elizabeth Tinsley since 2015
- Hayet Shahrezaey since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Aftab Ala since 2026
- Elizabeth Tinsley since 2015
- Mohammed Monjur Elahi since 2026
- Philip Goldenberg since 2026
- Tekbahadur Gurung since 2024
Portfolio (4)
- Neelam Devesher MBE DL Chair since 2012
- Dr Mohamed Kharbouch since 2026
- Hayet Shahrezaey since 2019
- Sonal Sher since 2026
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
3.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1153956
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 20 DEC 2012AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 19/08/2013
- Companies House
- Company number 08350097 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 07961421030 · admin@smef.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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