Registered charity · Derby
Upbeat Communities LTD
- 8 trustees
- Income £1.5m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
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 Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Economic/community Development/employment, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
- Where
- Nottingham City, Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire and more
- Website
- www.upbeatcommunities.org (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Upbeat Communities
- Registered
- 2015
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£1.5m£1.4m
- 2024£1.1m£1.0m
- 2023£824k£805k
Earlier years
- 2022£568k£567k
- 2021£424k£464k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 32% · Government grants 6%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
3.1 TO RELIEVE THE CHARITABLE NEEDS OF MIGRANTS, REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS IN PARTICULAR THOSE COMING TO THE UNITED KINGDOM, BY THE PROVISION OF ADVICE, SUPPORT AND ASSISTANCE AND ORGANISING EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMES AND SUCH OTHER ACTIVITIES AS THE TRUSTEES DEEM FIT AS A MEANS OF:A) ADVANCING THEIR EDUCATION AND TRAINING;B) RELIEVING THEM FROM FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND UNEMPLOYMENT; ANDC) ADVANCING THEM IN LIFE AND ASSISTING THEM WITH THE ADAPTION WITHIN A NEW COMMUNITY.3.2 TO PROMOTE RACIAL HARMONY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY:A) PROMOTING ACTIVITIES TO FOSTER UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN PEOPLE FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS; ANDB) ADVANCING EDUCATION AND RAISING AWARENESS ABOUT DIFFERENT RACIAL GROUPS, INCLUDING THE ISSUES FACED BY MIGRANTS, REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS TO PROMOTE GOOD RELATIONS BETWEEN PERSONS OF DIFFERENT RACIAL GROUPS.
Grants received
21 grants · £1,156,177 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £681,921 (3 grants)
- The Tudor Trust · £127,000 (3 grants)
- Sam and Bella Sebba Charitable Foundation · £110,000
- Rank Foundation · £94,160 (8 grants)
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £90,000 (3 grants)
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
Board analysis
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.
8 trustees on the board
- Dave Priestley Chair since 2014
- Bashir Fatehi since 2024
- Bijal Datta since 2024
- Gillian Linford since 2024
- Helen Louise Mcevansoneya since 2019
- Kasemuka Mahenga since 2025
- Marian Regan since 2024
- TIM Ringer since 2014
Trustees past 6 years
- Dave Priestley Chair since 2014
- Helen Louise Mcevansoneya since 2019
- TIM Ringer since 2014
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Dave Priestley Chair since 2014
- Bashir Fatehi since 2024
- Bijal Datta since 2024
- Gillian Linford since 2024
- Helen Louise Mcevansoneya since 2019
- Kasemuka Mahenga since 2025
- Marian Regan since 2024
- TIM Ringer since 2014
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
3.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1162856
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 08 DEC 2005AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 10/07/2015 as amended on 30 May 2022 as amended on 18 Mar 2024
- Companies House
- Company number 05648977 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01332588456 · hello@upbeatcommunities.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th 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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