Registered charity · Kent
Medway Ethnic Minority Forum
- 14 trustees
- Income £54k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Aminur Khosru RahmanTrustee · since 2026
- Cllr Marian NestorovTrustee · since 2025
- David LarteyTrustee · since 2023
- Dr Athmaja ThottungalTrustee · since 2024
- Gurjit ChaggarTrustee · since 2024
- Jabeen Shaheda SethiTrustee · since 2017
- Karthik DamodaranTrustee · since 2023
- Kulwant Singh JhitaTrustee · since 2020
- Monika OravcovaTrustee · since 2019
- Oluseyi ObadareTrustee · since 2022
- Sanjay JoshiTrustee · since 2015
- Shivaram RaiTrustee · since 2023
- Theo Allotey-PappoeTrustee · since 2020
- Zaffer GinaiTrustee · since 2022
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Economic/community Development/employment, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
- Where
- Medway
- Website
- www.medwaydiversityforum.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Medway Ethnic Minority Forum Limited
- Registered
- 2016
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£54k£63k
- 2024£45k£39k
- 2023£74k£58k
Earlier years
- 2022£36k£24k
- 2021£38k£21k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 99%. From the charity's annual return.
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.
Grants received
6 grants · £31,729 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
- Sport England · £12,053 (2 grants)
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £10,526 (3 grants)
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £9,150
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
- 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.
14 trustees on the board
- Aminur Khosru Rahman since 2026
- Cllr Marian Nestorov since 2025
- David Lartey since 2023
- Dr Athmaja Thottungal since 2024
- Gurjit Chaggar since 2024
- Jabeen Shaheda Sethi since 2017
- Karthik Damodaran since 2023
- Kulwant Singh Jhita since 2020
- Monika Oravcova since 2019
- Oluseyi Obadare since 2022
- Sanjay Joshi since 2015
- Shivaram Rai since 2023
- Theo Allotey-Pappoe since 2020
- Zaffer Ginai since 2022
Trustees past 6 years
- Jabeen Shaheda Sethi since 2017
- Monika Oravcova since 2019
- Sanjay Joshi since 2015
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (11)
- Aminur Khosru Rahman since 2026
- David Lartey since 2023
- Dr Athmaja Thottungal since 2024
- Gurjit Chaggar since 2024
- Jabeen Shaheda Sethi since 2017
- Karthik Damodaran since 2023
- Monika Oravcova since 2019
- Oluseyi Obadare since 2022
- Shivaram Rai since 2023
- Theo Allotey-Pappoe since 2020
- Zaffer Ginai since 2022
Portfolio (3)
- Cllr Marian Nestorov since 2025
- Kulwant Singh Jhita since 2020
- Sanjay Joshi since 2015
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
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1166452
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 24 JUL 2001AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 21 MAR 2016
- Companies House
- Company number 04257752 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 07875503708 · office@memf.co.uk
- 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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