Registered charity (CIO) · London
Black Equity Organisation (BEO)
- 11 trustees
- Income £1.7m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Dame Vivian Yvonne HuntChair · since 2021
- Adjoa Aiboom Helen AndohTrustee · since 2023
- Athian Apuruot AkecTrustee · since 2022
- David Adetayo OlusogaTrustee · since 2022
- Karen Tracey BlackettTrustee · since 2021
- Kwame Yaa Kwei-ArmahTrustee · since 2021
- Leon MannTrustee · since 2023
- Marcia Elaine Willis Stewart KC HonTrustee · since 2021
- Mark BoissonTrustee · since 2021
- Richard Wayne LewisTrustee · since 2021
- Siobhan Gite AaronsTrustee · since 2022
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, Northern Ireland, Scotland
- Website
- blackequityorg.com (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2021
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£1.7m£1.3m
- 2024£2.0m£1.7m
- 2023£2.8m£1.7m
Earlier years
- 2022£579k£436k
Income trend, 2022 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE PROMOTION OF RACIAL HARMONY AND EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY, AND THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF RACE, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN SUCH WAYS AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES THINK FIT INCLUDING BY:(A) RAISING AWARENESS OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION AND INEQUALITY BY PUBLICATIONS, LECTURES, USE OF THE MEDIA, PUBLIC ADVOCACY AND OTHER MEANS OF COMMUNICATION;(B) CONDUCTING OR COMMISSIONING RESEARCH INTO RACIAL DISCRIMINATION AND RACIAL INEQUALITY (INCLUDING IN RELATION TO ITS CAUSES, EFFECTS AND PREVENTION), AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES THINK FIT, AND BY DISSEMINATING THE USEFUL RESULTS OF THE SAME;(C) CULTIVATING A SENTIMENT OF RACIAL HARMONY AND WORKING TOWARDS THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION THROUGH THE USE OF PUBLICATIONS, CODES OF PRACTICE, SCHEMES FOR EMPLOYERS, THE MEDIA, AND IN SUCH OTHER WAYS AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES THINK FIT;(D) PROMOTING EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY AND GOOD RELATIONS BETWEEN DIFFERENT RACIAL GROUPS; AND(E) PROMOTING THE SOUND DEVELOPMENT AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE LAW FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN THE FOLLOWING WAYS:(I) BY PROMOTING AWARENESS AND CONDUCTING RESEARCH INTO THE LAW, INCLUDING CURRENT AND PROPOSED PRACTICE AND ADMINISTRATION AND REFORM OF THE LAW, AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES THINK FIT, AND BY DISSEMINATING THE USEFUL RESULTS OF THE SAME;(II) BY PROVIDING SPECIALIST LEGAL ADVICE IN RELATION TO THE LAW AND LEGAL PROCEDURES, PARTICULARLY WHERE IT IS APPREHENDED THAT A MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE HAS TAKEN PLACE; AND(III) BY PROVIDING SPECIALIST LEGAL ADVICE, ASSISTANCE AND REPRESENTATION TO PEOPLE WHO ARE UNABLE TO OBTAIN SUCH LEGAL ADVICE, ASSISTANCE AND REPRESENTATION AS A RESULT OF THEIR LACK OF RESOURCES.
Grants received
9 grants · £1,395,260 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
- Lankelly Chase Foundation · £537,600 (2 grants)
- Indigo Trust · £300,000
- Paul Hamlyn Foundation · £250,000
- Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust · £148,148 (2 grants)
- Mission 44 · £99,512
Most recent
- Unbound Philanthropy
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.
11 trustees on the board
- Dame Vivian Yvonne Hunt Chair since 2021
- Adjoa Aiboom Helen Andoh since 2023
- Athian Apuruot Akec since 2022
- David Adetayo Olusoga since 2022
- Karen Tracey Blackett since 2021
- Kwame Yaa Kwei-Armah since 2021
- Leon Mann since 2023
- Mark Boisson since 2021
- Marcia Elaine Willis Stewart KC Hon since 2021
- Richard Wayne Lewis since 2021
- Siobhan Gite Aarons since 2022
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- Dame Vivian Yvonne Hunt Chair since 2021
- Adjoa Aiboom Helen Andoh since 2023
- Athian Apuruot Akec since 2022
- David Adetayo Olusoga since 2022
- Karen Tracey Blackett since 2021
- Kwame Yaa Kwei-Armah since 2021
- Leon Mann since 2023
- Marcia Elaine Willis Stewart KC Hon since 2021
- Siobhan Gite Aarons since 2022
Portfolio (2)
- Mark Boisson since 2021
- Richard Wayne Lewis since 2021
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
10.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 3.2 in 2022
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1195506
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 12 Aug 2021
- Contact on the register
- 02045665390 · info@blackequityorg.com
- 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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