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Black Equity Organisation (BEO)

  • 11 trustees
  • Income £1.7m (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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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 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

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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

4.4y median 5y
average tenure
5y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
11.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

Portfolio (2)

5
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity 11Education/training 1General Charitable Purposes 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Education 7Business services 5Professional services 5

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.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 4 years.
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£1.7m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

10.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 3.2 in 2022

11 from 4 in 2022
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

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
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