# SUNDERLAND BLACK AND MINORITY ETHNIC NETWORK LIMITED

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1130886
- **Other names:** SUNDERLAND BME NETWORK / SBMEN
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** July 31, 2009
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1130886


## Contact

- **Address:** ROOM 13 - THE COOP CENTRE, WHITEHOUSE ROAD, SUNDERLAND
- **Postcode:** SR2 8AH
- **Phone:** 07964380653
- **Email:** info@sbmen.org
- **Website:** www.sbmen.org



## Activities

**Objects:** A. TO PROMOTE THE EFFECTIVE USE OF CHARITABLE RESOURCES FOR THEBENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC OF BLACK AND MINORITY ETHNIC (BME) CHARITIESAND VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS IN SUNDERLAND AND THE NORTH EAST.B. TO PROMOTE THE BLACK AND MINORITY ETHNIC (BME) VOLUNTARYSECTOR FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN SUNDERLAND AND THE NORTHEAST. "THE BLACK AND MINORITY ETHNIC (BME) VOLUNTARY SECTOR"MEANS BLACK AND MINORITY ETHNIC (BME) CHARITIES AND VOLUNTARYORGANISATIONS.

**Activities:** Promoting the black and minority ethnic voluntary and community sector for the benefit of the people of Sunderland, and the North East, and promoting the effective use of charitable resources by the black and minority ethnic VCS. The Network worked on the Communities, Action, Reflection and Change progamme of the FCDL and leading the Communities Living Sustainably partnership bid.

**Area of benefit:** SUNDERLAND AND THE NORTH EAST.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Economic/community Development/employment, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
- **Who:** People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies



## Areas of operation

- Gateshead
- Newcastle Upon Tyne City
- North Tyneside
- South Tyneside
- Sunderland



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £112515 | £97552 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £86085 | £87066 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £76828 | £104674 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £113510 | £137537 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £70743 | £12811 | — | — |



## Trustees

- ABU SHAMA
- Julia Aleksandra Wysocka — appointed April 17, 2023
- Lacina Diabate — appointed April 17, 2023
- Rachidy Bikaya — appointed Jan. 16, 2020
- Ramanathas Kamareswaradas — appointed March 29, 2021