## **Racial Harassment Forum Brighton & Hove (RHF) – Trustees Annual Report for January 2024 2025** Racial Harassment Forum Brighton and Hove (RHF) is a registered charity that specifically addresses the safety needs of Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic (BAME) and faith communities who experience fear and hate incidents that are racially and religiously motivated. RHF provides advice, assistance and support to people impacted by hate incidents and to promote prevention of hate crime. 1. The Main Activities of the Charity - RHF community supporter and Outreach Service: We continue to support the community who are victims of Hate crime based on faith and race through the Community Support workers. - Contributing to Community Meetings to provide support for more RHF continues to regularly attend the BHCC’s Anti Racism Community Advisory Groups (CAG) and the Anti Racist Education strategy meetings. 2. Main Achievements of the Charity in the past year - Website is developed. Racial Harassment Forum has its website to better engage with the public and have up to date and easily accessible information online. We continue to work to improve our website to make even more easy for the public to access. Please find the link to the website below: https://rhfbandh.org.uk/ ## 3. Challenges over the Year Staff dismissals/ appeals, employee complaints and employment tribunal. These issues have been resolved by RHFs insurance provider, they are Markel Insurance company. ## 4. Future Vision ## ● Employing staff: We are in the process of recruiting the Project and Admin Officer. Due to the size and needs of our Charity this role was merged as one post. ● Developing a Range Policies to Achieve Good Governance and training RHF has developed a range of policies that will ensure good governance which are available on our website. In this framework, Trustees have undergone training on good governance, HR, EDI, Line managing and Finance management. We aim to update this training on a regular basis to ensure the efficient management of funds, staff, and risk management. To complete the training requested by the funders we are in contact with Community Works, Resource centre and TDC. ● Confirming funding and sustainability for employees Sustainability for employees has always been part of our vision. The trustees are always engaged to secure funding for staffing. Our main funder is Brighton and Hove City Council and we look to continue working with BHCC and other funders to continue our work supporting Black and racialised minorities in the city. ## 1. Financial Review Core Funding (BHCC) ● Further Information -Independent Examiner: The Resource Centre, Brighton & Hove - Governance, HR, and finance training: Community Works, The resource centre and TDC. PAYE and Payroll – Sussex Payroll Co 5. Structure, Governance and Management Our governing document is a Constitution of a Charitable Incorporated Organisation with voting members other than its charity trustees. b) At every [subsequent] annual general meeting of the members of the CIO, one third of the charity trustees shall retire from office. If the number of charity trustees are not three or a multiple of three, then the number nearest to one-third shall retire from office, but if there is only one charity trustee, he or she shall retire; The Annual General Meeting of RHF was held on the 29[th ] April 2025 for the year 2024 – 2025. 6. Name of the Charity Trustees who manage the Charity Mahir Chowdhury Asmat Roe Mishruna Kibria Hakan Akilli Luqman Onikosi 7. Reference and Administrative Details The Racial Harassment Forum Brighton & Hove (RHF) Registered Charity: 1194527 BMECP Centre 10A Fleet Street Brighton BN1 4ZE 8. Declaration Trustees declare that they have approved the trustees report above. Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees. Signature: Full names: Mahir Chowdhury Position: Chair Date: 20[th] March 2026 ## **Independent Examiner’s report on the accounts** ## **Report to the trustees of: Racial Harassment Forum (Brighton & Hove) CIO Registered Charity number: 1194527 Accounts year ended 31[st] March 2025** The accounts have been prepared on the Receipts and Payments basis. ## **Respective responsibilities of trustees and independent examiner** As the charity’s trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. You consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 and that an independent examination is needed. It is my responsibility to: examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charities Act, to follow the procedures specified in the General Directions of the Charity Commissioners (under section 145 (5)(b) of the Act) and to state whether particular matters have come to my attention. ## **Basis of Independent Examiner’s Report** My examination was carried out in accordance with the General Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts and seeking explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is give as to whether the accounts present a ‘true and fair’ view and the report is limited to those matters laid out in the statement below. ## **Independent Examiner’s Report** In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention : - (1) which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements - (a) to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the Act; and - (b) to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the Act have not been met; or - (2) to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Kate Chapman Resource Centre 6 Tilbury Place Brighton BN2 0GY Date: 26[th] March 2026 Disclosure section Racial Harassment Forum, Brighton & Hove (RHF) CIO st st Accounts from l AprRI 2024 to 31 March 2025 Registered charity: l 194527 Charity correspondent: Mahir Chowdhury BMECPCentre l Oa Fleet Street Brighton BNI 4ZE These accounts have been prepared on the Receipts and Payments basis from information and explanations supplied by the charity. Kate Chapman Resource Centre 6 Tilbury Place Date: 18, Februari, 2026 These accounts have been approved by the Trustees of the charity. Signed by one or two Trustees on behalt.of all the Trustees Date Page l of4 Racial Harassment Fortjm, Brrghton & Hove (RHF) CIO Charity nutnber 1194527 Statement of Flnan¢lal Acttvltles from 1st Aprll 2024to 3tst March 1025 Summ?ryrecelpts3nd p?yrnents Rec￿pts 2025 2024 reJtrfcted unre8trfcttd re8trfct 2B,782 23fv21 Totsl Receipts 19,410 19,410 28,762 23,421 52,183 Payment5 27.407 Total Payments 21,018 21,018 27,407 24,830 52,237 Net¢eceiPtslwymentslfttthe perl( IL608 IL60ts1 I1,4￿) 16.$93 la.688 13,835 28,972 32.807 15.173 2￿1 Balance of funds at 31st March 2025 31,199 31,199 3,835 28,972 32,807 pag¢ 2 of4 Raciol Ht7rt755rnent Forum, Brighton & Hove (RHF) CIO Chanty number 1194527 Receipt5 and Payments from 15tApril 2024to 315t March 2025 Receipts 2025 2024 tli¢ted urtres¢il¢t¢ t$￿tte0 6rl8htoTh & Hoye Clty Countll Third Settor commi￿10￿ Brighton & Hove City CounEII IreThird Party RE￿rtIng Centrel IntomÈfYom chaYltablèathvl¥és Payment for Th*eiingattendance 19.350 19.350 60 Total Receipts 19.410 19.410 28,762 21.421 52.183 Payments 2025 2024 tli¢ted urtres¢il¢t¢ t$￿tte0 tot4 Expendltureonchaillabkathvbtles FreÈlaThteiltOnSulLahtyfÈÈs 5.653 15.604 5.653 35,586 9.592 686 5.350 3.3 707 5.350 OFfice rent 3.300 4.232 577 .232 537 794 314 369 314 369 40 52 OBSchecks NCdOrnember5hip & 5ub5CllPtlQllS 213 773 728 728 218 216 stafflvduntEelexpe￿es 61 55 55 Total Payment5 21,018 21.018 27,407 24￿30 52.237 Net receiptslpayrnentslfoithe penod Tran5fer5 betv￿eTrfUnd5 Ea1anE?Dffun￿3t tstApn12D24 16,693 3.835 32.807 Balance of funds at 31st Ma￿h 2025 31.199 31.199 3.835 28.97Z 32,807 the N3tional Lotteryforthp5e UnspeThtfun￿l0bÈt￿ll5felre￿tO￿unre￿l1[tÈdZ￿neTrIfijr￿5￿UnTr11hls3EwUntInKp￿ThDd HBa￿d￿D￿M3YVary￿y+1-E1d￿￿t0lOUndinl P&¥rS of4 Racial Harassment Forum, Brighton & Hove (RHF) CIO Charity number 1194527 Assets and Llabilities at 31st March 2025 Assets Metro Bank Community Account Cash in Hand 31,156 43 Total assets 31.199 Non-monetary Assets none known Liabilities none known Restricted funds held at 31st March 2025 Free reserves 31,199 Note.. additions may vary by */- £1 due to rounding Page 4 of 4