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BEMIS (Scotland)

SC027692Registered charity from 12 October 1999
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Information about this charity:
Charity Information Operations Annual Submissions Income and Expenditure Charity Trustees
Charity Information:
Address 30 George Square Suite 5/2
Merchant House
Glasgow
Postcode G2 1EG
Website www.bemis.org.uk
Regulatory Type Standard
Link to Companies House https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/
Object:
(a) To relieve poverty among members of black and ethnic minority communities (regardless of age, gender; disability, sexual orientation, ethnic origin, religion, nationality or residence) ("the Members") in Scotland ("the Operating Area") (b) To advance education among members in the Operating Area and facilitate research programmes and make the results thereof available to the public and to promote and/or provide training in skills of all kinds, particularly such skills as will assist Members (c) To relieve the suffering and distress of Members within Operating Area suffering from mental or physical disability, distress, illness, impairment or old age and generally to promote health issues for the benefit of Members (d) To promote, establish and operate other schemes of a charitable nature for the benefit of the community as a whole within the Operating Area (e) To promote trade and industry, for the benefit of the general public
Operations:
What the charity is set up to do and how it does this:
BEMIS (Scotland) Limited is a national infrastructure charity for Scotland's ethnic and cultural minority voluntary sector. It exists to empower and build the capacity of minority-led community groups — helping them form, develop and achieve their aims — and to advance inclusion, active citizenship, human rights education and diversity recognition. A key part of its work is policy influence: developing and advocating for race equality and human rights policy with local, Scottish, UK and international government bodies, and coordinating networks (such as the Race, Equality and Human Rights Network) that give minority community organisations a collective voice. In short, it's an umbrella/support body rather than a direct service provider — working through and on behalf of Scotland's ethnic minority third sector rather than delivering frontline services to individuals itself.
Charity Status: Active
Constitutional Form: Company (the charity is registered with Companies House)
Constitutional Form Date: 12 Oct 1999
Main Operating Location: Glasgow City
Number of Staff: 6
Number of Volunteers: 1-50
Purposes: "the prevention or relief of poverty", "the advancement of education", "the advancement of citizenship or community development", "the advancement of human rights, conflict resolution or reconciliation", "the promotion of religious or racial harmony", "the promotion of equality and diversity"
Beneficiaries: "People with a particular ethnic or racial origin", "Other charities or voluntary bodies"
Annual Submissions:
Year End Income Expenditure Annual Return Received Latest Annual Reports and Accounts
31 Mar 2022 £327,681 £430,530 30 Mar 2023
31 Mar 2023 £409,303 £413,889 31 Jan 2024
31 Mar 2024 £246,179 £279,747 17 Dec 2024
31 Mar 2025 £242,452 £409,396 28 Aug 2025
31 Mar 2026 £234,747 £336,347 01 Oct 2026 Download
If an annual return has been received on time (within nine months of the Year End Date), the 'Annual Return Received' box is green   . If an annual return is late, the box is red   .
Income and Expenditure:
Charity Trustees:
First Name Last Name
Susan Siegel
Janos Lang
Jaswant Panesar
Mariem Timizar
Ahmed Chukri Mourad
Rajnish Singh
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