Board Racial Diversity UK

What Board Racial Diversity UK does

Board Racial Diversity UK (BRDUK) is a UK registered charity (Charity No. 1210841) headquartered in London that advises and supports non-profit organisations seeking to increase racial diversity on their trustee boards. The organisation's core mission is to address the underrepresentation of Black and Asian individuals in governance roles across the UK charity sector, a problem it quantifies on its homepage by noting 0% of female trustees come from Black and Asian backgrounds and 0% of UK trustees come from Black and Asian backgrounds.

BRDUK delivers an interconnected portfolio of eight services. On the demand side (charities seeking diverse trustees), it offers one-to-one consultancy, training, and the proprietary 'From Here to Diversity Guide'. On the supply side (aspiring Black and Asian trustees), it operates Board Connects (a matching service), Pathways to Trusteeship, and the Black and Asian Future Chairs Academy (BAFCA), a structured development pipeline for future chair and senior board roles. Supporting infrastructure includes a Trustee Vacancies Database and a Black and Asian Network Organisations (BANOs) database that aggregates partner organisations across the sector.

The organisation is funded primarily through donations and charitable giving, and does not publicly disclose fees for its consultancy and training services. Distribution is domestic and community-led: a website with self-serve resources and a newsletter for top-of-funnel reach, direct service delivery by a 13-person team for mid-market non-profits, and partnership amplification through Young Trustees Movement and the BANOs network. Operations are governed by an Advisory Group of 10 leaders spanning recruitment, EDI, governance, impact, and digital marketing, recently established in preparation for the charity's first formal strategy.

Name

Board Racial Diversity UK

Legal name

Board Racial Diversity UK

Website

https://atrd.group

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Board Racial Diversity UK is a London-based registered charity that advises UK non-profits on increasing racial diversity of trustee boards and runs training, matching, and leadership-pipeline programmes for Black and Asian trustees.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Non-profit Governance and EDI Advisory

NAICS

Civic and Social Organizations (81341)

akta.pro primary industry

Racial & Ethnic Justice Organizations (BPAGAFAC)

Keywords

• Board diversity consulting
• Trustee recruitment
• EDI advisory
• Governance diversity
• Nonprofit consultancy

Headquarters

HQ city

Not specified

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Donations and Charitable Funding: As a registered charity (No. 1210841), Board Racial Diversity UK relies on donations and charitable funding to support its operations and mission of increasing racial diversity on trustee boards in the UK non-profit sector.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Board Racial Diversity UK is a registered charity (No. 1210841) that provides advisory, training, and trustee-matching services to increase racial diversity on UK non-profit trustee boards. The charity runs programmes including Board Connects, BAFCA, the BANOs Database, Pathways to Trusteeship, and the From Here to Diversity Guide, alongside one-to-one consultancy and a trustee vacancies database.

Product overview

Board Racial Diversity UK operates as a consultancy and advisory organisation offering a portfolio of interconnected services focused on increasing racial diversity on UK charity trustee boards. The portfolio consists of eight core service offerings: Board Connects (matching service), the Black and Asian Future Chairs Academy (BAFCA), a BANOs Database, the From Here to Diversity Guide, one-to-one consultancy, Pathways to Trusteeship, Training, and a Trustee vacancies database. Together, these services provide both demand-side support (helping organisations recruit diverse trustees) and supply-side support (preparing and placing Black and Asian individuals into trustee roles).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Board Connects
• Pathways to Trusteeship
• One-to-one consultancy
• Training
• From Here to Diversity Guide
• BANOs Database
• BAFCA
• Trustee vacancies database

Quantifiable outcome

• 0% of female trustees are from Black and Asian backgrounds (as stated on homepage)
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Young Trustees MovementcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerYoung Trustees Movement is a strategic partner that provides support and collaboration with Board Racial Diversity UK. Mita Desai from Young Trustees Movement provided a testimonial endorsement, noting their shared commitment to board diversity and the importance of diverse perspectives on boards.
• Black and Asian Network Organisations (BANOs)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBoard Racial Diversity UK maintains a database of Black and Asian network organisations (BANOs) as part of its core programmes. These network organisations are strategic partners in the mission to increase racial diversity on trustee boards, providing a collaborative ecosystem of support and resources.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Green Park: Larger UK executive search and interim management firm with a well-established diversity and inclusion practice. Competes with BRDUK for board diversity mandates but operates across commercial sectors and at greater scale.
• 30% Club: Global campaign-backed organisation pushing for at least 30% female representation on FTSE-100 and other major boards. While primarily focused on FTSE boards, its existence and approach in the gender sphere shapes the broader UK board-diversity conversation BRDUK operates in.

Others

• NCVO (National Council for Voluntary Organisations): UK umbrella body for the voluntary sector that influences policy on charity governance, including trustee diversity. Not a direct service competitor but a sector shaper whose standards and research BRDUK must align with to maintain credibility.
• ACEVO: UK membership body for charity chief executives that runs leadership development and governance programmes. Adjacent rather than direct competition, but its leadership pipeline work overlaps conceptually with BAFCA's chair-development mission.

Direct peers

• Getting on Board: UK charity focused on widening access to charity trustee roles, including through diversity-focused programmes. Directly competes with BRDUK's Pathways to Trusteeship and training services, and serves the same aspiring-trustee segment.
• Audeliss: UK executive search firm with a dedicated diversity practice for board and senior leadership placements. Comparable in board placement function but with a broader commercial client base than BRDUK's charity focus.
• Inclusive Boards: UK-based specialist board recruitment and diversity consultancy that places diverse candidates onto charity and public sector boards. Directly comparable to BRDUK's Board Connects service and shares the same niche of board diversity advisory.
• The Pipeline: UK organisation running leadership development programmes to increase women's representation on boards. Uses the same pipeline/academy model as BAFCA but for gender rather than race, making it a structurally comparable peer.
• Reach Volunteering: UK non-profit operating a trustee matching database and placement service for charity boards. Directly overlaps with BRDUK's Trustee Vacancies Database and Board Connects, sharing the same demand-supply matching model.
• Women on Boards UK: UK organisation campaigning for gender balance on boards and supporting women into trusteeship. Closely parallels BRDUK's mission and service architecture for a different under-represented group.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/board-racial-diversity-uk

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