Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 11

Multiple Deficits: -2
No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
All male board: -3

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +8

Overall GiG Score: 12

HEALTH EQUALITY AND RIGHTS ORGANISATION

HERO provides LGBTQ people with accurate and credible information so they can build skills that enable them to make informed choices about their health and well-being. HERO encourages LGBTQ people to create social change in our communities by providing a platform where LGBTQ people are heard and valued.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board is completely male
Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

Established: 25 years
(32 years as a company)

http://www.lgbthero.org.uk

hello@lgbthero.org.uk

02077386872

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E	Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/23	£430	£240	£190	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	100
31/03/22	£230	£283	£-52	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	120
31/03/21	£212	£244	£-31	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	120
31/03/20	£263	£244	£19	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	120
31/03/19	£231	£269	£-38	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	120
31/03/18	£243	£271	£-28	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17	£289	£398	£-109	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	£199	£298	£-98	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15	£88	£327	£-239	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14	£257	£350	£-93	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13	£408	£541	£-133	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12	£680	£640	£40	£45	£878	£832	15.6	8	0
31/03/11	£759	£679	£80	£39	£838	£709	12.5	9	0
31/03/10	£737	£746	£-8	£105	£758	£676	10.9	11	0
31/03/09	£719	£681	£38	£84	£766	£667	11.7	11	0
31/03/08	£842	£652	£191	£110	£729	£637	11.7	11	0
31/03/07	£622	£639	£-17	£93	£538	£414	7.8	11	0
31/03/06	£679	£602	£77	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05	£592	£630	£-38	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04	£566	£598	£-32	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 38%
Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000

Listed activities

Disability
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information

Where it operates

Throughout England,

Who it helps

Other Defined Groups

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
100 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years

Greater London Authority	£59,830
National Lottery Heritage Fund	£43,711
National Lottery Community Fund	£26,049
The London Community Foundation	£22,159

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Greater London Authority - LGBTQ+ Votes Matter - Don't Lose it \| 2023/24
£44,830	14/08/2023	LGBT HERO will work in partnership with the LGBT Consortium to deliver an outreach, training and awareness campaign. They will run in-person drop-ins, information stalls in LGBTQ+ venues, community ....more LGBT HERO will work in partnership with the LGBT Consortium to deliver an outreach, training and awareness campaign. They will run in-person drop-ins, information stalls in LGBTQ+ venues, community centres, educational settings and community events in London, with a particular focus on spaces that cater to trans and non-binary Londoners, Black, South Asian and minority ethnic and younger LGBTQ+ Londoners. During these outreach events, LGBT HERO will offer information, advice and support with applications for an accepted form of photo Voter ID, as well as distribute flyers, “wallet info cards” and posters.
Greater London Authority - LGBTQ+ Votes Matter - Don't Lose It
£15,000	13/01/2023	LGBT HERO delivered a social media awareness raising campaign for LGBTQ+ Londoners, with a focus on Trans and non-binary Londoners. They co-created resources and trained volunteers to help share the ....more LGBT HERO delivered a social media awareness raising campaign for LGBTQ+ Londoners, with a focus on Trans and non-binary Londoners. They co-created resources and trained volunteers to help share the message among their peers at in-person community events. The campaign also ran online group drop-in sessions for Trans and non-binary people and worked with LGBT Consortium for enhanced pan-London reach. Information is now hosted on a new hub on www.lgbthero.org.uk in various formats. LGBT Hero were featured in two articles in community press.
National Lottery Community Fund - Let's talk: Suicide and stigma in the LGBTQ+ community
£8,809	22/07/2022	The funding will be used to develop and create a series of conversations to be produced on video and audio where people will discuss their experiences of suicide across the LGBTQ+ community. The ....more The funding will be used to develop and create a series of conversations to be produced on video and audio where people will discuss their experiences of suicide across the LGBTQ+ community. The project aims to give people the confidence to seek help and support and remove the stigma.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Health Equality and Rights Organisation
£43,711	08/06/2022	GMFA at 30 \| Looking back, moving forward
National Lottery Community Fund - LGBTQ+ Domestic Violence and Abuse Project
£8,965	27/05/2021	The funding will be used to continue to continue working in partnership with LGBTQ+ communities to develop online resource working towards an awareness campaign.
The London Community Foundation - Grant to Health Equality and Rights Organisation T/a LGBT Hero
£8,133	24/11/2020 16	LGBT HERO wants to develop online digital media interventions aimed at Lesbian, Bisexual and Trans women focused on improving mental wellbeing such as anxiety/depression, tackling ....more LGBT HERO wants to develop online digital media interventions aimed at Lesbian, Bisexual and Trans women focused on improving mental wellbeing such as anxiety/depression, tackling isolation/loneliness and increasing knowledge of services who can support LBT women in London right now.
The London Community Foundation - Grant to Health Equality and Rights Organisation T/a LGBT Hero
£14,026	23/04/2020	Strengthening how LGBT HERO can deliver our services online while increasing peer-support for LGBTQ+ people in London through online community forums and groupwork. To do this we need to upgrade our ....more Strengthening how LGBT HERO can deliver our services online while increasing peer-support for LGBTQ+ people in London through online community forums and groupwork. To do this we need to upgrade our systems, hardware, software, and prevent extensive furloughing so we can support our community.
National Lottery Community Fund - Tackling hate crime in the LGBTQ+ community
£8,275	03/04/2020 9	The organisation will use the funding to work with LGBTQ+ people to help develop resources for their website which will contribute to an awareness campaign.
Department of Health - LGBT HERO
£20,639	01/04/2019	LGBT HERO
National Lottery Community Fund - OutLife content engagement programme
£7,146	27/02/2019 12	The aim is to tackle health inequalities whilst highlighting LGBTQ rights.
National Lottery Community Fund - LGBT+ image representation project
£5,912	06/12/2017 12	This project will create an online support service for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community. This will provide information relating to health and wellbeing, signposting people to ....more This project will create an online support service for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community. This will provide information relating to health and wellbeing, signposting people to relevant services.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Health Equality and Rights Organisation
£28,800	29/03/2012	the costs of the Sport and Social Groups including the salary of a part time Manager, CRB checks, volunteer expenses and overheads

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How is it governed?

Trustees (9)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 8/9 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 38-67

ALAN DANIEL PALMER Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Head Of Policy And Research

DR RORY MCGILL Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Consultant In Public Health

IAN RICHARD WATTERS Appointed: 2020, Occupation: None, Other trusteeship: BICON CONTINUITY LIMITED,

JONATHAN HAWORTH Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Journalist

MARK EDWARD LEWIS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Senior Advisor, Other trusteeships: NAM PUBLICATIONS, INTERNATIONAL GAY RUGBY,

MICHAEL HARVEY Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Operations Manager

ROLAND THOMAS BRUNNER Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Management Consultant

SHAMAL WARAICH Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Project Manager

TIMOTHY JAMES O'RAHILLY Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Author

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 02/08/1999, number: 1076854
Registered at Companies House on 31/03/1992, number: 02702133

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; all on time

Main office

Health Equality&Rights Organisation
Unit 74
Eurolink Business Centre
49 Effra Road
LONDON

Objectives

(A) TO PROTECT AND PRESERVE PUBLIC HEALTH IN PARTICULAR AMONGST THE GAY MALE, LESBIAN, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENDER POPULATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM. (B) TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION IN THE SUBJECTS AFFECTING THE HEALTH OF THE GAY MALE, LESBIAN, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENDER POPULATION INCLUDING THE CAUSES, SYMPTOMS, TREATMENT AND PREVENTION OF ILLNESS IN PARTICULAR THROUGH THE PROMOTION OF RESEARCH AND THE DISSEMINATION OF THE USEFUL RESULTS OF RESEARCH.

Defined Area of Benefit:

GREATER LONDON

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