Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 1
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Large legacies income: +1
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +1
Overall GiG Score: 9 ?

DH FOUNDATION

PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC ACROSS THE WORLD BY:-THE PRESERVATION, CONSERVATION AND THE PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND USE OF RESOURCES;- THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE IN SOCIALLY AND DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES;-THE PROMOTION OF SUSTAINABLE MEANS OF ACHIEVING ECONOMIC GROWTH,REGENERATION &SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker
  • This charity has received considerable income from legacies in recent years
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
05/04/23£774£781£-7£35£13£130.2225
05/04/22£597£601£-4£18£20£200.4155
05/04/21£492£477£15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/04/20£242£235£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/04/19£300£313£-13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/04/18*£59£44£15n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 4.5%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 4.4%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 0%
Liabilities/Income: 0%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 0.2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 0 months
Quick Ratio: INF
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 8 years

www.dhfoundation.org.uk

info@dhfoundation.org.uk

03001020007

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • International poverty relief
How it operates
  • Makes grants to individuals
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Bangladesh,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
The London Community Foundation - Grant to DH FOUNDATION
£10,000 03/02/2021
6
To help Bangladeshi people in Newham alleviate some of the difficulties they faced this winter, mainly older people and vulnerable families who are struggling to access hot halal food easily.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed

  • ABDUL ROUF Appointed: 2022
  • HOMAYUN KAMAL Appointed: 2022
  • IMRAN NABI Appointed: 2015
  • MOHAMAD ULLAH (Chair) Appointed: 2015
  • MOHAMMED MOSTAK AHMED Appointed: 2020
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 16/03/2017, number: 1172092
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
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds 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
6 returns made; AR18: 60 days late,
Main office

DH Centre
31 Church Road
LONDON

Objectives

TO PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN BANGLADESH BY:I. THE PRESERVATION, CONSERVATION AND THE PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE PRUDENT USE OF RESOURCES;II. THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE IN SOCIALLY AND DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES;III. THE PROMOTION OF SUSTAINABLE MEANS OF ACHIEVING ECONOMIC GROWTH AND REGENERATION.SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT MEANS DEVELOPMENT WHICH MEETS THE NEEDS OF THE PRESENT WITHOUT COMPROMISING THE ABILITYOF FUTURE GENERATIONS TO MEET THEIR OWN NEEDS.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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