Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: -2
Support Score: 7
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Multiple returns filed late: -2
  • Overall weighted support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 7 ?

THE FLOWHESION FOUNDATION

Build community cohesion and promote the rule of law, democracy, individual liberty and tolerance. To this end manage projects, advise public sector, deliver training, undertake research on a regional and national level.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending since inception
  • There have been no income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity
  • Returns have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income Spending Surplus/
Deficit
Volun-
teers
31/03/23£464£287£177n/a
31/03/22£455£241£214n/a
31/03/21*£330£105£225n/a
31/03/20£76£46£30n/a
31/03/19*£85£51£34n/a
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 7 years

www.flowhesionfoundation.org.uk

admin@flowhesionfoundation.org.uk

01204275106

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
GiG Classification
  • Reducing racial tensions
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Bolton, Lancashire, Manchester City, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford City, Trafford,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
National Lottery Community Fund£172,560
Sport England£43,840
DCMS£43,128
Bolton CVS£32,028
Community Foundations for Lancashire & Merseyside£20,000
Barrow Cadbury Trust£20,000
Forever Manchester£19,000
UK Community Foundations£14,600
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Community Foundations for Lancashire & Merseyside - Be Moneywise
£4,000 07/03/2024
7
To deliver financial literacy sessions targeted towards young people from BAME communities in Bolton.
Sport England - Mothers and daughters’ sports hub
£15,000 03/11/2023
10
This project will engage 50 Mothers (36-50yrs) and their daughters (14-21yrs) from diverse communities, delivering netball, boxercise, dodgeball and rounders over the course of 40 weeks. Funding will support coaching costs, external venue hire, ....more
Community Foundations for Lancashire & Merseyside - Grant to The Flowhesion Foundation
£3,000 27/06/2023
To deliver a "Money matters" programme for 12 weeks for 35 Pashtoon men (23-65) covering tax, credit, savings, and other financial management skills.
National Lottery Community Fund - Windrush generation; our community our pride
£10,000 04/04/2023
The funding will be used to deliver a programme of informative workshops and a celebration event to acknowledge the 75th anniversary of the Windrush arrival. The project aims to raise awareness create stronger community relationships and celebrate ....more
Community Foundations for Lancashire & Merseyside - Health Hub- Bolton
£10,000 12/12/2022
To provide regular health hub services to 150 adults aged 40-65 of Indian and Pakistani backgrounds. All services have bi-lingual facilitators and include yoga, swimming, counselling, chair exercises, mind body and soul, and a talking group ....more
Community Foundations for Lancashire & Merseyside - HUGS NOT DRUGS
£3,000 10/11/2022
To provide an anti-drug programmed to pashtoon young people over a 12-week period. This will include types of drugs, grooming, gang life, and sexual exploitation. There will be a support line during this time if the young people feel they require ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - ACE-one queen one nation
£10,000 01/04/2022
The funding will be used to educate marginalised non-English speaking young people from disadvantaged families about the Queen's reign as well as empowering them to deliver a celebration event for the Jubilee. The project aims to reduce isolation ....more
Sport England - COVID19 Return to Play
£10,000 28/10/2021
Funding under Sport England's Return to Play - Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled COVID19 Return to Play. This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus on beneficiaries from a BAME background.
Bolton CVS - Grant to Flowhesion Foundation
£5,000 01/06/2021
Recruitment and training of Community Champions
National Lottery Community Fund - OUR YOUTH OUR FUTURE
£142,560 14/05/2021
The organisation aims to minimise barriers and empower young people from ethnic minority BAME communities. Funding for the group will go towards activities and mentoring for the young people offering them continued support.
Forever Manchester - UMEED COUNSELLING SERVICE- NORTH MANCHESTER
£10,000 07/04/2021
Support helpline and food parcels
Manchester City Council - Covid Impact Fund 2021 grant to Flowhesion Foundation
£10,000 10/02/2021
£10k awarded to Flowhesion Foundation to deliver self care workshops to South Asian women in Cheetham and Crumpsall. Priority groups: BAME
Bolton CVS - Grant to Flowhesion
£12,028 10/01/2021
BAMER HEALTH HUB - health and wellbeing sessions for BAMER male and female adults aged 50-80 from the Indian, Pakistani ethnic backgrounds from the Haliwell, Crompton and Great Lever.
Bolton CVS - Grant to Flowhesion
£15,000 06/01/2021
Summer Holiday Activities
Sport England - COVID19 Return to Play
£5,000 23/11/2020
4
Funding under Sport England's Return to Play - Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled COVID19 Return to Play. This project is a Adapted Sport project, with a focus on younger beneficiaries.
Barrow Cadbury Trust - COVID-19 - THE FLOWHESION FOUNDATION
£20,000 24/10/2020
3
To provide bi-lingual counselling and support to newly arrived Punjabi and Somali women
UK Community Foundations - BAME Infrastructure Fund
£14,600 13/08/2020
Restricted funding for COVID-19 Relief (led by people of Black, Asian and/or Minority Ethnic Heritage)
Forever Manchester - 'New Normal' services assessment and signposting line.
£5,000 12/08/2020
Multi-lingual mental health support for women
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£43,128 03/07/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
Sport England - COVID-19 CEF
£3,840 22/05/2020
4
Funding under Sport England's COVID-19 Community Emergency Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled COVID-19 CEF. This project lists its main activity as Sport participation and capacity building
Forever Manchester - DEYK-BAHL (support and comfort) HOTLINE
£4,000 06/05/2020
Bi-lingual call handler for helpline
National Lottery Community Fund - ZEHANI SEHAT Covid19 support- Bolton
£10,000 30/04/2020
12
The funding will be used to deliver language-based telephone support for over 150 BAMER women aged between 45-70 who are self-isolating and for whom English language is a barrier. The project is in response to numerous calls the charity is receiving ....more
Sport England - Healthy Heriones 2
£10,000 31/03/2020
12
Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled Healthy Heriones 2. This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus on beneficiaries from a BAME background.
National Lottery Community Fund - We are One
£10,000 30/05/2019
12
The funding will be used to deliver study sessions on the theme of community cohesion for young people from Somali African and South Asian communities, as well as to run football sessions with the young people participating in mixed teams. The ....more
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to The Flowhesion Foundation
£10,000 28/02/2019
Defending freedom: The First World War and Muslim contributions
Bolton CVS - Grant to Flowhesion Foundation
£5,000 07/01/2019
To provide a bilingual line to provide clarity on covid19 Bolton guidelines to non-proficient Pakistani community.
Sport England - Our Fitness Our Future
£10,000 26/02/2018
15
Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled Our Fitness Our Future. This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus on beneficiaries from a BAME background.
DCMS - ALB-Our Fitness Our Future
£10,000 26/02/2018
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National Lottery Community Fund - Our BRITISH S.T.A.R.S. (Structured tutoring and Revision Sessions)
£10,000 13/09/2017
12
The group will deliver education sessions focussing on English and Maths for young people from local BME communities who have low educational attainment. This will improve the life chances of young people and divert them from radicalisation.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed

  • ABOOBAKER CASSIM MAKKI Appointed: 2016
  • DONNA HUSSAIN Appointed: 2018
  • DR SHAHID IMRAN Appointed: 2020
  • IMAM SALIM JOGI Appointed: 2019
  • MARYAM BIB I Appointed: 2023
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 16/10/2017, number: 1175170
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment 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
5 returns made; AR21: 39 days late, AR19: 27 days late,
Main office

THE CHURCH OF ALL SOULS
ASTLEY STREET
BOLTON
BL1 8EY

Objectives

1) THE PROMOTION OF RELIGIOUS HARMONY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY: A) EDUCATING THE PUBLIC IN DIFFERENT RELIGIOUS BELIEFS INCLUDING AN AWARENESS OF THEIR DISTINCTIVE FEATURES AND THEIR COMMON GROUND TO PROMOTE GOOD RELATIONS BETWEEN PERSONS OF DIFFERENT FAITHS;B) PROMOTING KNOWLEDGE AND MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING AND RESPECT OF THE BELIEFS AND PRACTICES OF DIFFERENT RELIGIOUS FAITHS.2) THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AMONG MIGRANTS, INCLUDING REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS, WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED ON THE GROUNDS OF THEIR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC POSITION (“THE BENEFICIARIES”) IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY: A) IDENTIFYING NEEDS AND WHERE NECESSARY PROVIDING SUPPORT FOR BENEFICIARIES TO ADVANCE THEIR EDUCATION AND PROMOTE THEIR HEALTH AND WELL-BEING; B) OFFERING SUPPORT, SERVICES AND ASSISTANCE TO BENEFICIARIES TO ENCOURAGE AND ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE MORE EFFECTIVELY WITHIN THE WIDER COMMUNITY.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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