Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 10
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Grant maker support: +10
Overall GiG Score: 14 ?

BLACK HEALTH INITIATIVE (BHI) 

BHI exists to primarily work with Dual heritage, African and African Caribbean Communities as well as other marginalised groups in addressing and challenging inequalities in health.Mission Statement:BHI aims to develop interventions that enable service users to make positive lifestyle choices in relation to their health and well-being.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age

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
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£420£391£29n/an/an/an/an/a20
31/03/22£159£169£-10n/an/an/an/an/a20
31/03/21£265£218£47n/an/an/an/an/a6
31/03/20£228£233£-5n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/03/19£193£197£-4n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/03/18£197£210£-13£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17*£170£211£-42£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£239£218£21£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£171£175£-5£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£151£149£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£193£170£23£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£79£167£-89£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£131£130£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£118£127£-10£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£163£175£-12£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£182£173£10£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07*£181£153£28£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06*£147£109£38£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05*£83£84£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£92£96£-4£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 28 years

www.blackhealthinitiative.org

admin@blackhealthinitiative.org

01133070300

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Other specialist outpatient services
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Leeds City,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 20 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
Leeds Community Foundation£165,373
Henry Smith Charity£136,900
Youth Music£24,924
DCMS£22,869
National Lottery Community Fund£19,000
CAF£4,850
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Leeds Community Foundation - "Mindful Connections: Community Wellness and peer support Program"
£29,989 15/02/2024
11
Grant to Black Health Initiative
Leeds Community Foundation - N/A
£4,000 13/10/2023
Grant to Black Health Initiative
Leeds Community Foundation - Fusion Extra Luncheon Club
£2,032 24/04/2023
Grant to Black Health Initiative
National Lottery Community Fund - Windrush 75th Celebration 2023
£9,000 04/04/2023
The funding will be used to run a celebration event focussing on the Windrush generation's contribution to the NHS transport and community. This project aims to bring the community together celebrate ....more
Leeds Community Foundation - #MentalHealthMatters
£18,000 28/03/2023
Grant to Black Health Initiative
Leeds Community Foundation - #MentalHealthMatters
£9,595 11/01/2023
Grant to Black Health Initiative
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Black Health Initiative
£136,900 09/11/2022
36
towards three years' running costs of an organisation that support individuals and communities from the Black Asian and Minority Ethnic population in the disadvantaged community of Chapel Allerton ....more
Leeds Community Foundation - Grant to Black Health Initiative
£1,867 20/04/2022
Grant to Black Health Initiative
Leeds Community Foundation - Grant to Black Health Initiative
£30,000 24/03/2022
We are requesting assistance from this innovative and supportive funding stream to allow the Chief Executive to continue connecting the organisation to the strategic meetings/plans etc by having an ....more
Leeds Community Foundation - Breaking the Silence
£9,750 15/03/2022
Breaking the Silence will raise awareness of suicide within the black communities and support those who are presenting most at risk along with family members.
Leeds Community Foundation - Grant to Black Health Initiative
£6,000 28/02/2022
5
Working with Forum Central and a small group of third sector organisations to test, learn and shape a sustainable approach to information gathering and sharing (asset mapping) for the third sector. ....more
Youth Music - #UNSIGNED
£24,924 11/03/2021
#UNSIGNED
Leeds Community Foundation - Grant to Black Health Initiative
£19,560 09/03/2021
Grant to Black Health Initiative
Leeds Community Foundation - 32 Bars
£9,190 14/01/2021
Grant to Black Health Initiative
Leeds Community Foundation - Grant to Black Health Initiative
£300 27/10/2020
Support to provide sandwiches for children in Inner North East Leeds during October 2020 half term.
Leeds Community Foundation - Grant to Black Health Initiative
£15,990 24/09/2020
5
Grant to Black Health Initiative
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£22,869 29/07/2020
"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 ....more
Leeds Community Foundation - Grant to Black Health Initiative
£9,100 21/07/2020
3
Support for ongoing delivery and adapting operating/funding model.
CAF - Grant to Black health Initiative (BHI)
£4,850 07/05/2020
3
Grant to Black health Initiative (BHI) to support the organisation through COVID19
Woodward Charitable Trust - Towards core costs
£1,000 26/03/2020
Towards core costs.
National Lottery Community Fund - Voices Of Cancer - Reaching Out
£10,000 12/09/2019
12
The funding will be used to deliver a series of awareness raising workshops, with a focus on cancer, for members of the African and Caribbean community. The aim is to reduce incidences of cancer ....more
Leeds Community Foundation - Pencils To Power
£18,143 28/02/2019
13
Educating, supporting young people who are transitioning from primary to secondary schools. Instilling a 'Can Do' attitude with a supportive influence encouraging those who are most vulnerable from ....more
Leeds Community Foundation - Feeding Our Creative
£5,500 16/03/2018
0
A project which will work to provide a breakfast club for those who are living in one of the top 1% of the most deprived areas in Leeds. Combining creativity with the necessity of nutrition, physical ....more
Home Office - Knife Crime Community Fund 17-18
£20,000 01/12/2017
The fund has been set up to support community projects which reduce knife crime and have a positive impact on young people at risk of carrying a knife and committing crime. Bids have been assessed on ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Caring for the carers
£10,000 14/12/2016
12
This project is the delivery of workshops and presentations about the impact of dementia and long term illness within the BME community and the physical and emotional impact it has on young carers ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Raising the Game- Inclusion In Success
£10,000 11/12/2013
12
This is a project by an incorporated charity in Leeds. The organisation will use funding to run workshops for disadvantaged young people focusing on raising awareness of poor emotional and mental ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to BCAT - The Black Health Initiative
£21,500 30/05/2012
the salary and on-costs of the Male Health Co-ordinator
National Lottery Community Fund - Raising the Game - Motivating Success
£10,000 25/01/2012
12
This is a project by a charity and not for profit company based in Leeds. The group will use funding to provide a series of motivational seminars and a conference for the benefit of African, African ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 39-73
  • LEICIA FEARE Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Head Of Communications
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 27/02/1996, number: 1053247
  • Registered at Companies House on 05/02/1996, number: 03155253
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR17: 15 days late, AR07: 7 days late, AR06: 2 days late, AR05: 1 days late, AR04: 59 days late,
Main office

315 CHAPELTOWN ROAD
LEEDS
LS7 3JT

Objectives

1. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF PERSONS BORN IN AFRICA, INDIA, PAKISTAN, BANGLADESH OR THE ISLANDS OF THE CARIBBEAN OR THE DESCENDANTS OF SUCH PERSONS 2. TO ADVANCE AND PROMOTE THE GOOD HEALTH OF SUCH PERSONS IN PARTICULAR WITH RELATION TO HIV/AIDS AND RELATED ISSUES AND ILLNESSES 3. TO SUPPORT INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE HIV AND ITS RELATED ILLNESSES, THEIR PARTNERS AND FAMILIES THROUGH THE PROVISION OF ADVICE, COUNSELLING AND OTHER SUPPORT SERVICES

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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