Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 7
  • No PartB
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 6 ?

HARROW FAMILY LEARNING NETWORK

Provide courses and workshops for parents: Effective Parenting, Living with a Teenager, Anger Management, Sibling Rivalry, Internet Safety, Bullying, Parenting Pre-teens, Setting limits. Training for volunteers. Work in partnership with local schools and other organisations in the community. Parent Mentoring for parents and carers. Mother Tongue Parent Support.
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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Why are there only 4 trustees?

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 £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£67£51£16n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£57£50£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£59£48£11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£53£50£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£56£48£8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£34£60£-26n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£61£61£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16*£70£58£12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£74£54£20n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£60£65£-5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13*£73£85£-13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£75£73£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£60£50£9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10£62£70£-9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09£68£73£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08£92£72£20n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/07£74£78£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/06£89£84£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05*£80£77£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04£47£47£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 23 years

www.hopeharrow.org.uk

info@hopeharrow.org.uk

02088637319

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Practical support, advice & companionship
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Barnet, Brent, Ealing, Harrow, Hillingdon,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities
  • 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
John Lyon's Charity - Resilience grant to H.O.P.E (Harrow)
£92,500 17/11/2022
Directors Salary
John Lyon's Charity - Main grant to H.O.P.E (Harrow)
£84,000 14/06/2019
36
Director Salary
National Lottery Community Fund - 1-2-1 Mother Tongue Parenting Support
£8,100 15/02/2019
12
The project will provide parent mentoring sessions. The aim is to support families with complex needs and issues such as English as a second language.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed

  • ANIKA DONKOR Appointed: 2023
  • BHARTI VYAS Appointed: 2018
  • MIRAN SHAH Appointed: 2014
  • PARUL PATEL (Chair) Appointed: 2015
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 23/04/2002, number: 1091703
Gift Aid
  • 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
20 returns made; AR16: 1 days late, AR13: 76 days late, AR05: 1 days late,
Main office

THE LODGE
64 PINNER ROAD
HARROW
HA1 4HZ

Objectives

A. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN HARROW AND THE SURROUNDING AREA, PARTICULARLY WITH A VIEW TO ADVANCING THE EDUCATION OF FAMILIES.B. TO SAFEGUARD, PROTECT AND PRESERVE THE GOOD HEALTH, BOTH MENTAL AND PHYSICAL OF CHILDREN AND THE PARENTS OF CHILDREN.C. THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY OR MALTREATMENT OF CHILDREN.D. THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS, POVERTY AND NEED AMONGST CHILDREN AND THEIR PARENTS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

GREATER LONDON - HARROW

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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