Overall GiG Score: -4 ?
Finance Score: -8
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 4
  • Accounts overdue -5
  • Volatile income: -3
  • No PartB
    • Grant maker support: +4

    HIMILO RELIEF AND DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION 

    Our charity's services varies from humanitarian relief to a longer term development projects in Somalia. HIRDA UK has also specific objectives in UK communities includes :To mobilise communities and encourage active participation for the developments of the community needs by building community owned local educational and cultural centres.
    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • There have been no income shortfalls in recent years
    • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers

    Financial issues to consider:

    • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
    • Latest accounts are overdue for filing
    • Income has been volatile recently
    Established: 19 years

    www.hirda.org

    Hirdauk@gmail.com

    01162168105

    Charity Commission for England and WalesFacebookX
    UN SDGs
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    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
    31/03/22£5£4£1n/an/an/an/an/a0
    31/03/21£59£51£8n/an/an/an/an/a8
    31/03/20*£69£26£43n/an/an/an/an/a4
    31/03/19£90£69£21n/an/an/an/an/a6
    31/03/18£126£73£53£0£0£0n/a015
    31/03/17£48£43£5£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/16£339£338£0£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/15£60£47£14£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/14£69£67£2£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/13£50£47£3£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/12£159£139£20£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/11£22£19£3£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/10£11£6£5£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/09?*£3£2£1£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/07*£2£0£2£0£0£0NAN00
    31/03/06*£7£5£2£0£0£0n/a00

    Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
    What it does
    • Amateur Sport
    • Economic/Community Development/Employment
    • Education/Training
    • General Charitable Purposes
    • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
    • Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
    • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
    • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
    Who it helps
    • Children/Young People
    • Elderly/Old People
    • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
    • People With Disabilities
    How it operates
    • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
    • Makes Grants to Individuals
    • Makes Grants to Organisations
    • Other charitable activities
    • Provides advocacy/advice/information
    • Provides human resources
    • Provides services
    Where it operates
    • Kenya, Somalia,

    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.

    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
    £44,100 05/10/2020
    "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
    National Lottery Community Fund - UniquelyYouth Positive Activity Project
    £9,930 27/04/2018
    12
    The charity will deliver learning support sessions for children from the Somali community who are risk from being excluded from mainstream education.
    Comic Relief - East Africa Famine
    £30,000 06/04/2017
    3
    Himilo Relief and Development Association (HIRDA) is a Diaspora organisation which supports projects both here in the UK and in Somalia. HIRDA Somalia has a number of education and health projects ....more
    Comic Relief - Primary and secondary education needs assessment in Gedo region of Somalia
    £10,000 27/05/2015
    3
    A detailed education needs assessment will be undertaken in the Gedo region of Somalia. This is 2nd largest region in the country with a population made up of nomadic & pastoralist communities. ....more
    National Lottery Community Fund - Uniquely Supporting Young People to Achieve their Full Potential
    £10,000 10/11/2011
    12
    This is a project by a charity in Leicester. The group will use the funding to provide extra-curricular study support in English, Maths and Science subjects for children of Somali origin. This will ....more

    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees (3)
    Current Trustees appointed

    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in England & Wales on 04/04/2005, number: 1108828
    Gift Aid
    • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
    Policies in force
    • Complaints handling
    • Conflicting interests
    • Investment
    • Paying staff
    • Risk management
    • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
    • Volunteer management
    Filing Record
    16 returns made; AR20: 5 days late, AR09: 17 days late, AR07: 777 days late, AR06: 120 days late,
    Main office

    STUDIOS 6
    PHOENIX STUDIES
    253 - 255 BELGRAVE GATE
    LEICESTER
    LE1 3HU

    Objectives

    1 THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS IN AFRICA, IN PARTICULAR BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION SOMALIA;2 THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF SCHOOLS AND EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN AND BY THE PROVISION OF VOCATIONAL TRAINING AND ASSISTANCE IN BASIC LITERACY WITHIN THE AREA DESCRIBED AT CLAUSE 3 (1).3 THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AMONGST THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN ENGLAND IN RAISING AWARENESS REGARDING THE DEVELOPMENTAL NEEDS AMONG AFRICAN COMMUNITIES AND THE RELIEF OF NEED AMONG THE SOMALIA COMMUNITY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM IN ORDER THAT SUCH PERSONS MAY FULLY CONTRIBUTE TO SOCIETY AND TO IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE;4 THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF GOOD HEALTH OF PERSONS IN AFRICA IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT BY WAY OF LIMITATION BY THE PROVISION OF MOTHER AND CHILD-CARE HEALTH CENTRES AND INFORMATION AND ADVICE ON HIV/AIDS AND THE PROVISION OF CLEAN DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION PROJECTS.

    Defined Area of Benefit:

    SOMALIA, AND ENGLAND

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    360 Giving
    CharityBase
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