Finance Score: -4
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 4
  • Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -4 times
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Grant maker support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 2 ?

HARMONY COMMUNITY PROJECTS 

Provision of services and implementation of projects that benefit the community, such as organising outreach events and health checks. Office spaces and function rooms are also available to the community.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are 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
  • Accounts have been filed late on 4 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended
  • There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
Established: 15 years

www.hcprojects.org.uk

info@hcprojects.org.uk

02085971110

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
N.B. data has been adjusted to reflect year end change
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*£175£163£12n/an/an/an/an/a25
31/03/22?*£38£29£8n/an/an/an/an/a20
30/06/21*£12£2£10n/an/an/an/an/a20
30/06/20*£14£30£-16n/an/an/an/an/a30
30/06/19*£23£28£-5n/an/an/an/an/a20
30/06/18*£45£51£-6£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/17£26£14£12£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/16£31£33£-2£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/15*£74£120£-45£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/14*£23£25£-2£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/13*£25£23£2£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/12*£21£10£10£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/11£19£19£0£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/10£60£59£1£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
Where it operates
  • Barking And Dagenham, Essex, Ghana, Havering, India, Nigeria, United States,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 25 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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Reaching Hearts 1000 Hamper Project
£9,964 20/01/2023
The funding will be used to deliver food hampers to disadvantaged people in the community. The project aims to enable people to access their basic needs during the cost of living crisis.
Department for Work and Pensions - REDEFINING CONCEPTS LIMITED
£19,534 01/04/2022
The Kickstart Scheme provides funding to employers to create jobs for 16 to 24 year olds on Universal Credit.
Department for Work and Pensions - REDEFINING CONCEPTS LIMITED
£19,534 01/04/2022
The Kickstart Scheme provides funding to employers to create jobs for 16 to 24 year olds on Universal Credit.
National Lottery Community Fund - Valence Family Fun Day
£9,950 14/06/2019
12
The project will use the funding to run a Family Fun Day to bring the community together and celebrate diversity.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 40-66
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 18/08/2009, number: 1131181
  • Registered at Companies House on 06/06/2009, number: 06926632
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
14 returns made; AR23: 9 days late, AR22: 79 days late, AR21: 5 days late, AR20: 60 days late, AR19: 425 days late, AR18: 22 days late, AR15: 54 days late, AR14: 27 days late, AR13: 13 days late, AR12: 49 days late,
Main office

CONCORD HOUSE
23-27 KEMP ROAD
DAGENHAM
RM8 1ST

Objectives

A TO PROVIDE COMMUNITY FACILITIES FOR EDUCATIONAL, RECREATIONAL AND OTHER LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR PERSONS WHO HAVE NEED BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE IN DAGENHAM, ESSEX AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT AND TO FULFIL SUCH OTHER PURPOSES WHICH ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AND ARE CONNECTED WITH THE CHARITABLE WORK OF THE CHARITYB TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND TO PROMOTE AND PRESERVE GOOD HEALTH BY THE PROVISION OF FUNDS, GOODS OR SERVICES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING THROUGH THE PROVISION OF COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT IN DAGENHAM, ESSEX AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT

Defined Area of Benefit:

DAGENHAM, ESSEX

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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