Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 5

Strong growth: +2
Fundraising costs high: -2

Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 11

HELLO WORLD

Hello World initiates and supports projects that provide sustainable development, capacity building, and prevention of relief or poverty. Hello World follows principles of community-led development and respect in addressing critical needs in the developing world.

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Positives:

The charity has received modest backing from several prominent grant makers recently
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

Fundraising costs are high relative to funds raised

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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		£1,224	£1,025	£198	£55	£1,189	£430	5	5	0
31/03/22		£1,507	£653	£854	£3	£991	£403	7.4	4	0
31/03/21		£436	£301	£135	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	7
31/03/20		£299	£398	£-99	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	8
31/03/19		£229	£157	£73	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/18		£2	£56	£-54	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£377	£306	£71	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	*	£176	£171	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15	*	£130	£142	£-12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£33	£39	£-7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 20.4%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 24.3%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 9%
Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000
Liabilities/Assets: 2%
Liabilities/Income: 2%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 36%
Reserves/Spending: 5 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 14 months
Quick Ratio: 48.8

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Established: 12 years

www.projecthelloworld.org

katrin@projecthelloworld.org

07531081788

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
Environment/Conservation/Heritage
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

GiG Classification

International poverty relief

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides human resources

Where it operates

Nepal, Nigeria, Uganda,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

5 employees

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
Brian Mercer Trust - Grant to Hello World
£45,000	08/03/2024	Unrestricted grant for building solar-powered internet hubs in Uganda and Nepal
Brian Mercer Trust - Grant to Hello World
£30,000	26/01/2022	Provision of solar-powered, Wi-Fi enabled education huibs in Uganda
Brian Mercer Trust - Grant to Hello World
£15,000	15/07/2021 12	Provision of solar-powered, Wi-Fi enabled education huibs in Uganda
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Projects for All
£5,000	10/04/2017 6	Towards Project costs Towards a listening pilgrimage to capture views on refugees/immigration in various communities across the UK

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

DR LOPAMUDRA WINTERS Appointed: 2022

JONATHAN STADLEN BA, HONS Appointed: 2012

LAURA HARNETT Appointed: 2019

STEPHANIE JANE BRUCE Appointed: 2023

FRANCES BAAWUAH Appointed: 2019 Occupation: General Practitioner

Dr Frances Baawuah is a General Practitioner with over 15 years of clinical experience. She is a Partner of a 19,000 patient inner-city London Practice and has recently been appointed as the clinical lead for her local COVID-19 Response unit, as well as the COVID-19 schools surveillance study with Public Health England.

MARCUS WILLIAM EXALL Appointed: 2019 Occupation: Founder of UP AND TO THE RIGHT

Marcus has been involved in Hello World since before the first hub was built. He has worked in the digital industry for the last 23 years and is founder of UP AND TO THE RIGHT, a tech company helping founders create, build and sell successful businesses. He built his own digital marketing business until its acquisition in 2011, and is an angel....more

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 16/08/2012, number: 1148596

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
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

10 returns made; AR16: 2 days late, AR15: 112 days late,

Main office

28 Digby Crescent
LONDON
N4 2HR

Objectives

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTDEVELOPMENT WHICH MEETS THE NEEDS OF THE PRESENT WITHOUT COMPROMISING THE ABILITY OF FUTURE GENERATIONS TO MEET THEIR OWN NEEDS. TO PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY:(A) THE PRESERVATION, CONSERVATION AND THE PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE PRUDENT USE OF RESOURCES;(B) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE IN SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES;(C) THE PROMOTION OF SUSTAINABLE MEANS OF ACHIEVING ECONOMIC GROWTH AND REGENERATION.CAPACITY BUILDINGTO DEVELOP THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF THE MEMBERS OF THE SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES OF AFRICA IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY, AND HELP MEET, THEIR NEEDS AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY. PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFITTHE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY [OR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP] ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD BY PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION, TRAINING, HEALTHCARE PROJECTS AND ALL THE NECESSARY SUPPORT DESIGNED TO ENABLE INDIVIDUALS TO GENERATE A SUSTAINABLE INCOME AND BE SELF-SUFFICIENT.

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