Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 9
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 14 ?

HIMMAH 

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Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received backing from multiple 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 dynamic in terms of composition

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
30/06/22£283£235£48n/an/an/an/an/a84
30/06/21£154£155£-1n/an/an/an/an/a75
30/06/20£120£59£61n/an/an/an/an/a75
30/06/19£40£48£-8n/an/an/an/an/a48
30/06/18*£38£35£4£0£0£0n/a0150
30/06/17£43£38£5£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/16£38£35£3£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 9 years

www.himmah.org

info@himmah.org

0115 837 6116

Charity Commission for England and WalesFacebookX
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Community food services
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 84 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
National Lottery Community Fund£20,000
Crowdfunder£15,259
Power to Change£9,650
DCMS£9,650
Co-Operative Group£3,303
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Nottingham Fuel Poverty Support
£10,000 24/02/2023
The funding will be used to pay for a project coordinator at a food bank. The project aims to run workshops offer information about fuel poverty and assemble warm packs for needy people.
Crowdfunder - Local Action Fund
£15,259 30/12/2022
Covid response
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Himmah
£3,303 23/10/2021
We would like to help people who experience food poverty as a result of the Covid-19 crisis. We will also support vulnerable people who face mental health issues as a result of the Covid-19 crisis.
National Lottery Community Fund - Himmah Food Bank
£10,000 14/05/2021
The group will use the funding to provide food and support for people from the local BAME community. This will help vulnerable people who have been hit hardest by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Power to Change - C-19 CCLORS - Himmah
£9,650 16/09/2020
Grant to C-19 CCLORS - Himmah
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,650 03/08/2020
"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 Heritage Fund - Grant to Himmah
£39,700 17/05/2018
A living heritage of Muslim WWII Servicemen and their families
National Lottery Community Fund - Himmah Food Poverty Project
£10,000 17/08/2016
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The project will use the funding to employ a sessional coordinator to recruit volunteers and extend the reach of their existing food bank. This will increase the capacity of the food bank so more ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 23/03/2015, number: 1161021
Gift Aid
  • 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
7 returns made; AR18: 261 days late,
Main office

Unit 2 Forest Court
Gamble street
Nottingham
NG7 4EX

Objectives

1. TO PREVENT AND RELIEVE POVERTY IN NOTTINGHAM AND ALL OVER THE UK, HELPING PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN POVERTY BY SUPPLYING THEM WITH FOOD THROUGH THE MEANS A FOOD BANK.2. TO ADVANCE EDUCATION BY PROVIDING LANGUAGE CLASSES SUCH AS ENGLISH, ARABIC AND URDU IN NOTTINGHAM AND ALL OVER THE UK TO THOSE WHO ARE LACKING COMPREHENSION IN THESE LANGUAGES BY PROVIDING REGULAR CLASSES IN THESE DISCIPLINES.3. TO ADVANCE THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF RACE OR RELIGION IN NOTTINGHAM AND ALL OVER THE UK, HELPING THOSE WHO ARE DISCRIMINATED AGAINST BY CARRYING OUT RESEARCH WHICH WILL AID UNDERSTANDING OF DIFFERENT RACES AND RELIGIONS.4. TO DEVELOP THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF MEMBERS OF THE SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES OF NOTTINGHAM AND THE REST OF THE UK IN SUCH A WAY THAT MEMBERS ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY AND MEET THEIR NEEDS AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY BY PROVIDING CAPACITY BUILDING AND LEADERSHIP SKILLS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

LOCAL

Data Sources

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360 Giving
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