Finance Score: 6
Governance Score: 4
Support Score: 12
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Award winner
  • Overall weighted support: +12
Overall GiG Score: 22 ?

HAMARA HEALTHY LIVING CENTRE

The charity currently delivers activities within seven strands of work. These are;Older Peoples Project, Youth Project, Health & Physical, Health Promotion / Education, Project, Training Project and a Community Cohesion Project
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity is a recent Award Winner
  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return
  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy

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£1,534£1,277£257£42£2,036£8107.63535
31/03/22£1,694£1,251£443£30£1,780£5665.43535
31/03/21£1,291£997£294£0£1,337£4555.52815
31/03/20£877£800£77£0£1,043£2503.83012
31/03/19£885£923£-37£0£966£1612.12912
31/03/18*£1,044£1,118£-74£0£1,003£1771.9400
31/03/17£959£1,011£-52£0£1,077£2432.9350
31/03/16£808£875£-68£0£1,129£2813.8380
31/03/15£813£877£-64£50£1,197£3014.1150
31/03/14*£631£771£-140£0£1,261£3555.5160
31/03/13*£643£706£-63£0£1,257£2985.1140
31/03/12£469£463£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£684£637£47£17£1,342£2705.1140
31/03/10*£607£666£-59£37£1,295£1412.5150
31/03/09*£657£687£-30£26£1,343£1352.4140
31/03/08*£724£685£39£24£1,384£761.3140
31/03/07£633£514£119£0£1,366£862180
31/03/06£519£506£13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05*£438£334£103n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04*£205£248£-43n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 2.7%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 3.3%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 1%
Liabilities/Income: 2%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 40%
Reserves/Spending: 7.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 9 months
Quick Ratio: 36.2
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 26 years

www.hamara.org.uk

info@hamara.co.uk

01132773330

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Recreation
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • General Community services
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Leeds City,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities

Who supports them? ?

Awards received
  • King's Fund GSK Awards 2024
Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Sport England£174,940
Leeds Community Foundation£126,197
The Clothworkers Foundation£110,000
Wolfson Foundation£100,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£100,000
DCMS£54,061
Lloyds Bank Foundation£52,250
Power to Change£40,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Leeds Community Foundation - Lunch club
£2,076 03/05/2024
12
Grant to Hamara Healthy Living Centre
Leeds Community Foundation - Happy and Well Activity Group
£20,000 13/02/2024
11
Grant to Hamara Healthy Living Centre
Leeds Community Foundation - Hamara Healthy Holiday Programme
£21,680 12/02/2024
9
We have a robust safeguarding process within our organisation. Every member of staff within the organisation including our receptionist, café staff and care taker are train at a minimum of level 1 in safeguarding and we have over 8 Designated ....more
Sport England - Hamara Health and Fitness
£15,000 06/12/2023
12
This project will purchase gym equipment to support users who are disabled.
Leeds Community Foundation - Hamara Heealthy Living Centre Older People project
£2,323 24/04/2023
Grant to Hamara Healthy Living Centre
Lloyds Bank Foundation - One off gift towards cost of living crisis to Hamara Healthy Living Centre
£2,250 14/12/2022
One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis
Power to Change - HAMARA HEALTHY LIVING CENTRE (RCF)
£10,000 12/12/2022
Grant to HAMARA HEALTHY LIVING CENTRE (RCF)
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Hamara Healthy Living Centre
£10,000 30/11/2022
Grant uplift 'Cost of Living crisis': refurbishment of building for a charity supporting people with disabilities in West Yorkshire
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Grant to Hamara Healthy Living Centre
£1,200 17/11/2022
General charitable purposes
County Durham Community Foundation - Mindful Garden
£5,000 11/08/2022
To create a Mindful Garden.
Leeds Community Foundation - Grant to Hamara Healthy Living Centre
£2,180 20/04/2022
Grant to Hamara Healthy Living Centre
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Hamara Healthy Living Centre
£100,000 15/03/2022
refurbishment of building for a charity supporting people with disabilities in West Yorkshire
National Lottery Community Fund - Womens Wellbeing Sessions
£9,991 11/02/2022
This project will support marginalized women living locally in poverty by providing a safe space to develop a peer support network skills for employment and opportunities to improve health and wellbeing.
Leeds Community Foundation - Halo Heritage Cafe
£18,923 10/12/2021
Halo Heritage Cafe - Work based training for People with Learning Disabilities
Leeds Community Foundation - Winter Wellbeing
£3,848 06/10/2021
We would plan to to deliver over 100 Winter Warmer Packs and co-ordinate a befriending service (including digital support) to those who have been restricted with contact with other people due to lockdowns, shielding and social isolation.
Leeds Community Foundation - Halo Heritage Cafe
£3,988 29/09/2021
Social Enterprise Café and catering company with a difference, giving opportunity for people who need added help to develop and learn skills towards employment and volunteering placements.
Sport England - Improve existing sports facility
£150,000 23/08/2021
26
Funding under Sport England's Community Asset Fund funding programme for a Capital project titled Improve existing sports facility. This project lists its main activity as Multi Sports
Sport England - TGC CF You Can Box
£9,940 04/08/2021
12
This project aims to engage 80 inactive women over 12 months to boxing and self-defense sessions.
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to Hamara Healthy Living Centre
£100,000 10/06/2021
Community hub supporting young people and adults with learning disabilities
Garfield Weston Foundation - Major Grants award
£100,000 09/04/2021
The Cockburn Centre
Leeds Community Foundation - Grant to Hamara Elderly Luncheon Club
£1,984 07/04/2021
Grant to Hamara Elderly Luncheon Club
Leeds Community Foundation - Grant to Hamara Healthy Living Centre
£20,000 11/03/2021
Grant to Hamara Healthy Living Centre
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Recovery grant to Hamara Healthy Living Centre
£50,000 02/12/2020
24
Unrestricted grant over two years towards the core costs of Hamara Healthy Living Centre, awarded under the Foundation's Racial Equity funding stream. Part of the Covid Recovery Fund to support charities to emerge from the pandemic.
DCMS - DCMS VSCE CMC Covid Funding
£54,061 02/12/2020
The Community Match Challenge is an £85M fund aimed at supporting the Voluntary Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) in their COVID response. Awards were made to philanthropists, foundations and grant making organisations to match funds raised on ....more
Leeds Community Foundation - Stay well this winter
£4,348 07/10/2020
4
Grant to Hamara Healthy Living Centre
Leeds Community Foundation - Hamara Healthy Holiday Programme
£6,810 29/09/2020
4
Hamara will provide a play scheme for children aged 5-11 years in the October and February half term and the winter holidays, where they will enjoy a warm healthy meal and structured/unstructured high quality play ensuring that the social distance ....more
Leeds Community Foundation - Hamara Healthy Holiday COVID Response
£7,000 17/08/2020
5
Grant to Hamara Healthy Living Centre
Leeds Community Foundation - Covid-19
£4,500 28/05/2020
Grant to Hamara Healthy Living Centre
Leeds Community Foundation - Grant to Hamara Elderly Luncheon Club
£1,538 22/05/2020
11
Grant to Hamara Elderly Luncheon Club
Power to Change - C-19 Response - Hamara Healthy Living Centre
£30,000 13/05/2020
Grant to C-19 Response - Hamara Healthy Living Centre
Leeds Community Foundation - Covid-19
£5,000 08/04/2020
5
Grant to Hamara Healthy Living Centre
Power to Change - Hamara Healthy Living Centre
£300,000 05/12/2019
24
Grant to Hamara Healthy Living Centre
Leeds Community Foundation - Stay well this Winter Grant
£2,500 06/11/2019
4
The project will provide befriending service and reduce isolation and loneliness.
Leeds Community Foundation - Hamara Healthy Holiday Programme
£9,598 28/06/2019
5
Hamara will provide an open access play scheme for children aged 5-11 years in the Easter and Summer holidays, where they will enjoy a healthy meal and structured and unstructured high quality play.
Leeds Community Foundation - Grant to Hamara Healthy Living Centre
£38,349 30/10/2018
10
Continue Health Project and cover all aspects of health including physical and emotional wellbeing, to tackle loneliness, Carer’s needs, health inequalities and building community capacity.
Leeds Community Foundation - Grant to Hamara Elderly Luncheon Club
£2,611 26/03/2018
11
Support for Hamara Elderly lunch club.
Leeds Community Foundation - Hamara Healthy Holiday Programme
£5,360 13/03/2018
5
Hamara will provide an open access play scheme for children aged 5-11 years in the Easter and Summer holidays, where they will enjoy a healthy meal and structured and unstructured high quality play.
Leeds Community Foundation - Hamara Dementia Outreach
£9,990 16/02/2018
11
To provide an outreach and befriending service for older people with dementia and their carers.
Comic Relief - Effectively engaging South Asian Families on Child Sexual Exploitation
£143,076 30/09/2015
36
Leeds Safeguarding Children Board has found the number of young people at risk of sexual exploitation is increasing. In 2014 there were 153 cases compared to 47 in 2011. Many incidences are never reported, particularly involving young Asian women. ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 39-69
  • ADRISH MOHAMMED Appointed: 2021
  • ANDREW WHITAKER Appointed: 2021
  • COUNCILLOR IQBAL (Chair) Appointed: 2006, Occupation: Self-Employed
  • DR NOOR AHMED BALOCH Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Retired
  • MONEER SHARIF Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Pharmaceutical Sales
  • WASEEM KHAN Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Qualified Accountant
  • YANKUBA SAWO Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Hm Forces
  • ZAHID HAMID Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Accountant
  • ZOHRA BIBI-KHALIQ Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Community Cohesion And Safeguarding Officer
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 04/02/1999, number: 1162962
  • Registered at Companies House on 17/09/2002, number: 04537287
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • 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
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR18: 1 days late, AR14: 1 days late, AR13: 0 days late, AR10: 2 days late, AR09: 2 days late, AR08: 13 days late, AR05: 107 days late, AR04: 38 days late,
Main office

HAMARA HEALTHY LIVING CENTRE
TEMPEST ROAD
BEESTON
LEEDS
LS11 6RD

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS AND PRIMARILY THE SOUTH ASIAN INHABITANTS OF LEEDS METROPOLITAN DISTRICT AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX OR SEXUAL ORIENTATION, DISABILITIES, OR OF POLITICAL OR RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID INHABITANTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATION IN A COMMON EFFORT TO:I) ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE SAID INHABITANTSII) PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION OF THE SAID INHABITANTS IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFEIII) RELIEVE SICKNESS AND PRESERVE HEALTH THROUGH THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT, EDUCATION AND PRACTICAL ADVICEIV) PROMOTE GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES OF THE INHABITANTS AND IN PARTICULAR TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM TO PARTICIPATE FULLY IN THE LIFE OF THEIR COMMUNITY IN WAYS WHICH ADDRESS AND ALLEVIATE AND ECONOMIC DISADVANTAGE.TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL AND PARTICULARLY AMONGST YOUNG PEOPLE BY DEVELOPING THEIR MENTAL, PHYSICAL AND MORAL CAPABILITIES THROUGH LEARNING AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES.TO RELIEVE SICKNESS, AND POOR HEALTH AMONGST PEOPLE THROUGH THE PROVISIONS OF EQUIPMENT AND LOCAL SERVICES NOT NORMALLY PROVIDED BY THE STATUTORY AUTHORITIES AND BY ENHANCING THE SKILLS OF LOCAL PERSONNEL.'

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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