Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 8

Deficit latest year: -2
No PartB

Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteer base +3
Overall weighted support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 9

HAREHILLS ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROJECT TO BE KNOWN AS H.E.L.P.

Teaching English to adult asylum seekers and refugees through free classes at various levels. A free 14-place creche is available to pre-school children. Lessons are given by volunteers on two mornings a week during school term times.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Financial issues to consider:

Income was significantly lower than spending in the latest year
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	Spending	Surplus/ Deficit	Volun- teers
31/08/23		£25	£36	£-11	n/a
31/08/22		£53	£24	£29	n/a
31/08/21	*	£0	£0	£0	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 4 years

enquiries@help-esol.org.uk

07933291416

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Education/Training

GiG Classification

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information

Where it operates

Leeds City,

Who it helps

Other Defined Groups

Who supports them? ?

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

Leeds Community Foundation	£14,447
Garfield Weston Foundation	£10,000
National Lottery Community Fund	£8,840
Two Ridings Community Foundation	£4,800

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Leeds Community Foundation - Furthering technology as a tool for learning & Strengthening Creche support
£6,814	15/11/2022	Grant to Harehills English Language Project (H.E.L.P.)
Two Ridings Community Foundation - Harehills English Language Project
£4,800	14/09/2022	Funding for room hire, including a creche, so that group can rebuild English language classes of various levels back to pre-pandemic levels.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£5,000	29/07/2022 24	Growing our charity post Covid-19
National Lottery Community Fund - ESOL classes in Harehills Leeds
£8,840	22/07/2022	The funding will be used to continue to deliver ESOL classes for primarily local asylum seekers and refugees. This will provide a free creche education social and cultural activities to aid the integration confidence and wellbeing of participants.
Leeds Community Foundation - Strengthening resilience and growth post Covid-19.
£7,633	01/03/2022	The pandemic radically affected the way we work, and we now aim to build on our commitment to the local community by continuing to grow the capped numbers of our face-to-face classes, to offer online 1:1 tuition and to strengthen our resilience to ....more The pandemic radically affected the way we work, and we now aim to build on our commitment to the local community by continuing to grow the capped numbers of our face-to-face classes, to offer online 1:1 tuition and to strengthen our resilience to cope with the possibility of further restrictions.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£5,000	16/07/2021 24	Growing our charity post Covid-19
Leeds Community Foundation - Harehills English Language Project (H.E.L.P)
£8,228	06/06/2018 10	We offer a safe, welcoming, supportive and caring environment where learners from many parts of the world can feel valued as they learn English, knowing that their children are safe and well cared for.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (8)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

ALASDAIR IAIN FRASER Appointed: 2021

DAVID NOBLE ACMA Appointed: 2021

DONNA KENNEDY BA PGCE Appointed: 2021

DR JOHN MITCHELL LLOYD DAVIES PHD CELTA Appointed: 2021

EDWARD SONA SAKWE Appointed: 2022

GILLIAN GIBBONS Appointed: 2021

REV DIANA ZANKER BA MPHIL (Chair) Appointed: 2021

SUSAN NOBLE Appointed: 2021

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 08/02/2021, number: 1193447

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

3 returns made; AR21: 102 days late,

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from HAREHILLS ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROJECT TO BE KNOWN AS H.E.L.P on 27/09/2022

Main office

St Aidan's Community Hall
Elford Place West
Leeds
LS8 5QD

Objectives

THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF PERSONS LIVING IN LEEDS AND THE SURROUNDING AREA,PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROVIDING COURSES SUCH AS ENGLISH FOR SPEAKERS OF OTHER LANGUAGES, AND BRITISH CULTURE; AND TO PROVIDE PASTORAL CARE WHERE NEEDED.

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