Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 9
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 8 ?

THE HEALTHY LIVING PLATFORM 

The prevention or relief of poverty for the public benefit by providing food, baby clothing and baby essentials to individuals in need and charities and voluntary organisations working to prevent or relieve poverty.To preserve and protect good health for the public benefit by providing or assisting in the provision of education on health awareness, healthy eating, training and other projects
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Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received modest backing from several prominent grant makers including the Government recently

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

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 ?

Y/E Income Spending Surplus/
Deficit
Volun-
teers
30/09/22£498,452£389,022£109,43090
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 3 years

www.healthylivingplatform.org

CONTACTUS@HEALTHYLIVINGPLATFORM.ORG

07701365551

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Other individual and family services
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 90 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 - Food Ambassadors for Lambeth
£10,000 16/06/2023
The funding will be used to provide healthy cooking and eating classes for local people including single parents and low income families. The project aims to improve people's skills nutrition health ....more
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Healthy Living Platform (CIO)
£4,000 30/11/2022
Grant uplift 'Cost of Living crisis': refurbishment of building for a charity supporting disadvantaged minority communities in Lambeth
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Healthy Living Platform (CIO)
£40,000 12/07/2022
refurbishment of building for a charity supporting disadvantaged minority communities in Lambeth

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 11/08/2021, number: 1195487
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
1 returns made; all on time
Main office

Healthy Living Platform
336 Brixton Road
London
SW9 7AA

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO, TO BE CARRIED OUT IN LONDON AND SUCH OTHER PARTS OF ENGLAND AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE, ARE:1) THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PROVIDING FOOD, BABY CLOTHING AND BABY ESSENTIALS TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED AND CHARITIES AND VOLUNTARY ORGANISATION WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY, AND BY PROVIDING SUCH ORGANISATIONS WITH FACILITIES FOR THE PREPARATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF FOOD. 2) TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT GOOD HEALTH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION ON HEALTH AWARENESS, HEALTHY EATING, TRAINING AND OTHER APPROPRIATE PROJECTS THAT ENABLE INDIVIDUALS TO BE SELF-SUFFICIENT IN GAINING ACCESS TO, GROWING AND PREPARING NUTRITIOUS FOOD.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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