Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 3
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
    • Grant maker support: +3
    Overall GiG Score: 8 ?

    HAPPY TEARS FOUNDATION 

    Happy Tears Foundation promotes the well-being of vulnerable, deprived, and disadvantaged people living in Leeds and West Yorkshire by advancing education, relieving poverty and improving their welfare through community-based activities in collaboration with organisations with similar interests. We also promote African Culture, Sports, Healthy Living, and social, recreational and sporting events.
    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently and there are significant future grants due to be received

    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
    31/10/22£7,250£5,800£1,4500
    Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
    Established: 2 years

    www.happytearsfoundation.org.uk

    contact@happytearsfoundation.org.uk

    07447924113

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    Listed activities
    • General Charitable Purposes
    • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
    • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
    How it operates
    • Makes Grants to Individuals
    • Provides advocacy/advice/information
    • Provides other finance
    • Provides services
    Where it operates
    • Guinea, Throughout England,
    Who it helps
    • Children/Young People
    • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
    • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
    • The General Public/Mankind

    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£10,000
    Two Ridings Community Foundation£5,000
    Sir George Martin Trust£2,000
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    Sir George Martin Trust - Grant to Happy Tears Foundation
    £2,000 07/11/2022
    Core costs for Youth Welfare & Education
    Two Ridings Community Foundation - Healthy Me
    £5,000 25/04/2022
    Funding for mentoring of high-risk young people in Leeds to encourage better engagement with school and careers, and reduce risky behaviours and encourage healthy behaviours. The step change is to ....more
    National Lottery Community Fund - BAME Food Relief
    £10,000 21/05/2021
    The funding will be used to deliver a food and healthy eating project for children from low income families as well as to assist with shopping and delivery. The project aims to reduce hunger in the ....more

    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees (5)
    Current Trustees appointed

    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in England & Wales on 29/11/2021, number: 1196826
    Gift Aid
    • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
    Policies in force
    • Complaints handling
    • Conflicting interests
    • Risk management
    • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
    • Volunteer management
    Filing Record
    1 returns made; all on time
    Main office

    112 BROADSTONE WAY
    BRADFORD
    BD4 9BN

    Objectives

    1. TO RELIEVE OR PREVENT POVERTY PRIMARY IN WEST YORKSHIRE 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.2. TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY.FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ‘SOCIALLY EXCLUDED’ MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OF MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; YOUTH OR OLD AGE; ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL); DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF RACE, ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGION, BELIEF, OR CREED; POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT;

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    360 Giving
    CharityBase
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