BLACK HEALTH INITIATIVE (BHI)

Registered charity 1053247 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BCAT - THE BLACK HEALTH INITIATIVE, BHI-BLACK HEALTH INITIATIVE

BHI exists to primarily work with Dual heritage, African and African Caribbean Communities as well as other marginalised groups in addressing and challenging inequalities in health.Mission Statement:BHI aims to develop interventions that enable service users to make positive lifestyle choices in relation to their health and well-being.

Objects

1. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF PERSONS BORN IN AFRICA, INDIA, PAKISTAN, BANGLADESH OR THE ISLANDS OF THE CARIBBEAN OR THE DESCENDANTS OF SUCH PERSONS 2. TO ADVANCE AND PROMOTE THE GOOD HEALTH OF SUCH PERSONS IN PARTICULAR WITH RELATION TO HIV/AIDS AND RELATED ISSUES AND ILLNESSES 3. TO SUPPORT INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE HIV AND ITS RELATED ILLNESSES, THEIR PARTNERS AND FAMILIES THROUGH THE PROVISION OF ADVICE, COUNSELLING AND OTHER SUPPORT SERVICES

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity is showing a surplus on the movement in funds. However, the independent examiner was unable to verify the existence or carrying value of current assets and other balances due to insufficient supporting documentation and accounting records. The trustees aim to hold reserves equivalent to up to three months of trading.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• 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
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• SOFYANAH RAMZANchair
• IRMA HEYLIGER OBE
• NAZARENE ACTIVE
• Stuart Bailey · trustee of 1 other charity

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Leeds City

Income and spending

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BHA FOR EQUALITY.

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• BLACK & MINORITY ETHNIC COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP income £175k
• AFRICAN HEALTH POLICY NETWORK income £153k
• BLACK MINDS MATTER UK income £104k
• AFRICAN COMMUNITY CENTRE income £405k
• The African People's Historical Monument Foundation (Black Cultural Archives) Limited income £545k

Side by side with its peers

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