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.

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Latest income
£201k
Latest spending
£191k
Registered
1996
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £23,326 for the year, with total income of £200,831. Free reserves stood at £155,427, which the trustees note is above their policy target of up to three months of equivalent trading. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters of concern arose during the examination of the accounts.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: up to 3 months equivalent trading (held: £155k)
Black Health Initiative aims to keep reserves of up to 3 months equivalent trading. — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Leeds City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£201k£191k
31/03/2024£319k£202k
31/03/2023£420k£391k
31/03/2022£159k£169k
31/03/2021£265k£218k

Common questions

Is BLACK HEALTH INITIATIVE (BHI) financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £23,326 for the year, with total income of £200,831. Free reserves stood at £155,427, which the trustees note is above their policy target of up to three months of equivalent trading. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters of concern arose during the examination of the accounts. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund04/04/2023£9kWindrush 75th Celebration 2023
UK government29/07/2020£23kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund12/09/2019£10kVoices Of Cancer - Reaching Out
UK government£20kKnife Crime Community Fund 17-18

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Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
BLACK HEALTH INITIATIVE (BHI)£201k0unclearno doubt
BHA FOR EQUALITY FY2025£2.4m0aboveno doubt
BLACK & MINORITY ETHNIC COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP FY2025£175k0unclearno doubt
AFRICAN HEALTH POLICY NETWORK FY2025£153k0unclearno doubt
The African People's Historical Monument Foundation (Black Cultural Archives) Limited FY2025£545k£60,001 - £70,0001above4.2%no doubt
BLACK EQUITY ORGANISATION (BEO) FY2025£1.7maboveno doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.