HELMAR CARE AND COMMUNITY SERVICES LIMITED

Registered charity 1085423 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as AFRICAN POSITIVE OUTLOOK (APO), KINGSTON, RICHMOND AND SURREY AFRICAN POSITIVE OUTLOOK

AFRICAN POSITIVE OUTLOOK WORKS TO PROMOTE THE HEALTH, SOCIAL, EDUCATIONAL AND ECONOMIC STATUS OF PEOPLE IN AFRICAN DESCENT IN LONDON AND THE UK AS WELL AS IN AFRICA

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Latest income
£579k
Latest spending
£568k
Registered
2001
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with an accumulated fund of £5,350, having generated a net incoming resource surplus of £5,350 for the period. The organization relies heavily on self-generated income from home care services to sustain its operations and community projects. While the charity reports coping with financial challenges and risks, it confirms that resources are adequate to continue its activities.

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

What the accounts disclose

Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor
Without this channel of resources coming in, it would have been very difficult for us to survive the financial climate facing many charitable organizations.
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Corporate structure

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

CQC provider record: Helmar Care and Community Services LimitedRegistered, 1 registered location, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 08/07/2022.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£579k
Total spending
£568k
Reserves (reported)
£17k
Employees
10

Reported reserves equal ~0.4 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Care Quality Commission ratings

CQC inspection ratings for services run by a provider matching this charity’s name (matched by name; verify provider identity on CQC’s site).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Surrey · Throughout London · Uganda

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£579k£568k
31/03/2024£435k£540k
31/03/2023£725k£722k
31/03/2022£722k£693k
31/03/2021£465k£499k

Common questions

Is HELMAR CARE AND COMMUNITY SERVICES LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with an accumulated fund of £5,350, having generated a net incoming resource surplus of £5,350 for the period. The organization relies heavily on self-generated income from home care services to sustain its operations and community projects. While the charity reports coping with financial challenges and risks, it confirms that resources are adequate to continue its activities. 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 Heritage Fund06/07/2011£49k"'From Zanzibar with Cloves'"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund25/09/2008£25k"Rumba from the Jungle: Uncovering the African Roots in UK's 'Booty' dance movement"

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with AFRICAN ADVENTURES FOUNDATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
HELMAR CARE AND COMMUNITY SERVICES LIMITED£579k0unclearnoted
AFRICAN ADVENTURES FOUNDATION FY2024£331k0withinno doubt
HAROFEH DONATIONS LIMITED FY2025£598k0unclearnoted
INDIVIDUAL CARE SERVICES FY2025£7.0munclearno doubt
MRC COMMUNITY ACTION FY2025£572k0unclearno doubt
COMMUNITY OUTREACH FY2024£1.5m0unclearno doubt

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