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

Objects

FOR THE BENEFIT OF PERSONS OF AFRICAN DESCENT LIVING IN LONDON AS WELL AS ELSEWHERE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND IN AFRICA:(A) THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND THE PRESERVATION OF HEALTH ESPECIALLY AMONG THOSE AFFECTED BY HIV AND AIDS(B) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION BY PROVIDING AND ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR CHILDREN AND ADULT EDUCATION(C) THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP THROUGH THE PROVISION OF INFORMATION, ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE AIMED AT IMPROVING THE FINANCIAL POSITION OF THE PEOPLE SERVED BY AFRICAN POSITIVE OUTLOOK (APO)

Area of benefit: LONDON AND ELSEWHERE IN THE UK AND COUNTRIES IN AFRICA

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

Causes: Education/training · Disability · website · Get email alerts

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

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

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Care Quality Commission. This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 03900909

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.

• COLESHILL, Sharon Ahimbisibwe — director, appointed 16/10/2015on trustee list
• ATIM, Pauline — director, appointed 12/11/2006on trustee list
• ESAETE, Christine — director, appointed 12/11/2006not on trustee list
• LUTWAMA, Flavia — director, appointed 12/11/2006on trustee list
• AMULEN, Catherine — director, appointed 20/12/2004not on trustee list

Official officers record.

CQC provider record: Helmar Care and Community Services Limited — Registered, 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)

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

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (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).

• Helmar Care and Community Services Limited: Good (17/08/2022) · CQC record

Trustees · trustee networks

• CHRISTINE ESATE
• FLAVIA LUTWAMA
• Pauline Atim
• Sharon Coleshill

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

Operates in: Surrey · Throughout London · Uganda

Income and spending

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

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

• AFRICAN ADVENTURES FOUNDATION income £331k
• HAROFEH DONATIONS LIMITED income £598k
• INDIVIDUAL CARE SERVICES income £7.0m
• ST HILDA'S OLD SCHOOL income £120k
• MRC COMMUNITY ACTION income £572k
• WESTSIDE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION CIO income £280k

Side by side with its peers

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