HORN OF AFRICA DISABILITY AND ELDERLY ASSOCIATION (HADEA)

Registered charity 1113950 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HADEA

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Objects

3 (A)TO RELIEVE POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS AMONGST PEOPLE FROM THE HORN OF AFRICA WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM PHYSICAL AND MENTAL DISABILITIES, BY ANY MEANS CHARITABLE UNDER THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ADVANCING THEIR EDUCATION, PRESERVING PROTECTING AND RESTORING THEIR HEALTH, PROVIDING GUIDANCE, ADVICE, ADVOCACY AND ACCESS TO SKILLS TRAINING AND SUPPORTING THEM IN IDENTIFYING AND ACCESSING EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES.3 (B) THE RELIEF IN NEED OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE FROM THE HORN OF AFRICA PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THOSE THAT ARE DISABLED, HAVE LEARNING DIFFICULTIES OR OTHER SPECIAL NEEDS AND ARE RESIDENT IN EALING THROUGH THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT SERVICES, ADVICE, DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION, SPORTS, EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT SOCIAL AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES.3 (C) THE PROMOTION OF HEALTH, AND ILL HEALTH PREVENTION AMONGST THE HORN OF AFRICA COMMUNITY RESIDENT IN EALING BOROUGH OF LONG PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES, DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT.

Area of benefit: GREATER LONDON

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

Causes: Disability · Economic/community Development/employment · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Ealing, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£119k
Latest spending
£124k
Registered
2006
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves (funds) stood at £2,720 as of 31 March 2025, a decrease from £6,087 in the previous year. Net assets decreased from £8,587 to £3,768, driven by a reduction in cash and debtors. The document does not disclose a reserves policy target or specific financial health risks beyond noting the rise in demand for services.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 2 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.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 5
  • Government income: £36,935 — contracts £7,500 (2), grants £29,435 (2); 31% of the £118,875 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 9
  • Government income: £14,050 — grants £14,050 (1); 14% of the £99,807 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Volunteers: 8
  • Government income: £17,500 — contracts £17,500 (2); 22% of the £80,110 total gross income on the same return

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£119k£124k
31/03/2024£100k£109k
31/03/2023£80k£72k
31/03/2022£89k£85k
31/03/2021£72k£73k

Common questions

Is HORN OF AFRICA DISABILITY AND ELDERLY ASSOCIATION (HADEA) financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves (funds) stood at £2,720 as of 31 March 2025, a decrease from £6,087 in the previous year. Net assets decreased from £8,587 to £3,768, driven by a reduction in cash and debtors. The document does not disclose a reserves policy target or specific financial health risks beyond noting the rise in demand for services.

Who funds HORN OF AFRICA DISABILITY AND ELDERLY ASSOCIATION (HADEA)?

Funders whose own accounts filings name HORN OF AFRICA DISABILITY AND ELDERLY ASSOCIATION (HADEA) as a grant recipient include TRUST FOR LONDON.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
TRUST FOR LONDONFY2023£72kA grant to cover part-time salaries for a disability advisor

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund15/07/2025£20kTackling Cost of Living Crisis (TCLC)
The National Lottery Community Fund22/09/2023£10kCost of Living Intervention Project (COLIP)
The National Lottery Community Fund25/02/2022£10kBouncing Back From Covid-19 Phase 2
The National Lottery Community Fund22/10/2020£10kBounce Back from Covid-19 Lock-Down
The National Lottery Community Fund27/06/2019£10kInclusive Advice Services
The National Lottery Community Fund07/05/2014£10kOld is Gold
The National Lottery Community Fund22/08/2006£6kUnderstanding Healthy Living
The National Lottery Community Fund23/11/2005£4kHurusocod Project

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 HORN OF AFRICA DEVELOPMENT ALLIANCE FOUNDATION (HADAF).

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
HORN OF AFRICA DISABILITY AND ELDERLY ASSOCIATION (HADEA)£119k—0unclear—no doubt
HORN OF AFRICA DEVELOPMENT ALLIANCE FOUNDATION (HADAF) FY2025£30k——unclear—no doubt
HARROW ASSOCIATION OF DISABLED PEOPLE FY2025£594k—0unclear—no doubt
HORN OF AFRICA WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S ASSOCIATION FY2025£70k—0unclear—no doubt
HAVERING ASSOCIATION FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES FY2026£124k—0above—no doubt
ABILITY HOUSING ASSOCIATION FY2025£11.0m——unclear—no doubt

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