HHUGS - HELPING HOUSEHOLDS UNDER GREAT STRESS

Registered charity 1117924 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HELPING HOMES UNDER GREAT STRESS, HHUGS

To relieve the financial and emotional hardship of Muslim detainees/former detainees & families held in the UK and abroad (so long as families are resident/citizens of the UK). By way of provision of counselling, emotional and practical support and financial assistance if the need arises.

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Latest income

£1.0m

Latest spending

£1.2m

Registered

2007

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £173,597 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total expenditure exceeding total income. Despite this deficit, unrestricted reserves stood at £837,394, which the trustees note is sufficient to cover the restricted deficit and maintain operations. The auditor confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for at least twelve months from the date of signing.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three and six months’ expenditure (held: £837k)

“Trustees maintain a reserves policy requiring unrestricted funds not designated for specific use to be held at a level equivalent to between three and six months’ expenditure.” — page 14

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Payments to trustees: Key management personnel were renumerated £33,451 during the year

“Key management personnel were renumerated £33,451 during the year” — page 28

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Abacus Partners (LDN) LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — HHUGS (matched by registered charity number).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

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

Total income

£1.0m

Total spending

£1.2m

Cost of raising funds

£290k

Reserves (reported)

£837k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~8.4 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (91% 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: 28.4% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Cerie Bullivant · trustee of 1 other charity
Dr Tarek Younis
Shaheer Choudhury · trustee of 1 other charity
Usman Azam · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£1.0m	£1.2m
31/03/2024	£1.5m	£1.4m
31/03/2023	£1.3m	£1.4m
31/03/2022	£1.4m	£1.2m
31/03/2021	£951k	£804k

Common questions

Is HHUGS - HELPING HOUSEHOLDS UNDER GREAT STRESS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £173,597 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total expenditure exceeding total income. Despite this deficit, unrestricted reserves stood at £837,394, which the trustees note is sufficient to cover the restricted deficit and maintain operations. The auditor confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for at least twelve months from the date of signing. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Abacus Partners (LDN) LLP.

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
The Marks Family Charitable Trust	1	—
THE JULIA RAUSING TRUST	1	£1.0m
THE CYRIL TAYLOR CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£557k
THE MASTER CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£500k
THE HAPPY BABY COMMUNITY	1	£338k
THE CRUCIBLE FOUNDATION	1	£210k
THE BAND TRUST	1	£150k
THE SCHRODER FOUNDATION	1	£150k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HUGGARD.

HUGGARD income £3.2m
Migrant Help income £69.8m
REFUGEES AT HOME income £1.2m
BUTTLE UK income £3.2m
HULL RESETTLEMENT PROJECT LIMITED income £1.9m
THE HUBB FOUNDATION income £1.7m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
HHUGS - HELPING HOUSEHOLDS UNDER GREAT STRESS	£1.0m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
HUGGARD FY2025	£3.2m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
Migrant Help FY2025	£69.8m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
REFUGEES AT HOME FY2024	£1.2m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
BUTTLE UK FY2025	£3.2m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
HULL RESETTLEMENT PROJECT LIMITED FY2025	£1.9m	—	0	above	—	no doubt

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