HAPPYDAYS MINISTRIES UK

Registered charity 1157527 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HAPPYDAYS, Happy Days

The charities overall aims are the prevention and relief of poverty for homeless and vulnerable individuals. We aim to do this through the following ways: The Provision of Supported community housing schemes, to provide & mentor people into employment, education and training.To Nurture people into living purposeful lives for the benefit of themselves and the community.

Objects

The object of the CIO is the prevention and relief of poverty for vulnerable individuals through the following purposes:-a. the provision of supported community housing schemes and provision of housing for persons in need based on values of improving lives, integrity, respect, equality, nurture and affordability.b. the provision and mentoring of people into employment, education and training. c. nurturing people into living purposeful lives for the benefit of themselves and the community. d. the furtherance of such other charitable purposes as the charity trustees determine.

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Calderdale, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £294,861, increasing total funds to £2,176,731. However, free unrestricted reserves are reported at £15,324, which is significantly below the stated reserves policy target of £101,000. The trustees confirm adequate resources are available for the foreseeable future, supported by an independent audit opinion.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Enigma Accountants Ltd. Discloses 4 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.

• 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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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.

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

What the charity says about itself (2025)

From its own voluntary annual review / impact report — the charity’s account of its work, distinct from the statutory accounts analysed above.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Happy Days UK (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £120k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~0.1 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (64% 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: 2.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (25/03/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (23/12/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Gareth Paul Hendersonchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Catherine Daniel
• Christopher David Lee
• Dr Sarah Hoye
• Kevin Teague · trustee of 1 other charity
• PETER CAWDRON

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

Operates in: Bradford City · Calderdale · Kirklees · Leeds City

Income and spending

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Known funders

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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 CHARIS MINISTRIES.

• CHARIS MINISTRIES income £99k
• HOPE MINISTRIES LONDON income £34k
• HIGHLY FAVOURED MINISTRIES income £65k
• SUNNY DAYS CHILDRENS FUND income £463k
• MANCHESTER SETTLEMENT income £1.8m
• HALESFIELD DAY NURSERY CENTRE income £553k

Side by side with its peers

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