HIMMAH

Registered charity 1161021 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

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Latest income
£743k
Latest spending
£712k
Registered
2015
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted free reserves stood at £51,276 at the year end, which is below the trustees' target range of £141,280 to £282,560. The trustees attribute this position to the ongoing growth in demand for services and the commitment to maximizing charitable impact, while noting that multi-year funding commitments ensure continued financial support.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £51k; policy: three to six months of fixed and operational expenditure (target range £141,280 to £282,560))
“At 30th June 2025, the charity's unrestricted reserves stood at £51,276. While this remains below the Trustees' target range, the year-end position reflects continued commitment towards the charity's reserves objective.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2025)

Total income
£743k
Total spending
£712k
Cost of raising funds
£25k
Reserves (reported)
£115k
Employees
7

Reported reserves equal ~1.9 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading activities (36% 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: 3.3% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/06/2025£743k£712k
30/06/2024£672k£618k
30/06/2023£450k£500k
30/06/2022£283k£235k
30/06/2021£154k£155k

Common questions

Is HIMMAH financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted free reserves stood at £51,276 at the year end, which is below the trustees' target range of £141,280 to £282,560. The trustees attribute this position to the ongoing growth in demand for services and the commitment to maximizing charitable impact, while noting that multi-year funding commitments ensure continued financial support. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds HIMMAH?

Funders whose own accounts filings name HIMMAH as a grant recipient include SOCIETY OF THE HOLY CHILD JESUS CIO, THE JONES 1986 CHARITABLE TRUST, THE THOMAS FARR CHARITY, Advance Nottingham, THE NINEVEH CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
SOCIETY OF THE HOLY CHILD JESUS CIOFY2024£15kGrants
SOCIETY OF THE HOLY CHILD JESUS CIOFY2025£10kGrants
THE JONES 1986 CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£10kRelief of Poverty
THE JONES 1986 CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£3kPurposes Beneficial to the Community
THE THOMAS FARR CHARITYFY2024£3k
Advance NottinghamFY2023£3k
THE NINEVEH CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£2k
WHITAKER CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£2k
THE THOMAS FARR CHARITYFY2025£2kDonations made during the year
CIVIC POWER FUNDFY2024£1k
THE THOMAS FARR CHARITYFY2022£1k
THE NINEVEH CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£500
Advance NottinghamFY2022£375Restricted
THE REED FOUNDATIONFY2021—

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund07/05/2026£20kNottingham Clothes Bank
The National Lottery Community Fund12/12/2025£5.0mThe Himmah Centre for Leadership and Organising
The National Lottery Community Fund25/09/2025£363kHimmah Food Poverty And Community Hub
The National Lottery Community Fund21/11/2024£20kFoodprint on Wheels
The National Lottery Community Fund24/02/2023£10kNottingham Fuel Poverty Support
Crowdfunder30/12/2022£15kLocal Action Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund14/05/2021£10kHimmah Food Bank
UK government03/08/2020£10kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
The National Lottery Heritage Fund17/05/2018£40k"A living heritage of Muslim WWII Servicemen and their families"
The National Lottery Community Fund17/08/2016£10kHimmah Food Poverty 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 FATIMA'S UK CAMPAIGN.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
HIMMAH£743k—0below—no doubt
FATIMA'S UK CAMPAIGN FY2025£310k—0unclear—no doubt
RCCG KINGDOM OF PRAISE AND THANKSGIVING HACKNEY FY2025£146k—0unclear—no doubt
HMC (UK) FY2025£2.9m—0below—no doubt
HA MEEM FOUNDATION FY2025£496k—0below—no doubt
THE BOW FOODBANK LIMITED FY2025£782k£60,000 - £69,9991unclear—no doubt

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