HELPING HANDS FOR EDUCATION

Registered charity 1162358 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HHE

Establishing and equipping a resource centre in Ogbomosho, Nigeria, to support local schools by providing textbooks, science equipment, IT equipment, school furnishings, staff training and library facilities. To date, a container load of used textbooks and library books has been shipped to Ogbomosho and we are currently fundraising to buy land for the resource centre.

Objects

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND ADULTS, IN PARTICULAR THOSE LIVING IN OGBOMOSHO, OYO STATE, NIGERIA BY THE PROVISION OF:A) A PUBLIC LIBRARY SPECIALISING IN EDUCATIONAL BOOKS WITH A PARTICULAR FOCUS ON ENGLISH, ARABIC, ISLAMIC STUDIES, MATHEMATICS, SCIENCES, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND GENERAL WORKS OF REFERENCE;B) CLASSROOM FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT INCLUDING ACCESS TO INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC;C) SUCH SUPPORT TO LOCAL SCHOOLS AS SHALL BE THOUGHT FIT INCLUDING ITEMS, FACILITIES EQUIPMENT AND STAFF TRAINING IN ORDER TO IMPROVE EDUCATIONAL STANDARDS; ANDD) SUCH GRANTS OR SCHOLARSHIPS TO STUDENTS UNDER THE AGE OF 20 FOR SUCH EDUCATIONAL FEES, COURSES, ITEMS AND EQUIPMENT AS SHALL BE THOUGHT FIT;

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 · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net surplus of £3,343.70 for the year, resulting in total funds of £11,477.25. The trustees report that sufficient funding was raised to continue project development, with no indications of financial distress or liquidity issues.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 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.

• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Helping Hands for Education (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• DR IMRAN ALAWIYE PHDchair
• KANWAL CHAUDHRY
• NABEELA BHUTTA
• Rafhan Mughal
• SALMA ALAWIYE
• SHAZIA SYED
• ZAYNAB ALAWIYE

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

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