HAMARA HEALTHY LIVING CENTRE

Registered charity 1162962 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity currently delivers activities within seven strands of work. These are;Older Peoples Project, Youth Project, Health & Physical, Health Promotion / Education, Project, Training Project and a Community Cohesion Project

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£2.6m
Latest spending
£2.1m
Registered
1999
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted free reserves of £1,242,420 at the end of the year, which is substantially above its stated minimum target of approximately £73,000 (six months of expenditure). The trustees report that the organisation maintained a reserves balance in accordance with its policy to cover wind-up costs and future maintenance, and the independent auditor confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months expenditure (held: £1.2m)
“It is the policy of the charity that unrestricted funds, which have not been designated for a specific use, should be maintained at a value of six months expenditure, of which the minimum six months expenditure equates to approximately £73,000.” — page 9
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Henton & Co LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

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

Total income
£2.6m
Total spending
£2.1m
Cost of raising funds
£74k
Reserves (reported)
£1.2m
Employees
35

Reported reserves equal ~7.2 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 (78% 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: 2.8% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Leeds City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£2.6m£2.1m
31/03/2024£1.9m£1.6m
31/03/2023£1.5m£1.3m
31/03/2022£1.7m£1.3m
31/03/2021£1.3m£997k

Common questions

Is HAMARA HEALTHY LIVING CENTRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted free reserves of £1,242,420 at the end of the year, which is substantially above its stated minimum target of approximately £73,000 (six months of expenditure). The trustees report that the organisation maintained a reserves balance in accordance with its policy to cover wind-up costs and future maintenance, and the independent auditor confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Henton & Co LLP.

Who funds HAMARA HEALTHY LIVING CENTRE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name HAMARA HEALTHY LIVING CENTRE as a grant recipient include PETER HARRISON FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
PETER HARRISON FOUNDATIONFY2022£25ktowards the cost of redeveloping The Cockbum Centre - a sustainable community hub providing sporting opportunities for people with disabilities

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Sport England22/01/2025£11kHamara Sports
Sport England06/12/2023£15kHamara Health and Fitness
Sport England20/02/2023£100kImprove existing sports facility
Community Foundation North East17/11/2022£1kGrant to Hamara Healthy Living Centre
The National Lottery Community Fund11/02/2022£10kWomens Wellbeing Sessions
Sport England23/08/2021£150kImprove existing sports facility
Sport England04/08/2021£10kTGC CF You Can Box
Sport England15/04/2014£212kSport For Life
Sport England01/12/2010£41kTackling Sporting Inequalities
The National Lottery Community Fund13/04/2010£252kTackling racial gang violence
The National Lottery Community Fund13/12/2006£146kBeeston & Holbeck Young Peoples Community Cohesion Programme
The National Lottery Heritage Fund29/11/2006£25k"Hamara Roots"

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
HAMARA HEALTHY LIVING CENTRE£2.6m—0above—no doubt
HEALTHY LIVING PROJECTS LIMITED FY2025£549k—0above—no doubt
HAMPSTEAD COMMUNITY ACTION LIMITED FY2025£421k—0below—noted
HEALTH ACTION LOCAL ENGAGEMENT FY2025£1.3m—0unclear—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. MARK'S, LACHE-CUM-SALTNEY FY2025£252k—0unclear—no doubt
COMMUNITY WELFARE ACADEMY FY2025£133k—0unclear—no doubt

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