AL-HURRAYA

Registered charity 1167038 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Al Hurraya is a peer-led culturally specific charity that provides bespoke personalised and culturally sensitive interventions to meet the needs of ethnically diverse communities in and around Nottingham and Derby who are experiencing a range of challenges

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£947k
Latest spending
£969k
Registered
2016
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves were £35,949 at year-end, which is below the charity's stated target of £90,000. The trustees note that reliance on restricted grant funding creates financial instability and makes it challenging to build substantial unrestricted reserves to cover staff costs. Despite this, the charity reports a net decrease in funds of £22,490 and maintains a going concern basis.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £36k; policy: £90,000)
“Our target level for reserves Is £90,000. However, our current level of reserves are £30,000.” — page 23
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income
£947k
Total spending
£969k
Reserves (reported)
£36k
Employees
23

Reported reserves equal ~0.4 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% 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: 0.0% 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: Derby City · Derbyshire · Leicester City · Leicestershire · Nottingham City · Nottinghamshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£947k£969k
31/12/2023£771k£724k
31/12/2022£491k£473k
31/12/2021£337k£281k
31/12/2020£194k£197k

Common questions

Is AL-HURRAYA financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves were £35,949 at year-end, which is below the charity's stated target of £90,000. The trustees note that reliance on restricted grant funding creates financial instability and makes it challenging to build substantial unrestricted reserves to cover staff costs. Despite this, the charity reports a net decrease in funds of £22,490 and maintains a going concern basis. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds AL-HURRAYA?

Funders whose own accounts filings name AL-HURRAYA as a grant recipient include GAMBLEAWARE, THE TRIANGLE TRUST 1949 FUND, Community Foundation for Staffordshire and Shropshire.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
GAMBLEAWAREFY2024£200kTreatment
GAMBLEAWAREFY2025£150kTreatment
THE TRIANGLE TRUST 1949 FUNDFY2022£15kRehabilitation
Community Foundation for Staffordshire and ShropshireFY2022£6kMaterial grant payment.
THE TRIANGLE TRUST 1949 FUNDFY2025£0Young People with Criminal Convictions

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund30/04/2026£498kChanging Lives Transforming Communites
Sport England27/02/2025£13kHER Health Empower Rejuvenate Woman's Project
The National Lottery Community Fund21/07/2023£10kMH - Al-Hurraya Summer Camp
The National Lottery Community Fund17/02/2023£366kCulturally Wise
Sport England17/09/2021£9kEuro 2021 RTP
Sport England24/08/2021£5kTGC CF Girls N Gloves
The National Lottery Community Fund07/05/2020£10kCOV-19 A Community Response
UK government01/04/2019£10kTampon Tax Community Fund