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

Objects

1. To promote and protect the physical and mental health of individuals from Black, Asian, Ethnic Minority, Refugee, Asylum-Seeking, and other emerging communities who are experiencing social and economic disadvantage.This will be achieved by:? (a) Providing access to therapeutic support, including counselling and treat-ment services;? (b) Delivering culturally appropriate mental health interventions;? (c) Offering diversionary activities and support programmes for young people at risk.2. To advance education and improve cultural competence among professionals and organisations by providing culturally specific training to enhance understanding and service delivery across education, health, voluntary, and statutory sectors.3. To promote educational equity for diverse communities by conducting research, raising public awareness, and advocating for increased investment in inclusive edu-cational resources and services, for the public benefit.4. To relieve poverty and support individuals and communities facing multiple disad-vantages by providing access to essential resources, guidance, and support services aimed at improving quality of life and promoting social inclusion.5. To advance the education of adults and young people through the provision of learning opportunities, including workshops, accredited courses, and public talks, as determined by the charity trustees.

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 · Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Nottingham, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£1.2m
Latest spending
£1.2m
Registered
2016
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a net surplus of £77,611 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total unrestricted reserves standing at £83,343. This figure is below the trustees' stated policy target of £90,000, which they note is approximately three months of running costs. The auditor confirmed that the financial statements were prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Charitable activities (97% of income)
“Charitable activities 3 334,796 866,985 1,201,781 899,936” — page 33
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy
“Oar target level for reserves is £90,000.00 (approx. 3 months running costs). However, our current level of reserves is approx. £75,000.00.” — page 27
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Adam & Co Chartered Certified Accountants. Discloses 5 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.

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

  • Volunteers: 14
  • Government income: £1,201,781 — contracts £1,201,781 (11); 97% of the £1,244,886 total gross income on the same return
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

  • Volunteers: 10
  • Government income: £794,635 — contracts £794,635 (8); 84% of the £946,756 total gross income on the same return
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

  • Volunteers: 4
  • Government income: £525,847 — grants £525,847 (10); 68% of the £770,809 total gross income on the same return

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

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.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Total income
£1.2m
Total spending
£1.2m
Reserves (reported)
£83k
Employees
29

Reported reserves equal ~0.9 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (73% 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 (5.3%) (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
31/12/2025£1.2m£1.2m
31/12/2024£947k£969k
31/12/2023£771k£724k
31/12/2022£491k£473k
31/12/2021£337k£281k

Common questions

Is AL-HURRAYA financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a net surplus of £77,611 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total unrestricted reserves standing at £83,343. This figure is below the trustees' stated policy target of £90,000, which they note is approximately three months of running costs. The auditor confirmed that the financial statements were prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Adam & Co Chartered Certified Accountants.

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 FUNDFY2025amount not statedYoung 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

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with AR-RAYYAN FOUNDATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
AL-HURRAYA£1.2m—0below—no doubt
AR-RAYYAN FOUNDATION FY2025£42k—0unclear—no doubt
ALHIDAYA CROYDON FY2026£526k——unclear—noted
AL -ISHARAH FY2025£561k—0unclear—no doubt
OHR YESHAYA FY2025£308k—0unclear—no doubt
AL-HAADIYAH FY2025£118k—0unclear—no doubt

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