Hamara Healthy Living Centre

Analysis

Hamara Healthy Living Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leeds. It was registered in February 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04537287). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Hamara Healthy Living Centre reported income of £2.6m and spending of £2.1m, leaving 22% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.3m to £2.6m (+104%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 36%. Over the whole period it spent 78% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Hamara Healthy Living Centre sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Meningitis Research Foundation (£2.6m), Blyth Star Enterprises Limited (£2.6m) and Carlisle Mencap (£2.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 78% and charitable activities 22%. Charitable activities took 96% of spending and raising funds 3.6%. Reserves of £1.2m would cover about 7 months of spending at that rate. It employed 35 people.