HEALTH EQUALITY AND RIGHTS ORGANISATION
Charity number: 1076854
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)
Charity overview
Activities - how the charity spends its money
HERO provides LGBTQ people with accurate and credible information so they can build skills that enable them to make informed choices about their health and well-being. HERO encourages LGBTQ people to create social change in our communities by providing a platform where LGBTQ people are heard and valued.
Income and expenditure
Data for financial year ending 31 March 2024
Total income: £329,403
Total expenditure: £302,696
Total income includes £50,995 from 1 government contract(s) and £1,969 from 1 government grant(s)
People
11 Trustee(s)
89 Volunteer(s)
Employees with total benefits over £60,000
| Number of employees | |
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| £70k to £80k | 1 |
Fundraising
No information available
Trading
This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.
Trustee payments
No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.
What, who, how, where
What the charity does:
- General Charitable Purposes
- Education/training
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- Disability
- Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
Who the charity helps:
- Other Defined Groups
How the charity helps:
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
Where the charity operates:
- Throughout England
Governance
Registration history:
- 02 August 1999: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:
- GMFA (Working name)
- LGBT HERO (Working name)
- GAY MEN FIGHTING AIDS (Previous name)
- GMFA (Previous name)
Company number:
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
- Complaints handling
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Conflicting interests
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Paying staff
- Risk management
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Volunteer management
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease land or property
Trustees
Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service
11 Trustee(s)
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| Denis James Robinson | Trustee | 11 December 2024 |
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| Michael Jon Rudd | Trustee | 11 December 2024 |
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| Mark Edward Lewis | Trustee | 19 September 2023 |
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| Jonathan Haworth | Trustee | 13 September 2023 |
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| Dr Rory McGill | Trustee | 22 June 2022 |
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| Michael Harvey | Trustee | 22 June 2022 |
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| Shamal Waraich | Trustee | 22 June 2022 |
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| Ian Richard Watters | Trustee | 14 January 2020 |
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| Timothy James O'Rahilly | Trustee | 12 February 2019 |
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| Roland Thomas Brunner | Trustee | 13 November 2018 |
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| ALAN DANIEL PALMER | Trustee | 10 June 2015 |
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Financial history
Financial period end date
| Income / Expenditure | 31/03/2020 | 31/03/2021 | 31/03/2022 | 31/03/2023 | 31/03/2024 | ||
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Total gross income | £262.87k | £212.34k | £230.31k | £430.16k | £329.40k | |
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Total expenditure | £244.02k | £243.72k | £282.54k | £239.89k | £302.70k | |
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Income from government contracts | £55.48k | N/A | N/A | N/A | £51.00k | |
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Income from government grants | £20.64k | £38.82k | £47.32k | £60.08k | £1.97k |
Accounts and annual returns
This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
| Title | Reporting year | Date received | Received | Download |
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| Annual return | 31 March 2024 | 04 December 2024 | On Time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2024 | 04 December 2024 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
| Annual return | 31 March 2023 | 20 December 2023 | On Time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2023 | 20 December 2023 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
| Annual return | 31 March 2022 | 16 December 2022 | On Time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2022 | 16 December 2022 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
| Annual return | 31 March 2021 | 08 December 2021 | On Time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2021 | 08 December 2021 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
| Annual return | 31 March 2020 | 14 December 2020 | On Time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2020 | 14 December 2020 | On Time | Download Open in new window |