HIBISCUS INITIATIVES LTD

Charity overview
Activities - how the charity spends its money
The charity aims to relieve the poverty and the physical and mental illness and distress of women, particularly those who have suffered any legal restriction to their liberty or who have been charged or convicted of a criminal offence. Hibiscus Initiatives' undertakes welfare advice, advocacy, and international resettlement work with women in prison, detention and in the community.
Income and expenditure
Data for financial year ending 31 March 2024
Total income:
£1,873,894
Donations and legacies | £53.78k | |
Charitable activities | £1.81m | |
Other trading activities | £0 | |
Investments | £12.08k | |
Other | £0 |
Total expenditure:
£1,815,182
Raising funds | £21.29k | |
Charitable activities | £1.79m | |
Other | £0 |
£0 investments gains (losses)
Total income includes £593,117 from 1 government contract(s) and £375,353 from 5 government grant(s)
Charitable expenditure
Charitable expenditure with investment gains
Charitable expenditure
Some charities generate all, or a substantial part, of their income from investments which may have been donated to the charity as endowment or set aside by the charity from its own resources in the past. Such investments usually take the form of stocks and shares but may include other assets, such as property, that are capable of generating income and/or capital growth.
In managing their spending and investments charities need to strike a balance between the needs of future and current beneficiaries. They also need to take account of spending commitments that may stretch over a number of future years. To do this, charities will normally adopt an investment strategy designed to generate both income and capital growth. To maximise returns trustees may commit to investment strategies for several years.
Investments can experience large swings in value so trustees may, in a particular year, decide to realise and spend part of their charity’s capital or to invest part of its income.
By clicking the investment gains checkbox the charitable spending bar is adjusted to take account of capital growth as well as income. This shows the balance the charity is striking, between spending on current beneficiaries and retaining resources for future beneficiaries.
Raising funds and other expenditure | £21.29k | |
Charitable expenditure | £1.79m | |
Retained for future use | £58.71k |
People

31 Employee(s)
12 Trustee(s)
10 Volunteer(s)
Employees with total benefits over £60,000
No employees have total benefits over £60k for this charityFundraising
Trading
Trustee payments
What, who, how, where
- General Charitable Purposes
- Education/training
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Economic/community Development/employment
- Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
- Recreation
- Other Charitable Purposes
- People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
- Other Defined Groups
- Provides Services
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Other Charitable Activities
- Central Bedfordshire
- Durham
- Kent
- Peterborough City
- West Sussex
- Throughout London
Governance
- 02 June 2004: Standard registration
- HIBISCUS (Working name)
- FPWP HIBISCUS LIMITED (Previous name)
- Bullying and harassment 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
- Investment
- Paying staff
- Risk management
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Social media policy and procedures
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Volunteer management
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
12 Trustee(s)
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Therese Prince | Chair | 20 May 2024 |
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Lutendo Wigman | Trustee | 16 September 2024 |
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Elanor Lee | Trustee | 16 September 2024 |
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Farzana Alam | Trustee | 16 September 2024 |
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Lara Fatah | Trustee | 16 September 2024 |
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Laila Aziz | Trustee | 05 February 2024 |
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Klara Skrivankova | Trustee | 22 February 2021 |
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Anne Noreen Langton | Trustee | 22 February 2021 |
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Annette Man Kwan So | Trustee | 22 February 2021 |
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Rosalyn Akar Grams | Trustee | 22 February 2021 |
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LOUISE SWAN | Trustee | 27 November 2018 |
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Roselin Mgbezeh | Trustee | 27 November 2017 |
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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 | £1.24m | £1.37m | £1.44m | £1.73m | £1.87m | |
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Total expenditure | £1.16m | £1.36m | £1.39m | £1.60m | £1.82m | |
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Income from government contracts | N/A | N/A | £609.07k | £678.27k | £593.12k | |
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Income from government grants | N/A | £660.69k | £99.66k | £24.12k | £375.35k | |
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Income - Donations and legacies | £0 | £0 | £506.33k | £22.55k | £53.78k | |
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Income - Other trading activities | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Income - Charitable activities | £875.99k | £795.66k | £936.50k | £1.14m | £1.81m | |
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Income - Endowments | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Income - Investment | £269 | £96 | £33 | £1.93k | £12.08k | |
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Income - Other | £367.99k | £578.81k | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Income - Legacies | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Expenditure - Charitable activities | £1.15m | £1.34m | £1.37m | £1.59m | £1.79m | |
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Expenditure - Raising funds | £16.28k | £18.85k | £21.77k | £11.42k | £21.29k | |
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Expenditure - Governance | £0 | £6.62k | £4.53k | £3.16k | £3.33k | |
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Expenditure - Grants institution | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Expenditure - Investment management | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Expenditure - Other | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
Assets and liabilities
Definitions for assets and liabilities
These are assets, other than investments, which are held for more than 12 months and used to run and administer the charity such as buildings, offices, exhibits and fixtures and fittings.
Long term InvestmentsInvestments are assets held by the charity with the sole aim of generating income which will be used for their charitable purposes such as deposit accounts, shares, rental property and unit trusts.
Investment assets are re-valued every year and included in the balance sheet at their current market value.
Long term investments are held for more than 12 months.
These are assets held generally for less than 12 months such as cash and bank balances, debtors, investments to be sold within the coming year and trading stock.
Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liabilityThis is a surplus or deficit in any defined benefit pension scheme operated and represents a potential long-term asset or liability.
Total liabilitiesThese are all the amounts owed by the charity at the balance sheet date to third parties such as bills due but not yet paid, bank overdrafts and loans and mortgages.
Asset / Liability | 31/03/2020 | 31/03/2021 | 31/03/2022 | 31/03/2023 | 31/03/2024 | ||
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Own use assets | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Long-term investments | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Other assets | £800.39k | £685.55k | £948.45k | £1.18m | £1.07m | |
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Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Total liabilities | £131.48k | £0 | £212.58k | £317.94k | £152.34k |
Accounts and annual returns
Title | Reporting year | Date received | Received | Download |
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Annual return | 31 March 2024 | 14 December 2024 | On Time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2024 | 14 December 2024 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
Annual return | 31 March 2023 | 12 December 2023 | On Time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2023 | 04 January 2024 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
Annual return | 31 March 2022 | 17 January 2023 | On Time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2022 | 17 January 2023 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
Annual return | 31 March 2021 | 31 January 2022 | On Time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2021 | 31 January 2022 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
Annual return | 31 March 2020 | 06 November 2020 | On Time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2020 | 06 November 2020 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
Governing document
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 12/09/2002 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 13/04/2004 AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 09/09/2013
Charitable objects
(A) TO RELIEVE THE POVERTY AND THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL SICKNESS AND DISTRESS OF WOMEN, PARTICULARLY THOSE WHO HAVE SUFFERED ANY LEGAL RESTRICTION ON THEIR LIBERTY IN ANY PENAL OR CORRECTIONAL ESTABLISHMENT OR WHO HAVE BEEN CHARGED WITH OR CONVICTED OF A CRIMINAL OFFENCE. (B) TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION ABOUT SUCH WOMEN (C) TO UNDERTAKE ANY OTHER CHARITABLE OBJECT
Area of benefit
NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE UNITED KINGDOM AND JAMAICA
Contact information
- Address:
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Hibiscus
RESOURCE FOR LONDON
356
HOLLOWAY ROAD
LONDON
- Phone:
- 02076974120
- Email:
- marchu@hibiscus.org.uk
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