Haris Foundation (Hf)
Charity 1141650
Overview
Summary
Haris Foundation appears to be a small, broad-purpose charity rooted in Bury but oriented across local, national and overseas need. Its recorded work suggests a project-development model: researching needs, testing practical local interventions and preparing proposals, rather than evidence of a large established delivery operation. The organisation’s distinctive feature is its attempt to connect ethnic-community knowledge in Bury with poverty relief, training, environmental action and Bangladesh-focused work. Its current scale, partnerships and sustained outcomes remain unclear.
Operational geography
Coverage: International
Operational areas:
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Remaining uncertainties
- The Charity Commission register lists Birmingham City among the places where Haris Foundation operates, but provides no Birmingham project description, service address, venue, ward, neighbourhood or delivery activity.
- The charity's recorded activities describe an ongoing vegetable-gardening project and a food-safety survey in Bury, alongside Bangladesh projects; they do not identify any activity in Birmingham.
- A registered contact address is not operational evidence and cannot be treated as a Birmingham operational site.
- No evidence was found of Birmingham-based partners, commissioned services, physical premises or programmes that would show how the organisation's stated Birmingham reach is delivered.
- The register shows overdue statutory reporting after the financial year ending 31 March 2022, so the currency of its stated operating locations cannot be verified from recent reporting.
Additional evidence needed
- A current annual return, trustees' annual report or impact report identifying active Birmingham services and their locations.
- Official organisation or partner material naming Birmingham delivery venues, neighbourhoods, wards, referral routes or commissioned activity.
- Confirmation from the charity of whether Birmingham City remains an active delivery area, rather than a historic or broadly declared operating area.
- Details of any land or property held by the charity, including whether any such site is in Birmingham and is used for service delivery.
Areas of work
- Amateur Sport
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Disability
- Economic/community Development/employment
- Education/training
- General Charitable Purposes
- Other Charitable Purposes
- Overseas Aid/famine Relief
- Recreation
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who they help
- Children/young People
- Elderly/old People
- Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
- People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
- People With Disabilities
- The General Public/mankind
How they help
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Provides Human Resources
- Provides Services
- Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
Discoveries involving this organisation
The Atlas has not published any Discoveries involving this organisation yet.
Observations
A broad remit with a locally anchored starting point
The foundation appears to use Bury as its principal civic base while retaining authority to respond to need nationally and internationally, especially in poorer countries. This may make it a bridge between local community concerns and transnational charitable connections.
Why it matters
This helps distinguish the organisation from a purely neighbourhood-based provider or a solely international aid charity. Its potential value may lie in connecting issues and relationships across these settings.
Show evidence
“The objects benefit inhabitants of Bury, the United Kingdom and poor countries elsewhere in the world.”
Source:Charity Commission“Bangladesh projects are listed among activities.”
Source:Organisation
Its visible operating model is exploratory and experimental
Available evidence suggests the charity has invested in feasibility studies, project proposals and a small community survey, alongside an experimental gardening programme. It may function partly as a local incubator of ideas before or alongside direct delivery.
Why it matters
This indicates that the organisation may contribute knowledge-building and project design, not only services. It could be a useful partner for organisations needing community research or early-stage initiative development.
Show evidence
“Feasibility studies were undertaken to prepare project proposals aimed at public benefits.”
Source:Organisation“A small survey examined home kitchen and food safety in an ethnic community within Bury Council in July 2011.”
Source:Organisation“An experimental courtyard vegetable gardening project in Bury is described as an ongoing programme.”
Source:Organisation
Food may be an overlooked connecting theme
Although the charity’s purposes span poverty, health, environment and training, its recorded local activities both concern food: household kitchen safety and vegetable growing. This may indicate an emerging practical interest in food resilience, health and environmental participation within ethnic communities.
Why it matters
If this pattern is intentional, food could provide a clearer focus for collaboration with health, community-garden, environmental and culturally specific organisations than the charity’s wide formal remit alone suggests.
Show evidence
“A survey examined home kitchen and food safety in an ethnic community within Bury Council in July 2011.”
Source:Organisation“An experimental courtyard vegetable gardening project in Bury is described as an ongoing programme.”
Source:Organisation“The objects include poverty relief and environmental protection through waste reduction, reuse, recycling and recycled products.”
Source:Charity Commission
- Whether the recorded activities remain active, particularly those dated 2011.
- Which communities actually participate in or benefit from the charity's work.
- Whether Bangladesh projects involve direct delivery, local partners or fundraising.
- The charity's funding, staff, volunteers and organisational partnerships.
Remaining uncertainties
- Recent annual reports, accounts and activity updates showing current programmes and outcomes.
- Information on delivery partners, beneficiary reach and the results of the gardening and food-safety work.
- Project descriptions for Bangladesh activities and their relationship to the organisation's Bury-based work.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
1. UNDERTAKEN FEASIBILITY STUDIES FOR PREPARATION Of PROJECT PROPOSALS AIMIMG AT CONTRIBUTION TO PUBLIC BENEFITS. 3. IMPLEMENTATION OF AN EXPERIMENTAL COURTYARD VEGETABLE GARDENING PROJECT IN BURY (ON GOING PROGRAMME). 3. UNDERTAKEN A SMALL SURVEY ON HOME KITCHEN AND FOOD SAFETY POSITION ON ETHNIC COMUNITY WITHIN BURY COUNCIL IN JULY 2011. 4 BANGLADESH PROJECTS
Charity objects
THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ("THE OBJECTS"), BEING FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF BURY AND ALSO THE UNITED KINGDOM AND POOR COUNTRIES ELSEWHERE IN THE WORLD ARE : (1) TO PROVIDE RELIEF NEED IN PARTICULAR FOR SOCIALLY OR ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED PEOPLE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, DISABLED PEOPLE ORPHAN AND CHILDREN IN POVERTY IN OTHER SUCH PARTS OF THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES DETERMINE. (2) TO REDUCE UNEMPLOYMENT BY PROVIDING EDUCATION AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING (3) TO ADVANCE ARTS, CULTURE AND HERITAGE FOR THE LOCAL COMMUNITY BY SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT. (4) TO THE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY THE PROMOTION OF WASTE REDUCTION, RE-USE RECLAMATION, RECYCLING AND USE OF RECYCLED PRODUCTS (5) TO PROMOTE SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED THE CHARITY SHALL BE NON-PARTY IN POLITICS AND NON-SECTARIAN IN RELIGION.