Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 8
  • No PartB
    • Overall weighted support: +8
    Overall GiG Score: 8 ?

    HELPING HANDS COMMUNITY TRUST

    Helping Hands offers advice, support, advocacy and practical help on any issue.
    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
    • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

    Financial issues to consider:

    • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

    Financial Data ?

    Income & Spending ?
    Sources of Income ?
    Y/E Income
    £k
    Spending
    £k
    Surplus/
    Deficit £k
    Fundraising
    Cost £k
    Total
    Funds £k
    Unrestricted
    Funds £k
    Mths
    Rsrvs
    Staff Volun-
    teers
    31/03/23£195£210£-15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/22£175£172£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/21£205£156£48n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/20*£133£107£26n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/19£128£186£-58n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/18£153£117£36n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/17£69£66£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/16£116£110£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/15£157£153£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/14£105£115£-10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/13£66£66£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/12*£62£63£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/11£52£58£-5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/10£77£88£-12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/09£93£109£-16n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/08£100£102£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/07£103£99£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/06£107£80£27n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/05£67£67£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/04£68£69£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a

    Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
    Established: 22 years

    www.helpinghandscentre.co.uk

    adavies@helpinghandscentre.co.uk

    07969959232

    Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
    UN SDGs
    ?
    Listed activities
    • General Charitable Purposes
    • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
    GiG Classification
    • Residential nursing care facilities
    How it operates
    • Provides advocacy/advice/information
    • Provides services
    Where it operates
    • Leicestershire,
    Who it helps
    • The General Public/Mankind

    Who supports them? ?

    Donations from Grant Makers ?

    We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

    Major supporters in last 5 years
    National Lottery Community Fund£256,627
    DCMS£42,324
    Postcode Places Trust£25,000
    Garfield Weston Foundation£10,000
    Henry Smith Charity£10,000
    CAF£3,975
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    Postcode Places Trust - Unrestricted Funding
    £25,000 01/05/2023
    Recruited an advisor to help HHCT support more people in financial crisis
    National Lottery Community Fund - Helping Hands Community Trust - Development Plan
    £256,627 25/08/2022
    The funding will be used to support the development of the organisation by increasing its capacity to provide a wide range of advice and support to people experiencing a crisis or at risk of a significant life crisis. Advice includes debt management ....more
    Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
    £10,000 12/11/2021
    Help for the Needy
    Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Helping Hands Community Trust
    £10,000 23/09/2021
    12
    towards one year's running costs of an organisation providing financial and benefits advice and advocacy and support for vulnerable people from disadvantaged communities in Leicester.
    DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
    £42,324 25/06/2020
    "The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
    CAF - Grant to Helping Hands Community Trust
    £3,975 08/06/2020
    3
    Grant to Helping Hands Community Trust to support the organisation through COVID19
    National Lottery Community Fund - Digital Marketing Apprentice
    £10,000 23/08/2019
    12
    The funding will help the group to use digital marketing to reach out to service users. The project aims to help people reach their potential.
    Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Helping Hands Community Trust
    £10,000 12/12/2018
    12
    towards one year's running costs of a project providing support, advice and advocacy for disadvantaged and vulnerable people in Leicestershire
    Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Helping Hands Community Trust
    £10,000 08/06/2017
    12
    towards one year's salary of the Senior Complex Caseworker at a project providing support, advice and advocacy for disadvantaged and vulnerable people in Leicester
    Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Helping Hands Community Trust
    £7,500 03/12/2015
    towards one year's salary of the Senior Complex Caseworker at a project providing support, advice and advocacy for disadvantaged and vulnerable people in Leicester
    National Lottery Community Fund - Seamless professional advice tailored to meet public needs
    £257,859 19/04/2013
    24
    The aim of this new project will see Helping Hands Community Trust (HHCT) become the lead of a eight organisation partnership to improve the free provision of independent, professional and specialist advice in Welfare Benefits, Debt, Housing and ....more
    Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Helping Hands Community Trust
    £10,000 14/03/2013
    towards one year's running costs of an advice centre in a disadvantaged area of Leicestershire
    Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Helping Hands Community Trust
    £10,000 14/03/2012
    towards one year's the salary of the Service Manager at a drop in advice centre in Leicestershire
    National Lottery Community Fund - Poverty and Deprivation Alleviation
    £10,000 05/03/2010
    12
    This Leicester charity will use an award to improve their facilities and training provision, to improve the service they provide to local people from disadvantaged backgrounds. The project will enable the group to provide the local community with ....more
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    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees (8)
    Current Trustees appointed
    Gender Split
    Based on 7/8 persons

    Age Range of Trustees: 50-81
    • CLAIRE FLINDERS Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Accountant
    • KATHRYN DA SILVA OLIVEIRA Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Retired
    • LESLEY THORNTON Appointed: 2001, Occupation: Retired
    • NIGEL SWAN (Chair) Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Business Manager
    • NICHOLAS JOHN SUMNER Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Carer
    • RAYMOND GREEN Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Retired
    • REVEREND LESLIE GRAYSON GILL, Occupation: Minister Of The United Reforme
    • TONY PAUL WATSON Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Unemployed Volunteer
    Legal constitution
    • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 14/08/2002, number: 1093415
    • Registered at Companies House on 19/12/2001, number: 04343050
    Gift Aid
    • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
    Event History
    Policies in force
    • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
    • Complaints handling
    • Complaints policy and procedures
    • Conflicting interests
    • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
    • 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
    • Social media policy and procedures
    • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
    • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
    • Volunteer management
    Filing Record
    20 returns made; AR20: 17 days late, AR12: 8 days late,
    Recent reorganisation events:
    • Asset transfer in from FRIENDLY FIVE TRANSPORT SCHEME on 30/09/2022
    Main office

    50e Blaby Road
    South Wigston
    South Wigston
    Leicester
    LE18 4SD

    Objectives

    1) TO ALLEVIATE HARDSHIP AND TO RELIEVE POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS WITHIN THE GEOGRAPHICAL AREA OF THE COUNTY OF LEICESTERSHIRE AND IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THE AREAS OF OADBY AND WIGSTON.II) TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT WITHOUT DISCRIMINATION BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID INHABITANTS AND TH LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION, PROVIDE ADVICE AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION AND FOR ANY SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL DECIDE.

    Defined Area of Benefit:

    COUNTY OF LEICESTERSHIRE AND IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY TTHE AREAS OF OADBY AND WIGSTON

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    360 Giving

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