Overall GiG Score: 11 ?
Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 3
  • Good reserves management: +3
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Deficit latest year: -2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Gov Income
  • Grant maker support: +3

HAND IN HAND INTERNATIONAL 

Look at poverty differently and you'll see grassroots entrepreneurs, full of energy and ideas. We help turn women's skills and potential into jobs and they discover a way up and out of poverty. Our current areas of support are Eastern Africa and Afghanistan.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received Government grants
  • Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are low relative to funds raised
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income was significantly lower than spending in the latest year
Established: 18 years

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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£6,254£7,884£-1,630£425£5,140£2,8684.4170
31/03/22£6,627£5,658£968£335£6,556£2,0154.3140
31/03/21£6,722£5,666£1,056£502£5,588£2,1304.5130
31/03/20£4,928£4,537£391£483£4,532£2,6957.11212
31/03/19£4,420£4,166£255£431£4,141£2,6227.61212
31/03/18£5,178£5,417£-239£511£3,886£2,5805.7120
31/03/17£5,784£4,315£1,469£570£4,125£2,9048.190
31/03/16£5,552£5,294£258£545£2,656£2,6566100
31/03/15£3,778£5,058£-1,280£375£2,398£3410.880
31/03/14£2,740£4,167£-1,427£269£3,678£3,3429.690
31/03/13£3,808£3,005£803£350£5,105£1,1724.780
31/03/12£5,984£3,464£2,520£340£4,302£1,0813.780
31/03/11£4,591£5,119£-529£325£1,783£7821.860
31/03/10£3,955£1,743£2,212£256£2,311£1,2418.520
31/03/09£1,047£1,040£7£8£100£1001.120
31/03/08£243£152£91£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£6£4£2£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 6.8%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 5.4%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 4%
Highest pay band: £100,000-£110,000
Liabilities/Assets: 9%
Liabilities/Income: 8%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 56%
Reserves/Spending: 4.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 8 months
Quick Ratio: 7.2
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who works here?
  • 17 employees
Who it helps
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
Where it operates
  • Afghanistan, Kenya, Tanzania,

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 6/7 persons

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 24/04/2006, number: 1113868
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • 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
  • Investing charity funds 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
Filing Record
17 returns made; all on time
Main office

Caparo House
101 - 103 Baker Street
London
W1U 6LN

Objectives

A) THE TRUSTEES SHALL PAY OR APPLY OR CAUSE TO BE PAID OR APPLIED AT SUCH TIME OR TIMES AND IN SUCH MANNER AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR DISCRETION THINK FIT THE INCOME AND IF AND IN SO FAR AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL THINK FIT THE CAPITAL OF THE TRUST IN OR TOWARDS THE PURPOSES OF SUCH CHARITABLE BODIES, OR FOR SUCH OTHER PURPOSES AS SHALL BE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE, AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE ('THE OBJECTS').B) THE TRUSTEES MAY AT THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION FOR THE PERIOD OF 21 YEARS FROM THE DATE OF THIS DEED INSTEAD OF APPLYING THE INCOME OF THE TRUST IN ANY YEAR ACCUMULATE ALL OR ANY PART OF SUCH INCOME BY INVESTING THE SAME AND THE RESULTING INCOME AND HOLD THE SAME AS PART OF THE CAPITAL OF THE TRUST WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THEIR RIGHT TO APPLY THE WHOLE OR ANY PART OF SUCH ACCUMULATED INCOME IN ANY SUBSEQUENT YEAR AS IF THE SAME WERE INCOME OF THE TRUST ARISING IN THE THEN CURRENT YEAR.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS.

Data Sources

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