Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 5
Support Score: 5
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 10 ?

OPEN HANDS TRUST (LEICESTER)

Offering practical help to those in need in Leicester & beyond. This help currently includes food, clothing, household items & personal support & training.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

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
31/12/22£422£440£-18n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/21£598£415£183£0£414£35510.3675
31/12/20£497£341£155n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/19£313£329£-16n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/18£337£308£29n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/17£395£369£26n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/16£329£342£-13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/15£227£217£11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/14£204£184£20n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/13£164£164£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/12£160£152£8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/11£109£102£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/10£69£75£-7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/09£83£76£8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/08£30£20£10n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Balance Sheet History
Established: 17 years

www.openhandsleicester.org.uk

admin@openhandsleicester.org.uk

01163261857

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies HouseX
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Other welfare services
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Leicestershire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • 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
DCMS£67,254
National Lottery Community Fund£9,978
The Clothworkers Foundation£9,000
Co-Operative Group£2,058
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Pilot Mentoring Programme
£9,978 30/08/2022
The funding will be used to provide holistic crisis support for people in need. The group offer a wide range of support and activities including debt and budget management skills courses signposting services and the opportunity to purchase half ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Open Hands
£2,058 23/10/2021
We would like to run a community food shop, to provide affordable and reduced-cost essentials to those struggling financially.
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Open Hands Trust (Leicester)
£9,000 11/05/2021
construction of food bank and donation storage room for a charity supporting people who are homeless in Leicestershire
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£67,254 18/06/2020
"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
National Lottery Community Fund - Restore
£127,632 26/11/2018
60
This project aims to provide unemployed people with practical furniture restoration and trading skills. They will also be take part in work experience, providing a service that can turn furniture destined for landfill into something that can be ....more
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Open Hands Trust
£15,000 23/11/2016
purchase of minibus for a charity works with homeless people in Leicester
National Lottery Community Fund - Open Hands Trust
£446,626 23/10/2013
60
The continuation and expansion of an existing project by The Open Hands Trust to provide free services that give deprived or socially excluded people the opportunity to work towards a better quality of life, by receiving help with food, clothes and ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Open Hands Trust (Leicester)
£25,000 31/05/2011
the salary of the Administrator
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 35-72
  • CHRISTINA ELLEN GARDINER Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Solicitor
  • COLIN JEWITT Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Hr Manager
  • DAVID HENRY BENNETT Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Teacher
  • JAMES MARK SAKER Appointed: 2020, Occupation: University Professor
  • REV DAVID HIND (Chair), Occupation: Minister Of Religion
  • SUSAN ELIZABETH HIND Appointed: 2008, Occupation: Minister Of Religion
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 22/10/2007, number: 1121334
  • Registered at Companies House on 11/08/2006, number: 05903490
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
15 returns made; all on time
Main office

19 Lower Willow Street
LEICESTER
LE1 2HP

Objectives

TO PROMOTE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD:1 THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS, POVERTY AND FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND TO PROMOTE AND RESERVE GOOD HEALTH BY THE PROVISION OF FUNDS, GOODS OR SERVICES OF ANY KIND INCLUDING THROUGH THE PROVISION OF TEMPORARY ACCOMMODATION, COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT IN SUCH PLACES AS THE DIRECTORS FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT;2 THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN SUCH WAYS AND IN SUCH PARTS OF THE COMMUNITY AS THE DIRECTORS FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT;2.1 THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF CHILDREN BELOW COMPULSORY SCHOOL AGE BY PROVIDING SAFE AND SATISFYING GROUP PLAY AND NURSERY ACTIVITIES;2.2 FACILITIES FOR DAILY CARE, RECREATION AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN OF SCHOOL AGE DURING OUT OF SCHOOL HOURS AND SCHOOL HOLIDAYS;2.3 THE TRAINING OF PARENTS AND OTHER PERSONS IN THE PROVISION OF CHILD CARE AND PARENTING SKILLS;2.4 THE ENABLING OF DISABLED AND DISADVANTAGED PEOPLE TO IMPROVE THEIR LIFESTYLES BY PROVIDING EFFECTIVE TRAINING IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND OTHER RELEVANT OFFICE SKILLS; IN PARTICULAR TO ENHANCE THE PROSPECTS FOR SUCH TRAINED PEOPLE TO OBTAIN EMPLOYMENT BY ACTING AS A BRIDGE TO LINK THEM WITH EMPLOYERS AND INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING WHETHER WORK ACTIVITIES ARE CONDUCTED IN A WORKPLACE, PLACE OF LEARNING OR AT HOME;2.5 RELIEF FROM AND SUPPORT TO PERSONS OF ALL AGES AFFECTED BY, PREGNANCY, DRUG ABUSE, ALCOHOL ABUSE, HARDSHIP, DISTRESS, DEPRIVATION, DESTITUTION AND HELPLESSNESS;2.6 THE TEACHING OF LIFE SKILLS TO CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULTS SO AS TO BETTER ENABLE THEM TO COPE WITH THE BUSINESS OF LIFE;2.7 TRAINING AND EDUCATION FOR PERSONS OVER SCHOOL LEAVING AGE; AND2.8 THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE OR THOSE WHO BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, PROPERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES, HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITY

Defined Area of Benefit:

ANY PART OF THE WORLD

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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