Finance Score: -4
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 6
  • Spending declining: -1
  • Volatile income: -3
  • No PartB
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 5 ?

THE GIVING HANDS MISSION

For the public benefit, advancement of christian faith For the public benefit, relief of povertyAreas of Operation,England and Wales,
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received modest backing from several prominent grant makers recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • Spending is declining
  • Income has been volatile recently
  • 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
31/12/23£23£25£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/22£40£46£-6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/21£37£38£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/20£49£40£9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/19£44£47£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/18£44£42£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/17£16£15£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/16£14£13£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/15£3£2£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 10 years

www.givinghandsmission.org.uk

Info@givinghandsmission.org.uk

01384731876

Charity Commission for England and WalesFacebook
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Religious Activities
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Christian religious associations
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Dudley,
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
Garfield Weston Foundation£10,000
CAF£4,500
Heart Of England Community Foundation£3,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
CAF - Grant to The Giving Hands Mission
£4,500 08/07/2020
3
Grant to The Giving Hands Mission to support the organisation through COVID19
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award - COVID19 response
£10,000 03/07/2020
COVID-19 HARDSHIP PROJECT
Heart Of England Community Foundation - Grant to THE GIVING HANDS MISSION
£3,000 15/04/2020
11
They have remained opened whilst maintaining social distancing guidance and have increased their capacity to support their community with additional volunteers. They are supporting some of the most vulnerable in the community.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • AMBROSE AIKHUELE Appointed: 2021
  • GEORGE PETER Appointed: 2020
  • MARIE CHANTAL UWIMANA (Chair) Appointed: 2020
  • NORA VINCENT Appointed: 2021
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 23/01/2015, number: 1160134
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity 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
  • 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
9 returns made; all on time
Main office

The Warehouse
Cottage Street
Brierley Hill
DY5 1RE

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO AREI. FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION THROUGHOUT ENGLAND AND WALES BY ENCOURAGING AND FACILITATING ITS PRACTICE AMONG EXISTING FOLLOWERS OR ADHERENTS, PROVIDING PLACES OF WORSHIP, RAISING AWARENESS AND UNDERSTANDING OF CHRISTIAN BELIEFS, CARRYING OUT DEVOTIONAL ACTS, MISSIONARY AND OUTREACH WORK.II. FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE RELIEF OF POVERTY THROUGHOUT ENGLAND AND WALES BY PROVIDING ITEM AND SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED, TRAINING, MONEY AND DEBT MANAGEMENT COUNSELLING, PASTORAL CARE AND COUNSELLING TO ENABLE THEM GENERATE A SUSTAINABLE INCOME, BE SELF-SUFFICIENT AND GAIN EMPLOYMENT.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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