Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 5

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +2

Overall GiG Score: 13

CARING HANDS IN THE VALE

Our planned activities in order to achieve our aims are as follows: Individuals and/or families are referred to Caring Hands and our five banks of resources via a network of over ninety front line agencies from the local community and Vale of Evesham. Referrals are also made by the congregation of the church. Caring Hands also provides drop-in meals twice a week and volunteering opportunities.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
There have been no 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 gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

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

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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	£333	£131	£203	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	50
31/03/22	£110	£93	£17	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	60
31/03/21	£399	£86	£313	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	35
31/03/20	£44	£39	£4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	80
31/03/19	£40	£35	£5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	80
31/03/18	£36	£34	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17	£34	£26	£8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 8 years

http://www.chands.org.uk/

info@chands.org.uk

07859892528

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Other facilities management and maintenance

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Worcestershire,

Who it helps

Other Defined Groups

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Caring Hands in the Vale
£2,014	21/10/2023	Our drop-in meals are currently twice a week, free of charge. We plan to extend them to five times a week once we are in our new premises later this year.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Caring Hands in The Vale
£2,114	23/10/2021	We provide drop-in meals and a foodbank which is used by around 150 people each week.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award - COVID19 response
£15,000	14/08/2020	The Lighthouse Project
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Caring Hands in the Vale
£3,038	04/08/2017	We provide emergency support to people in need plus new skills & opportunities; help us purchase a van so that we can do more.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

DIANE MARY NICHOLLS (Chair) Appointed: 2021, Other trusteeship: EVESHAM AND DISTRICT U3A,

MICHAEL STEPHEN HEWITT Appointed: 2019, Other trusteeships: JEHOVAH-JIREH TRUST, VALE OF EVESHAM CHRISTIAN CENTRE,

REVD JOHN ROBERT KING Appointed: 2016, Other trusteeship: VALE OF EVESHAM CHRISTIAN CENTRE,

STEPHEN ALASTAIR WILDERSPIN Appointed: 2016, Other trusteeship: VALE OF EVESHAM CHRISTIAN CENTRE,

SUSAN RACHAEL MILLS Appointed: 2024

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 20/05/2016, number: 1167237

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
Paying staff
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

7 returns made; all on time

Main office

The Lighthouse
Vine Street
EVESHAM
Worcestershire
WR11 4RE

Objectives

THE PREVENTION AND RELIEF OF POVERTY AND TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF THOSE WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS AS A RESULT OF THEIR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES IN EVESHAM AND THE SURROUNDING AREA BY SUCH MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE

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