Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 11
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteer base +5
  • Overall weighted support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 17 ?

HEATH HANDS

Heath Hands is a conservation and community charity that helps conserve and protect the green spaces of Hampstead Heath, Kenwood and Highgate Wood through practical work, education, ecological monitoring and public engagement activities. We also help deliver public and community outreach programmes across our green spaces.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
  • 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
31/03/24£120£138£-18n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/23£122£123£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£119£103£17n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£82£67£15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20?£26£37£-11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£15£11£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 7 years

www.heath-hands.org.uk

info@heath-hands.org.uk

02084589102

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • Recreation
GiG Classification
  • Museums, parks, historical sites
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Barnet, Camden, Haringey,
Who it helps
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • 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 Heritage Fund£88,800
Camden Giving£40,092
DCMS£22,500
London Catalyst£6,000
Cheshire Community Foundation£5,000
John Lyon's Charity£2,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
London Catalyst - Heath Hands - 2
£3,000 05/09/2023
Beingwell on Hamsptead Heath
John Lyon's Charity - SHAF grant to Heath Hands
£2,000 29/11/2022
Wintry fun on Hampstead Heath
Camden Giving - Heath Hands
£2,000 29/11/2022
This funding is to run outdoor activities for Camden teenagers on Hampstead Heath during the summer term. There’ll be environmental projects, green outings for schools and a work experience week
Cheshire Community Foundation - Wellbeing on Hampstead Heath
£5,000 21/10/2021
Heath Hands works to conserve Hampstead Heath and nearby green spaces by giving everyone a chance to spend time in nature and get involved in conservation volunteering and gardening, outdoor community and wellbeing activities. Wellbeing on Hampstead ....more
London Catalyst - Heath Hands - 1
£3,000 07/09/2021
Heath Hands and UHF walks and nature activities
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Heath Hands
£88,800 16/07/2021
Wildlife around Hampstead Heath
Camden Giving - Work Experience on the Heath
£9,092 21/10/2020
10
This funding will provide paid work placements on Hampstead Heath for local people impacted by Covid to gain experience and skills in the environmental sector.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£22,500 29/09/2020
"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
Camden Giving - Heath Hands
£5,000 08/06/2020
0
N/A
Camden Giving - Heath Hands for All
£12,000 28/11/2019
6
Heath Hands for All will help new and existing volunteers with disabilities to join the daily conservation and gardening programme.
Camden Giving - Heath Hands for All
£12,000 28/11/2019
23
Heath Hands for All will help new and existing volunteers with disabilities to join the daily conservation and gardening programme.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • ANDREW JOHN MORGAN Appointed: 2022
  • DR ELIZABETH MARY ANDREW Appointed: 2020
  • JEREMY LEWIS SIMONS OBE Appointed: 2022
  • JOHN UMBERTO ARNOLDI Appointed: 2022
  • RACHEL CHAPMAN (Chair) Appointed: 2019
  • SARAH JANE WILLIAMS Appointed: 2020
  • STUART CLARK Appointed: 2019
  • SUSIE GORNEY Appointed: 2023
  • WILLIAM PATRICK LOSASSO Appointed: 2023
  • WILLIAM UPTON Appointed: 2023
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 14/06/2017, number: 1173419
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
  • 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
6 returns made; all on time
Main office

HEATH HANDS
THE DAIRY
KENWOOD HOUSE
HAMPSTEAD LANE
LONDON

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE(1) TO HELP, ENGAGING VOLUNTEERS, TO CONSERVE, PROTECT AND ENHANCE HAMPSTEADHEATH, THE KENWOOD ESTATE, HIGHGATE WOOD, KEATS HOUSE AND SUCH OTHER AREASAS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES MAY DETERMINE FROM TIME TO TIME (THE “RELEVANT OPENSPACES”);(2) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN CONSERVING, PROTECTING AND ENHANCING THE ENVIRONMENTOF THE RELEVANT OPEN SPACES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE MEMBERS OF THE CIO AND FORTHE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AT LARGE, AND(3) TO HELP THE BODIES RESPONSIBLE FOR THE RELEVANT OPEN SPACES TO PROVIDE FACILITIESIN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION BYTHE MEMBERS OF THE CIO AND THE PUBLIC AT LARGE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVINGTHEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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