Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 1

Support Score: 5

No PartB

No conflicts policy: -1
Only 4 Trustees: -1
Gender balanced board: +3

Overall weighted support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 6

HELPING HANDS COMMUNITY PROJECT

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Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
Why are there only 4 trustees?
Over half the Board have joined recently

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	Spending	Surplus/ Deficit	Volun- teers
31/03/23	£370	£329	£41	n/a
31/03/22	£295	£324	£-29	n/a
31/03/21	£309	£253	£57	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 5 years

www.helpinghandscharity.org.uk

office@helpinghandscharity.org.uk

01926768500

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Disability
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
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 services

Where it operates

Warwickshire,

Who it helps

Other Defined Groups

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 Community Fund	£229,649
Rank Foundation	£5,000
Co-Operative Group	£1,358

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Rank Foundation - Col Small Grants Helping Hands Community Project 2023
£5,000	27/04/2023	Helping Hands Community Project received a Cost of Living small Grant to help cover the cost of Additional Fuel and Transport.
National Lottery Community Fund - Trauma counselling for homeless and vulnerably housed people and children
£10,000	09/12/2022	The funding will be used to expand sessions support to homeless and vulnerably housed people to include children men and women many of whom have experienced trauma or domestic violence.The project aims to improve mental health and wellbeing ....more The funding will be used to expand sessions support to homeless and vulnerably housed people to include children men and women many of whom have experienced trauma or domestic violence.The project aims to improve mental health and wellbeing beginning the healing process and overcoming depression and other issues including free therapy sessions. Horse therapeutic learning sessions will be offered in addition or as an alternative to CBT due to their very positive therapeutic effect.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Helping Hands Community Project
£1,358	22/10/2022	Elijah's Rest is a weekly support group for homeless or vulnerably housed men in Leamington and Warwick. They meet every Tuesday 12.30-2.30 for friendship, support, activities and food.
National Lottery Community Fund - Helping Hands Community Project
£219,649	25/08/2022	The funding will support vulnerable people and those with multiple complex needs through services such as one to one and peer support including helping recently homed people to get furniture and a soup kitchen. Helping Hands began in 2014 when a ....more The funding will support vulnerable people and those with multiple complex needs through services such as one to one and peer support including helping recently homed people to get furniture and a soup kitchen. Helping Hands began in 2014 when a small group of volunteers came together with the simple vision of building better relationships with vulnerable people living in Warwick and Leamington Spa. The aim was to offer practical help emotional support and on-going mentoring to those facing issues of homelessness addiction and related mental health problems. The group now have 60 volunteers and work with around 500 people a year.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

CHARLES STEPHEN WAGER (Chair) Appointed: 2022

JOHN GRAY HUTCHINSON Appointed: 2022

JULIE DAY Appointed: 2022

LUCY KELLY Appointed: 2022

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 18/03/2020, number: 1188613

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

3 returns made; all on time

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from HELPING HANDS COMMUNITY PROJECT on 04/10/2022

Main office

9A Althorpe Street
LEAMINGTON SPA
Warwickshire
CV31 2AU

Objectives

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS:THE PREVENTION AND RELIEF OF POVERTY IN THE WARWICK DISTRICT COUNCIL AREA FOR THOSE IN NEED, ESPECIALLY THE HOMELESS AND THE VULNERABLE, BY PROVIDING COMPASSIONATE AND PRACTICAL HELP INCLUDING: ADVOCACY, HOUSING ADVICE,ACCESS TO EMPLOYMENT, EDUCATION AND SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS. SUCH ACTIVITIES TO BECARRIED OUT IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES.

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