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Finance Score: -8
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 0
  • Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -2 times
  • Spending falling: -1
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: -5 ?

HANDS GILLINGHAM 

The Charity provides services for older, disabled or vulnerable adults in the Gillingham area, including a transport service to medical appointments or other essential journeys, a basic gardening service and other services to alleviate social isolation.To do all such lawful things to further the attainment of such purposesArea of operation and benefit, Gillingham, Medway
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Accounts have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended
  • Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
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Financial Data ?

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£4£4£-1n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/22*£6£4£2n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/21*£6£12£-5n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/20*£6£22£-16n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/19£12£45£-33n/an/an/an/an/a46
31/03/18£47£46£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£66£46£19£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£59£46£13£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15*£44£50£-6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£62£67£-5£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£71£64£7£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£50£64£-13£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£62£61£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£68£62£6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£68£59£9£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£63£52£11£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£54£58£-5£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£47£55£-8£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£61£67£-6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£54£58£-5£0£0£0n/a00
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 40 years

www.handsgillingham.com

handsgillingham@outlook.com

07845 624468

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Philanthropic intermediaries and voluntarism promotion
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Medway,
Who it helps
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 18/09/1984, number: 290169
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR22: 6 days late, AR21: 4 days late, AR20: 6 days late, AR15: 20 days late, AR04: 72 days late,
Main office

Hands Gillingham
The Oast Community Centre
Granary Close
Rainham
Gillingham
ME9 7SG

Objectives

The Charity’s objects (“the objects”) areTo promote purposes which are charitable according to the law in England and Wales by:1) Providing services for older, disabled or vulnerable adults in the Gillingham area, including:• a transport service to medical appointments and for other essential journeys;• a basic gardening service; • other services to alleviate social isolation.2) Generally to do all such lawful things as will further the attainment of such purposes or any of them.

Defined Area of Benefit:

BOROUGH OF GILLINGHAM

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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