Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: -9
Support Score: 4
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Static board: -3
  • Multiple returns filed late: -4
  • Overall weighted support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 0 ?

HANDS FOR YOU

1. Information, advice and referrals2. Health promotion3. Employment skills training4. Basic English courses5. Recreational activities6. Tackling Domestic Violence
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There have been no income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers and there are significant future grants due to be received

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board composition appears to be rather static and has little diversity in terms of age
  • Returns have been filed late on 4 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended

Financial issues to consider:

  • 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 Spending Surplus/
Deficit
Volun-
teers
30/07/23£21£17£4n/a
30/07/22*£17£16£1n/a
30/07/21*£19£17£2n/a
30/07/20*£66£42£24n/a
?30/07/19*£26£19£6n/a
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 6 years

ourhandsforyou@gmail.com

02037841241

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Support for victims of domestic or sexual abuse
  • Emotional support, counselling or therapy
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
Where it operates
  • Throughout England,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • 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 Community Fund£39,032
Sport England£15,000
The London Community Foundation£12,387
Power to Change£9,810
DCMS£9,408
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Sport England - From inactive community to active community
£15,000 08/11/2023
11
This project will offer a range of physical activities for 6 hours per week, for a period of 32 weeks.
National Lottery Community Fund - Strenghening Community Relation in the local area
£9,888 18/11/2022
This project will look to run activities that reinforce local community ties to improve cohesion and relations. It will organise outdoor activities such as social clubs and tea breakfast for 10 residents twice a month so that they can come together.
National Lottery Community Fund - Improving Refugees Women' English Skills
£9,980 13/08/2021
This project will support refugee women to gain employment by improving their English skills so they are able to better support their families. It will target single refugee women women who have no recourse to public funds to survive with their ....more
Power to Change - C-19 CCLORS - Hands For You
£9,810 16/09/2020
Grant to C-19 CCLORS - Hands For You
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,408 22/07/2020
"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
National Lottery Community Fund - Helping people affected by the health crisis
£9,300 22/05/2020
6
The funding will be used to provide help for local isolated people many facing language barriers especially those recently discharged from hospital.
The London Community Foundation - Grant to Hands For You
£7,524 23/04/2020
We are applying for funding to continue supporting local people financially and socially. They are a mixed population composed of older people, women, men and refugees
The London Community Foundation - Grant to Hands For You
£4,863 16/04/2020
The purpose of this application is to help local people living on low incomes including the elderly to go through the current crisis
National Lottery Community Fund - Improving Older People's Life
£9,864 10/02/2020
11
The funding will be used to provide ongoing support and activities for older people from diverse backgrounds. The project will encourage opportunities to develop relationships and a wide support network.
National Lottery Community Fund - Improving parenting skills amongst Local women
£9,750 26/03/2018
12
This project will deliver a series of parenting workshops and one to one sessions for women from black and ethnic minority backgrounds. This will equip parents with the skills to help their children succeed.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 47-57
  • IJLAL OSMAN AHMAD Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Director
  • IKHLAS AHMED KHEIR (Chair) Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Director
  • JADIA OSMAN Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Director
  • VIENOUS HASSAN Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Childminder
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 07/12/2018, number: 1181044
  • Registered at Companies House on 26/07/2017, number: 10885411
Gift Aid
  • NOT 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
5 returns made; AR22: 49 days late, AR21: 130 days late, AR20: 39 days late, AR19: 75 days late,
Main office

136 Clitterhouse Crescent
LONDON
NW2 1DA

Objectives

FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, IN PARTICULAR, PEOPLE INCLUDING CHILDREN WHO ARE IN NEED DUE TO YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES, BY: A) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION INCLUDING SUPPLEMENTARY EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN;B) THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT; C) THE PROMOTION AND PRESERVATION OF GOOD HEALTHD) THE PROVISION OR ASSISTANCE IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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