HANDICAPPED CHILDRENS ACTION GROUP

Registered charity 1015438 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To provide items of specialist equipment for children with disabilities, learning difficulties and other special needs.

Causes: Disability · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£383k

Latest spending

£357k

Registered

1992

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £154,751, with all funds being unrestricted and available for any purpose. The organization reported a net incoming resource of £27,258 for the year, indicating a positive financial position. There are no disclosed material uncertainties or risks to the charity's ability to continue operating.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £155k)

“We hold a reserve fund of £27,901.11p.” — page 2

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Handicapped Children's Action Group (matched by registered charity number).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (08/07/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (02/10/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (20/06/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

ARTHUR CHARLES CAUSTONchair
CHRISTOPER VINCENT MSC BA PGCE MCGI
Joshua Zunde

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/11/2025	£383k	£357k
30/11/2024	£371k	£364k
30/11/2023	£357k	£296k
30/11/2022	£249k	£272k
30/11/2021	£249k	£286k

Common questions

Is HANDICAPPED CHILDRENS ACTION GROUP financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £154,751, with all funds being unrestricted and available for any purpose. The organization reported a net incoming resource of £27,258 for the year, indicating a positive financial position. There are no disclosed material uncertainties or risks to the charity's ability to continue operating. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds HANDICAPPED CHILDRENS ACTION GROUP?

Funders whose own accounts filings name HANDICAPPED CHILDRENS ACTION GROUP as a grant recipient include Matchroom Charitable Foundation, BRUCE WAKE CHARITY, THE STRANGWARD TRUST, SCHRODER CHARITY TRUST, THE DAVID FAMILY FOUNDATION.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
Matchroom Charitable Foundation	FY2023	£50k
BRUCE WAKE CHARITY	FY2025	£30k
Matchroom Charitable Foundation	FY2022	£10k
THE STRANGWARD TRUST	FY2023	£5k
SCHRODER CHARITY TRUST	FY2024	£5k
THE DAVID FAMILY FOUNDATION	FY2021	£5k
THE PANTHEON CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£5k
THE STRANGWARD TRUST	FY2022	£3k
THE WO STREET CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2022	£3k
DUCHY OF LANCASTER BENEVOLENT FUND	FY2024	£3k	Older & Disabled Persons
THE DAVID FAMILY FOUNDATION	FY2023	£2k
THE DAVID FAMILY FOUNDATION	FY2024	£2k
The Belstead Ganzoni Charitable Settlement	FY2023	£2k
The Belstead Ganzoni Charitable Settlement	FY2022	£2k	General charitable donations
THE TUDWICK FOUNDATION	FY2023	£1k
THE CHRISTABELLA CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2021	£1k	relief of poverty, relief of those in need by reason of ill health or disability, the advancement of religion and the advancement of education
THE CHARLES LITTLEWOOD HILL TRUST	FY2022	£1k	Medica/Disabled
THE IAN ASKEW CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£1k	Grant
CHARLES S FRENCH CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£909
THE SIR JAMES ROLL CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£800
THE DAVID FAMILY FOUNDATION	FY2022	£0
SALOMAN FOUNDATION	FY2026	—	Provision of specialist equipment for children with disabilities, learning difficulties and other special needs.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE GOYAL FOUNDATION	1	£80k
THE ELIZABETH AND PRINCE ZAIGER TRUST	1	£31k
THE TRUE COLOURS TRUST	1	£5k
THE HIPPODROME CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£4k
MAGDALEN HOSPITAL TRUST	1	£2k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF SAINT ANDREW AND SAINT MARK, SURBITON	1	£1k
HAYS TRAVEL FOUNDATION	1	£0

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HANDICAPPED CHILDREN'S AID COMMITTEE.

HANDICAPPED CHILDREN'S AID COMMITTEE income £272k
HAVERING ASSOCIATION FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES income £131k
CHILD ACTION income £119k
DNC C.I.O. income £150k
ACTION AROUND BETHLEHEM CHILDREN WITH DISABILITY income £255k
Every Somerset Child's Ability Positively Encouraged income £237k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
HANDICAPPED CHILDRENS ACTION GROUP	£383k	—	below	—	no doubt
HANDICAPPED CHILDREN'S AID COMMITTEE FY2024	£272k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
HAVERING ASSOCIATION FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES FY2025	£131k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CHILD ACTION FY2025	£119k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
DNC C.I.O. FY2025	£150k	—	above	—	no doubt
ACTION AROUND BETHLEHEM CHILDREN WITH DISABILITY FY2025	£255k	—	above	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.