HEALTH AND NUTRITIONAL DEVELOPMENT SERVICES

Registered charity 1050848 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HANDS

HANDS works to relieve poverty and need amongst disadvantaged peoples in SE Asia. In particular working to facilitate development by: training extension workers, income generation projects, agriculture, education or health care and nutrition as well as projects combating the trafficking of children.

Objects

TO RELEIVE PERSONS IN ANY PARTS OF THE WORLD WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS AS A RESULT OF LOCAL, NATIONAL OR INTERNATIONAL DISASTER OR BY REASON OF THEIR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES AND IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY MEANS OF DEPLOYING HUMAN AND MATERIAL RESOURCES TO PROVIDE APPROPRIATE RELIEF TO SUCH PERSONS

Area of benefit: ANY PARTS OF THE WORLD

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £11,346 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total unrestricted and restricted funds carried forward amounting to £57,068. The directors confirmed that maintaining these free reserves, combined with annual reviews of financial controls, provides sufficient resources to mitigate adverse conditions. No material uncertainties or risks to the charity's continuation were disclosed in the filing.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

• Bridget Alban
• DAVID ALBAN B ENG HONS · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Philip Clarke
• SHEELAGH CLARKE · trustee of 1 other charity
• Susan Wilson

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

Operates in: Thailand

Income and spending

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