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HAND IN HAND INTERNATIONAL

Registered charity 1113868 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HAND IN HAND INDIA, SEED

Look at poverty differently and you'll see grassroots entrepreneurs, full of energy and ideas. We help turn women's skills and potential into jobs and they discover a way up and out of poverty. Our current areas of support are Eastern Africa and Afghanistan.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£6.3m
Latest spending
£7.6m
Registered
2006
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £1,434,244 for the year, driven by a suspension of US government funding and increased investment in fundraising capacity. Despite this deficit, unrestricted free reserves of £948,789 were held, which the trustees confirm are equal to their stated policy target of six months' core expenditure. The trustees and auditors have confirmed the use of the going concern basis, citing adequate resources to meet commitments through at least March 2027.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Corporate foundations (49% of income)
“Donations from corporate foundations represented 49% of income during the financial year.” — page 12
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Fundraising cost ratio: 12.4% of fundraised income, as disclosed
“Expenditure on raising funds in the financial year to 31 March 2025 was £776,069 (2024: £504,349).” — page 12
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: six months’ core expenditure (held: £949k)
“The reserves policy is to hold six months’ core expenditure which is equal to £949,321 based on the budget for FY25/26.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Buzzacott Audit LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£6.3m
Total spending
£7.6m
Cost of raising funds
£776k
Reserves (reported)
£2.0m
Employees
23

Reported reserves equal ~3.2 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (98% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 12.4% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Afghanistan · Kenya · Tanzania

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£6.3m£7.6m
31/03/2024£7.4m£6.1m
31/03/2023£6.3m£7.9m
31/03/2022£6.6m£5.7m
31/03/2021£6.7m£5.7m

Common questions

Is HAND IN HAND INTERNATIONAL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £1,434,244 for the year, driven by a suspension of US government funding and increased investment in fundraising capacity. Despite this deficit, unrestricted free reserves of £948,789 were held, which the trustees confirm are equal to their stated policy target of six months' core expenditure. The trustees and auditors have confirmed the use of the going concern basis, citing adequate resources to meet commitments through at least March 2027. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Buzzacott Audit LLP.

Who funds HAND IN HAND INTERNATIONAL?

Funders whose own accounts filings name HAND IN HAND INTERNATIONAL as a grant recipient include ALLAN AND NESTA FERGUSON CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT, INTO GIVING LIMITED, G M C TRUST, THE GSR FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
ALLAN AND NESTA FERGUSON CHARITABLE SETTLEMENTFY2023£28k
INTO GIVING LIMITEDFY2023£12kgirls' education at a residential school
G M C TRUSTFY2022£11k
G M C TRUSTFY2023£7k
THE GSR FOUNDATIONFY2024£0

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
ZOUQ FOUNDATION1—
Point North Community Foundation1£247k
CHOOSE LOVE1£170k
GLOBAL RELIEF TRUST1£133k
IMAGINE FOUNDATION1£95k
MUSLIM COMMUNITY & EDUCATION CENTRE (MCEC)1£75k
THE EARL OF NORTHAMPTON'S CHARITY1£73k
LLOYDS BANK FOUNDATION FOR ENGLAND & WALES1£52k

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HI-HAND.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
HAND IN HAND INTERNATIONAL£6.3m——unclear12.4%no doubt
HI-HAND FY2025£414k—0unclear—no doubt
HEALTH AND NUTRITION DEVELOPMENT SOCIETY (HANDS) INTERNATIONAL FY2025£176k—0unclear—no doubt
THE HANDS AROUND THE WORLD CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£192k—0unclear—no doubt
GLOBAL HELPING HANDS FY2025£3.1m—0unclear—no doubt
HAND IN HAND FOR AID AND DEVELOPMENT FY2024£27.1m£80,001 - £90,000—unclear—no doubt

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