HELPING HANDS (RHYMNEY CANCER SELF HELP GROUP)

Registered charity 1117260 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

HELPING HANDS IS AN INDEPENDENT, NON PROFIT ORGANISATION WHICH EXISTS TO FULFIL AND EXCEED THE EXPECTATIONS OF THE SERIOUSLY ILL RESIDENTS OF THE UPPER RHYMNEY VALLEY BY PROVIDING THE NECESSARY SUPPORT, SERVICES AND FREE LOAN MEDICAL AIDS

Objects

TO ENSURE THE RELIEF OF PERSONS WITHIN THE UPPER RHYMNEY VALLEY, WHO ARE SUFFERING OR WHO HAVE SUFFERED FROM CANCER AND OTHER SERIOUS ILLNESSES, IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF ADVICE, SUPPORT AND LOAN OF HOME COMFORTS EQUIPMENT, FOR SUCH PERSONS, THEIR FRIENDS, FAMILIES AND CARERS.

Area of benefit: UPPER RHYMNEY VALLEY

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

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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £235,283 and total net assets of £336,621 as of 31 December 2024. The charity reported a net incoming resource surplus of £4,784 for the year, funded primarily by shop sales and donations. The accounts were prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties disclosed.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

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

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Welsh Government (Social Landlords And Housing Associations). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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.

• 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
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold); recorded price paid £53k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (19/01/2017) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (16/03/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• ALISON MARGARET SYMONDS
• CHERYL PATRICIA MERRICK
• DORCAS COX
• EIRLYS PHILPOTT
• MARGARET GREEN
• SONIA OWEN
• mary liverick

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

Operates in: Caerphilly

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).