YOUR HELPING HANDS

Registered charity 1145054 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Helping disadvantaged people play a fuller role in society is one of the core goals. We achieve this through the prevention of poverty, reduction in suffering, We have an on-going garden projects which serve to help vulnerable adults, who, through ill health, are unable to do so on their own. Our teaching stretches to helping people gain employment by building and developing their IT skills.

Objects

TO FURTHER SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC WITHIN THE CITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON (THE "AREA OF BENEFIT") AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT FROM TIME TO TIME IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:(A)THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION;(B)THE PROMOTION OF CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY AND GOOD CITIZENSHIP;(C)RELIEVING POVERTY AND RELIEVING THOSE IN NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS;(D)THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT;(E)ADVANCING IN LIFE AND HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE BY PROVIDING THEM WITH SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS;(F)DEVELOPING THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF THE MEMBERS OF THE SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITY IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY, AND HELP MEET, THEIR NEEDS AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY;(G)THE ADVANCEMENT OF RELIGION;

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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Registered contact address: Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts for the year ended 31 March 2026 are subject to independent examination rather than audit. The examiner's report indicates that the accounts were not audited under the Companies Act 2006 and are eligible for independent examination under the Charities Act 2011. The examiner confirmed that no matters came to their attention giving cause to believe the accounts were materially non-compliant with accounting records or the Charities SORP.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 2 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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds 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

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2025 (received 09/02/2026, 9 days after the 31/01/2026 due date); year ending 31/03/2023 (received 30/05/2024, 120 days after the 31/01/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 07543168

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• National Lottery Awards for All — “Our work has been funded by National Lottery Awards for All” (source page)
• The National Lottery Community Fund — “The National Lottery Community Fund” (source page)
• The National Lottery Heritage Fund — “The National Lottery Heritage Fund” (source page)

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• PEAKE, Martin Lloyd — director, appointed 23/10/2020on trustee list
• SANGHA, Gurmeet Singh — director, appointed 25/02/2011on trustee list
• WATSON, Dexter Henry — director, appointed 25/02/2011on trustee list

Official officers record.

CQC provider record: Your Helping Hands — Deregistered, 1 registered location.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

Trustees · trustee networks

• DEXTER HENRY WATSON
• GURMEET SINGH SANGHA
• MARTIN PEAKE · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Wolverhampton

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT AND SUPPORT INITIATIVES - UK.

• COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT AND SUPPORT INITIATIVES - UK income £42k
• PLYMOUTH LADIES CHARITY CLUB income £56k
• INDEPENDENT CHRISTIAN WORKERS TRUST income £51k
• KNOWLEDGE EMPOWERS YOU CHARITABLE TRUST income £217k
• ENDERUN COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £133k
• PROFESSIONAL GARDENERS' TRUST income £99k

Side by side with its peers

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