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THE HANDS UP FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1156491 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ACTION SYRIA

The principal activities of Action Syria, the operating name of the charity, are to make sure Syrian communities have the medical care and education they need, every day and when emergencies strike. The charity focuses on the relief and assistance of victims of war, conflict or natural disaster, through humanitarian assistance, particularly for people in Syria and surrounding countries.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£381k
Latest spending
£495k
Registered
2014
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net expenditure of £113,304 for the year, reducing its total unrestricted reserves from £226,406 to £113,102. The trustees confirm that the charity remains a going concern, stating that future reserves and income are sufficient to meet current commitments with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient reserves to cover any administrative costs in the short term (held: £113k)
“At the year end the charity had sufficient reserves to cover any administrative costs in the short term.” — page 21
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Donations from trustees
“During the year, there were no related party transactions (2024: £NIL) other than donations totalling £837 from four trustees.” — page 42
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2024)

Total income
£504k
Total spending
£659k
Cost of raising funds
£79k
Reserves (reported)
£226k
Employees
6

Reported reserves equal ~4.1 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (83% 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: 15.8% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Iraq · Jordan · Lebanon · Syria · Turkey

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£381k£495k
31/03/2024£504k£659k
31/03/2023£722k£741k
31/03/2022£584k£515k
31/03/2021£682k£626k

Common questions

Is THE HANDS UP FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity incurred a net expenditure of £113,304 for the year, reducing its total unrestricted reserves from £226,406 to £113,102. The trustees confirm that the charity remains a going concern, stating that future reserves and income are sufficient to meet current commitments with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THE HANDS UP FOUNDATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE HANDS UP FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOUNDATION, THE CHARLOTTE HEBER-PERCY CHARITABLE TRUST, THE ARNOLD BURTON 1998 CHARITABLE TRUST, SANDRA CHARITABLE TRUST, CHK Foundation.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOUNDATIONFY2024£30kInternational projects
THE CHARLOTTE HEBER-PERCY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£20k
THE CHARLOTTE HEBER-PERCY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£20k
THE ARNOLD BURTON 1998 CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£20kInternational
EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOUNDATIONFY2023£16kInternational projects
EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOUNDATIONFY2022£15kInternational
SANDRA CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£15k
CHK FoundationFY2023£10k
THE LENNOX HANNAY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£10kThe relief of those in need by reason of youth, age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
THE BATCHWORTH TRUSTFY2024£10k
THE RANDAL CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2022£10k
THE ROTHERMERE FOUNDATIONFY2024£7kOther charitable donations
THE ASFARI FOUNDATIONFY2023£7kBuilding Civil Society Infrastructure
THE MARY HOMFRAY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£5k
G M C TRUSTFY2022£5k
BRITISH HUMANE ASSOCIATIONFY2024£5k
THE PETER STEBBINGS MEMORIAL CHARITYFY2022£5k
THE MARY HOMFRAY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£5k
THE CHARLOTTE HEBER-PERCY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£5k
BRITISH HUMANE ASSOCIATIONFY2025£5k
THE ARNOLD BURTON 1998 CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£5kThird World And Overseas
BRITISH HUMANE ASSOCIATIONFY2022£5k
THE ROTHERMERE FOUNDATIONFY2022£5kOther charitable donations
THE ROTHERMERE FOUNDATIONFY2025£5kOther charitable donations
SANDRA CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£4kGrant paid or payable
THE ASHWORTH CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£4kInternational
THE MARY HOMFRAY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£3k
THE DAVID FAMILY FOUNDATIONFY2024£3k
THE DAVID FAMILY FOUNDATIONFY2024£3k
THE DAVID FAMILY FOUNDATIONFY2021£2k
THE ROTHERMERE FOUNDATIONFY2023£2kOther charitable donations
SANDRA CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£2k
THE IAN ASKEW CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£1k
VISCOUNT AMORY'S CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£1kRelated party transaction
THE IAN ASKEW CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£1k
THE IAN ASKEW CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£1kGrant
THE MAGENI TRUSTFY2023£750
THE MAGENI TRUSTFY2022£500
THE MAGENI TRUSTFY2025£500
THE MAGENI TRUSTFY2024£500
THE RANDAL CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2023£0
THE DAVID FAMILY FOUNDATIONFY2022£0
G M C TRUSTFY2023£0
THE REED FOUNDATIONFY2021—
BRITISH HUMANE ASSOCIATIONFY2023—

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
THE ORR MACKINTOSH FOUNDATION LIMITED2£30k
ZOUQ FOUNDATION1—
THE TUIXEN FOUNDATION1£112k
The Greatham Foundation Ltd1£100k
H C D MEMORIAL FUND1£44k
THE CHALK CLIFF TRUST1£40k
CHARITY OF SIR RICHARD WHITTINGTON1£35k
THE AURUM CHARITABLE TRUST1£35k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SYRIAN REFUGEE RELIEF FUND.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE HANDS UP FOUNDATION£381k—0unclear—no doubt
SYRIAN REFUGEE RELIEF FUND FY2025£268k—0above—no doubt
ACTION FOUNDATION FY2025£1.8m—0unclear—no doubt
THE HANDS UP PROJECT FY2025£150k—0unclear—no doubt
SAMARA'S AID APPEAL FY2025£483k—0unclear—no doubt
LADY SUMAYYA HUMANITARIAN AID FOUNDATION LIMITED FY2024£220k—0unclear—no doubt

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