My Yard

Registered charity 1158800 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ANGEL HANDS (FOUNDATION)

Providing practical and emotional support for vulnerable members of society via My Yard who become isolated due to crisis. We collect and distribute food, provide a range of activities for youth, help survivors of Domestic Abuse, Families and Caregivers and Children who've had life changing injury due to accident or illness, We focus on families in temporary housing.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO are: 1.The relief of sickness and the preservation of health both physical and mental of vulnerable children, young people (14-25) adults and families and the elderly, by provision of medical aids and equipment, personal and social activities and events to improve physical and mental health, and to prevent further social isolation and ill health through promoting community based initiatives and networking.2. For the purpose of this clause, ‘socially excluded’ means being excluded from society, or parts of society, as a result of one or more of the following factors: Unemployment, financial hardship, youth or old age, ill health (physical or mental), substance abuse or dependancy including alcohol or drugs, discrimination on the grounds of sex, race, disability, ethnic origin, religion, belief, creed, sexual orientation or gender re-assignment, poor educational or skills attainment, relationship or family breakdown, poor housing ( ie housing that does not meet basic habitable standards), crime (either as a a victim of crime or an an offender rehabilitating into society)We provide tailor made support packages of food, health and occupational aids and social activities for all those above, particularly those who slip through the net/under the radar of voluntary and/or statutory service provision.

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Hertsmere, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net outgoing of resources of £1,035 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £43,503 to £42,518. The trustees confirm the charity is entitled to exemption from audit and has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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 5 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 handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• 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
• 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)

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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, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 30/09/2023 (received 15/08/2024, 16 days after the 30/07/2024 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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — My Yard (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Louisa Jane Carmichael
• Paula Ann Merrony
• SRI SUDEVI

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

Operates in: Barnet · Enfield · Harrow · Hertfordshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LONGMEAD COMMUNITY FARM LIMITED.

• LONGMEAD COMMUNITY FARM LIMITED income £77k
• THE GARAGE ART GROUP income £73k
• GARTH YOUTH PROJECT income £225k
• THE CHILDREN'S ADVENTURE FARM TRUST LTD income £1.2m
• Love Squared income £869k
• THE M Y A CHARITABLE TRUST income £88k

Side by side with its peers

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