HELPING HAND CAMBODIA

Registered charity 1171400 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also registered in Scotland as SC051387 (OSCR)

Helping Hand Cambodia enables people to sponsor children from the slums of Phnom Penh, Cambodia to go to a good school and get a good education and therefore move on in life and out of the slums. A good education is the only way out of the slums for these children and by offering them this opportunity to take their future in their own hands.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY (‘THE OBJECTS’) ARE:(1) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF CHILDREN WHO LIVE IN THE SLUMS OF PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA, BY THE PROVISION OF SPONSORSHIP AND GRANTS TO SUCH CHILDREN SO THAT THEY CAN GO TO SCHOOL, GET EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS TO ENABLE THEM TO HAVE MORE OPPORTUNITIES AND A BETTER FUTURE.(2) SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF PEOPLE LIVING IN THE SLUMS OF PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA, AS ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

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 · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£30k

Latest spending

£37k

Registered

2017

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity has negative unrestricted funds of £18,919 and a total deficit of £18,919 as of 30 April 2025. The charity relies on a loan balance of £28,219 to cover its current assets of £9,300, indicating significant financial pressure and dependency on external funding.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 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.

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Register events

Received assets from another charity (01/11/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (12/01/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

DUNCAN BELLchair
CATHERINE BURDEN
Fabiola Santiago Peixoto Coker
REBECCA JANE BELL

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

Operates in: Cambodia · Isle Of Wight

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/04/2025	£30k	£37k
30/04/2024	£34k	£51k
30/04/2023	£36k	£43k
30/04/2022	£36k	£35k
30/04/2021	£44k	£43k

Common questions

Is HELPING HAND CAMBODIA financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity has negative unrestricted funds of £18,919 and a total deficit of £18,919 as of 30 April 2025. The charity relies on a loan balance of £28,219 to cover its current assets of £9,300, indicating significant financial pressure and dependency on external funding.