HANDS TOGETHER LUDLOW

Registered charity 1171979 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Hands Together Ludlow works with volunteers and caring agencies to find solutions to some of the problems vulnerable people face in our community.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Disability · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£288k
Latest spending
£219k
Registered
2017
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves of £232,058 significantly exceed the charity's policy target of a minimum £109,000 (six months of expenditure). The filing notes that while reserves are healthy, two major funding streams finish in 2026 and planned reserves for that year are set at £150,000.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months of planned expenditure (held: £232k)
“The Charity’s reserves policy is to hold in reserve in the General Fund unrestricted funding sufficient to cover six months of planned expenditure. Based on the total expenditure in 2025 of £218K, the reserve should be a minimum of £109K” — page 15
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Hands Together Ludlow (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Herefordshire · Shropshire · Worcestershire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£288k£219k
31/12/2024£281k£213k
31/12/2023£154k£160k
31/12/2022£162k£129k
31/12/2021£94k£76k

Common questions

Is HANDS TOGETHER LUDLOW financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves of £232,058 significantly exceed the charity's policy target of a minimum £109,000 (six months of expenditure). The filing notes that while reserves are healthy, two major funding streams finish in 2026 and planned reserves for that year are set at £150,000. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds HANDS TOGETHER LUDLOW?

Funders whose own accounts filings name HANDS TOGETHER LUDLOW as a grant recipient include THE MILLICHOPE FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE MILLICHOPE FOUNDATIONFY2023£3k
THE MILLICHOPE FOUNDATIONFY2025£3k
THE MILLICHOPE FOUNDATIONFY2022£2k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund18/03/2021£312kHands Together Ludlow
UK government06/10/2020£6kVSCE CMC Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund26/05/2020£24kPulling Together Ludlow
The National Lottery Community Fund17/04/2020£10kCovid-19 Emergency Response - Pulling Together Ludlow
The National Lottery Community Fund25/07/2019£16kA Stronger Organisation and A Stronger Community (Development Grant)
The National Lottery Community Fund07/02/2019£9kLudlow Community Food Share Project

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE TOGETHER PROJECT CIO.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
HANDS TOGETHER LUDLOW£288k—0unclear—no doubt
THE TOGETHER PROJECT CIO FY2025£335k—0unclear—no doubt
Standing Together Against Domestic Abuse FY2025£4.4m£70,001 - £80,000—unclear—no doubt
MILLIE'S WATCH FY2025£112k—0unclear—no doubt
LUDLOW AND DISTRICT COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2025£781k—0below—no doubt
TOGETHER ACTIVE FY2024£540kmore than £60,0001above—no doubt

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