HAND OF LTD

Registered charity 1175512 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Hand Of is an arts and education charity working with the heritage, culture and education sectors.

Objects

(A) TO ADVANCE, IMPROVE, DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN PUBLIC EDUCATION IN, AND APPRECIATION OF INTERDISCIPLINARY ARTS IN ALL ASPECTS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO MUSIC, FILM, VISUAL ARTS, THEATRE, PERFORMANCE ART, DANCE. THE CHARITY WILL DELIVER THIS BY ANY MEANS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE PRESENTATION OF PUBLIC CONCERTS AND PERFORMANCES.(B) TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION (INCLUDING SOCIAL AND PHYSICAL TRAINING) OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE UK IN SUCH WAYS AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES THINK FIT, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO BY OFFERING OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO ENGAGE IN CULTURALEDUCATION AND FOCUS ON IMPROVING THEIR SELF ESTEEM, PHYSICAL WELL BEING AND ACADEMIC STANDARDS.(C) PROVIDING SERVICES AND FACILITIES WHICH PROMOTE THE PRACTICE OR ENJOYMENT OF THE ARTS FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION AND TO MAKE THEM AVAILABLE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE TO INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING CONDITIONS OF LIFE.

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state a surplus for the year of £30,396, with total unrestricted reserves of £74,080. Per the trustees' report, the charity's reserves policy target is £89,528, meaning current free reserves are below the stated policy target. The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme and has no disclosed trading subsidiaries or related-party transactions.

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 policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• 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
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• ALEXANDER CHARLES WRIGHT
• Clarence Sarkodee Adoo
• DARRYL MARCUS ASHBOURNE
• Katherine Louise Joel
• Nabihah Iqbal
• Rachael Ann Purvis

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HI-HAND.

• HI-HAND income £414k
• HEALTH AND NUTRITION DEVELOPMENT SOCIETY (HANDS) INTERNATIONAL income £176k
• Hand in Hand Support income £467k
• THE HANDS AROUND THE WORLD CHARITABLE TRUST income £192k
• HEATH HANDS income £142k
• TWO HANDS CHARITABLE TRUST income £80k

Side by side with its peers

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