ETHOS-EXTENDING THE HAND OF SUPPORT

Registered charity 1177809 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The prevention or relief of poverty.

Causes: Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£411k

Latest spending

£425k

Registered

2018

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net expenditure of £4,221 for the year, resulting in total net assets of £68,757. Free reserves stood at £1,604, which the independent examiner noted was outside the charity's reserves policy target of nine months' running costs. Despite this, the trustees consider the organisation to be in a sound financial position and a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £2k; policy: nine months of running costs)

“Free reserves at the year end totalled £1,604 (2024: £10,432) which is outside of the Charity’s reserves policy.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Payments to trustees: Trustee Ms M Groves received remuneration of £48,024 (including salary, social security, and pension).

“Trustee, Ms M Groves, received remuneration from the charity for their management of projects during the year.” — page 12

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

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Trustees · trustee networks

Frank Myers MBEchair · trustee of 1 other charity
Catherine Collis
Christian Dangerfield
Edwin Kirk
Kim Nation
Melanie Christine Groves
Richard Hankins

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/04/2025	£411k	£425k
30/04/2024	£411k	£425k
30/04/2023	£309k	£241k
30/04/2022	£141k	£139k
01/04/2021	£127k	£110k

Common questions

Is ETHOS-EXTENDING THE HAND OF SUPPORT financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity incurred a net expenditure of £4,221 for the year, resulting in total net assets of £68,757. Free reserves stood at £1,604, which the independent examiner noted was outside the charity's reserves policy target of nine months' running costs. Despite this, the trustees consider the organisation to be in a sound financial position and a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	30/04/2026	£20k	The Living Room
The National Lottery Community Fund	17/04/2025	£20k	The Living Room
The National Lottery Community Fund	26/01/2024	£20k	The Living Room
The National Lottery Community Fund	02/07/2021	£10k	The ABCD Project
The National Lottery Community Fund	22/05/2020	£10k	The Living Room