HJÄLPANDE HÄNDER CATERING

Registered charity 1179026 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Hjalpande Hander gives young adults with special needs the chance to get paid work operating a catering trailer at local events such as fetes, festivals, market days, sports days etc. They can also work at the Kiosk we operate in Stanton Park. We involve the young adults in all aspects of the business and at the same time hope they will have fun and enjoy the atmosphere of the various events.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE : TO RELIEVE YOUNG ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES OR ADDITIONAL NEEDS IN SWINDON AND THE SURROUNDING AREA BY OPERATING A MOBILE CATERING OPERATION, ENABLING THEM TO PLAN, RESOURCE, PRODUCE, DELIVER, MARKET AND MANAGE A SERVICE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO HELP THEM DEVELOP ESSENTIAL LIFE SKILLS AND SELF-CONFIDENCE THROUGH LEARNING, LIVING AND WORKING.

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 that the charity operates in Swindon and manages essential life skills and self-reliance initiatives. Financial data provided includes receipts from various sources such as the Swindon Lions and National Lottery, alongside payments for wages, food purchases, and insurance. The document presents a basic receipts and payments structure with cash balances held at Santander and Paragon Bank.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• STUART DOUGLAS MILLATT FIRTHchair
• Bozena Urszula Firth
• Lucy Paulina Daglish

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

Operates in: Gloucestershire · Oxfordshire · Swindon · West Berkshire · Wiltshire

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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