LITTLE HANDS DESIGN

Registered charity 1180116 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

1.1 To advance for the benefit of the public education in the arts and, inparticular (but not limited to), the art of fashion design and garmentmaking.1.2 To advance in life and help young fashion designers in necessitouscircumstances by the provision of studio space and education in fashiondesign.

Objects

1.1 TO ADVANCE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC EDUCATION IN THE ARTS AND, IN PARTICULAR (BUT NOT LIMITED TO), THE ART OF FASHION DESIGN AND GARMENT MAKING.1.2 TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND HELP YOUNG FASHION DESIGNERS IN NECESSITOUS CIRCUMSTANCES BY THE PROVISION OF STUDIO SPACE AND EDUCATION IN FASHION DESIGN.

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 generated a surplus of £22,013 for the year ended 30 April 2025, resulting in total unrestricted funds of £64,844. The trustees consider these funds sufficient to enable the charity to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. No specific reserves policy target is stated, only a general approach to maintaining reserves to protect against short-term changes.

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 4 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
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 10191361

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• REED, Rayne — director, appointed 09/05/2022not on trustee list
• CHANDARIA, Priya — director, appointed 21/09/2018on trustee list
• PARVIZI-WAYNE, Afsaneh — director, appointed 21/09/2018on trustee list
• JACOBY, Astrid — director, appointed 20/05/2016on trustee list

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

• ASTRID JACOBYchair
• AFSANEH PARVIZI-WAYNE
• PRIYA CHANDARIA

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with RAISE YOUR HANDS.

• RAISE YOUR HANDS income £962k
• GRADUATE FASHION FOUNDATION income £1.3m
• THEATRE DESIGN COURSE LIMITED income £100k
• HANDS OF GIVING FOUNDATION income £123k
• TWO HANDS CHARITABLE TRUST income £80k
• HELP A NEIGHBOUR IN DISTRESS SCHEME (HANDS) income £81k

Side by side with its peers

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