Hand in Hand Support

Registered charity 1182698 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SHABBAT WALK

Hand in Hand provides practical and emotional support to vulnerable members of the Jewish community, including children with special educational needs and disabilities, the elderly, the hospitalised and the housebound. Through weekly visits from trained teenage volunteers, we deliver companionship, mentorship and practical assistance, fostering connection and emotional wellbeing for those in need.

Objects

I. TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION AMONG THOSE EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY BECAUSE OF POOR HEALTH, BY THE PROVISION OF REGULAR VOLUNTEER VISITORSII. TO RELIEVE THE EFFECTS OF SICKNESS, DISABILITY, BEREAVEMENT AND/OR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP ON INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES THROUGH THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT, SERVICES AND COMFORTSIII. TO HELP YOUNG PEOPLE DEVELOP THEIR CAPABILITIES THAT THEY MAY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY, ESPECIALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH LEISURE TIME VOLUNTEERING ACTIVITIES RUN IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TENETS OF ORTHODOX JUDAISM

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Barnet, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£467k
Latest spending
£457k
Registered
2019
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's net assets increased from £83,390 to £92,724 over the year. The charity was entitled to exemption from audit under section 479A of the Companies Act 2006 relating to subsidiary companies. The financial statements were approved by the board of trustees.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 2 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.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 28/02/2025

  • Volunteers: 1,200

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 29/02/2024

  • Volunteers: 850

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 28/02/2023

  • Volunteers: 850
  • Government income: £10,000 — grants £10,000 (1); 3% of the £346,825 total gross income on the same return

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2020 (received 09/11/2021, 9 days after the 31/10/2021 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

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.

Official officers record.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Barnet · Bury · Camden · Hertfordshire · Salford City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
28/02/2025£467k£457k
29/02/2024£367k£425k
28/02/2023£347k£407k
31/12/2021£311k£254k
31/12/2020£306k£177k

Common questions

Is Hand in Hand Support financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity's net assets increased from £83,390 to £92,724 over the year. The charity was entitled to exemption from audit under section 479A of the Companies Act 2006 relating to subsidiary companies. The financial statements were approved by the board of trustees.

Who funds Hand in Hand Support?

Funders whose own accounts filings name Hand in Hand Support as a grant recipient include ACHISOMOCH AID COMPANY LIMITED, PHILIP KING CHARITABLE TRUST, THE MAURICE WOHL CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, THE BENZI DUNNER SCHOOLS TRUST, KKMG.

Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
ACHISOMOCH AID COMPANY LIMITEDFY2023£120k
ACHISOMOCH AID COMPANY LIMITEDFY2021£106k
ACHISOMOCH AID COMPANY LIMITEDFY2022£102k
PHILIP KING CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£15kContribution towards CRM system
THE MAURICE WOHL CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2025£15kCare and Welfare
THE BENZI DUNNER SCHOOLS TRUSTFY2024£6k
KKMGFY2023£5kEducation
THE MCCARTHY & STONE CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2022£5kIntergenerational Activities
THE MANCHESTER GUARDIAN SOCIETY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£1k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund07/04/2026£20kStrengthening Youth Volunteer Support for Neurodiverse Children in Barnet
The National Lottery Community Fund06/06/2024£20kSupport for Families with Neurodiverse Children
The National Lottery Community Fund17/02/2023£10kNurture
The National Lottery Community Fund04/02/2022£10kSocial Events for SEN Children
The National Lottery Community Fund22/01/2021£10kAlleviating Loneliness via Digital Technology
The National Lottery Community Fund19/09/2019£10kStepping In for Kids

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 HI-HAND.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
Hand in Hand Support£467k——unclear—no doubt
HI-HAND FY2025£414k—0unclear—no doubt
HAND IN HAND FOR AID AND DEVELOPMENT FY2025£22.7m£90,000 - £100,0002above—no doubt
YAD TOIVA (THE KIND HAND) TRUST FY2025£235k—0unclear—no doubt
IN TOUCH/KIDS UNITED FY2025£231k—0above—no doubt
Hand of God Ministries, Manchester UK. FY2025£34k—0unclear—no doubt

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