HELPING HANDS COMMUNITY PROJECT

Registered charity 1188613 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HELPING HANDS

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Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS:THE PREVENTION AND RELIEF OF POVERTY IN THE WARWICK DISTRICT COUNCIL AREA FOR THOSE IN NEED, ESPECIALLY THE HOMELESS AND THE VULNERABLE, BY PROVIDING COMPASSIONATE AND PRACTICAL HELP INCLUDING: ADVOCACY, HOUSING ADVICE,ACCESS TO EMPLOYMENT, EDUCATION AND SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS. SUCH ACTIVITIES TO BECARRIED OUT IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES.

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Warwick, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£411k

Latest spending

£445k

Registered

2020

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the financial year with a deficit of £33,589, which was covered by reserves. The trustees note ongoing financial pressures due to a fall in grants, rising costs, and a challenging fundraising landscape, though they report that support for the charity remains strong.

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

“The reserves are currently at £188,948, which represents five months of expenditure.” — page 11

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

Volunteers: 75
Government income: £42,654 — grants £42,654 (5); 10% of the £411,039 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

Volunteers: 60
Government income: £13,152 — grants £13,152 (2); 3% of the £505,185 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

Volunteers: 60
Government income: £2,300 — grants £2,300 (2); under 1% of the £370,374 total gross income on the same return

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

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2024)

Total income

£505k

Total spending

£454k

Reserves (reported)

£219k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~5.8 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (63% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (04/10/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Julie Daychair
Joanna Deffley
Laurence Clark
Lucy Kelly
Morag Millington
Stewart Bell

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

Operates in: Warwickshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£411k	£445k
31/03/2024	£505k	£454k
31/03/2023	£370k	£329k
31/03/2022	£295k	£324k
31/03/2021	£309k	£253k

Common questions

Is HELPING HANDS COMMUNITY PROJECT financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the financial year with a deficit of £33,589, which was covered by reserves. The trustees note ongoing financial pressures due to a fall in grants, rising costs, and a challenging fundraising landscape, though they report that support for the charity remains strong. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds HELPING HANDS COMMUNITY PROJECT?

Funders whose own accounts filings name HELPING HANDS COMMUNITY PROJECT as a grant recipient include THE KING HENRY VIII ENDOWED TRUST, WARWICK, THE EDWARD CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUST, MISSES BARRIE CHARITABLE TRUST, THE ARCHER TRUST, Royal Warrant Holders' Charity.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE KING HENRY VIII ENDOWED TRUST, WARWICK	FY2021	£4k
THE EDWARD CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£3k	Community Projects and Integration
MISSES BARRIE CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£3k
THE ARCHER TRUST	FY2023	£3k	Charitable activities
MISSES BARRIE CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£3k
THE ARCHER TRUST	FY2022	£2k	In Leamington Spa supports the homeless, domestic abuse victims and the vulnerable by providing a soup kitchen and practical support.
MISSES BARRIE CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2026	£1k
THE ARCHER TRUST	FY2024	£1k
Royal Warrant Holders' Charity	FY2023	£1k
GOWLING WLG (UK) CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£500
GOWLING WLG (UK) CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2021	£500

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	23/10/2025	£405k	A Hand Up - supporting Homeless and Vulnerably Housed people in Leamington Spa
The National Lottery Community Fund	09/12/2022	£10k	Trauma counselling for homeless and vulnerably housed people and children
The National Lottery Community Fund	25/08/2022	£220k	Helping Hands Community Project
The National Lottery Community Fund	24/04/2020	£9k	Covid 19 Employment for the homeless and vulnerable

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
CHOOSE LOVE	1	£170k
GLOBAL RELIEF TRUST	1	£133k
THE INDIGO TRUST	1	£2k
THE EDGAR E LAWLEY FOUNDATION	1	£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WATERBERRY COMMUNITY PROJECTS LIMITED.

WATERBERRY COMMUNITY PROJECTS LIMITED income £124k
HAND IN HAND FOR AID AND DEVELOPMENT income £22.7m
HELP A NEIGHBOUR IN DISTRESS SCHEME (HANDS) income £81k
QUEDGELEY COMMUNITY TRUST income £93k
SUPPORTING LIVES income £134k
GREENWICH REFUGEE AID AND COMMUNITY ENTERPRISE income £100k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
HELPING HANDS COMMUNITY PROJECT	£411k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
WATERBERRY COMMUNITY PROJECTS LIMITED FY2025	£124k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
HAND IN HAND FOR AID AND DEVELOPMENT FY2025	£22.7m	£90,000 - £100,000	2	above	—	no doubt
HELP A NEIGHBOUR IN DISTRESS SCHEME (HANDS) FY2025	£81k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
QUEDGELEY COMMUNITY TRUST FY2025	£93k	—	0	unclear	—	noted
SUPPORTING LIVES FY2025	£134k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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