OPEN HANDS REIGATE

Registered charity 1193298 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Currently operates in East Surrey. Runs a foodbank and a prayer line.

Objects

A) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION IN EAST SURREY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THROUGH THE HOLDING OF PRAYER MEETINGS, LECTURES, PUBLIC CELEBRATIONS OF RELIGIOUS FESTIVALS, PRODUCING AND/OR DISTRIBUTING LITERATURE ON CHRISTIANITY TO ENLIGHTEN OTHERS ABOUT THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION.B) TO RELIEVE THE CHARITABLE NEEDS OF THOSE BY REASON OF YOUTH, AGE, ILL HEALTH, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, FOOD INSECURITY OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE IN EAST SURREY IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF GRANTS, ITEMS AND SERVICES.

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

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

Registered contact address: Reigate and Banstead, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £31,256 at the year end, representing an increase from the previous year's £23,705. The charity reported total receipts of £27,753 against charitable expenditure of £20,202, resulting in a net surplus for the period. The trustees have adopted a reserves policy which is reviewed regularly, though no specific target amount is disclosed in the filing.

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 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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• 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.

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 31/08/2023 (received 08/08/2024, 39 days after the 30/06/2024 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Graham John Rouse
• Hilary Mak
• JOHN BRAMWELL BARTLETT
• John Clarke
• Noel Scott Uchenna Carr

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

Operates in: Surrey

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with OPEN HANDS TRUST (LEICESTER).

• OPEN HANDS TRUST (LEICESTER) income £566k
• OPEN HANDS PROJECT SHEFFIELD income £26k
• HERITAGE OF GRACE OUTREACH income £47k
• OHR YESHAYA income £308k
• PUBLISH WHAT YOU FUND income £781k
• HEIRS income £34k

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