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TWO HANDS CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 1194683 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

General Charitable Purposes

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income
£80k
Latest spending
£542k
Registered
2021
Accounts read
FY2023

Financial health, per its FY2023 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £1,773,498 against a policy target of less than £15,000, indicating a significant surplus. The trustees note that planned significant grants in the following year are expected to reduce these current reserves.

Automated summary of the FY2023 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Donations (100% of income)
“Income for the period was 82, 509,695, derived from donations.” — page 5
Per its FY2023 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: 6 month's equivalent of the expenditure will be less than 815,000 (held: £1.8m)
“The actual reserves of the charity at 31 October 2023 was 81,773,498 (2022; f75, 161) in addition to the two properties treated as designated funds. The trustees have planned to make significant grants in the year ended 31 October 2024 and this should reduce the current reserves.”
Per its FY2023 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Donations from Holbud Limited, a company where trustee Hasnain Merali is a director and shareholder.
“The Charity received donations of f 2,507,000 6om Holbud Limited. One of the trustee, Hasnain Marsh is a director and shareholder of Holbud Limited.” — page 20
Per its FY2023 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Mehfil e-Ali Foundation
“The Charity has a subsidiary organisation, Mehfil e-Ali Foundation a not-for-profit organisation, based in The Hague, in the Netherlands.” — page 4
Per its FY2023 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Xeinadin Audit Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/10/2024)

Total income
£1.4m
Total spending
£713k
Reserves (reported)
£2.5m
Employees
0

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Netherlands · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/10/2025£80k£542k
31/10/2024£1.4m£713k
31/10/2023£2.5m£824k
31/10/2022£3.5m£1.9m

Common questions

Is TWO HANDS CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2023 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £1,773,498 against a policy target of less than £15,000, indicating a significant surplus. The trustees note that planned significant grants in the following year are expected to reduce these current reserves. Its FY2023 accounts were audited by Xeinadin Audit Limited.

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE M D AND S CHARITABLE TRUST1£590k
THE TURNER-KIRK TRUST1£33k
MYR CHARITABLE TRUST1£21k
MUSLIM COMMUNITY & EDUCATION CENTRE (MCEC)1£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HELP A NEIGHBOUR IN DISTRESS SCHEME (HANDS).

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
TWO HANDS CHARITABLE TRUST£80k—0above—no doubt
HELP A NEIGHBOUR IN DISTRESS SCHEME (HANDS) FY2025£81k—0unclear—no doubt
RAISE YOUR HANDS FY2024£962k—0above—no doubt
HANDS OF GIVING FOUNDATION FY2025£123k—0above—no doubt
THE HANDS AROUND THE WORLD CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£192k—0unclear—no doubt
FUTURE SCOPE CHARITABLE TRUST FY2024£236k—0above—no doubt

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