Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 8

No PartB

Grant maker support: +8

Overall GiG Score: 8

HELPING HANDS COMMUNITY TRUST

Helping Hands offers advice, support, advocacy and practical help on any issue.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/23		£195	£210	£-15	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	4
31/03/22		£175	£172	£3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	15
31/03/21		£205	£156	£48	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	5
31/03/20	*	£133	£107	£26	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	16
31/03/19		£128	£186	£-58	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	9
31/03/18		£153	£117	£36	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£69	£66	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£116	£110	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£157	£153	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£105	£115	£-10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£66	£66	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12	*	£62	£63	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£52	£58	£-5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10		£77	£88	£-12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£93	£109	£-16	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08		£100	£102	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07		£103	£99	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06		£107	£80	£27	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05		£67	£67	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04		£68	£69	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 22 years

www.helpinghandscentre.co.uk

amurgatroyd@helpinghandscentre.co.uk

07969959232

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

General Charitable Purposes
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Residential nursing care facilities

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Leicestershire,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years

National Lottery Community Fund	£266,627
DCMS	£42,324
Garfield Weston Foundation	£10,000
Henry Smith Charity	£10,000
CAF	£3,975

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Helping Hands Community Trust - Development Plan
£256,627	25/08/2022	The funding will be used to support the development of the organisation by increasing its capacity to provide a wide range of advice and support to people experiencing a crisis or at risk of a ....more The funding will be used to support the development of the organisation by increasing its capacity to provide a wide range of advice and support to people experiencing a crisis or at risk of a significant life crisis. Advice includes debt management benefits and housing. The funding will enable the Trust to develop its operational capacity and support and more clients to meet increasing demand. This will be delivered by appointments and drop-in sessions at its main South Wigston office wrap around services delivered at partner foodbanks and surgeries held in multiple venues across the area.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000	12/11/2021	Help for the Needy
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Helping Hands Community Trust
£10,000	23/09/2021 12	towards one year's running costs of an organisation providing financial and benefits advice and advocacy and support for vulnerable people from disadvantaged communities in Leicester.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£42,324	25/06/2020	"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more "The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
CAF - Grant to Helping Hands Community Trust
£3,975	08/06/2020 3	Grant to Helping Hands Community Trust to support the organisation through COVID19
National Lottery Community Fund - Digital Marketing Apprentice
£10,000	23/08/2019 12	The funding will help the group to use digital marketing to reach out to service users. The project aims to help people reach their potential.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Helping Hands Community Trust
£10,000	12/12/2018 12	towards one year's running costs of a project providing support, advice and advocacy for disadvantaged and vulnerable people in Leicestershire
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Helping Hands Community Trust
£10,000	08/06/2017 12	towards one year's salary of the Senior Complex Caseworker at a project providing support, advice and advocacy for disadvantaged and vulnerable people in Leicester
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Helping Hands Community Trust
£7,500	03/12/2015	towards one year's salary of the Senior Complex Caseworker at a project providing support, advice and advocacy for disadvantaged and vulnerable people in Leicester
National Lottery Community Fund - Seamless professional advice tailored to meet public needs
£257,859	19/04/2013 24	The aim of this new project will see Helping Hands Community Trust (HHCT) become the lead of a eight organisation partnership to improve the free provision of independent, professional and specialist ....more The aim of this new project will see Helping Hands Community Trust (HHCT) become the lead of a eight organisation partnership to improve the free provision of independent, professional and specialist advice in Welfare Benefits, Debt, Housing and Employment in Leicester.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Helping Hands Community Trust
£10,000	14/03/2013	towards one year's running costs of an advice centre in a disadvantaged area of Leicestershire
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Helping Hands Community Trust
£10,000	14/03/2012	towards one year's the salary of the Service Manager at a drop in advice centre in Leicestershire
National Lottery Community Fund - Poverty and Deprivation Alleviation
£10,000	05/03/2010 12	This Leicester charity will use an award to improve their facilities and training provision, to improve the service they provide to local people from disadvantaged backgrounds. The project will ....more This Leicester charity will use an award to improve their facilities and training provision, to improve the service they provide to local people from disadvantaged backgrounds. The project will enable the group to provide the local community with guidance in accessing employment, training and legal advice. It will improve the group's infrastructure, enabling them to support more people who are in need.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (8)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 7/8 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 50-81

CLAIRE FLINDERS Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Accountant

KATHRYN DA SILVA OLIVEIRA Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Retired

LESLEY THORNTON Appointed: 2001, Occupation: Retired

NIGEL SWAN (Chair) Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Business Manager

NICHOLAS JOHN SUMNER Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Carer

RAYMOND GREEN Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Retired

REVEREND LESLIE GRAYSON GILL, Occupation: Minister Of The United Reforme, Other trusteeship: FUTURES UNLOCKED,

TONY PAUL WATSON Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Unemployed Volunteer

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 14/08/2002, number: 1093415
Registered at Companies House on 19/12/2001, number: 04343050

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Event History

26/11/2018 - Asset transfer in from CHECKPOINT ADVICE & SUPPORT
30/09/2022 - Asset transfer in from FRIENDLY FIVE TRANSPORT SCHEME

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls 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
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR20: 17 days late, AR12: 8 days late,

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from FRIENDLY FIVE TRANSPORT SCHEME on 30/09/2022

Main office

Helping Hands Advice Centre
66-68 Blaby Road
South Wigston
WIGSTON
LE18 4SD

Objectives

1) TO ALLEVIATE HARDSHIP AND TO RELIEVE POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS WITHIN THE GEOGRAPHICAL AREA OF THE COUNTY OF LEICESTERSHIRE AND IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THE AREAS OF OADBY AND WIGSTON.II) TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT WITHOUT DISCRIMINATION BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID INHABITANTS AND TH LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION, PROVIDE ADVICE AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION AND FOR ANY SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL DECIDE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

COUNTY OF LEICESTERSHIRE AND IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY TTHE AREAS OF OADBY AND WIGSTON

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