Poynton Open Hands Community Transport

Analysis

Poynton Open Hands Community Transport is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Stockport. It was registered in July 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it provides human resources, provides services and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Poynton Open Hands Community Transport reported income of £30k and spending of £21k, leaving 32% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £8,247 to £30k (+270%), an average of +39% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 79%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Poynton Open Hands Community Transport sits at the 44th percentile: it is larger than about 44% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 52nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mityana Projects Trust (£30k), Tyneside Charitable Trust (£30k) and Centre for Research and Implementation of Clinical Practice (£30k).