Stage Hand

Analysis

Stage Hand is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Manchester. It was registered in May 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Stage Hand reported income of £101k and spending of £15k, leaving 85% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £814k to £101k (-88%), an average of -41% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 756%. Over the whole period it spent 144% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Stage Hand sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 63% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 71st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Mother and Child Foundation Limited (£101k), Charity for Roman Catholic Purposes in Connection with the Congregation of Sisters of Bon Secours de Paris - Province of Great Britain (£101k) and Ripley Village Hall (£101k).