Helping Hands

Analysis

Helping Hands is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in East Sussex. It was registered in November 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. It says it provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending November 2025, Helping Hands reported income of £23k and spending of £23k, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from November 2021 to November 2025, income grew from £5,990 to £23k (+283%), an average of +40% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to November 2023, when income rose by 350%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Helping Hands sits at the 59th percentile: it is larger than about 59% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 47th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sandon Village Hall (£23k), The Leverstock Green Parish Trust (£23k) and The Holmstock Family Charitable Trust (£23k).