Helping Hands (Rhymney Cancer Self Help Group)

Analysis

Helping Hands (Rhymney Cancer Self Help Group) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Gwent. It was registered in December 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05617885). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Helping Hands (Rhymney Cancer Self Help Group) reported income of £74k and spending of £79k, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £80k to £74k (-7.2%), an average of -1.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income dropped by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Helping Hands (Rhymney Cancer Self Help Group) sits at the 58th percentile: it is larger than about 58% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 67th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Association for Post-Natal Illness (£74k), Chrysalis Trust (£74k) and Peterson's Fund for Children (£74k).