Hands of Compassion Charitable Foundation

Analysis

Hands of Compassion Charitable Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wells. It was registered in June 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, overseas aid/famine relief and religious activities, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Hands of Compassion Charitable Foundation reported income of £20k and spending of £19k, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £23k to £20k (-16%), an average of -4.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 28%. Over the whole period it spent 137% of the income it received.

Among 1,223 England and Wales charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Hands of Compassion Charitable Foundation sits at the 47th percentile: it is larger than about 47% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 44th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Oak Tree Trust (£20k), Clarence Road Evangelical Church Trust (£20k) and Rotary Club of Wollaton Park Trust Fund (£19k).